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2		-	Union Calendar No. 7
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1158
6		-	[Report No. 118–14]
7	5		To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act with respect to new critical
8	6		energy resources, and for other purposes.
9	7		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	8		FEBRUARY24, 2023
11	9		Mr. C
12	10		URTISintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
13	11		on Energy and Commerce
14		-	M
15		-	ARCH23, 2023
16		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. A
17		-	LLEN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr.
18		-	B
19		-	UCSHON
20		-	M
21		-	ARCH23, 2023
22		-	Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the
23		-	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
24		-	to be printed
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28	12		A BILL
29	13		To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act with respect
30	14		to new critical energy resources, and for other purposes.
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34	15		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
35	16		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
36	17		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
37	18		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elimination of Future 4
38	19		Technology Delays Act of 2023’’. 5
39	20		SEC. 2. CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE REVIEW FOR CRITICAL EN-6
40	21		ERGY RESOURCES. 7
41	22		Section 5(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 8
42	23		U.S.C. 2604(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-9
43	24		lowing: 10
44		-	‘‘(6) C
45		-	RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCES .— 11
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	28	+	‘‘(6) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCES .— 1
46	29		‘‘(A) S
47		-	TANDARD.—For purposes of a de-12
48		-	termination under paragraph (3) with respect 13
49		-	to a chemical substance that is a critical energy 14
50		-	resource, the Administrator shall take into con-15
51		-	sideration economic, societal, and environmental 16
52		-	costs and benefits, notwithstanding any require-17
53		-	ment of this section to not take such factors 18
54		-	into consideration. 19
	30	+	TANDARD.—For purposes of a de-2
	31	+	termination under paragraph (3) with respect 3
	32	+	to a chemical substance that is a critical energy 4
	33	+	resource, the Administrator shall take into con-5
	34	+	sideration economic, societal, and environmental 6
	35	+	costs and benefits, notwithstanding any require-7
	36	+	ment of this section to not take such factors 8
	37	+	into consideration. 9
55	38		‘‘(B) F
56		-	AILURE TO RENDER DETERMINA -20
57		-	TION.— 21
	39	+	AILURE TO RENDER DETERMINA -10
	40	+	TION.— 11
58	41		‘‘(i) A
59		-	CTIONS AUTHORIZED .—If, with 22
60		-	respect to a chemical substance that is a 23
61		-	critical energy resource, the Administrator 24
62		-	fails to make a determination on a notice 25
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66		-	under paragraph (3) by the end of the ap-1
67		-	plicable review period and the notice has 2
68		-	not been withdrawn by the submitter, the 3
69		-	submitter may take the actions described 4
70		-	in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the 5
71		-	chemical substance, and the Administrator 6
72		-	shall be relieved of any requirement to 7
73		-	make such determination. 8
	42	+	CTIONS AUTHORIZED .—If, with 12
	43	+	respect to a chemical substance that is a 13
	44	+	critical energy resource, the Administrator 14
	45	+	fails to make a determination on a notice 15
	46	+	under paragraph (3) by the end of the ap-16
	47	+	plicable review period and the notice has 17
	48	+	not been withdrawn by the submitter, the 18
	49	+	submitter may take the actions described 19
	50	+	in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the 20
	51	+	chemical substance, and the Administrator 21
	52	+	shall be relieved of any requirement to 22
	53	+	make such determination. 23
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75		-	ON-DUPLICATION.—A refund of 9
76		-	applicable fees under paragraph (4)(A) 10
77		-	shall not be made if a submitter takes an 11
78		-	action described in paragraph (1)(A) under 12
79		-	this subparagraph. 13
	55	+	ON-DUPLICATION.—A refund of 24
	56	+	applicable fees under paragraph (4)(A) 25
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	60	+	shall not be made if a submitter takes an 1
	61	+	action described in paragraph (1)(A) under 2
	62	+	this subparagraph. 3
80	63		‘‘(C) P
81		-	REREQUISITE FOR SUGGESTION OF 14
82		-	WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION .—The Adminis-15
83		-	trator may not suggest to, or request of, a sub-16
84		-	mitter of a notice under this subsection for a 17
85		-	chemical substance that is a critical energy re-18
86		-	source that such submitter withdraw such no-19
87		-	tice, or request a suspension of the running of 20
88		-	the applicable review period with respect to 21
89		-	such notice, unless the Administrator has— 22
90		-	‘‘(i) conducted a preliminary review of 23
91		-	such notice; and 24
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95		-	‘‘(ii) provided to the submitter a draft 1
96		-	of a determination under paragraph (3), 2
97		-	including any supporting information. 3
	64	+	REREQUISITE FOR SUGGESTION OF 4
	65	+	WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION .—The Adminis-5
	66	+	trator may not suggest to, or request of, a sub-6
	67	+	mitter of a notice under this subsection for a 7
	68	+	chemical substance that is a critical energy re-8
	69	+	source that such submitter withdraw such no-9
	70	+	tice, or request a suspension of the running of 10
	71	+	the applicable review period with respect to 11
	72	+	such notice, unless the Administrator has— 12
	73	+	‘‘(i) conducted a preliminary review of 13
	74	+	such notice; and 14
	75	+	‘‘(ii) provided to the submitter a draft 15
	76	+	of a determination under paragraph (3), 16
	77	+	including any supporting information. 17
98	78		‘‘(D) D
99		-	EFINITION.—For purposes of this 4
100		-	paragraph, the term ‘critical energy resource’ 5
101		-	means, as determined by the Secretary of En-6
102		-	ergy, any energy resource— 7
103		-	‘‘(i) that is essential to the energy sec-8
104		-	tor and energy systems of the United 9
105		-	States; and 10
106		-	‘‘(ii) the supply chain of which is vul-11
107		-	nerable to disruption.’’. 12
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111		-	118
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113		-	CONGRESS
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115		-	ST
116		-	S
117		-	ESSION
118		-
119		-	H. R. 1158
120		-	[Report No. 118–14]
121		-	A BILL
122		-	To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act with
123		-	respect to new critical energy resources, and for
124		-	other purposes.
125		-	M
126		-	ARCH
127		-	23, 2023
128		-	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
129		-	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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	79	+	EFINITION.—For purposes of this 18
	80	+	paragraph, the term ‘critical energy resource’ 19
	81	+	means, as determined by the Secretary of En-20
	82	+	ergy, any energy resource— 21
	83	+	‘‘(i) that is essential to the energy sec-22
	84	+	tor and energy systems of the United 23
	85	+	States; and 24
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	90	+	nerable to disruption.’’. 2
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