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Conditions use or extension of specific Clean Air Act exemptions on enactment of a congressional joint resolution, adds GAO review, reporting, expedited congressional procedures, and citizen enforcement.
Official title: Amend the Clean Air Act to require Congress to approve of the application of certain executive exemptions under that Act, to strike an exemption under that Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 27, 2026 by Sheldon Whitehouse · Last progress April 27, 2026
Requires Congress to approve certain Clean Air Act exemptions before the President or federal officials may use or extend them, and creates new reporting, Comptroller General review, expedited congressional procedures, and private civil actions for unauthorized uses. It also repeals and renumbers a paragraph in Clean Air Act section 112(i), changing procedural rules that govern exemptions and schedules under that program. Overall, the bill narrows executive discretion to grant temporary or extended exemptions from specified Clean Air Act requirements, adds transparency and GAO oversight, prescribes expedited congressional consideration of approval resolutions, and provides new citizen enforcement tools if exemptions are used without a law enacted by Congress.