[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3582

 To prohibit the closure, consolidation, or elimination of offices of 
                  the Environmental Protection Agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

 Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Quigley, Ms. McCollum, and 
  Mr. Rush) 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 closure, consolidation, or elimination of offices of 
                  the Environmental Protection Agency.

    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 ``Recognizing the Environmental Gains 
In Overcoming Negligence Act'' or the ``REGION Act''.

SEC. 2. REGIONAL AND PROGRAM OFFICES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
              AGENCY.

    No office of the Environmental Protection Agency, including any 
region, regional office, or program office, shall be closed, 
consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any 
appropriations Act for any fiscal year.
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