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‘‘(5) the extent of independent verification or 
peer review of the information or of the procedures, 
measures, methods, or models. 
‘‘(i) WEIGHT OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.—The Ad-
ministrator shall make decisions under sections 4, 5, and 
6 based on the weight of the scientific evidence. 
‘‘(j) AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION.—Subject to 
section 14, the Administrator shall make available to the 
public all notices, determinations, findings, rules, and or-
ders of the Administrator under this title. 
‘‘(k) POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the TSCA Moderniza-
tion Act of 2015, the Administrator shall develop 
any policies, procedures, and guidance the Adminis-
trator determines are necessary to carry out the 
amendments to this Act made by the TSCA Mod-
ernization Act of 2015. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the TSCA Modernization Act 
of 2015, and not less frequently than once every 5 
years thereafter, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) review the adequacy of the policies, 
procedures, and guidance developed under para-
graph (1), including with respect to animal, 
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nonanimal, and epidemiological test methods 
and procedures for assessing and determining 
risk under this title; and 
‘‘(B) revise such policies, procedures, and 
guidance as the Administrator determines nec-
essary to reflect new scientific developments or 
understandings. 
‘‘(l) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of the TSCA 
Modernization Act of 2015, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Environment and Public 
Works and Appropriations of the Senate a report 
containing an estimation of— 
‘‘(A) the capacity of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to conduct and publish risk 
evaluations under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) 
of section 6(b)(3), and the resources necessary 
to initiate the minimum number of risk evalua-
tions required under section 6(b)(7); 
‘‘(B) the capacity of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to conduct and publish risk 
evaluations under section 6(b)(3)(A)(ii), the 
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likely demand for such risk evaluations, and the 
anticipated schedule for accommodating that 
demand; 
‘‘(C) the capacity of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to promulgate rules under 
section 6(a) as required based on risk evalua-
tions conducted and published under section 
6(b); and 
‘‘(D) the actual and anticipated efforts of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to in-
crease the Agency’s capacity to conduct and 
publish risk evaluations under section 6(b). 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—The Adminis-
trator shall update and resubmit the report de-
scribed in paragraph (1) not less frequently than 
once every 5 years.’’. 
SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SECTION 4.—Section 4 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2603) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘rule’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘rules’’ and inserting ‘‘rules, orders, and con-
sent agreements’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rule’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘rule under subsection 
(a)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘rule, order, or consent agreement under 
subsection (a)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘repeals the rule’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘repeals the 
rule or order or modifies the consent 
agreement to terminate the requirement’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘repeals the applica-
tion of the rule’’ and inserting ‘‘repeals or 
modifies the application of the rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘rule’’ 
and inserting ‘‘rule or order’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘a rule under subsection (a) or for which 
data is being developed pursuant to such a 
rule’’ and inserting ‘‘a rule, order, or con-
sent agreement under subsection (a) or for 
which data are being developed pursuant 
to such a rule, order, or consent agree-
ment’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘such rule or which is being developed pur-
suant to such rule’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
rule, order, or consent agreement or which 
is being developed pursuant to such rule, 
order, or consent agreement’’; and 
(iii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (B), by striking ‘‘the rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the rule or order’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘rule promulgated’’ and inserting ‘‘rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘rule promulgated’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘rule, 
order, or consent agreement’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘such rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘the rule’’ and inserting ‘‘the rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘rule, order, or consent agreement’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘rule, order, or consent agreement’’. 
(b) SECTION 5.—Section 5 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2604) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘rule promulgated’’ 
and inserting ‘‘rule, order, or consent 
agreement’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such rule, order, or consent agree-
ment’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘rule promulgated’’ 
and inserting ‘‘rule or order’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the date of the sub-
mission in accordance with such rule’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘the required date of submis-
sion’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘rule promulgated’’ and inserting ‘‘rule, order, 
or consent agreement’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘rule’’ 
and inserting ‘‘rule, order, or consent agreement’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (h)(4), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 6(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (2) of section 6(c)’’. 
(c) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, provide reasonable op-
portunity, in accordance with paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of subsection (c), for a hearing on such 
rule,’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with para-
graph (2) of subsection (c),’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and if such a hearing is 
requested’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or re-
voke it.’’ and inserting a period; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2) of subsection (c)’’. 
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(d) SECTION 7.—Section 7(a)(1) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2606(a)(1)) is amended, 
in the matter following subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘a 
rule under section 4, 5, 6, or title IV or an order under 
section 5 or title IV’’ and inserting ‘‘a rule under section 
4, 5, or 6 or title IV, an order under section 4 or 5 or 
title IV, or a consent agreement under section 4’’. 
(e) SECTION 8.—Section 8(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of the 
Toxic 
Substances 
Control 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
2607(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘or an order 
in effect under section 5(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘, an order in 
effect under section 4 or 5(e), or a consent agreement 
under section 4’’. 
(f) SECTION 9.—Section 9(a) of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2608(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 6’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
6(a)’’. 
(g) SECTION 11.—Section 11(b)(2)(E) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2610(b)(2)(E)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘rule promulgated’’ and inserting 
‘‘rule promulgated, order issued, or consent agreement en-
tered into’’. 
(h) SECTION 15.—Section 15(1) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2614(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘(A) any rule’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or 
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(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘any requirement of this title or any 
rule promulgated, order issued, or consent agreement en-
tered into under this title, or’’. 
(i) SECTION 18.—Section 18(a)(2)(A) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2617(a)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘rule promulgated’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘rule, order, or consent agreement’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘such rule, order, or consent 
agreement’’. 
(j) SECTION 19.—Section 19 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2618) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) Not later than 60 
days after the date of the promulgation of 
a rule’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 60 
days after the date on which a rule is pro-
mulgated’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the date on which 
an order is issued under section 4,’’ before 
‘‘any person’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such rule or order’’; and 
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(iv) by striking ‘‘such a rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such a rule or order’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1)(B); 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
rule’’ and inserting ‘‘the rule or order’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘the rule’’ and inserting ‘‘the rule or 
order’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘a rule under section 4(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘a rule or order under section 4(a)’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘such rule’’ and inserting ‘‘such rule or 
order’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘such rule’’ and inserting ‘‘such rule or 
order’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘to such rule’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to such rule or order’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the date of the 
promulgation of such rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the date on which such rule 
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is promulgated or such order is 
issued’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘review a rule’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘review a rule, or an order under section 
4,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ and inserting 
‘‘such rule or order’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the rule’’ and inserting 
‘‘the rule or order’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘new rule’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘new rule or order’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘modified rule’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘modified rule or order’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘a rule’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a rule, or an order under sec-
tion 4’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such rule or order’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘a rule’’ and inserting 
‘‘a rule or order’’; 
(II) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘or an 
order under section 4,’’ before 
‘‘the standard for review’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘such rule’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such rule or 
order’’; 
(cc) by striking ‘‘the rule’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the rule or order’’; 
and 
(dd) by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(III) by striking clause (ii) and 
redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii); and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any 
rule’’ and inserting ‘‘any rule or order’’. 
(k) SECTION 20.—Section 20(a)(1) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2619(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘order issued under section 5’’ and inserting 
‘‘order issued under section 4 or 5’’. 
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(l) SECTION 21.—Section 21 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2620) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘order under 
section 5(e) or (6)(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘order 
under section 4 or 5(e)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘order 
under section 5(e), 6(b)(1)(A), or 6(b)(1)(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘order under section 4 or 5(e)’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘order under section 5(e) or 
6(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘order under sec-
tion 4 or 5(e)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘order 
under section 5(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘order 
under section 4 or 5(e)’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or an 
order under section 6(b)(2)’’. 
(m) SECTION 24.—Section 24(b)(2)(B) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2623(b)(2)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by striking clause (ii); and 
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(3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). 
(n) SECTION 27.—Section 27(a) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2626(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘rules promulgated’’ and inserting ‘‘rules, orders, 
or consent agreements’’. 
(o) SECTION 30.—Section 30(2) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2629(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘rule’’ and inserting ‘‘rule, order, or consent 
agreement’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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