Bill > HR1415

This bill, known as the "No IRIS Act of 2025," prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program for several key regulatory activities. Specifically, the EPA Administrator is forbidden from using IRIS assessments to develop, finalize, or issue rules and regulations, to conduct regulatory, enforcement, or permitting actions, or to inform air toxics assessments, mapping, or screening tools. IRIS is a program within the EPA that evaluates information on human health effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants. The bill effectively restricts the EPA's ability to use IRIS assessments as a basis for environmental and public health regulatory decision-making, which could potentially limit the agency's ability to implement environmental protections based on these scientific evaluations. By preventing the use of IRIS assessments in rulemaking and other regulatory actions, the bill appears to create a significant constraint on how the EPA can use scientific risk information in its regulatory processes.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1415/all-info