Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 147

119th Congress

Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 17, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Michael F. Bennet

Senator

Democratic

CO

Cosponsors

8

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Environmental Protection

Summary

This bill directs EPA to provide grants for cleaner air space programs during wildfire smoke events. Grants support air pollution control agencies, including tribal agencies, in creating clean air centers in public buildings, distributing air filtration units to vulnerable households, and providing educational materials. Programs must partner with community organizations and target areas at risk of wildfire smoke exposure.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

SponsorMichael F. Bennet (D-CO)

Introduced1/17/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

ChamberSenate

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Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

This bill directs EPA to provide grants for cleaner air space programs during wildfire smoke events. Grants support air pollution control agencies, including tribal agencies, in creating clean air centers in public buildings, distributing air filtration units

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This bill directs EPA to provide grants for cleaner air space programs during wildfire smoke events. Grants support air pollution control agencies, including tribal agencies, in creating clean air centers in public buildings, distributing air filtration units to vulnerable households, and providing educational materials. Programs must partner with community organizations and target areas at risk of wildfire smoke exposure.

Bill Number: 147
Sponsor: Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
Introduced: 1/17/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Policy Area: Environmental Protection

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Fact Sheet

Title: Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025
Bill Number: 147
Sponsor: Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced: 1/17/2025
Summary: This bill directs EPA to provide grants for cleaner air space programs during wildfire smoke events. Grants support air pollution control agencies, including tribal agencies, in creating clean air centers in public buildings, distributing air filtration units to vulnerable households, and providing

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill directs EPA to provide grants for cleaner air space programs during wildfire smoke events. Grants support air pollution control agencies, including tribal agencies, in creating clean air centers in public buildings, distributing air filtration units to vulnerable households, and providing educational materials. Programs must partner with community organizations and target areas at risk of wildfire smoke exposure.

Last updated: 1/4/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs (i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events). Generally, such programs must be located in areas at risk of exposure to wildland fire smoke and must help provide educational materials, clean air centers (i.e., one or more clean air rooms in a publicly accessible building), and air filtration units to certain households. Clean air rooms are rooms designed to keep levels of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during wildland fire smoke events.Under the bill, air pollution control agencies must partner with at least one community-based organization in implementing such programs.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

EPA grants for clean air programs during wildfire smoke events
Supports creation of clean air centers in public buildings
Provides air filtration units to vulnerable households
Includes at least one tribal agency grant
Requires community organization partnerships

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens public health as fires become more frequent and severe. Clean air rooms and filtration programs provide refuge for vulnerable populations including elderly, children, and those with respiratory conditions. This legislation creates infrastructure for smoke events that are becoming regular occurrences in many Western and increasingly Eastern communities.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Environmental Protection

Related Subjects

Air quality

Community life and organization

Congressional oversight

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental technology

Fires

Forests, forestry, trees

Health technology, devices, supplies

Low- and moderate-income housing

State and local government operations

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

147, 119th Congress (2025). "Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-147

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