Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item.
Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2776 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2776
To establish a regulatory review process for rules that the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 22, 2013
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Peterson,
Mr. Hudson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Austin Scott of
Georgia, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Collins of New
York, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Schrader, Mr.
King of Iowa, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Enyart, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr.
McIntyre, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To establish a regulatory review process for rules that the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Review EPA's Language on Agriculture
and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013'' or the ``RELATE with
the Farm Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) Review of Regulatory Agenda.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall review publications that may give notice that the Environmental
Protection Agency is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial
number of agricultural entities, including--
(1) any regulatory agenda of the Environmental Protection
Agency published pursuant to section 602 of title 5, United
States Code;
(2) any regulatory plan or agenda published by the
Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and
Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive
Order 12866; and
(3) any other publication issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget that
may reasonably be foreseen to contain notice of plans by the
Environmental Protection Agency to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general
applicability and future effect that may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
(b) Information Gathering.--For a publication item reviewed under
subsection (a) that the Secretary determines may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, the Secretary
shall--
(1) solicit from the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency any information the Administrator may provide
to facilitate a review of the publication item;
(2) utilize the Chief Economist of the Department of
Agriculture to produce an economic impact statement for the
publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential
costs to agricultural entities;
(3) identify individuals representative of potentially
affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining
advice and recommendations from such individuals about the
potential impacts of the publication item; and
(4) convene a review panel for analysis of the publication
item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal
employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the
panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget that accepts
an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.
(c) Duties of the Review Panel.--A review panel convened for a
publication item under subsection (b)(4) shall--
(1) review any information or material obtained by the
Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item,
including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum,
regulation, or statement of general applicability and future
effect;
(2) collect advice and recommendations from agricultural
entity representatives identified by the Administrator after
consultation with the Secretary;
(3) compile and analyze such advice and recommendations;
and
(4) make recommendations to the Secretary based on the
information gathered by the review panel or provided by
agricultural entity representatives.
(d) Comments.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date the
Secretary convenes a review panel pursuant to subsection
(b)(4), the Secretary shall submit to the Administrator
comments on the planned or proposed guidance, policy,
memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect for consideration and inclusion in any
related administrative record, including--
(A) a report by the Secretary on the concerns of
agricultural entities;
(B) the findings of the review panel;
(C) the findings of the Secretary, including any
adopted findings of the review panel; and
(D) recommendations of the Secretary.
(2) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the comments
in the Federal Register and make the comments available to the
public on the public Internet website of the Department of
Agriculture.
(e) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive initiation of the review
panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(f) Definition of Agricultural Entity.--In this section, the term
``agricultural entity'' means any entity involved in or related to
agricultural enterprise, including enterprises that are engaged in the
business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of
livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related
industries.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
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