Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
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Summary
National Security Waiver: This bill would create a power letting the President waive air pollution offset requirements for new or modified advanced manufacturing and critical mineral facilities when the President determines it is in the nation’s security interest. It would also let states accept alternative offset approaches or collect a capped emissions fee instead of traditional offsets.
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- Owners and operators of covered facilities could apply for a Presidential waiver to reduce or remove offset obligations. Advanced manufacturing is defined mainly as semiconductor production or semiconductor equipment manufacturing. A critical mineral facility is defined as one whose primary purpose is extraction, processing, refining, or milling of a critical mineral as designated by the Secretary of the Interior. The President's determination could not be delegated to anyone else.
- State permitting authorities would have to allow alternative or innovative offset measures if a source shows, on an annual basis, it used all reasonable means to obtain offsets and sufficient offsets are not available. States may impose an alternative measure or charge an emissions fee capped at no more than 1.5 times the area's average recent control cost, and must use collected fees in ways that maximize emissions reductions in the area.
- The bill shifts some offset requirements toward a national-security waiver and state-level flexibility, changing how emissions increases from semiconductor and critical mineral projects are addressed and how local reductions are pursued.
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Permitting changes for semiconductor and mineral facilities
This bill would change air permitting for new or changed semiconductor plants and critical mineral facilities. It would define which sites count as advanced manufacturing and critical mineral facilities. State permitting authorities would have to allow covered sources to use alternative offsets if the source shows yearly that it tried all reasonable means to get offsets and that sufficient offsets were not available. If offsets are not used, States would require another pollution-reducing measure or impose an emissions fee up to 1.5 times the area's recent average control cost, and they would have to use fees to maximize local emissions cuts. The President would be able to waive offset requirements, in whole or part, for a covered facility when the President determines that the waiver is needed for national security, and the President would not be allowed to delegate that decision.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
AL • R
Cosponsors
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Allen
GA • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
GA • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Onder
MO • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
MI • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
CA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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