Date: March 28, 1990
Subject: Department of Environmental Protection
Description: Passage of the bill to elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to cabinet-level by renaming it the Department of Environmental Protection; restrict the contracting out of "inherently governmental" functions; authorize a National Academy of Sciences study; and establish specific departmental offices, including an independent Bureau of Environmental Statistics and a Commission on Improving Environmental Protection. The result is an addition of one more level of waste and bureaucracy to the federal government.
Result: Bill Passed, 371-55
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