[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 317 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 317

To require the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
               to include certain assessments in reports.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
               to include certain assessments in reports.

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

SECTION 1. 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)).
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