# 119-s-3324: FERC Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Justice Policy Act of 2025

119-s-3324, FERC Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Justice Policy Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3324
- Congress: 119
- Title: FERC Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Justice Policy Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill would force the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to use an explicit, strengthened test focused on climate and environmental justice when approving Natural Gas Act certificates.** It requires clear analysis of greenhouse gas emissions, specific definitions of environmental justice communities, and mitigation proposals tied to certificate conditions. - Project applicants must include a mitigation proposal with their certificate application and may face enforceable conditions to address climate and environmental justice harms. If FERC approves without mitigation that would lower significant effects below the threshold, it must explain why mitigation is not practicable. - Environmental justice communities get an explicit review. The bill defines those communities to include populations of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities and requires FERC to consider cumulative stressors and to count reasonably foreseeable emissions. It sets a presumptive significance threshold of at least 100,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent and uses 20-year global warming potentials from the latest IPCC report. - FERC must weigh environmental effects against benefits like energy reliability and affordability and provide detailed findings when it approves projects despite significant, unmitigated harms.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New FERC rules for gas projects: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would require FERC to measure foreseeable greenhouse gas emissions from proposed natural gas projects, including upstream, downstream, construction, operation, and leaks. FERC would presume a project is significant if it emits at least 100,000 metric tons CO2-equivalent per ye…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-3324 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3324)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3324 (as of 2026-09-10).