[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4271 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4271

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from awarding contracts for public relations, market research, or other 
                          similar activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2015

Mr. Smith of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
   Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
    Science, Space, and Technology, 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 prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from awarding contracts for public relations, market research, or other 
                          similar activities.

    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 ``End EPA Advertising Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTRACTING BY ENVIRONMENTAL 
              PROTECTION AGENCY.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may not award any contract for public relations, market 
research, or other similar activities.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Public relations.--The term ``public relations'' 
        includes writing services, event planning and management, media 
        relations, radio and television analysis, and press services.
            (2) Market research.--The term ``market research'' includes 
        telephone and field interviews, focus testing, and surveys.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
contracts awarded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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