Freedom for Farmers Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 33 To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2021 Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom for Farmers 4 Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES 6 AND DISEASE REGISTRY. 7 (a) ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCY.—The Agency for 8 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (in this section re- 9 ferred to as the ‘‘Agency’’) is abolished effective on the 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 33 IH date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 1 Act. 2 (b) TERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as pro- 3 vided in subsection (c)(1), all functions of the Agency shall 4 terminate on the date specified in subsection (a). 5 (c) TRANSFERRED AUTHORITY.— 6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the date specified in 7 subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human 8 Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec- 9 retary’’) shall transfer the authority vested in the 10 Agency by section 104(i)(1)(A) of the Comprehen- 11 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 12 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(A)) as 13 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 14 this Act (relating to a national registry of serious 15 diseases and illnesses and a national registry of per- 16 sons exposed to toxic substances) to an appropriate 17 agency within the Department of Health and 18 Human Services. 19 (2) CORRESPONDING TRANSFER OF ASSETS 20 AND PERSONNEL.—In connection with the transfer 21 of authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 22 transfer within the Department of Health and 23 Human Services such assets, funds, personnel, 24 records, and other property relating to the trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 33 IH ferred authority as the Secretary determines to be 1 appropriate. 2 (d) WIND-UP PERIOD.— 3 (1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 4 ‘‘wind-up period’’ means the period beginning on the 5 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 6 date specified in subsection (a). 7 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary shall be 8 responsible for— 9 (A) the administration and wind-up, dur- 10 ing the wind-up period, of all functions of the 11 Agency that are terminated by this section; 12 (B) the administration and wind-up, dur- 13 ing the wind-up period, of any outstanding obli- 14 gations of the Federal Government under any 15 programs of the Agency that are terminated by 16 this section; and 17 (C) taking such other actions as may be 18 necessary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of 19 the Agency before the end of the wind-up pe- 20 riod. 21 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 22 (a) CERCLA.—The Comprehensive Environmental 23 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 24 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 33 IH (1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 9604), by amend- 1 ing subsection (i) to read as follows: 2 ‘‘(i) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 3 shall, in cooperation with the States, maintain a national 4 registry of serious diseases and illnesses and a national 5 registry of persons exposed to toxic substances.’’; 6 (2) in section 111 (42 U.S.C. 9611)— 7 (A) by striking subsection (c)(4); and 8 (B) by striking subsection (m); and 9 (3) in section 310(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 10 9659(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Administrator of 11 the ATSDR’’. 12 (b) OTHER CONFORMING CHANGES.— 13 (1) Section 2704 of title 10, United States 14 Code, is amended by striking subsection (f). 15 (2) Section 405(d)(1) of the Toxic Substances 16 Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601(d)(1)) is amended by 17 striking ‘‘acting through the Director of the Agency 18 for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,’’. 19 (3) Section 209(c)(1)(A) of the Fire Adminis- 20 tration Authorization Act of 1992 (29 U.S.C. 21 671a(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Admin- 22 istrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis- 23 ease Registry,’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 33 IH (4) Section 118(e)(3)(A) of the Federal Water 1 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(e)(3)(A)) is 2 amended by striking ‘‘, in consultation with the Re- 3 search Office, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 4 Disease Registry, and Great Lakes States’’ and in- 5 serting ‘‘, in consultation with the Research Office 6 and Great Lakes States,’’. 7 (5) Section 317F(a) of the Public Health Serv- 8 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–7(a)) is amended— 9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 10 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg- 11 istry’’; and 12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the 13 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg- 14 istry’’. 15 (6) Section 399S of the Public Health Service 16 Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–7) is amended— 17 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)— 18 (i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 19 subclause (II); 20 (ii) by striking subclause (III); and 21 (iii) by redesignating subclause (IV) 22 as subclause (III); and 23 (B) in subsection (d)(1)(A)— 24 (i) by striking clause (iv); and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 33 IH (ii) by redesignating clauses (v) 1 through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (vi), 2 respectively. 3 (7) Section 399V–6(e)(5) of the Public Health 4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–17(e)(5)) is amended 5 by striking ‘‘and the Assessments of Chemical Expo- 6 sures Program of the Agency for Toxic Substances 7 and Disease Registry’’. 8 (8) Section 3(c) of the ICCVAM Authorization 9 Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 285l–3(c)) is amended— 10 (A) by striking paragraph (1); and 11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 12 through (16) as paragraphs (1) through (15), 13 respectively. 14 (9) Section 2201(e) of the Water Infrastructure 15 Improvements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 16 12 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Director of the 17 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 18 of’’ each place it appears. 19 (10) Section 2203 of the Water Infrastructure 20 Improvements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 21 27) is amended— 22 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘within 23 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 24 Registry or the Centers for Disease Control and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 33 IH Prevention at the discretion of the Secretary’’ 1 and inserting ‘‘within the Centers for Disease 2 Control and Prevention’’; and 3 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, 4 within the Agency for Toxic Substances and 5 Disease Registry’’. 6 (11) Section 709(a)(7) of the Security and Ac- 7 countability for Every Port Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 8 300hh–14(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Agen- 9 cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,’’. 10 (12) Section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 11 Act (42 U.S.C. 6921(b)(1)) is amended by striking 12 ‘‘the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg- 13 istry and’’. 14 (13) Section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 6939a) is amended— 16 (A) by striking subsections (b) through 17 (g); and 18 (B) in subsection (a), by striking the sub- 19 section designation and heading. 20 (14) Section 103(d)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act 21 (42 U.S.C. 7403(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 22 ‘‘the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg- 23 istry,’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 33 IH (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 1 section apply beginning on the date specified in section 2 2(a). 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H33.IH H33 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS