Environment Bills
Environmental law decides how clean your air and water are, how public land is used, and how the country prepares for a changing climate. These bills affect the neighborhoods you live in and the world you will inherit. Here is what is moving in Congress right now, explained in plain language.
Current bills
- Iran War Oil Crisis Windfall Profits Tax Act (H.R. 8803 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Geothermal Energy Advancement Act (H.R. 5631 · 119th Congress · In committee)
The bill creates a geothermal ombudsman and task force to help manage and speed up the permitting process for geothermal projects on federal land.
- Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026 (S. 4559 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2026 (H.R. 9029 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026 (S. 4619 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act (H.R. 8688 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026 (H.R. 8990 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Rural Investment for Producers and the Environment (RIPE) Act of 2026 (H.R. 6969 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Protecting America’s Small Oil and Gas Producers and Rural Jobs Act (S. 4604 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act (S. 4588 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Climate Change Education Act (S. 4377 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Climate Change Education Act (H.R. 8406 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act (S. 4200 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act (S. 4111 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Department of Energy Nuclear Transparency Act (H.R. 9084 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. (H.R. 7695 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Accelerating Forest Management Act (H.R. 8682 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R. 9171 · 119th Congress · Introduced)
- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R. 9022 · 119th Congress · Introduced)
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the…
- Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act (H.R. 972 · 119th Congress · Signed into law)
Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act This bill expands the boundaries of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, and grants rights-of-way through the conservation area and other land…
- To redesignate a playground in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in the State of West Virginia as the "Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer". (H.R. 8900 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Calling for a trade policy that supports workers, consumers, independent farmers, small businesses, and the environment. (H.Res. 1286 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes for fuel separated during periods in which the national average price of gasoline exceeds $3.99 per gallon, and to prohibit certain credits or deductions for oil and gas companies during such periods. (H.R. 8600 · 119th Congress · In committee)
- Unlock American Energy and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 4475 · 119th Congress · In committee)
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