Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to protect the United States scientific integrity, public health, environment, and economic growth.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1245 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1245

 Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to 
    protect the United States scientific integrity, public health, 
                   environment, and economic growth.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2026

   Ms. Rivas (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. 
  Hernandez, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Moulton, and Ms. Brownley) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to 
    protect the United States scientific integrity, public health, 
                   environment, and economic growth.

Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, with clear direction from Congress 
        through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-161) 
        and the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-8), and 
        established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2009, is the 
        United States most comprehensive and transparent system for tracking 
        greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program requires the reporting of 
        greenhouse gas data and other relevant information from large greenhouse 
        gas emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and carbon 
        dioxide injection sites in the United States;
Whereas the purpose of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is to give public 
        and private sector decision makers transparent and accurate data on the 
        sources, magnitude, and distribution of heat-trapping pollutants in the 
        United States that are driving dangerous climate change across the 
        country and the world;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program captures reporting of about 
        3,000,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from 
        over 8,000 industrial facilities, accounting for about 85 to 90 percent 
        of total United States greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas large polluting facilities subject to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
        Program emit dangerous copollutants alongside greenhouse gases, 
        including smog-forming compounds, particulates, and air toxics;
Whereas repealing the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would disproportionately 
        harm Latino, Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities who already 
        live on the frontlines and are most vulnerable and hardest hit from the 
        impacts of climate change;
Whereas more than 1,600,000 Latinos and 1,000,000 Black Americans live within 
        half a mile of oil and gas wells, where exposure to methane and 
        copollutants, such as benzene, formaldehyde, and ethylbenzene, increases 
        the risks of cancer, low birth weight, and impaired lung function;
Whereas Latino children experience 40 percent higher asthma rates than White 
        children, and communities of color breathe 63 percent more air pollution 
        than White communities;
Whereas Indigenous populations face some of the highest per capita health 
        impacts from oil- and gas-related air pollution, alongside Black, 
        Hispanic, and Asian communities;
Whereas Black seniors die from airborne particulate matter related exposure at 
        triple the rate of other racial groups, and, in ``Cancer Alley'', cancer 
        risks from industrial air pollution in Black communities are nearly 50 
        times the national average;
Whereas environmental justice communities depend on transparent data to 
        understand the sources of pollution affecting their health, advocate for 
        cleaner air, and hold both government and industry accountable;
Whereas global surface temperature has increased faster since 1970 than in any 
        other 50-year period over at least the last 2,000 years, and greenhouse 
        gas emissions from human activity are the primary cause of rising global 
        surface temperature;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are critical 
        for environmental protection through several EPA initiatives, including 
        to inform its regulatory approach for New Source Performance Standards, 
        the development of greenhouse gas Best Available Control Technology 
        determinations, and the Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases 
        Tool that allows local communities access to pollution data from nearby 
        facilities;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are critical 
        to the work of other Federal agencies' initiatives for environmental 
        protection, including the Department of the Treasury's administration of 
        energy tax credits, and the Department of Energy's life cycle emissions 
        analysis model called Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy 
        use in Technologies;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are of 
        significant value to the public, for academic institutions to publish 
        research on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and financial 
        research firms to analyze data to inform summaries and models of risk 
        assessment, sustainability goals, and competitiveness in carbon-
        sensitive export markets;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program empowers residents and community 
        groups to be fully informed advocates in holding facilities accountable 
        and pushing elected officials to develop strong, protective standards;
Whereas many companies subject to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will 
        remain obligated to collect greenhouse gas data to fulfill regulatory 
        requirements, including those of local, State, and international 
        regulators;
Whereas any rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will have States 
        incur additional costs and harm in efforts to combat climate change;
Whereas California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 
        Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington have incorporated aspects of 
        the Federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program into their own legal 
        frameworks or greenhouse gas reporting programs; and
Whereas the rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program erodes transparency 
        and confidence in government regulations to protect the public from the 
        consequences of climate change and environmental and public health harm: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) understands the importance of the Greenhouse Gas 
        Reporting Program;
            (2) recognizes any rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
        Program would undermine decades of progress toward protecting 
        the United States public health, environment, scientific 
        integrity, and economic growth; and
            (3) reaffirms the positive impact the Greenhouse Gas 
        Reporting Program's scientifically accurate data have had on 
        business, government, and communities across the country.
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