This bill would "restore and strengthen the obligation of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect human health and the environment, to halt unlawful deregulatory actions, [and] to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act," according to its title. It was introduced in the House of Representatives on 2026-09-17 and sponsored by Representatives Sean Casten, Kathy Castor, Mike Levin, James McGovern, and George Latimer. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and additionally to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology for parts within their jurisdictions.
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The bill aims to make the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more active in protecting health and the environment and to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act. It also aims to stop deregulatory actions that the bill describes as unlawful. No publicly available information on how these goals would change regulations, permits, or enforcement procedures is included in the provided material.
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