Official Summaries

Common Sense Air Regulations Act

This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule titled Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (89 Fed. Reg. 16202) and published on March 6, 2024. Among other elements, the rule revised primary (health-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter under the Clean Air Act. NAAQS are air quality standards set and adjusted by the EPA to protect public health and the environment from certain pollutants.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2288 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2288

To nullify the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled 
  ``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
                         Particulate Matter''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2025

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. 
 Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To nullify the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled 
  ``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
                         Particulate Matter''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Air Regulations Act''.

SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF FINAL RULE RELATING TO RECONSIDERATION OF THE 
              NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICULATE 
              MATTER.

    The final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled 
``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
Particulate Matter'' (89 Fed. Reg. 16202 (March 6, 2024)) shall have no 
force or effect.
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