,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1    
#bjbb,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,environmental  
,protection ,agency to issue analyses on
 the environmental and economic impacts 
of rules and rulemakings of the         
,environmental ,protection ,agency1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,epa    
,transparency ,act of #bjbb4  #b4       
,report  7a7 ,definitions ,in this      
section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term  
,administrator means the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency4  7#b7 ,data of economic harm   
,the term data of economic harm1 with   
respect to a major ,,epa-promulgated    
rule or rulemaking1 means data1 facts1  
and figures that can be measured1       
traced1 and validated with respect to   

the economic harm that is anticipated to
 be caused by the major                 
,,epa-promulgated rule or rulemaking4   
7#c7 ,data of environmental harm ,the   
term data of environmental harm1 with   
respect to a major ,,epa-promulgated    
rule or rulemaking1 means data1 facts1  
and figures that can be measured1       
traced1 and validated with respect to   
the environmental harm that would be    
caused without the promulgation or      
issuance of the major ,,epa-promulgated 
rule or rulemaking4  7#d7 ,major        
,,epa-promulgated rule or rulemaking    
,the term major ,,epa-promulgated rule  
or rulemaking means a final rule or     
policy of the ,administrator-- 7,a7 the 
promulgation of which was not explicitly
 authorized by an ,act of ,congress2 and
  7,b7 that increases the control or    
influence of the ,federal ,government   
over the property or constitutional     
rights of an individual as compared to  
before the date of promulgation of the  
rule or policy1 as determined by the    

,administrator4  7#e7 ,small business   
,the term small business means a        
privately owned corporation1            
partnership1 or sole proprietorship that
 has-- 7,a7 fewer than #a1ejj employees2
 and  7,b7 not more than #ch1ejj1jjj in 
average annual receipts4  7b7 ,report   
required ,not later than #cj days after 
the date on which a major               
,,epa-promulgated rule or rulemaking is 
promulgated1 the ,administrator shall   
submit to ,congress and make publicly   
available a report that describes1 with 
respect to the major ,,epa-promulgated  
rule or rulemaking1 an analysis of--    
7#a7 the data of environmental harm2 and
  7#b7 the data of economic harm with   
respect to small businesses4