REPAIR Act

Bill: 115-s-971
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-04-27
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Real EPA Impact Reviews Act or the REPAIR Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when promulgating any rule the cost of which is projected to be greater than $1 million, to include in each of the regulatory impact analyses for the proposed and final rule at least one analysis that does not include: (1) any other proposed rule; or (2) any other rule that has been finalized by the EPA, but that has not been implemented.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 971 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2017 Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include in each regulatory impact analysis for a proposed or final rule an analysis that does not include any other proposed or unimplemented rule.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Real EPA Impact Reviews Act or the REPAIR Act . 2. Regulatory impact analysis requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), including Executive Order 13563 (76 Fed. Reg. 3821 (January 21, 2011)), Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735 (October 4, 1993)), and the document of the Office of Management and Budget entitled OMB Circular A–4 , in promulgating any rule the cost of which is projected to be greater than $1,000,000, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall include in each of the regulatory impact analyses for the proposed and final rule at least 1 analysis that does not include— (1) any other proposed rule; or (2) any other rule that, as of the date of the analysis— (A) has been finalized by the Administrator; but (B) has not been implemented.