,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ah1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,environmental 
,protection ,agency from using          
assessments generated by the ,integrated
 ,risk ,information ,system as a tier #a
 data source in rulemakings and other   
regulatory1 enforcement1 or permitting  
actions1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,,iris ,act of #bjbe4  #b4      
,prohibition on use of assessments      
generated by the ,integrated ,risk      
,information ,system program            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,administrator of the          
,environmental ,protection ,agency may  
not use any assessment generated by the 
,integrated ,risk ,information ,system  
program of the ,environmental           

,protection ,agency as a basis-- 7#a7 to
 develop1 finalize1 or issue a rule or  
regulation2  7#b7 to carry out any other
 regulatory1 enforcement1 or permitting 
action2 or  7#c7 to inform air toxics   
assessments or other mapping or         
screening tools4