S 1661 · 106th Congress · Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection Partnership Act

Introduced 1999-09-29· Sponsored by Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.(1999-09-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Environmental Protection Partnership Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that an environmental audit report that is prepared, or a finding, opinion, or other communication that is made, in good faith by a person or government entity and that is related to, and essentially constitutes a part of, an audit report shall not be subject to discovery or any other investigatory procedure or admissible as evidence in any judicial action or administrative proceeding, with exceptions. Makes such provision inapplicable to an audit report if, after an in camera hearing, a judge determines that: (1) the party that initiated the audit expressly waives the protection provided by this Act; (2) the audit provides evidence of noncompliance with a covered Federal law and appropriate efforts to achieve compliance were not promptly initiated and pursued with reasonable diligence; (3) the party that is asserting the applicability of such provision is doing so for a fraudulent purpose; or (4) the audit report or finding was prepared for the purpose of avoiding disclosure of information required for a governmental investigative, administrative, or judicial proceeding that, at the time of prep…

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3 Republicans