113 S317 IS: To require the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency to include certain assessments in reports. U.S. Senate 2013-02-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 317 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2013 Mr. Johanns (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency to include certain assessments in reports.

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Inclusions in EPA Inspector General reports

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the reports required to be submitted by the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency not later than April 30 and October 31 of each calendar year, the Inspector General shall include an assessment of whether the Environmental Protection Agency achieved compliance during the period covered by the report with the requirements of— (1)(A)the portions of section 4 of Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735 (September 30, 1993)) and Executive Order 13563 (76 Fed. Reg. 3821 (January 18, 2011)) that are applicable to the uniform reporting of regulatory and deregulatory agendas; and (B)any successor Executive orders establishing requirements applicable to the uniform reporting of regulatory and deregulatory agendas; (2)section 602 of title 5, United States Code; (3)the portions of section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1532) that require agencies to publish certain written statements before promulgating any general notice of proposed rulemaking; and (4)section 8 of Executive Order 13132 (64 Fed. Reg. 43258 (August 4, 1999)).