Proposed legislation related to other "green" topics: July 17, 2025 – August 6, 2025

Other green legislation: Unrelated to fossil fuels, utilities, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, FEMA, and weather-related environmental issues.

S.2324 - Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025. To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Cory Booker (D-NJ). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry the same day. Still in committee.

H.R.4486 - Microplastics Safety Act. To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Janelle Bynum (D-OR). Cosponsored by six Democrats and six Republicans. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Still in committee.
Comment: You know our government is screwed when a bill with this much bipartisan support cannot even get out of committee.

H.R.4537 – CHEFS Act (Cutting Harmful Emissions in Food Service Act). To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for expenses relating to the purchase and installation of qualified emissions control devices on or in connection with qualified cook stoves or qualified char broilers of eligible small restaurant businesses.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Ritchie Torres (D-NY). No cosponsors. Referred to Ways and Means the same day. Still in committee.

EC1468: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels; Correction; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1469: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions During Petroleum Liquid Storage, Loading, and Transfer; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1470: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Air Plan Approval; Louisiana; Nonattainment Plan for the Evangeline Parish 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area received July 8, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1471: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Air Plan Approval; New Jersey; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1472: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1473: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 2017 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1474: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s direct final rule - Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Second Maintenance Plan for the Ohio portion of the Campbell-Clermont, KY-OH SO2 Maintenance Area received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1475: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Cypermethrin; Pesticide Tolerances received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1476: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Acetamiprid; Pesticide Tolerances received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1477: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule - Triclopyr; Pesticide Tolerances received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1478: July 21, 2025. From the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s direct final rule - Air Plan Approval; Guam; Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Piti-Cabras Nonattainment Area received July 15, 2025; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.4592 - No Radioactive Roads Act of 2025. To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise section 61.206 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum.
Introduced July 22, 2025 by Maxwell Frost (D-FL). Cosponsored by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Referred to Energy and Commerce the same day. Still in committee.
Comment: Here is link to existing regulation.

H.R.4593 - SHOWER Act. Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act. To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead.
Introduced July 22, 2025 by Russell Fry (R-SC). Cosponsored by two Republicans and no Democrats. Referred to Energy and Commerce the same day.
Markup session held by the subcommittee on Energy on November 19, 2025. Markup session held by full committee on December 3, 2025 and approved. Sent to the House and placed on the calendar on December 30, 2025.
Comment: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (1975) does not have, as far as I can tell, a “definition” for showerhead. It references “showerhead” as follows:
Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, the Commission shall prescribe labeling rules under this section for showerheads and faucets to which standards are applicable under subsection (j) of section 6295 of this title. Such rules shall provide that the labeling of any showerhead or faucet manufactured after the 12-month period beginning on the date of the publication of such rule shall be consistent with the marking and labeling requirements of ASME A112.18.1M–1989, except that each showerhead and flow restricting or controlling spout-end device shall bear a permanent legible marking indicating the flow rate, expressed in gallons per minute (gpm) or gallons per cycle (gpc), and the flow rate value shall be the actual flow rate or the maximum flow rate specified by the standards established in subsection (j) of section 6295 of this title.
(ii) If the marking and labeling requirements of ASME A112.18.1M–1989 are revised at any time and approved by ANSI, the Commission shall amend the labeling rules established pursuant to clause (i) to be consistent with such revised ASME/ANSI requirements unless such requirements are inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter or the requirement specified in clause (i) requiring each showerhead and flow restricting or controlling spout-end device to bear a permanent legible marking indicating the flow rate of such product. (Emphases mine.)
Despite a bajillion amendments, all of which I searched, I could not find a “definition” of showerhead in this Act.
Snarky comment: You just know this one is a personal favor to the president.

July 22, 2025 alert: Transcript of the February 26, 2025 committee meeting-hearing [Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Gary Palmer (R-AL)] issued in July 2025. Title of hearing: “Examining the Biden Administration's Energy and Environment Spending Push.”
Comment: The strong pro-Elon tone of that meeting did not age well. Even more than heralding Elon’s contribution to ‘uncovering waste and fraud,’ this hearing belabored their accusation that spending issues were the fault of the Biden administration.

Presidential message 119-73, July 22, 2025, page PM33, Proclamation Regarding National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants: Taconite Iron Ore Processing: From the President of the United States, transmitting a proclamation providing exemption for certain stationary sources from compliance with the final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency titled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Taconite Iron Ore Processing.” Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and ordered to be printed.

Presidential message 119-74, July 22, 2025, page PM34, Proclamation Regarding National Emissions Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- And Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review Of The Residual Risk And Technology Review: From the President of the United States, transmitting a proclamation providing exemption for certain stationary sources from compliance with the final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency titled “National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review.” Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and ordered to be printed.

Presidential message 119-75, July 22, 2025, page PM35, Proclamation Regarding National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards For Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk And Technology Review: From the President of the United States, transmitting a proclamation providing exemption for certain stationary sources from compliance with the final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency titled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review.” Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and ordered to be printed.

Presidential message 119-76, July 22, 2025, page PM36, Proclamation Regarding New Source Performance Standards For The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry And National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants For The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry And Group I & II Polymers And Resins Industry: From the President of the United States, transmitting a proclamation providing exemption for certain stationary sources from compliance with the final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency titled “New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry.” Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and ordered to be printed.

H.R.4626 - Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act. To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Rick Allen (R-GA). No cosponsors. Referred to Energy and Commerce the same day.
Markup session held by the subcommittee on Energy on November 19, 2025. Markup session held by full committee on December 3, 2025 and approved. Not yet sent to the House and placed on the calendar.
Snarky comment: They are obsessed!

H.R.4694 - Fighting Fibers Act of 2025. To require that all new washing machines sold or offered for sale in the United States contain a microfiber filtration system.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Mike Levin (D-CA). No cosponsors. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Still in committee.
Serious comment: Why did Levin waste his time on this bill? As good as it may be in the real world, we are not dealing with the real world in the current House of Representatives. If Levin feels strongly about this, draft the bill, but wait to introduce it until we flip the House.

H.Con.Res.46 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Mike Thompson (D-CA). Cosponsored by Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), and Shri Thanedar (D-MI). Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs the same day. Still in committee.

S.2435 - Fighting Fibers Act of 2025. To require that all new washing machines sold or offered for sale in the United States contain a microfiber filtration system.
Introduced July 24, 2025 by Jeff Merkley (D-OR). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day. Still in committee.

H.R.4758 – Homeowner Energy Freedom Act. To repeal provisions of Public Law 117-169 relating to taxpayer subsidies for home electrification.
Introduced July 25, 2025 by Craig Goldman (R-TX). Cosponsored by Jake Ellzey (R-TX) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). Referred to Energy and Commerce the same day.
Markup session held by the subcommittee on Energy on November 19, 2025. Markup session held by full committee on December 3, 2025 and approved. Not yet sent to the House and placed on the calendar.
Comment: When I searched for and opened Public Law 117-169, it appeared as a document that I could edit and “sign.”
Public Law 117-169 was part of the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August 2022. H.R.4758 specifically repeals rebates – assuming rural and Indian tribes as well as other homeowners – for consumers that wanted to upgrade to systems that would lower energy bills and reduce pollution. Sierra Club produced the best guidelines for homeowners wishing to apply for such a rebate.
Note: The rebate did not come close to covering the cost!

H.R.4790 - All Aboard Act of 2025. To establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, to expand passenger rail programs, to address air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce training centers.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Christopher Deluzio (D-PA). Cosponsored by LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and Summer Lee (D-PA). Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce the same day. Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials on July 30, 2025. No movement since.

July 29, 2025 alert: S.Rept. 119-50 – “Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act.” Accompanies Bill: S.389.

S.2570 - Energy Savings and Weatherization Reauthorization Act of 2025. To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Christopher Coons (D-DE). Cosponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources the same day. Still in committee.
Comment: This is not new legislation. It simply renews existing legislation that has expired.

H.R.4864 - Ethanol for America Act of 2025. To require the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule with respect to E15 fuel dispenser labeling and compatibility with underground storage tanks with modifications.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Adrian Smith (R-NE). Cosponsored by six Republicans and two Democrats. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Still in committee.
Comment: The two Democrats are Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and Eric Sorensen (D-IL). The legislation would impact and benefit states with corn production. Like Pennsylvania. Hey, Lloyd Smucker and John Joyce!

August 1, 2025 alert: Transcript of the March 11, 2025 hearing was made available. “Maximizing Opportunities for Redeveloping Brownfields Sites: Assessing the Potential for New American Innovation.”
From the transcript: “Brownfields are generally described as properties that contain or may contain a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, which in turn complicates efforts to expand, redevelop, or reuse the site. Often these contaminated sites are not redeveloped because prospective new owners are worried about becoming responsible for potential liability, as the original company that is liable for the contamination no longer exists.”
Comment: As the Chair noted, traditionally this has been a bipartisan issue. If you write or read about environmental issues, you may want to read this transcript.

H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. To amend the Public Health Service Act to carry out, expand, and coordinate programs relating to plastic exposure health research, to authorize grants, contracts, and agreements with respect to such research.
Introduced August 5, 2025 by Haley Stevens (D-MI). Cosponsored by Frank Lucas (R-OK), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Dave Min (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), and Seth Moulton (D-MA). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Still in committee.
Comment: See also H.R.4486.
Full disclosure and comment: I am not anti-plastic. A short-term job for a plastics company disabused me of legends that some environmentalists tend to promote. Plastics are among the easiest-to-recycle materials on the planet, if only recycling centers would improve their sort capabilities.
That said, there’s a big difference between food-grade and medical-grade plastics, and the “mystery plastics” (really what they are called!) that can go into run of the mill manufacturing.
People in the plastics industry should welcome this legislation. After all, food- and medical-grade plastics can be sold for a much higher price. If research could further identify non-toxic grades, they could improve profit margins. And our health.

August 6, 2025 alert: Transcript of the March 12, 2024 hearing was released. “The Findings and Recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.”

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