[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3395 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3395

   To require the preparation of risk assessments in connection with 
 Federal health and safety or environmental regulations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 1993

 Mr. Tauzin (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Laughlin, and 
  Mr. Hayes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the preparation of risk assessments in connection with 
 Federal health and safety or environmental regulations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RISK ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) Publication Required.--In promulgating any final regulation 
relating to public health and safety or the environment after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall publish each of the following in the Federal 
Register:
            (1) An estimate, performed with as much specificity as 
        practicable, of the risk of the health and safety of individual 
        members of the public addressed by the regulation and its 
        effect on human health or the environment and the costs 
        associated with implementation of, and compliance with, the 
        regulation.
            (2) A comparative analysis of the risk addressed by the 
        regulation relative to other risks to which the public is 
        exposed.
            (3) The Administrator's certification that--
                    (A) the estimate under paragraph (1) and the 
                analysis under paragraph (2) are based upon a 
                scientific evaluation of the risk to the health and 
                safety of individual members of the public and to human 
                health or the environment and are supported by the best 
                available scientific data;
                    (B) the regulation will substantially advance the 
                purpose of protecting the public health and safety or 
                the environment against the specified identified risk; 
                and
                    (C) the regulation will produce benefits to the 
                public health and safety or the environment that will 
                justify the cost to the Government and the public of 
                implementation of and compliance with the regulation.
    (b) Report.--In the event that the Administrator cannot make the 
certification required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 
report to Congress that such certification cannot be made and shall 
include a statement of the reasons therefor in such report and in the 
final regulation.
    (c) Effect of Certification.--The certification required by this 
section shall not be construed to amend, modify, or alter any statute 
and shall not be subject to judicial review. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to grant a cause of action to any person.

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