,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,johanns introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to rescind  
funds made available to the             
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency if the              
,administrator fails to meet certain    
deadlines4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,environmental      
,protection ,agency ,accountability ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,definition of          
,administrator ,in this ,act1 the term  
,administrator means the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency4  #c4 ,interim assessment of    
regulatory requirements and applicable  
penalties  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #cj days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator shall ensure that the    
requirements described in subsection 7b7

 are satisfied4  7b7 ,requirements ,the 
,administrator shall satisfy--  7#a7    
section #d of ,executive ,order #abhff  
7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #fja note7 7relating to   
regulatory planning and review7 and     
,executive ,order #acefc 7#e ,u4,s4,c4  
#fja note7 7relating to improving       
regulation and regulatory review7 7or   
any successor ,executive order          
establishing requirements applicable to 
the uniform reporting of regulatory and 
deregulatory agendas72  7#b7 section    
#fjb of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2
  7#c7 section #h of ,executive ,order  
#acacb 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #fja note7         
7relating to federalism72 and  7#d7     
section #bjb7;a7 of the ,unfunded       
,mandates ,reform ,act of #aiie 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #aecb7;a774  7c7 ,financial   
penalty provisions  7#a7 ,in general    
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 if the      
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states determines that the             
,administrator fails to satisfy any     
requirement described in subsection 7b71

 an amount of funding equal to #bj1jjj  
per week shall be rescinded from the    
,office of the ,administrator1 and once 
each week thereafter until all the      
requirements are satisfied4  7#b7       
,limitations  7,a7 #a day grace period  
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply if each 
requirement listed in subsection 7b7 is 
satisfied not later than #a day after   
the deadline for the requirement4  7,b7 
,maximum amount of rescinded funds ,no  
rescission of funds under paragraph 7#a7
 shall exceed1 in any fiscal year1 an   
amount equal to #g percent of the funds 
made available to the ,office of the    
,administrator4  7#c7 ,audits ,in any   
fiscal year in which any funds are      
rescinded from the ,administrator       
pursuant to this ,act1 the ,inspector   
,general of the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency shall--  7,a7       
conduct an audit to assess compliance   
with the requirements of this paragraph2
 and  7,b7 not later than #abj days     
after the end of the fiscal year during 

which any funds are rescinded under     
paragraph 7#a71 submit to the ,committee
 on ,environment and ,public ,works of  
the ,senate1 the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives1 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 and the ,committee on          
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives a report describing the
 reasons why the funds were rescinded1  
including allocations of resources4     
7#d7 ,effect of paragraph ,nothing in   
this paragraph affects or limits the    
application of1 or obligation to comply 
with1 any ,federal1 ,state1 local1 or   
tribal law4