No Radioactive Roads Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4592 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4592 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise section 61.206 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Mr. Frost (for himself and Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise section 61.206 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum, 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 ``No Radioactive Roads Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Since 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter referred to as the ``EPA'') has prohibited the use of phosphogypsum in road construction, citing numerous scenarios that would expose the public, and especially road construction workers, to an unacceptable risk of cancer. (2) EPA prohibited use of phosphogypsum in roads because it contains uranium and radium that produce radionuclides linked to higher risks of cancer and genetic damage. The Clean Air Act was amended in 1977 after finding that exposure to radioactive materials can cause serious harm to health, and that exposures to radioactivity are cumulative, which means each new or additional exposure increases the risk of serious illness. (3) EPA found that phosphogypsum used in roads could contaminate nearby surface and groundwater qual