State Standing Committee Act

This bill would create a State Standing Committee inside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The committee would have one member from each state, federal district, federal territory, and federally recognized Tribe, chosen from state or Tribal environmental, natural resource, or agricultural agencies, and members would serve without pay. The committee and its individual members could give scientific or technical advice to the EPA Administrator and the Science Advisory Board on matters such as clean air, clean water, drinking water, toxic substances, and pesticides, and the EPA would post that advice online within 30 days. The bill also requires the EPA to send Congress a yearly report on the Science Advisory Board and the new committee.

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Sponsors

• James R. Baird Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors