Environment bills in Congress
Climate policy, EPA regulations, clean energy, conservation, and pollution controls.
- Bills this Congress
- 1,009
- Enacted
- 11
What's moving
The most recent recorded action on any bill in this issue area — committee referrals, floor votes, signatures.
- H.R. 5549Efficient Nuclear Licensing Hearings ActIntroducedH. GriffithRVANov 5, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 769.
- H.R. 9613Nuclear Advisory Committee Reform ActIntroducedDiana HarshbargerRTNNov 5, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 774.
- H.R. 10957To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report on anti-microplastic strategies, and to establish a pilot program to demonstrate and evaluate anti-microplastic strategies.CommitteeNancy MaceRSCNov 5, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10958To require companies that sell or offer for sale clothing to disclose the estimated mass of microplastic in such clothing, and for other purposes.CommitteeNancy MaceRSCNov 5, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 10952To promote forest health and reduce wildfire risk by prioritizing forest management through stewardship in high-risk firesheds, providing tax incentives for biomass energy production, and supporting economic utilization of forest products, and for other purposes.CommitteeMichael BaumgartnerRWANov 2, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 9640Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026IntroducedRobert WittmanRVAOct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 759.
- H.R. 9785South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies ActIntroducedDusty JohnsonRSDOct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 760.
- H.R. 8195Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026IntroducedTim WalbergRMIOct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 754.
- H.R. 10951To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to wildfires.CommitteeGeorge WhitesidesDCAOct 29, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 10934To modify the requirements applicable to certain locatable minerals, and for other purposes.CommitteeTeresa Leger FernandezDNMOct 29, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- H.R. 7254To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.IntroducedJared HuffmanDCAOct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 752.
- H.R. 10918To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring the continuous monitoring of the net heating value or related parameters of certain combustion control devices, and for other purposes.CommitteeJodey ArringtonRTXOct 29, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 10136Crossett Experimental Forest Act of 2026IntroducedBruce WestermanRAROct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 761.
- H.R. 10947To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include certain nanoplastics and microplastics on a certain list of unregulated contaminants published pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.CommitteeRashida TlaibDMIOct 29, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 7954Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management ActIntroducedJeff HurdRCOOct 29, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753.
- H.R. 10917To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.CommitteeJimmy PanettaDCAOct 26, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10916To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes.CommitteeJoe NeguseDCOOct 26, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10855To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force.CommitteeGabe AmoDRIOct 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- H.R. 1088121st Century Vehicle Choice ActCommitteeGreg LandsmanDOHOct 22, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.Res. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CommitteeJack BergmanRMIOct 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Recently introduced
The latest bills filed in this area, newest first.
- H.R. 10957
- H.R. 10958
- H.R. 10952To promote forest health and reduce wildfire risk by prioritizing forest management through stewardship in high-risk firesheds, providing tax incentives for biomass energy production, and supporting economic utilization of forest products, and for other purposes.CommitteeMichael BaumgartnerRWANov 2, 2026
- H.R. 10934To modify the requirements applicable to certain locatable minerals, and for other purposes.CommitteeTeresa Leger FernandezDNMOct 29, 2026
- H.R. 10918
- H.R. 10947
- H.R. 10951To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to wildfires.CommitteeGeorge WhitesidesDCAOct 29, 2026
- H.R. 10916
- H.R. 10917
- H.R. 10888
- H.Res. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CommitteeJack BergmanRMIOct 22, 2026
- H.R. 1088121st Century Vehicle Choice ActCommitteeGreg LandsmanDOHOct 22, 2026
- H.R. 10855To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force.CommitteeGabe AmoDRIOct 22, 2026
- H.R. 10869Protect Clean Water ActCommitteeLaura GillenDNYOct 22, 2026
- H.R. 10851Socket Full of Sunshine ActCommitteeRobert MenendezDNJOct 19, 2026
- H.R. 10852To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for mass timber products, and for other purposes.CommitteeAndrea SalinasDOROct 19, 2026
- H.R. 10831
- S.Res. 950A resolution designating the week of September 14 through September 18, 2026, as "National Clean Energy Week".CommitteeSusan CollinsRMEOct 15, 2026
- S. 5688
- H.R. 10839To reduce the heat island effect and associated ground level ozone pollution from Federal facilities, and for other purposes.CommitteeJames WalkinshawDVAOct 15, 2026
- H.R. 10823Northwest Wetlands Voluntary Incentives Program ActCommitteeVal HoyleDOROct 15, 2026
- H.R. 10834
- H.R. 10813Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty ActCommitteeMike CareyROHOct 15, 2026
- H.R. 10782To reauthorize the Clean School Bus Program.CommitteeJahana HayesDCTOct 9, 2026
- H.R. 10776
- H.R. 10774
- H.R. 10778
- H.R. 10790
- H.R. 10789To establish a moratorium on oil and gas production and exploration activities in the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range, and for other purposes.CommitteeJimmy PatronisRFLOct 9, 2026
- H.R. 10756To reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, and for other purposes.CommitteeMike EzellRMSOct 6, 2026
Enacted this Congress (11)
Signed into law or enacted over a veto.
- H.R. 7831
- H.R. 6380
- S. 283Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement ActEnactedTed CruzRTXOct 15, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-123.
- H.R. 3657
- H.R. 5366Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty ActEnactedW. SteubeRFLSep 11, 2026
Signed by President.
- S. 254
- H.R. 972Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline ActEnactedDina TitusDNVMay 19, 2026
Signed by President.
- S. 1020A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.EnactedSteve DainesRMTMay 11, 2026
Signed by President.
- H.J.Res. 140Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.EnactedPete StauberRMNApr 27, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-85.
- S. 1071National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026EnactedJohn CornynRTXDec 18, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-60.
- H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.EnactedJodey ArringtonRTXJul 4, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-21.