HR5243-118

Introduced

To rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID–19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Aug 18, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID–19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA03ECFF0D40F4024BC192E1E064AC9ED: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Less Talk More Action Water Modernization Act of 2023.
  • Section H05AEE6B6FEF9492EBE09435BED8B4503: 2. Rescission and redirection of certain amounts to water-related projects The unexpended balance of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID–19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID–19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Aug 18, 2023

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Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

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