No IRIS Act of 2025
- house
- senate
- president
Last progress February 18, 2025 (9 months ago)
Introduced on February 18, 2025 by Glenn Grothman
Sponsors (23)
House Votes
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Senate Votes
Presidential Signature
AI Summary
This bill would stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments when making rules, permits, or other regulatory decisions. It also blocks the EPA from using IRIS to help with air toxics assessments or other mapping and screening tools that identify pollution risks in communities.
In plain terms, the EPA could no longer rely on IRIS hazard assessments to shape new pollution limits, enforce standards, issue permits, or guide tools that show where harmful air pollutants may be a problem.
- Who is affected: EPA decision-makers, industries seeking permits or facing rules, and communities that use EPA tools to understand local pollution risks.
- What changes: IRIS assessments cannot be used for rules, enforcement, permitting, or to inform air toxics and other screening/mapping tools.
- When: Would take effect after becoming law (the text does not list a special start date).