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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10549 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10549

            To abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

 
            To abolish 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 ``Sovereign State Environmental 
Quality Assurance Act''.

SEC. 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).

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.
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