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Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2015

Introduced: April 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
May 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 30, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, 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.
Apr 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2015

This bill terminates all existing grant programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its National Clean Diesel Campaign, and its environmental justice programs. The EPA may not establish new grant programs.

Federal funds may not be used by the EPA:

  • to implement any ozone standard promulgated after this bill's enactment date;
  • to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources, or from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units;
  • for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program;
  • for the Global Methane Initiative;
  • for the Climate Resilience Fund;
  • for the Climate Resilience Evaluation Awareness Tool;
  • for the Green Infrastructure Program;
  • for the Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative; or
  • for climate research at the EPA's Office of Research and Development.

The EPA must: (1) discontinue operation and maintenance of its field offices and activities carried out through those offices, and (2) dispose of or lease any underutilized property.

What's happening now August 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 20, 2015
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