# 119-hr-10488: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026

119-hr-10488, Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10488
- Congress: 119
- Title: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**This bill would restore and lock in key EPA environmental protections and enforcement to stop rollbacks and strengthen science-led rulemaking.** It returns major air and climate rules to force, requires peer-reviewed science and a set social cost of carbon, and boosts enforcement and environmental justice tools.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fund and report stronger EPA enforcement: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize about $11.0 billion for EPA enforcement for fiscal year 2027 and each year after, adjusted for inflation, and allows additional sums as needed. The bill would also require, subject to appropriations, that EPA keep enforcement funding and staff at levels sufficie…
- Restore environmental justice programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the EPA Administrator would be required, within 60 days and subject to available appropriations, to restore and expand environmental justice programs cut after January 19, 2025. The bill would make EPA prioritize monitoring, permitting oversight, and enforcement in communities with heav…
- New legal rights to enforce EPA actions: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let any person harmed by the Administrator's failure to comply with the Act sue in Federal district court to force compliance. A court that finds EPA noncompliant could award reasonable attorney's fees. The bill would also say nothing in it limits a State from adopting st…
- Restore science rules and carbon value: mixed, high. If enacted, EPA would have to reconstitute and staff its Science Advisory Board and Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee within 45 days, excluding members with financial or advisory ties to regulated industries. The Administrator would have to base regulatory decisions on peer-reviewed science.…
- Reinstate major air and vehicle rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the EPA Administrator would have to reinstate within 60 days a set of major air and vehicle rules that were in effect on January 19, 2025. The listed rules include power-plant greenhouse gas limits, methane and VOC standards for oil and gas, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, greenhou…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus 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-10539: Integrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-10488 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10488)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [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-10539: Integrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10539)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10488 (as of 2026-10-03).