(1) on August 28, 2017, the Office of Inspector 
General of the Environmental Protection Agency (re-
ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘EPA OIG’’) announced 
that it would conduct an audit of Scott Pruitt, then- 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Agency’’), 
for— 
(A) the unprecedented and frequent travel 
expenses incurred by Mr. Pruitt for travel to 
his home State of Oklahoma; and 
(B) the reliance by Mr. Pruitt on first- 
class seats on commercial airplanes; 
(2) on December 6, 2017, the EPA OIG an-
nounced that it would review whether Mr. Pruitt or 
his staff violated Federal lobbying laws during a 
meeting in April 2017 with the National Mining As-
sociation, during which meeting it was reported that 
Mr. Pruitt advised the Association to encourage 
President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Cli-
mate Agreement; 
(3) on December 8, 2017, the EPA OIG opened 
a review into the manner in which the Agency de-
cided to spend more than $25,000 to install a secure 
soundproof communications booth in the office of 
Mr. Pruitt; 
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(4) on January 8, 2018, the EPA OIG began 
an audit on the exploitation of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) by Mr. Pruitt 
to give pay raises to 2 top aides, even after the 
Trump administration refused the request for those 
pay raises; 
(5) on April 17, 2018, the EPA OIG opened an 
investigation into the use of a security detail by Mr. 
Pruitt during personal trips to Disneyland and the 
Rose Bowl; 
(6) on April 19, 2018, the EPA OIG confirmed 
a probe into a request from Mr. Pruitt for around- 
the-clock security protection; 
(7) on April 25, 2018, the EPA OIG agreed to 
examine the use by Mr. Pruitt of Agency staff for 
personal errands, including— 
(A) inquiring about purchasing a used 
mattress from the Trump International Hotel; 
(B) locating a particular lotion from the 
Ritz-Carlton Hotels; and 
(C) seeking a Chick-fil-A franchise for his 
wife; 
(8) on April 27, 2018, the EPA OIG opened a 
review into the rental by Mr. Pruitt of a bedroom in 
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, from an energy in-
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dustry lobbyist for $50 per night, a rate that is well 
below market value; and 
(9) on May 15, 2018, the EPA OIG announced 
that it would look into the use of multiple email ad-
dresses by Mr. Pruitt as potential violations of chap-
ter 31 of title 44, United States Code, relating to 
records management by Federal agencies, and of the 
records management policy of the Agency. 
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING BY PRU-
ITT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Agency 
shall not finalize or engage in any rulemaking with respect 
to a rule for which the advance notice of proposed rule-
making or the notice of proposed rulemaking was signed 
by Scott Pruitt until the date on which the report de-
scribed in subsection (b) becomes publicly available. 
(b) REPORT.—On completion of the audits, reviews, 
investigations, and probe described in section 2, the In-
spector General of the EPA OIG shall make publicly avail-
able a report that describes the findings and conclusions 
of each audit, review, investigation, and probe. 
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