ADVISE Now Act

Bill: 114-hr-5829
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2016-07-14
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Advisory bodies

Agricultural conservation and pollution

Department of Agriculture

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act or the ADVISE Now Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to require the Environmental Protection Agency and its Science Advisory Board to establish a standing agriculture-related committee (as the Act currently requires without a deadline) within 30 days of enactment of this bill. </p> <p>If an agriculture committee is not established by this deadline, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish and appoint members to such a committee within 15 days.</p> <p>If such a contingent establishment occurs, USDA shall have the continuing authority to appoint members to it. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5829 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2016 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself and Mr. Conaway ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 A BILL To provide for the prompt establishment by the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency of the agriculture committee.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act or the ADVISE Now Act . 2. Establishment of Committee (a) Amendment Section 8(e)(2)(A)(i) of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 4365(e)(2)(A)(i) ) is amended by inserting , not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the ADVISE Now Act , after shall establish . (b) Contingent appointment by Secretary of Agriculture If an agriculture committee is not established pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) within the deadline provided, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and appoint members to such a committee within 15 days. (c) Continuing authority If the contingent establishment occurs under subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the continuing authority to appoint members to the committee so established.