,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjbd,mrs4 
,rodgers of ,washington introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the              
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency to provide for an   
objective and independent audit of the  
programs and activities of the ,agency  
under the ,clean ,air ,act and other    
applicable authorities relating to air  
pollution1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,accounting for the ,uses1          
,disbursements1 and ,income on our      
,taxes at ,,epa ,act of #bjbd or the    
,,audit ,,epa ,act of #bjbd4  #b4       
,audits of ,,epa programs and activities
 relating to air pollution ,the ,clean  
,air ,act is amended by inserting after 
section #caa 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gfaa7 the  
following3  #caa;,a4 ,audits  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a year after   

the date of enactment of this section1  
and every year thereafter for a period  
of #f years1 the ,administrator shall   
provide for an audit of the programs and
 activities of the ,environmental       
,protection ,agency under this ,act and 
other applicable authorities relating to
 air pollution4  7b7 ,audit requirements
 ,each audit under this section shall-- 
7#a7 be conducted in an objective manner
 by an independent party outside of the 
,environmental ,protection ,agency2     
7#b7 be conducted in compliance with the
 ,international ,professional ,practices
 ,framework and the ,international      
,standards for the ,professional        
,practice of ,internal ,auditing1       
published by the ,institute of ,internal
 ,auditors2 and  7#c7 meet generally    
accepted government auditing standards4 
7c7 ,representative sample of funding   
recipients ,each audit under this       
section shall include an audit of a     
representative sample of programs and   
activities carried out by recipients and

 subrecipients through funds received   
through grants1 cooperative agreements1 
and loans from the ,environmental       
,protection ,agency during the period   
covered by the audit4  7d7 ,reports to  
,congress  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the completion of  
each audit under this section1 the      
,administrator shall submit a report    
containing the results of such audit to 
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
of the ,house of ,representatives1 the  
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works of the ,senate1 the ,inspector   
,general of the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency1 and the            
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states4  7#b7 ,contents ,each report   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 be    
disaggregated by category1 including--  
7i7 the disbursement of financial awards
 directly or indirectly by the          
,administrator2  7ii7 operation and     
management of programs2  7iii7          
development and issuance of regulations2

  7iv7 compliance assistance2  7v7      
enforcement activities2 and  7vi7 other 
related activities2 and  7,b7 identify  
each recipient and subrecipient of a    
grant1 cooperative agreement1 or loan   
from the ,environmental ,protection     
,agency during the period covered by the
 audit4  7e7 ,amounts authorized ,for   
the purpose of implementing this        
section1 the ,administrator is          
authorized1 in each relevant fiscal     
year1 to use amounts made available to  
the ,administrator in that fiscal year  
in the account entitled ,environmental  
,protection ,agency--,environmental     
,programs and ,management4  4