1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Scott Pruitt is Accountable Act of 2018 or the EPA Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) on August 28, 2017, the Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this Act as the EPA OIG ) announced that it would conduct an audit of Scott Pruitt, then-Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this Act as the Agency ), for— (A) the unprecedented and frequent travel expenses incurred by Mr. Pruitt for travel to his home State of Oklahoma; and (B) the reliance by Mr. Pruitt on first-class seats on commercial airplanes; (2) on December 6, 2017, the EPA OIG announced that it would review whether Mr. Pruitt or his staff violated Federal lobbying laws during a meeting in April 2017 with the National Mining Association, during which meeting it was reported that Mr. Pruitt advised the Association to encourage President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement; (3) on December 8, 2017, the EPA OIG opened a review into the manner in which the Agency decided to spend more than $25,000 to install a secure soundproof communications booth in the office of Mr. Pruitt; (4) on January 8, 2018, the EPA OIG began an audit on the exploitation of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) by Mr. Pruitt to give pay raises to 2 top aides, even after the Trump administration refused the request for those pay raises; (5) on April 17, 2018, the EPA OIG opened an investigation into the use of a security detail by Mr. Pruitt during personal trips to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl; (6) on April 19, 2018, the EPA OIG confirmed a probe into a request from Mr. Pruitt for around-the-clock security protection; (7) on April 25, 2018, the EPA OIG agreed to examine the use by Mr. Pruitt of Agency staff for personal errands, including— (A) inquiring about purchasing a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel; (B) locating a particular lotion from the Ritz-Carlton Hotels