S. 623 119th Congress Senate

No IRIS Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data source in ru… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting actions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: John Kennedy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection

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Feb 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 98

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CELANESE CORPORATION
for CELANESE CORPORATION · Texas · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
USA RICE FEDERATION
for USA RICE FEDERATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BASF CORPORATION
for BASF CORPORATION · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, DBA DOW
for DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY DBA DOW · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
98 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
96 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
70 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
59 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
51 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
50 filings
Treasury, Dept of
48 filings
State, Dept of (DOS)
42 filings

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Cosponsors 3