S 3044 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2025

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to clarify how air quality data affected by wildfires and planned fire management is handled. It adds "prescribed fire" (a planned fire set for forest management) to the definition of "exceptional events" that states can use to explain temporary air quality spikes. States must now determine if wildfire or prescribed fire emissions qualify as exceptional events, and the EPA must review these state decisions within 180 days. This directly affects state air quality agencies, federal land managers, and wildfire management programs by changing how they report and handle air quality data during fire events.
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Oct 2025
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Introduced Oct 23, 2025 Last action Oct 23, 2025
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Oct 23, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Oct 23, 2025
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Sep 10, 2025
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-343.
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