Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10488 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10488 To restore and strengthen the obligation of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect human health and the environment, to halt unlawful deregulatory actions, to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2026 Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Levin, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Latimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To restore and strengthen the obligation of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect human health and the environment, to halt unlawful deregulatory actions, to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act, 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 ``Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect human health and the environment and is statutorily required to carry out and enforce the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and other critically important environmental laws that protect public health; (2) since January 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency has initiated or advanced dozens of deregulatory actions weakening or dismantling protections