# 119-hr-10425: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026

119-hr-10425, Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL); status introduced (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10425
- Congress: 119
- Title: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Restore and strengthen core EPA air protections.** This bill would reinstate key pre-2025 pollution rules and require stronger science, enforcement, and environmental justice standards. - Families and communities: Requires public health impact assessments, cumulative impacts analysis, and restoration of environmental justice programs with prioritization of overburdened areas, plus annual reporting on pollution and health disparities. - Polluting industries and vehicles: Reinstates limits and monitoring for power plants, oil and gas methane and VOC controls, mercury and air toxics, vehicle greenhouse gas standards, and the greenhouse gas reporting program, so regulated sources face restored standards and reporting obligations. - States, enforcement, and courts: Sets a minimum enforcement floor, requires annual enforcement reports to Congress, creates a private right of action for people harmed by noncompliance, preserves state authority to set stronger limits, and authorizes funding to support enforcement. *Would authorize about $11.0 billion in appropriations for enforcement, increasing federal spending.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More EPA enforcement money and tools: benefit, high. This bill would authorize about $11 billion for the EPA for fiscal year 2027 and each year after, adjusted for inflation, to support enforcement and related duties. It would require an annual report to Congress on inspections, violations, penalties, and corrective actions. The bill would also creat…
- Restore scientific review and carbon value: benefit, high. This bill would require EPA to reconstitute its Science Advisory Board and Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee within 45 days with members free of financial or advisory ties to regulated industries. It would also require EPA to use peer-reviewed science in decisions and to restore the social co…
- Stronger environmental justice oversight for communities: benefit, medium. This bill would require EPA, subject to appropriation, to restore and expand environmental justice programs within 60 days. EPA would prioritize monitoring, permitting oversight, and enforcement in communities with disproportionate pollution burdens. The bill would require public health impact asse…
- States keep stronger environmental powers: benefit, low. This bill would say that nothing in the Act limits a State's ability to adopt or enforce environmental standards that are more protective than federal rules. It would also preserve anyone's right to petition EPA to take non‑discretionary action and to bring common‑law nuisance claims. These provisi…
- Restore major pollution rules nationwide: mixed, high. This bill would require the EPA to reinstate, within 60 days, all regulations and enforcement programs that were in effect on January 19, 2025 for seven major areas. The list covers power plants, oil and gas methane and VOCs, mercury and air toxics, greenhouse gas reporting, PM2.5 air standards, an…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5862: American Energy Independence and Affordability Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10425 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10425)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5862: American Energy Independence and Affordability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5862)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10425 (as of 2026-10-03).