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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8395 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 

provide for an objective and independent audit of the programs and 

activities of the Agency under the Clean Air Act and other applicable 

authorities relating to air pollution, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2024 

Mrs. RODGERS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for an objective and independent 

audit of the programs and activities of the Agency under 

the Clean Air Act and other applicable authorities relating to air pollution, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accounting for the 

5 Uses, Disbursements, and Income on our Taxes at EPA 

6 Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘AUDIT EPA Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUDITS OF EPA PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELAT2 ING TO AIR POLLUTION. 

3 The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after sec4 tion 311 (42 U.S.C. 7611) the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 311A. AUDITS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this section, and every year there8 after for a period of 6 years, the Administrator shall pro9 vide for an audit of the programs and activities of the En10 vironmental Protection Agency under this Act and other 

11 applicable authorities relating to air pollution. 

12 ‘‘(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—Each audit under this 

13 section shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) be conducted in an objective manner by an 

15 independent party outside of the Environmental Pro16 tection Agency; 

17 ‘‘(2) be conducted in compliance with the Inter18 national Professional Practices Framework and the 

19 International Standards for the Professional Prac20 tice of Internal Auditing, published by the Institute 

21 of Internal Auditors; and 

22 ‘‘(3) meet generally accepted government audit23 ing standards. 

24 ‘‘(c) REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF FUNDING RE25 CIPIENTS.—Each audit under this section shall include an 

26 audit of a representative sample of programs and activities 


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1 carried out by recipients and subrecipients through funds 

2 received through grants, cooperative agreements, and 

3 loans from the Environmental Protection Agency during 

4 the period covered by the audit. 

5 ‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after the completion of each audit under this section, 

8 the Administrator shall submit a report containing 

9 the results of such audit to the Committee on En10 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa11 tives, the Committee on Environment and Public 

12 Works of the Senate, the Inspector General of the 

13 Environmental Protection Agency, and the Comp14 troller General of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para16 graph (1) shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) be disaggregated by category, includ18 ing— 

19 ‘‘(i) the disbursement of financial 

20 awards directly or indirectly by the Admin21 istrator; 

22 ‘‘(ii) operation and management of 

23 programs; 

24 ‘‘(iii) development and issuance of 

25 regulations; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) compliance assistance; 

2 ‘‘(v) enforcement activities; and 

3 ‘‘(vi) other related activities; and 

4 ‘‘(B) identify each recipient and sub5 recipient of a grant, cooperative agreement, or 

6 loan from the Environmental Protection Agency 

7 during the period covered by the audit. 

8 ‘‘(e) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose of 

9 implementing this section, the Administrator is author10 ized, in each relevant fiscal year, to use amounts made 

11 available to the Administrator in that fiscal year in the 

12 account entitled ‘Environmental Protection Agency—En13 vironmental Programs and Management’.’’. 

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