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H.R. 1872 112th Congress House

Employment Protection Act of 2011

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regula… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2011 Introduced by: Shelley Moore Capito Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
May 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
May 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 12, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.
May 12, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, to analyze its impact on employment levels and economic activity, disaggregated by state. Requires such analysis to include estimated job losses and decreased economic activity due to the denial or issuance of permits, including permits issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

Requires the Administrator to: (1) post such analysis on EPA's website and request governors of states experiencing more than a de minimis negative impact to post such analysis in their capitols; (2) hold public hearings in each state in which a requirement, program, or permit will have more than a de minimis negative impact; and (3) give notice of such impact in a state to such state's congressional delegation, governor, and legislature at least 45 days prior to the effective date of such requirement or program or the denial or issuance of a permit.

Defines "de minimis negative impact" to mean: (1) with respect to employment levels, a loss of more than 100 jobs; and (2) with respect to economic activity, a decrease in economic activity of more than $1,000,000 over any calendar year.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1292 Employment Protection Act of 2011
  • S 1720 Jobs Through Growth Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 5
R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Sep 7, 2011
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Aug 5, 2011
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jul 12, 2011
EMERSON, JO
· Jul 8, 2011
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 21, 2011
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jun 3, 2011
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jun 1, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Jun 1, 2011
BARTLETT, ROSCOE
· May 26, 2011
BURTON, DAN
· May 26, 2011
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· May 26, 2011
McCotter, Thaddeus
· May 24, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1872: Employment Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1872/
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