[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3053 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3053

  To require Regional Administrators of the Environmental Protection 
   Agency to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the 
                                Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2012

   Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Risch, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
 Moran, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Toomey, 
Mr. McConnell, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
 Graham, and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Regional Administrators of the Environmental Protection 
   Agency to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the 
                                Senate.

    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 Regional Oversight Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. App. 1), each 
Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be 
appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate.
    (b) Incumbents.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the individuals 
serving as Regional Administrators of the Environmental Protection 
Agency on the date of enactment of this Act may continue to serve as 
Regional Administrators until January 1, 2013.
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