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 increases public awareness and uplifts environmental justice and Indigenous stewardship, but it is largely symbolic and unlikely to produce direct funding or regulatory changes, risking a shift toward volunteer-driven actions rather than systemic solutions.
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.
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.
COWS Act of 2026
The bill directs substantial federal support, standards, and technical assistance to help farmers adopt composting and alternative manure-management practices that can cut greenhouse gases and improve soil and water, but it substantially raises federal costs and administrative complexity and creates implementation and equity risks that must be managed.
Green New Deal for Public Schools Act
The bill directs large federal investments to modernize schools, target disadvantaged and tribal communities, and expand staffing and resilience — but does so with substantial fiscal cost, greater administrative and procurement complexity, and tradeoffs in flexibility and privacy protections.
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.
Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026
The bill aims to scale federal procurement of durable CO2 removals to drive climate progress, jobs, and innovation, but does so with significant potential costs to taxpayers, governance and implementation risks, and possible local environmental and priority-diversion trade-offs.
POLAR Act
The bill builds a centralized Directorate and program structures that substantially strengthen U.S. polar science, logistics, workforce, and Indigenous engagement — but does so with significant new federal costs, greater administrative centralization, potential crowding out of other research, and trade-offs around environmental impacts and civil‑military balance.
Green New Deal for Health Act
The bill directs substantial federal coordination and large investments to make the health system and vulnerable communities more climate‑resilient and equitable, but does so at significant fiscal cost and with added administrative, compliance, and legal risks that may disadvantage smaller providers and leave some communities unsupported.
Financing Our Energy Future Act
The bill retools tax treatment to unlock private capital for a wider set of low‑carbon energy and bioeconomy investments—potentially accelerating deployment and grid resilience—while creating fiscal costs, regulatory complexity, and a risk of reinforcing transitional fossil infrastructure.
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
This bill makes fuel-economy rules more responsive to sustained gasoline price spikes and modestly raises enforcement penalties — trading potential short-term consumer fuel savings and quicker regulatory responsiveness for risks of weaker long-term standards, greater regulatory and legal uncertainty, and modest cost increases for regulated entities and 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.
