House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CLOSE Act
Official title: To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6081.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 194, November 18, 2025, Page H4771):Title 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 18 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6081, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6081
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.