REGION Act

Bill: 116-hr-4149
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2019-08-02
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Appropriations

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Recognizing the Environmental Gains In Overcoming Negligence Act or the REGION Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits funds made available for any fiscal year from being used to close, consolidate, or eliminate an office of the Environmental Protection Agency, including a regional or program office.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4149 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2019 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Ms. Tlaib ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture , Transportation and Infrastructure , and Science, Space, and Technology , 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 prohibit the closure, consolidation, or elimination of offices of the Environmental Protection Agency.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recognizing the Environmental Gains In Overcoming Negligence Act or the REGION Act . 2. Regional and program offices of the Environmental Protection Agency No office of the Environmental Protection Agency, including any region, regional office, or program office, shall be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriations Act for any fiscal year.