AUDIT EPA Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8395 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8395

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  provide for an objective and independent audit of the programs and 
 activities of the Agency under the Clean Air Act and other applicable 
     authorities relating to air pollution, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2024

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  provide for an objective and independent audit of the programs and 
 activities of the Agency under the Clean Air Act and other applicable 
     authorities relating to air pollution, 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 ``Accounting for the Uses, 
Disbursements, and Income on our Taxes at EPA Act of 2024'' or the 
``AUDIT EPA Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. AUDITS OF EPA PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO AIR 
              POLLUTION.

    The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 311 (42 
U.S.C. 7611) the following:

``SEC. 311A. AUDITS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every year thereafter for a period of 6 
years, the Administrator shall provide for an audit of the programs and 
activities of the Environmental Protection Agency under this Act and 
other applicable authorities relating to air pollution.
    ``(b) Audit Requirements.--Each audit under this section shall--
            ``(1) be conducted in an objective manner by an independent 
        party outside of the Environmental Protection Agency;
            ``(2) be conducted in compliance with the International 
        Professional Practices Framework and the International 
        Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, 
        published by the Institute of Internal Auditors; and
            ``(3) meet generally accepted government auditing 
        standards.
    ``(c) Representative Sample of Funding Recipients.--Each audit 
under this section shall include an audit of a representative sample of 
programs and activities carried out by recipients and subrecipients 
through funds received through grants, cooperative agreements, and 
loans from the Environmental Protection Agency during the period 
covered by the audit.
    ``(d) Reports to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        completion of each audit under this section, the Administrator 
        shall submit a report containing the results of such audit to 
        the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
        of the Senate, the Inspector General of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency, and the Comptroller General of the United 
        States.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) be disaggregated by category, including--
                            ``(i) the disbursement of financial awards 
                        directly or indirectly by the Administrator;
                            ``(ii) operation and management of 
                        programs;
                            ``(iii) development and issuance of 
                        regulations;
                            ``(iv) compliance assistance;
                            ``(v) enforcement activities; and
                            ``(vi) other related activities; and
                    ``(B) identify each recipient and subrecipient of a 
                grant, cooperative agreement, or loan from the 
                Environmental Protection Agency during the period 
                covered by the audit.
    ``(e) Amounts Authorized.--For the purpose of implementing this 
section, the Administrator is authorized, in each relevant fiscal year, 
to use amounts made available to the Administrator in that fiscal year 
in the account entitled `Environmental Protection Agency--Environmental 
Programs and Management'.''.
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