Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3044 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3044 To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the handling of air quality monitoring with respect to prescribed fires, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 23, 2025 Mr. Curtis (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the handling of air quality monitoring with respect to prescribed fires, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA INFLUENCED BY EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS AND PRESCRIBED FIRES. (a) In General.--Section 319(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7619(b)) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and Prescribed Fires'' after ``Events''; (2) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)-- (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, unless the purpose is to prevent more severe emissions'' before the semicolon at the end; (ii) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the following: ``(iii) is a natural event, or an event caused by human activity that is unlikely to recur unless the event intended to mirror the occurrence or reoccurrence of a natural event, or a prescribed fire; and ``(iv) is determined to be an exceptional event by the impacted State, unless the Administrator, through the process established in the regulations revised under paragraph (2), subsequently determines that the event is not an exceptional event.''; and (iii) by redesignating clauses (i) thro