[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1474 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1474

    To prohibit the use of fiscal year 2018 funds for the closure, 
 consolidation, or elimination of certain offices of the Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2017

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Carper, and Mr. Sanders) 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 prohibit the use of fiscal year 2018 funds for the closure, 
 consolidation, or elimination of certain 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 regional or program office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made 
available for fiscal year 2018.
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