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119-hr-6782119th Congress
Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
Introduced
Summary
Expands fenceline and ambient air monitoring to protect public health. This bill would require hazardous air pollutant monitors at high‑risk facilities, add dozens of ambient monitors and satellite data to compliance tools, and make monitoring data public and timely.
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- Families and communities: Residents near industrial sites would get more real‑time data and alerts in multiple languages. The bill adds 80 new NCore monitoring stations and requires at least 40 sited in vulnerable areas.
- Workers and nearby facilities: At least 100 high‑priority sources would face mandatory fenceline and stack monitoring with continuous systems and at least 95% uptime, plus required root cause analyses and remediation after exceedances.
- States, researchers, and regulators: EPA must create or restore a nationwide mapping tool like EJSCREEN, integrate satellite data into design values by Jan 1, 2028, and offer grants and technical support to expand or replace monitors.
*Would authorize about $271 million in new federal funding for 2026–2027, increasing federal outlays.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More federal air monitoring funding
If enacted, EPA would get $75 million for 2026 to add or replace NCore multipollutant monitors and $146 million for 2026–2027 to create a Health Emergency Air Toxics Monitoring Network. The NCore funds would add 80 stations within 18 months and restore some nonworking stations using 5–10% of the money. The toxics network would begin monitoring within 18 months, require data be sent to EPA within one month and posted publicly within 7 days, and keep data on EPA's website in multiple languages for at least 10 years. Both programs would require public notice and comment periods before key siting and design decisions.
Stricter fenceline monitoring and reporting
If enacted, EPA would have two years to write rules forcing many industrial source categories to use the best available emissions measurement, including continuous and fenceline monitoring. Facilities with Risk Management Plans would need continuous real-time monitoring and must repair fenceline problems within 2 days. The rules would set corrective-action levels for the top hazardous pollutants, require root-cause studies and public reports when levels are exceeded, and treat each day of reporting violation as a separate penalty. EPA would publish at least 100 high-priority sources within 270 days and expand emissions reporting to include hazardous air pollutants and PFAS within two years.
Community air monitors and public input
If enacted, EPA would deploy at least 1,000 low-cost community air monitors within two years and get $6 million for 2026 to run the effort. Each low-cost system would cost no more than $5,000 unless EPA finds none at that price, and monitors must be grouped in clusters of at least five. EPA would consult with NASA and write rules to allow use of satellite data in design values by January 1, 2028. States would have to give multi-language public notice, 45 days for comment, and a hearing before EPA could approve state monitoring plans. EPA would also have one year to report to Congress on staffing and plans to run these new monitoring programs without delaying other duties.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/11/2026
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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