House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025
Official title: To protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, to require hazardous air pollutant monitoring at the fenceline of facilities whose emissions are linked to local health threats, to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require hazardous air pollutant data measurement and electronic submission at fencelines and stacks of industrial source categories, to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, to deploy air quality systems in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Carter D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6782.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6782, 119th Congress
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- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
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- September 24, 2026
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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.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Carter.
- H.R. 5109 (119th) Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act
- H.R. 8874 (119th) Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026
- H.R. 2037 (119th) Open RAN Outreach Act
- H.R. 1374 (119th) Securing the Cities Improvement Act
- H.R. 7602 (119th) State of Men’s Health Act
- H.R. 2539 (119th) FISCAL Act
Related bills
- S. 3529 (119th) Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.