118 HR 10549 IH: Sovereign State Environmental Quality Assurance Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-12-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 118th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 10549 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 20, 2024 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana 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 A BILL To abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sovereign State Environmental Quality Assurance Act.

2.

Abolishment of the Environmental Protection Agency

(a)

In general

Effective on the termination date under subsection (b), the Environmental Protection Agency is abolished. (b)

Termination date

The termination date under this subsection is the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c)

Wind-Up activities

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take such actions as may be necessary to wind up any outstanding obligations, activities, or affairs of the Environmental Protection Agency prior to the termination date under subsection (b). (d)

Progress report

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the Agency’s progress in winding up the affairs of the Agency by not later than the termination date under subsection (b).

3.

Allocation of funds to State environmental quality departments

(a)

Allocation of funds

(1)

In general

The Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (2) to the State environmental quality departments of each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, in the proportion to which the total population of each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa bears to the total population of all the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, as determined by the last preceding decennial census. (2)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $4,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029. (b)

Authorization for administration

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and administer any allocation of amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)(2) $880,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

4.

CBO Study and report

(a)

Annual study and report

The Congressional Budget Office shall annually, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the efficacy of this Act. (b)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Congressional Budget Office to carry out this section $880,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.