State Standing Committee Act

Key Points

• This bill creates a new group called the State Standing Committee inside the Environmental Protection Agency. It would include one expert from every state, U.S. territory, and Native American Tribe to help the federal government make decisions about the environment.
• The people on this committee must be experts in science or technology and already work for state or tribal environmental agencies. They would not be paid extra for this role. They would serve as volunteers to share how federal rules affect their local areas.
• The committee would give advice on major laws like the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. This ensures that the people who have to follow these rules on the ground have a direct way to tell the government what is working and what is not.
• All advice given by these local experts must be posted on the EPA website within 30 days so the public can see it. This makes the process more open and shows how different states or tribes might feel about new environmental rules.

Impact Analysis

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