S3826-118

Introduced

To amend the Clean Air Act to revise the treatment of certain resilience actions and natural disasters, to limit the issuance of new standards for criteria pollutants, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 29, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to revise the treatment of certain resilience actions and natural disasters, to limit the issuance of new standards for criteria pollutants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id17b841b391d94921b44685dbb97744cf: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Clean Air Permitting Act of 2024.
  • Section id6a17dbdfca884efeae8e1ee8fdd9c343: 2. Treatment of natural background levels and activity Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section ida8f3796bc38d4f7cbdc3b6d6abd97a84: 3. Review and revision criteria for applicable standards Section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section idcc142a1743f240b1b89a08ab7bc68944: 4. Reclassification of major sources as area sources Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section id3a92cf7164b74dcebca5f93f85360c2d: 5. Standards of performance for new stationary sources Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to revise the treatment of certain resilience actions and natural disasters, to limit the issuance of new standards for criteria pollutants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to revise the treatment of certain resilience actions and natural disasters, to limit the issuance of new standards for criteria pollutants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 29, 2024

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

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