S4959-118

Introduced

To prohibit Federal agencies from implementing environmental justice standards when issuing rules, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Aug 1, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit Federal agencies from implementing environmental justice standards when issuing rules, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Immigration, Criminal Justice.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Environmental Gamesmanship Act or the REG Act.
  • Section id205bfa3a4d254c5fba4a49304356a0f5: 2. Limitation on agency rule making In this section, the terms agency and rule have the meanings given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States...
  • Section ida81031c4ebc441788df9856a67976cbf: 3. Repeal of Executive Orders Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the following Executive orders shall have no force or effect: Executive...

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 prohibit Federal agencies from implementing environmental justice standards when issuing rules, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Immigration, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit Federal agencies from implementing environmental justice standards when issuing rules, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Immigration Criminal Justice

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 1, 2024

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Immigration Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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