[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 623 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 623

To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments 
 generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data 
source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting 
                    actions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 18, 2025

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments 
 generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data 
source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting 
                    actions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No IRIS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSESSMENTS GENERATED BY THE INTEGRATED 
              RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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--
            (1) to develop, finalize, or issue a rule or regulation;
            (2) to carry out any other regulatory, enforcement, or 
        permitting action; or
            (3) to inform air toxics assessments or other mapping or 
        screening tools.
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