,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjac ,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself and ,mr4  
,manchin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,environment and      
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish
 a regulatory review process for rules  
that the ,administrator of the          
,environmental ,protection ,agency plans
 to propose1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,regulatory review by the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture  7a7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3  7#a7 ,administrator ,the 
term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency4  7#b7 ,agricultural
 entity ,the term agricultural entity   
means an entity that is involved in or  
relates to agricultural enterprise1     
including an enterprise that is engaged 
in the business of--  7,a7 producing    
food and fiber2  7,b7 ranching and      
raising of livestock2  7,c7 aquaculture2

 and  7,d7 any other farming- and       
agriculture-related activities4  7#c7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4  7b7    
,review of regulatory agenda ,the       
,secretary shall review each notice     
issued by the ,administrator and        
published in the ,federal ,register     
relating to the preparation of any      
guidance1 policy1 memorandum1           
regulation1 or statement of general     
applicability and future effect that may
 have a significant impact on a         
substantial number of agricultural      
entities1 including--  7#a7 any         
regulatory agenda published by the      
,administrator under section #fjb of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7  
any regulation plan or agenda published 
by the ,administrator or the ,director  
of the ,office of ,management and       
,budget pursuant to an ,executive order1
 including ,executive ,order #abhff 7#e 
,u4,s4,c4 #fja note2 relating to        
regulatory planning and review72 and    

7#c7 any other publication issued by the
 ,administrator or the ,director of the 
,office of ,management and ,budget that 
may reasonably be foreseen to contain a 
notice of a plan by the ,administrator  
to prepare any guidance1 policy1        
memorandum1 regulation1 or statement of 
general applicability and future effect 
that may have a significant impact on a 
substantial number of agricultural      
entities4  7c7 ,information gathering   
,for a publication item reviewed under  
subsection 7b7 that the ,secretary      
determines may have a significant impact
 on a substantial number of agricultural
 entities1 the ,secretary shall--  7#a7 
solicit from the ,administrator any     
information the ,administrator may      
provide to facilitate a review of the   
publication item2  7#b7 acting through  
the ,chief ,economist of the ,department
 of ,agriculture1 produce an economic   
impact statement for the publication    
item that contains a detailed estimate  
of potential costs to agricultural      

entities2  7#c7 identify individuals    
representative of potentially affected  
agricultural entities for the purpose of
 obtaining advice and recommendations   
from those individuals about the        
potential impacts of the publication    
item2 and  7#d7 convene a review panel  
for analysis of the publication item    
that includes the ,secretary1 any       
full-time ,federal employee of the      
,department of ,agriculture appointed to
 the panel by the ,secretary1 and any   
employee of the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency or the ,office of   
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs of
 the ,office of ,management and ,budget 
that accepts an invitation from the     
,secretary to participate in the panel4 
7d7 ,duties of the review panel ,a      
review panel convened for a publication 
item under subsection 7c77#d7 shall--   
7#a7 review any information or material 
obtained by the ,secretary and prepared 
in connection with the publication item1
 including any draft proposed guidance1 

policy1 memorandum1 regulation1 or      
statement of general applicability and  
future effect2  7#b7 collect advice and 
recommendations from agricultural entity
 representatives identified by the      
,administrator after consultation with  
the ,secretary2  7#c7 compile and       
analyze the advice and recommendations2 
and  7#d7 make recommendations to the   
,secretary based on the information     
gathered by the review panel or provided
 by agricultural entity representatives4
  7e7 ,comments  7#a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #fj days after the date on   
which the ,secretary convenes a review  
panel under subsection 7c77#d71 the     
,secretary shall submit to the          
,administrator comments on the planned  
or proposed guidance1 policy1           
memorandum1 regulation1 or statement of 
general applicability and future effect 
for consideration and inclusion in any  
related administrative record1          
including--  7,a7 a report by the       
,secretary on the concerns of           

agricultural entities2  7,b7 the        
findings of the review panel2  7,c7 the 
findings of the ,secretary1 including   
any adopted findings of the review      
panel2 and  7,d7 recommendations of the 
,secretary4  7#b7 ,publication ,the     
,secretary shall publish the comments   
under paragraph 7#a7 in the ,federal    
,register and make the comments         
available to the public on the public   
,internet site of the ,department of    
,agriculture4  7f7 ,waivers ,the        
,secretary may waive initiation of the  
review panel under subsection 7c77#d7 as
 the ,secretary determines appropriate4