Bill Details
S.623 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced Date
2025-02-18
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would stop the Environmental Protection Agency from using scientific reviews from its Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, as a key source when it makes new rules or takes other official actions. In simple terms, the bill would limit EPA’s ability to rely on IRIS assessments when deciding how to regulate pollution, enforce environmental laws, or issue permits. It would also block the agency from using those assessments in certain air pollution tracking and screening tools.
- EPA could not use IRIS assessments to develop, finalize, or issue rules or regulations.
- EPA could not use IRIS assessments for enforcement actions, permitting decisions, or other regulatory steps.
- EPA could not use IRIS assessments in air toxics assessments or in other mapping or screening tools.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 623 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 623
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments
generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data
source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting
actions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Kennedy 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 Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments
generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data
source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting
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 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 as a basis--
(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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