Sovereign State Environmental Quality Assurance Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3346 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3346 To abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2025 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, 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 ``Sovereign State Environmental Quality Assurance Act''. SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. (a) Abolishment.--Effective on the termination date under subsection (c), the Environmental Protection Agency is abolished. (b) Abolition of Functions.--All functions, including any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program, that, immediately before the termination date under subsection (c), were functions of the Environmental Protection Agency are abolished effective on such termination date. (c) Termination Date.--The termination date under this subsection is the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Wind-Up Activities.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take such actions as may be necessary to wind up any outstanding obligations, activities, or affairs of the Environmental Protection Agency