# 119-hr-4218: CLEAR Act

119-hr-4218, CLEAR Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4218
- Congress: 119
- Title: CLEAR Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Shifts air-quality rules toward greater state flexibility and economic feasibility.** This bill would change how the National Ambient Air Quality Standards are reviewed and enforced, add broader exceptions for wildfire and out‑of‑state pollution, and reshape the science advisory panel to weigh economic and energy effects.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More time and relief for state air plans: benefit, medium. Before issuing a federal plan, EPA would have to give a state at least one year to fix its plan. If the state sends a fix, EPA could wait up to 3 years from the finding to issue a federal plan. Severe or Extreme ozone areas and Serious particulate areas could avoid certain federal sanctions or fees…
- New wildfire exceptions in air quality rules: mixed, high. If enacted, EPA would update rules within 18 months to include actions to reduce wildfire risk, like prescribed fires done under state practices, as exceptional events. A Governor could ask EPA to exclude monitoring data tied to such events from key air decisions if there is a clear causal link or…
- Slower reviews and new input on air standards: mixed, high. If enacted, national air standards would be reviewed every 10 years instead of every 5. EPA could consider how attainable a standard is as a secondary factor, after consulting its science panel and only if a range of levels can still protect health. The science panel would add two more state member…
- More cost focus and fewer ozone backups: mixed, medium. If enacted, state air plans for particulate and ozone would have to consider both economic feasibility and technological achievability. Extreme ozone areas would no longer have to include contingency measures. The bill would also remove some conditional language in ozone plan rules.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4218 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4218)

## Related
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4218 (as of 2026-09-21).