Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
IMPACT Act
The bill accelerates deployment of lower‑emissions building and road materials and boosts domestic research and manufacturing capacity, but requires federal funding, may raise short‑term material costs, risks uneven regional access and IP concerns, and offers limited long‑term certainty due to a short sunset.
Recognizing that ozone pollution can cause lung disease, asthma attacks, cardiovascular problems, and reproductive issues.
The bill would significantly improve air quality and public health—especially for children, respiratory patients, and communities—by tightening ozone and methane controls, but those benefits come with higher compliance and potential taxpayer costs and short-term regulatory uncertainty that could delay some gains.
Recognizing that climate change is making wildfires more frequent, more intense, and more destructive.
The bill strengthens the case for federal wildfire mitigation and public-health action by linking climate change to worsening fires and quantifying economic costs, but that same framing may lead to higher public spending, greater regulatory burdens, and increased legal/insurance risks for homeowners and businesses.
Recognizing that climate change-driven extreme weather events are increasing at the same time that the government is dismantling weather monitoring and alert systems.
The resolution spotlights diminished NOAA/NWS capacity and could prompt actions that improve forecasts, warnings, and community resilience — but achieving those gains would likely require increased federal spending to restore staffing and capabilities.
Recognizing that climate change portends a cascade of financial market collapses that would destabilize the national and global economies.
The resolution promotes an orderly transition and improved financial planning to reduce climate-driven losses and systemic risk, but it also risks higher insurance and compliance costs and potential property‑market disruptions that could hurt homeowners and shift costs to consumers and taxpayers.
Recognizing that Florida's insurance market is gravely stressed by climate risks.
The resolution draws necessary attention to weaknesses in Florida's homeowners insurance system and could spur reforms, but that spotlight also highlights risks that could raise costs for homeowners and taxpayers and tighten access to mortgage financing.
Recognizing that climate change poses a threat to the mortgage market and to home values.
The resolution increases visibility of climate-driven risks to housing and financial systems—helping policymakers and communities prepare and potentially spur resilience investments—but that transparency could depress property markets, raise insurance and mortgage costs for affected homeowners, and create fiscal exposure for taxpayers.
Recognizing that climate change is real.
The resolution affirms Congress’ acceptance of the scientific consensus on fossil-fuel-driven climate change and helps legitimize future policy action, but it is purely symbolic and provides no direct funding, requirements, or protections for people currently harmed by climate change.
Recognizing that oceans are warming due to human-caused climate change.
The resolution supports actions to protect coastal ecosystems, public health, and infrastructure from ocean warming — preserving long-term economic and safety benefits — but those actions will impose costs and short-term disruptions for businesses, taxpayers, and fishermen.
Recognizing that sea levels are rising at accelerated rates due to human-caused climate change.
The resolution strengthens the scientific and policy case for federal coastal resilience, planning, and targeted water-resource protections, but it also raises near-term economic costs and political friction that could burden homeowners, taxpayers, insurers, and local governments.
Recognizing that climate change is not a hoax, but sound science.
The resolution strengthens and publicizes federal climate science—improving the factual basis for protective government action—while raising the risk of political backlash and economic adjustments (insurance, lending, and energy compliance) that could increase costs for households and businesses.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States, States, cities, Tribal nations, businesses, institutions of higher education, and other institutions in the United States should work toward achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The resolution highlights growing climate impacts and clean-energy momentum—supporting jobs, planning, and federal–state coordination—but raises trade-offs in public spending and economic disruption for fossil-fuel–dependent workers and communities, as well as distributional risks from industrial policy responses.
Recognizing that climate change poses a growing threat to public health and necessitates coordinated action to mitigate its impacts and safeguard the health and well-being of all people in the United States.
The resolution strengthens health-sector climate resilience, worker protections, and equity—improving patient access and encouraging energy savings—while requiring increased federal spending and imposing upfront costs on some providers and businesses.
Celebrating the 153rd anniversary of Arbor Day.
The bill encourages urban tree planting and frames working forests and wood products as climate-friendly—potentially improving local air quality and supporting sustainable forestry—but provides no funding or mandates and could shift responsibility onto private landowners or be used to justify more harvesting if misapplied.
Designating the month of April 2025 as "Earth Month" and expressing support for environmental stewardship and climate action.
The resolution raises public awareness of environmental stewardship, justice, and Indigenous stewardship through a national Earth Month, but it is largely symbolic and risks shifting attention to volunteer actions rather than producing funded, enforceable policy changes.
Recognizing the importance of the Arctic Council and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the Arctic Council.
The resolution raises U.S. attention to Arctic science, Indigenous inclusion, and security — potentially improving monitoring and protection of Arctic interests — but could increase defense costs, strain cooperative governance, and sideline environmental and Indigenous priorities.
Recognizing a health and safety emergency disproportionately affecting the fundamental rights of children due to the Trump administration's directives that unleash fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, while suppressing climate change science.
The resolution elevates children's right to a stable climate and bolsters scientific and public-health grounds for climate action, while creating legal and economic uncertainty by framing those rights in strong federal terms that could prompt litigation and costly regulatory responses.
Freedom to Haul Act of 2025
The bill favors short‑term economic relief, consumer choice, and industry flexibility for vehicles, but does so at the cost of delayed emissions reductions, worse air quality and health outcomes for vulnerable populations, and weaker incentives for long‑term clean‑vehicle innovation.
Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act of 2025
The bill increases congressional control and can reduce near-term U.S. spending on international climate and ozone programs, but does so at the cost of reduced international cooperation, delayed climate and aid outcomes, diplomatic friction, and potential long-term uncertainty from conditional funding rules.
Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025
The bill improves national forest data quality and carbon accounting and expands public access to forest information, but does so at increased program and user cost, with added privacy risks and potential strain on agency capacity.
Green Ribbon Act of 2026
The bill directs federal support, guidance, and modest awards to make school and public‑education facilities healthier, greener, and more educationally effective—reducing long‑term operating costs and boosting environmental literacy—while creating new federal spending and administrative overhead and posing upfront and equity challenges for underfunded districts and institutions.
Gas Money Saved Act
The bill makes fuel-economy rules more responsive to short-term price swings and strengthens a specific civil penalty—which could lower near-term fuel costs and improve enforcement but risks weakening long-term efficiency goals, increasing regulatory uncertainty for manufacturers, and raising costs that may be passed to consumers.
Protecting Americans from High Electricity Prices Act of 2026
The bill prioritizes protecting domestic energy affordability, reducing lifecycle emissions, and aligning exports with national‑security concerns, but does so at the cost of higher compliance burdens, regulatory uncertainty, and potential reductions in LNG exports, jobs, and export revenue.
Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act of 2026
The bill directs federal grants and research support to scale nature-based, carbon-storing practices on agricultural lands—benefiting farmers, rural communities, researchers, and Indigenous stewardship—while increasing federal spending and risking uneven access for small producers and added administrative complexity.
Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026
The bill makes a modest federal investment to improve ozone monitoring, modeling, and research—strengthening public-health information, environmental projections, and potential agricultural protections—while imposing limited federal costs and creating a risk of future regulatory compliance costs for some businesses.
Built To Last Act of 2026
The bill centralizes federal climate and extreme‑weather data and coordination to improve resilience and planning, but it raises costs and implementation challenges that could unevenly burden homeowners, local governments, and high‑risk property markets.
Climate Change Education Act
The bill substantially expands federal-supported climate education, workforce pathways, and targeted resources for disadvantaged communities while providing multi-year NOAA funding and program transparency — at the trade-off of added taxpayer cost, implementation and administrative burdens, possible concentration of grant dollars, and potential political pushback in some districts.
Youth Climate Leadership Act of 2026
The bill increases formal representation and sustained, modestly funded agency attention to environmental justice—giving disadvantaged communities and youth more voice and accountability—at the cost of new recurring administrative expenditures, potential constraints and delays for agencies, and the risk that some harmed communities remain outside the designated tools the bill relies on.
SAFE through Medicare Act
The bill extends Medicare coverage to pay for home resiliency devices that protect medically at-risk beneficiaries from climate- and disaster-related power and heat risks, improving safety and reducing emergency care but increasing federal spending and creating administrative and access challenges.
Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act
The bill directs new data, training, research, and targeted grants to protect pregnant people and infants from climate‑related harms and reduce disparities, but it increases federal spending, administrative complexity, and may leave many communities underserved or expose sensitive data without stronger safeguards.
