Bill Details
HR.1415 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Introduced Date
2025-02-18
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Committees
Sponsors
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (20)
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-Texas-6]
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-Mississippi-3]
- Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-Louisiana-5]
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-Arkansas-4]
- Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-Texas-27]
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-Kansas-2]
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-Texas-14]
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-Texas-11]
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-New York-10]
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-Texas-12]
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-Ohio-5]
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-North Carolina-7]
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-Ohio-12]
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-Minnesota-1]
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-Alabama-1]
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-Georgia-1]
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-Ohio-15]
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-Florida-18]
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-Michigan-2]
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-Texas-17]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would stop the Environmental Protection Agency from using scientific assessments from its Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, when making rules or taking other regulatory actions. In simple terms, it would block the EPA from relying on these assessments when writing regulations, enforcing rules, issuing permits, or using certain pollution-related tools.
- It applies to EPA rulemaking, including developing, finalizing, or issuing new rules and regulations.
- It also bars the EPA from using IRIS assessments in enforcement actions and permitting decisions.
- The bill would prevent these assessments from being used in air toxics reviews and in mapping or screening tools.
- The measure is meant to limit the role of IRIS findings in federal environmental decisions.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1415 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1415
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments
generated by the Integrated Risk Information System for rulemakings and
other regulatory actions, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Guest, and Ms. Letlow)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture,
and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments
generated by the Integrated Risk Information System for rulemakings and
other regulatory actions, and for other purposes.
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 ``No Industrial Restrictions in Secret
Act of 2025'' or the ``No IRIS Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSESSMENTS GENERATED BY THE INTEGRATED
RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAM.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency may not use any assessment
generated by the Integrated Risk Information System program of the
Environmental Protection Agency--
(1) to develop, finalize, or issue a rule or regulation;
(2) to carry out any other regulatory, enforcement, or
permitting action; or
(3) to inform air toxics assessments or other mapping or
screening tools.
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