Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8440
ZELDIN Act
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Introduced 2026-04-22Topic: environment · governance ethics · public healthSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would bar the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from dropping an EPA lawsuit, or withdrawing a referral to the Department of Justice, over the release of chemicals the EPA has found to be likely or known human cancer-causing agents, unless the head notifies Congress and Congress passes a joint resolution approving it. It would set fast-track voting rules for those resolutions. It would also allow EPA grants or cooperative agreements to be ended only if the EPA's Office of General Counsel finds the termination follows the applicable rules and terms. It would keep funds from terminated grants from being returned to the Treasury while legal challenges are pending, let harmed people sue the EPA head for damages, allow a court to cut the EPA head's pay to $1 for certain violations, and require the EPA to use specific 2023 and 2024 guidance for regulatory and economic analyses. The law would end on January 20, 2029.
Sponsors
- Troy A. Carter Democrat sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-04-22 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-04-22 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-04-22 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-04-22 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-04-22 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2026-04-22 | Introduced in House | introduce |