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HR 418
Recent Bills/HR 418

Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act

IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
Passed Senate11 months ago
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Senate
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Passed/agreed to in Senate
Environmental ProtectionCommemorative events and holidaysEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchWatershedsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Why This Matters

This resolution supports naming the week of September 20 through September 27, 2025 as National Estuaries Week. It aims to increase public awareness of the economic and environmental importance of estuaries.

Who this affects
Federal agencies · State agencies · Local agencies · Tribal agencies
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1The Senate designates September 20–27, 2025 as National Estuaries Week and endorses its goals.
  2. 2It notes estuaries cover 13 percent of the continental US land but support nearly 40 percent of the population, 39 percent of jobs, and 47 percent of economic output.
  3. 3It highlights that estuaries, oceans, and the Great Lakes contributed over $511 billion to the US gross domestic product in 2023 and created 111,000 new jobs from 2022 to 2023.
  4. 4It recognizes commercial and recreational fishing industries support over 2.3 million jobs and generate hundreds of billions of dollars in sales and income.
  5. 5It describes how estuaries serve as habitats and nurseries for fish and wildlife, including threatened or endangered species.
  6. 6It explains that estuaries provide ecosystem services like water filtration, flood control, shoreline stabilization, and protection during storms.
  7. 7It references the Clean Water Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act as authorizing plans to protect water quality, wildlife, and recreational uses of estuaries.
  8. 8It affirms support for scientific study, habitat restoration, and collaboration among federal, state, local, tribal governments and community organizations to protect and restore estuaries.
Read the detailed summary

Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act This bill requires, subject to a limited exception, that any agency rule promulgated under notice and comment procedures must be (1) initiated by a senior appointee (e. g., an individual who was appointed by the President or is a non-career member of the Senior Executive Service), and (2) issued and signed by an individual who was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs must issue guidance for agencies to implement this requirement.

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Intro
House
Senate
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IntroducedJan 15, 2025
Sponsors
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House
SenateSep 29, 2025
PresidentCurrent

Passed/agreed to in Senate

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Signature
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