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HR 3939 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Congressional oversight Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015

Introduced: November 5, 2015 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Nov 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Nov 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Nov 5, 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.
Nov 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce its total number of employees by 15% by a certain workforce reduction target date.

What's happening now September 30, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Jenkins, Evan
· Nov 5, 2015
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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Nov 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3939: EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3939/
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"H.R. 3939: EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3939/.
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