,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gijj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjbd,mr4 
,finstad 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,johnson of 
,south ,dakota1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mrs4      
,hinson1 ,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of       
,florida1 ,mr4 ,van ,orden1 ,mr4        
,newhouse1 ,mrs4 ,fischbach1 ,mr4       
,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4        
,williams of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,flood1 and   
,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and ,transportation and  
,infrastructure1 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 establish a regulatory   
review process for rules that the       
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency plans to propose1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     

title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,epa ,accountability to ,farm ,country 
,act4  #b4 ,regulatory review by the    
,secretary of ,agriculture  7a7 ,review 
of regulatory actions ,the ,secretary   
shall review each covered publication   
not later than #cj days after the date  
on which such publication is issued to  
determine whether the covered           
publication may have a major economic   
impact on production or prices of       
agricultural commodities1 retail food   
prices1 or otherwise on the agricultural
 economy4  7b7 ,information gathering   
,if the ,secretary determines a covered 
publication may have a major economic   
impact on production or prices of       
agricultural commodities1 retail food   
prices1 and otherwise on the            
agricultural economy1 within #cj days of
 such determination1 the ,secretary     
shall-- 7#a7 convene a review panel for 
analysis of the regulatory action that  
is the subject of the covered           
publication that includes--  7,a7 the   

,secretary2  7,b7 an employee of the    
,department of ,agriculture2  7,c7 an   
employee of the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency that is designated  
by the ,administrator2  7,d7 an employee
 from the ,office of ,information and   
,regulatory ,affairs within the ,office 
of ,management and ,budget that is      
designated by the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget2 and 
7,e7 four active producers from         
different geographic areas of the       
,united ,states1 and that represent a   
cross-section of agricultural           
commodities grown in the ,united        
,states2  7#b7 notify the ,committee on 
,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate--  7,a7 that such a      
review panel is being convened2 and     
7,b7 which covered publication is to be 
considered by such review panel2  7#c7  
solicit from the ,administrator any     
information the ,secretary determines   

necessary to facilitate a review of the 
covered publication2 and  7#d7 issue an 
economic impact statement for the       
publication item that contains a        
detailed estimate of potential costs to 
the agriculture sector of the ,united   
,states4  7c7 ,duties of the            
,administrator ,the ,administrator shall
 provide any information solicited by   
the ,secretary under subsection 7b77#c7 
for purposes of facilitating a review of
 the covered publication involved4  7d7 
,duties and report of the review panel  
7#a7 ,duties ,a review panel convened   
under subsection 7b7 with respect to a  
covered publication shall--  7,a7 review
 any information or material obtained by
 the ,secretary and prepared in         
connection with the covered publication1
 including any draft proposed guidance1 
policy1 memorandum1 regulation1         
assessment1 decision1 or statement of   
general applicability and future effect2
  7,b7 collect advice and               
recommendations from agricultural entity

 representatives with respect to such   
publication2 and  7,c7 compile and      
analyze such advice and recommendations4
  7#b7 ,report ,not later than #fj days 
after the date a review panel is        
convened under subsection 7b7 with      
respect to a covered publication1 the   
review panel shall submit to the        
,secretary1 the ,administrator1 the     
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives1 and the ,committee
 on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and       
,forestry of the ,senate a report1 which
 shall be made publicly available by the
 ,secretary1 describing--  7,a7 the     
economic impact statement for the       
covered publication issued under        
subsection 7b77#d72  7,b7 the findings  
of the review panel2 and  7,c7 any      
recommendations of the ,administrator to
 limit the scope of the covered         
publication to ensure the regulatory    
action that is the subject of such      
publication does not have a major       
economic impact on production and prices

 of agricultural commodities1 retail    
food prices1 and otherwise on the       
agricultural economy4  7e7 ,economic    
impact of regulatory agenda ,any        
regulatory action that is the subject of
 a covered publication that has been    
reviewed by a review panel under        
subsection 7b7 that has been determined 
to have a major economic impact or      
affects a substantial number of         
agricultural entities shall not be      
finalized until the ,administrator      
implements the recommendations made by  
the review panel1 as described in       
subsection 7d74  7f7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the  
term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency4  7#b7 ,covered     
publication defined ,the term covered   
publication means a publication that    
gives notice that the ,administrator of 
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency  
is preparing1 or plans to prepare1 any  
guidance1 policy1 memorandum1           

regulation1 assessment1 decision1 or    
statement of general applicability and  
future effect1 including-- 7,a7 any     
regulatory agenda of the ,environmental 
,protection ,agency published pursuant  
to section #fjb of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code2  7,b7 any regulatory plan
 or agenda published by the             
,environmental ,protection ,agency or   
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
pursuant to an ,executive order1        
including ,executive ,order #abhff2 and 
7,c7 any other publication issued by the
 ,administrator of the ,environmental   
,protection ,agency or the ,director of 
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
that may reasonably be foreseen to      
contain such a notice4  7#c7 ,major     
economic impact ,the term major economic
 impact means1 with respect to a        
regulatory action that is the subject of
 a covered publication1 that the action 
would-- 7,a7 have an annual effect on   
the economy of the ,united ,states of   
#ej1jjj1jjj or more2  7,b7 cause a major

 increase in costs or prices for        
agricultural entities1 consumers1       
individual industries1 ,federal1 ,state1
 or local government agencies1 or       
geographic regions2 or  7,c7 cause      
significant adverse effects on          
employment1 investment1 productivity1   
innovation1 or the ability of ,united   
,states-based enterprises to compete    
with foreign-based enterprises in       
domestic and export markets4  7#d7      
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4