The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has legislative jurisdiction on matters related to environmental protection, resource utilization and conservation, and public infrastructure.
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican • WV
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat • RI
Bernard Sanders
Independent • VT
Kevin Cramer
Republican • ND
Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican • WY
Jeff Merkley
Democrat • OR
Edward John Markey
Democrat • MA
John R. Curtis
Republican • UT
Lindsey O. Graham
Republican • SC
Mark Edward Kelly
Democrat • AZ
Alejandro Padilla
Democrat • CA
Daniel Scott Sullivan
Republican • AK
Adam Schiff
Democrat • CA
John Peter Ricketts
Republican • NE
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democrat • DE
Roger F. Wicker
Republican • MS
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks
Democrat • MD
John Boozman
Republican • AR
Jon Husted
Republican • OH
Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026
The bill would significantly tighten PFAS controls—reducing public exposure, increasing transparency, and boosting research and enforcement—while shifting substantial compliance costs, enforcement liabilities, and some implementation costs onto manufacturers, users, taxpayers, and certain communities, with potential tradeoffs in regulatory speed and state flexibility.
Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
The bill preserves near-term access to federal green-building certification and provides a fixed timeline for revised DOE rules, but it does so by allowing fossil-fuel-reliant buildings to qualify and by temporarily removing current efficiency regulations—trading faster emissions and efficiency progress for broader short-term eligibility and regulatory predictability.
FENCES Act
The bill protects states from federal sanctions when foreign or otherwise uncontrollable emissions prevent air‑quality attainment—reducing penalties and short‑term costs for states—at the expense of potentially slower local air‑quality improvements, cost‑shifting of mitigation, and added administrative and legal burdens.
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
The bill preserves hunters' access and state authority by blocking a nationwide federal ban on lead ammunition/tackle while allowing targeted, data-driven restrictions, at the cost of ongoing public-health and wildlife lead exposure and slower, potentially contested protections.
American Water Stewardship Act
The bill extends and clarifies multiple federal water programs to improve restoration, monitoring, and public-health protections, while increasing federal commitments and imposing local matches, possible compliance costs, partnership restrictions, and some implementation delays—trading broader environmental and health benefits for higher near-term budgetary and administrative burdens.
Enhancing Long-Term, Efficient, and Viable Alternatives to Empower Flood-Prone Communities Act of 2026
The bill shifts federal flood-risk policy toward expanded nonstructural solutions and clearer Corps-led implementation—reducing out-of-pocket costs and preserving floodplain benefits for many homeowners and communities but increasing near-term federal and local costs, administrative complexity, and potential gaps where structural protection is needed.
Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2026
The bill improves long-term health, environmental protection, and equity at Superfund sites by requiring climate-informed remedial planning and reviews, but it raises cleanup planning and construction costs and creates a risk of delays and legal disputes as agencies apply new climate-based criteria.
Made in America Jobs Act of 2026
The bill aims to use EDA grants to bring manufacturing and jobs back to U.S. communities and provide related worker training, at the cost of higher federal spending and the risk that funds are unequally distributed or diverted from other development priorities.
Local Data for Better Conservation Act
The bill increases state influence and can speed decisions when state data are strong, but it risks weaker species protections and greater legal and regulatory uncertainty if state-provided data are inconsistent or lower quality.
Shows active legislation in this committee's pipeline. Controversiality scores and analysis are AI-generated from the 119th Congress.
Stance scores range from -1 (opposes) to +1 (supports), based on bills referred to this committee in the 119th Congress. Confidence dot shown for high-confidence scores.
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