,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cici  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,griffith 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,roe  
of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,kelly of           
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west    
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,goodlatte1 and ,mr4    
,jenkins of ,west ,virginia7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committees on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 ,agriculture1 and      
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require that the workforce of the       
,environmental ,protection ,agency be   
reduced by #ae percent4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,epa ,maximum ,achievable ,contraction 
of ,technocrats ,act of #bjae4  #b4     

,findings ,congress finds as follows3   
7#a7 ,during the ,government shutdown of
 #bjac1 the ,environmental ,protection  
,agency deemed #ie percent of its       
employees as non essential4  7#b7 ,the  
,environmental ,protection ,agency      
occupies space in eight different       
buildings in the ,district of ,columbia4
  7#c7 ,from #aige to #bjad the number  
of ,environmental ,protection ,agency   
employees increased by #dh percent while
 the number of total ,federal personnel 
decreased by #ag percent4  7#d7 ,in     
#bjae1 according to one study1 complying
 with ,environmental ,protection ,agency
 regulations will cost the ,u4,s4       
economy #chf billion4  7#e7 ,from #bjji 
to #bjad1 according to the ,federal     
,register1 the ,environmental           
,protection ,agency has published and   
put into effect #b1dge rules4  #c4      
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
,act-- 7#a7 the term ,administrator     
means the ,administrator of the         
,environmental ,protection ,agency2     

7#b7 the term employee has the meaning  
given such term by section #baje of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#c7  
the term baseline date means the last   
day of the second month beginning on or 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act2 and  7#d7 the term workforce      
reduction target date means the date    
occurring #c years after the baseline   
date4  #d4 ,mandatory workforce         
reduction  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,administrator shall take such actions  
as may be necessary to ensure that--    
7#a7 the total number of employees in   
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency  
on the workforce reduction target date1 
does not exceed  7#b7 the total number  
of employees in the ,environmental      
,protection ,agency on the baseline     
date1 reduced by #ae percent4  7b7      
,reporting requirements ,in order to    
carry out this ,act1 the ,administrator 
shall submit to ,congress a written     
determination of--  7#a7 the total      
number of employees in the              

,environmental ,protection ,agency on   
the baseline date1 not later than #cj   
days after such date2 and  7#b7 the     
total number of employees in the        
,environmental ,protection ,agency on   
the workforce reduction target date1 not
 later than #cj days after such date4   
7c7 ,extension authority  7#a7 ,in      
general ,the ,administrator may1 if     
necessary because timely compliance with
 subsection 7a7 is impracticable1 delay 
the deadline for compliance for a period
 not to exceed #a year4  7#b7           
,notification ,if the authority under   
paragraph 7#a7 is exercised1 the        
,administrator shall submit a written   
report to ,congress not later than #cj  
days after the date on which such       
authority is so exercised4 ,such report 
shall include--  7,a7 notification that 
the authority under paragraph 7#a7 has  
been exercised2  7,b7 the reasons why   
the exercise of authority was necessary2
 and  7,c7 the new deadline for         
compliance4  7#c7 ,final report ,not    

later than #cj days after the date      
referred to in paragraph 7#b77;,c71 the 
,administrator shall submit to          
,congress--  7,a7 a written             
determination of compliance with the    
limitation specified in subsection      
7a77#b71 including the total number of  
employees in the ,environmental         
,protection ,agency as of the date      
referred to in paragraph 7#b77;,c72 or  
7,b7 a written determination of         
noncompliance with the limitation       
specified in subsection 7a77#b71        
including the extent of and the reasons 
for the noncompliance4