Establishing Public Accountability Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 964 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Environmental Protec- tion Agency to include in any notice of rulemaking a statement regarding the impact of the rule on job loss or creation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. JACKSON, and Mr. MANN) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency to include in any notice of rulemaking a statement regarding the impact of the rule on job loss or creation, 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 ‘‘Establishing Public 4 Accountability Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Mar 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H964.IH H964 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 964 IH SEC. 2. EFFECT ON JOBS STATEMENT REQUIRED FOR NO- 1 TICE OF RULEMAKINGS BY EPA. 2 Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code is 3 amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5 end; 6 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 7 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- 9 lowing: 10 ‘‘(4) in the case of a rulemaking by the Envi- 11 ronmental Protection Agency, a statement that iden- 12 tifies any net gain or loss of domestic jobs that is 13 likely to result if the rule is adopted, and includes 14 the analysis used to identify that net gain or loss.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Mar 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H964.IH H964 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS