# 119-hr-6782: Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025

119-hr-6782, Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA); status introduced (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6782
- Congress: 119
- Title: Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2026-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More federal air monitoring funding: benefit, medium. 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 mo…
- Community air monitors and public input: benefit, low. 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 c…
- Stricter fenceline monitoring and reporting: mixed, medium. 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 pr…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6782 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6782)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-12)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6782 (as of 2026-09-21).