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The bill preserves public, facility-level emissions transparency that supports government policymaking, community advocacy, and market decision-making while creating ongoing administrative costs and reporting burdens for governments and regulated businesses.
State and local governments and federal programs keep standardized, facility-level greenhouse gas emissions data to inform regulations, climate planning, and federal policy implementation (e.g., NSPS, BACT, Treasury tax credits, DOE modeling).
Frontline and environmental-justice communities (including racial/ethnic minorities and low-income residents) retain public access to facility emissions and co-pollutant information needed to monitor local air quality and advocate for cleaner air.
Businesses, researchers, and investors retain reliable, standardized emissions data for risk assessment, competitiveness in carbon-sensitive markets, and investment or research decisions.
Regulated facilities and state governments may face duplicated reporting obligations, increasing administrative and compliance burdens on businesses and on state reporting systems.
Maintaining the federal emissions reporting program requires EPA resources and administrative capacity, which could lead to additional federal costs or indirect burdens on taxpayers.
Public disclosure of facility emissions could expose companies—particularly small businesses—to reputational or competitive pressures that may increase compliance or mitigation costs.
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Affirms the value and importance of the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and warns against its repeal or rollback.
Official title: Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to protect the United States' scientific integrity, public health, environment, and economic growth.
Introduced April 30, 2026 by Luz M. Rivas · Last progress April 30, 2026
Affirms the importance and benefits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which tracks emissions from large sources, suppliers, and CO2 injection sites and covers roughly 8,000 facilities and about 85–90% of U.S. emissions. The preamble highlights how the program supports federal rulemaking, tax credit administration, modeling, and public transparency — especially for communities facing disproportionate pollution burdens — and warns that repealing or weakening the program would harm those communities, increase state costs, and reduce regulatory transparency and public trust.