Exempts states from some Clean Air Act penalties for pollution from outside their control

§1What it does

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This bill would change the Clean Air Act so that states are not penalized for air pollution that comes from sources outside their control, such as wildfires or emissions from other countries.^2,3 Areas in the law's top ozone pollution categories (severe and above) or its serious category for particle pollution would avoid sanctions tied to shortcomings in state air quality plans, and fees for missing federal air quality standards, if the state shows it would have avoided the shortcomings or met the standards but for such outside emissions, a showing it would have to renew at least every five years.³ An area also could not be designated as failing a new or revised air quality standard if the state shows it would meet the standard but for pollution from outside the country, including pollution caused by human activity.³

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§3How Congress voted

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