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HR 5551 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Appropriations Civil actions and liability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive agency funding and structure User charges and fees

End EPA Rogue Spending Act

Introduced: June 21, 2016 Introduced by: Smith, Jason Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jun 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jun 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 21, 2016
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.
Jun 21, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End EPA Rogue Spending Act

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deposit any fees it collects into the general fund of the Treasury and prohibits the EPA from spending the fees unless the authority is provided in advance by an appropriations Act.

What's happening now September 30, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5551: End EPA Rogue Spending Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5551/
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"H.R. 5551: End EPA Rogue Spending Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5551/.
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H.R. 5551, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5551/.
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