# 119-hr-6409: FENCES Act

119-hr-6409, FENCES Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6409
- Congress: 119
- Title: FENCES Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-12-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would treat emissions from outside the United States, including natural sources, as part of state air-quality nonattainment decisions.** It creates a process that lets states show that foreign, exceptional, or uncontrollable mobile emissions explain missed ozone or particulate standards and use that finding to avoid certain federal sanctions or fees.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 213 | 215 |
| 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 220 | 208 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- No sanctions for beyond control emissions: benefit, medium. The bill would block certain EPA sanctions and fees in some polluted areas. It would apply to ozone areas rated Severe or Extreme, and particle areas rated Serious. Sanctions would not apply if the state shows the miss was due to outside-area emissions, an exceptional event, or mobile sources it ca…
- States avoid nonattainment from foreign pollution: mixed, medium. The bill would let states count pollution that comes from outside the United States, even if it is not caused by people. EPA would not label an area nonattainment if the state shows the area would meet the standard but for that foreign pollution, to EPA’s satisfaction. This would apply to any new o…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-8330: Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6409 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6409)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-8330: Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8330)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6409 (as of 2026-09-21).