US Congress Senate Bill 1466 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review each notice issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in the Federal Register relating to the preparation of any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities. Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item. Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.

A bill to establish a regulatory review process for rules that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose, and for other purposes.

Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]

Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB2776 (Related) 2013-10-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1466/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1466/BILLS-113s1466is.pdf