,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajedi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,december #bj1 #bjbd 
,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committees on ,agriculture1            
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 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     
abolish the ,environmental ,protection  
,agency4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,sovereign ,state   
,environmental ,quality ,assurance ,act4
  #b4 ,abolishment of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency  7a7 ,in general   
,effective on the termination date under
 subsection 7b71 the ,environmental     
,protection ,agency is abolished4  7b7  
,termination date ,the termination date 

under this subsection is the date that  
is #bgj days after the date of enactment
 of this ,act4  7c7 ,wind-,up activities
 ,the ,administrator of the             
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 take such actions as may be necessary  
to wind up any outstanding obligations1 
activities1 or affairs of the           
,environmental ,protection ,agency prior
 to the termination date under          
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,progress report   
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall submit to     
,congress a report on the ,agency's     
progress in winding up the affairs of   
the ,agency by not later than the       
termination date under subsection 7b74  
#c4 ,allocation of funds to ,state      
environmental quality departments  7a7  
,allocation of funds  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall  
allocate amounts made available pursuant
 to paragraph 7#b7 to the ,state        

environmental quality departments of    
each of the several ,states1 the        
,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and        
,american ,samoa1 in the proportion to  
which the total population of each      
,state1 the ,district of ,columbia1     
,puerto ,rico1 the ,virgin ,islands1    
,guam1 the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 
and ,american ,samoa bears to the total 
population of all the ,states1 the      
,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and        
,american ,samoa1 as determined by the  
last preceding decennial census4  7#b7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this subsection #d1djj1jjj1jjj
 for each of fiscal years #bjbf through 
#bjbi4  7b7 ,authorization for          
administration ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary of the
 ,treasury to audit and administer any  

allocation of amounts made available    
pursuant to subsection 7a77#b7          
#hhj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years   
#bjbf through #bjbi4  #d4 ,,cbo ,study  
and report  7a7 ,annual study and report
 ,the ,congressional ,budget ,office    
shall annually1 for each of fiscal years
 #bjbf through #bjbi1 conduct a study   
and submit to ,congress a report on the 
efficacy of this ,act4  7b7             
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,congressional ,budget ,office to carry 
out this section #hhj1jjj1jjj for each  
of fiscal years #bjbf through #bjbi4