[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2876 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2876

  To prevent discrimination on the basis of political beliefs by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency in its student programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2011

 Mr. Pompeo (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Carter, Mr. Harper, and 
Mr. McKinley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent discrimination on the basis of political beliefs by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency in its student programs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

    No student internship, fellowship, scholarship, or other student 
program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency may 
establish any requirement that an applicant possess any experience that 
constitutes an endorsement of a particular political position with 
regard to environmental protection.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FUNDING CERTAIN EPA STUDENT PROGRAMS.

    No funds shall be used to provide financial compensation, including 
grants, stipends, expenses, or salary, for the following student 
programs administered by the Environmental Protection Agency:
            (1) The Student Diversity Internship Program Environmental 
        Justice Eco-Ambassador Focus.
            (2) Programs related to the study of greenhouse gas 
        emissions.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON PROCEDURES.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit a 
report to Congress detailing existing policies, procedures, and actions 
taken within the last 3 years in recruiting and hiring applicants for 
all Environmental Protection Agency student programs. The report shall 
include--
            (1) efforts to recruit student advocates, including any 
        communications between the Environmental Protection Agency and 
        nongovernmental organizations;
            (2) policies and procedures related to the review of 
        student applications, including a list of the personnel 
        involved in such processes;
            (3) any efforts to consider applicants with policy views or 
        experience that were counter to stated agency goals; and
            (4) policies to ensure that applicants for Environmental 
        Protection Agency student programs will be recruited and 
        reviewed in accordance with section 2 of this Act.
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