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HR.1415 - 119th Congress

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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)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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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