States Code, the Fund shall be considered 
a component of a covered executive agency. 
‘‘(II) COMPONENTS OF AUDIT.—The 
annual audit required in accordance with 
sections 3515 and 3521 of title 31, United 
States Code, of the financial statements of 
activities carried out using amounts from 
the Fund shall include an analysis of— 
‘‘(aa) the fees collected and 
amounts disbursed under this sub-
section; 
‘‘(bb) the reasonableness of the 
fees in place as of the date of the 
audit to meet current and projected 
costs of administering the provisions 
of the title for which the fees are col-
lected; and 
‘‘(cc) the number of requests for 
a risk evaluation made by manufac-
turers under section 6(b)(3)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(III) FEDERAL
RESPONSIBILITY.— 
The Inspector General of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall conduct 
the annual audit described in subclause 
(II) and submit to the Administrator a re-
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port that describes the findings and any 
recommendations of the Inspector General 
resulting from the audit.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS.—In carrying out sec-
tions 4, 5, and 6, to the extent that the Administrator 
makes a decision based on science, the Administrator shall 
consider, as applicable— 
‘‘(1) the extent to which the scientific and tech-
nical procedures, measures, methods, or models em-
ployed to generate the information are reasonable 
for and consistent with the use of the information; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which the information is rel-
evant for the Administrator’s use in making a deci-
sion about a chemical substance or mixture; 
‘‘(3) the degree of clarity and completeness with 
which the data, assumptions, methods, quality assur-
ance, and analyses employed to generate the infor-
mation are documented; 
‘‘(4) the extent to which the variability and un-
certainty in the information, or in the procedures, 
measures, methods, or models, are evaluated and 
characterized; and 
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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 is being developed pursuant to 
such a rule, order, or consent agreement’’; 
(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), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (2) of subsection (c)’’; 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)’’. 
(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 
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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 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘any requirement of this title or any 
rule promulgated, order issued, or consent agreement en-
tered into under this title, or’’. 
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(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 
is promulgated or such order is 
issued’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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