BREATHE Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act or the BREATHE Act
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise requirements for hazardous air pollutants. Specifically, the bill allows (1) emissions from oil or gas exploration or production wells and emissions from pipeline compressors or pump stations to be aggregated with emissions from other similar sources and regulated as a major source of toxic air pollutants, (2) emissions from those wells to be aggregated for purposes of emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, and (3) emissions from oil or gas production wells to be regulated as an area source of toxic air pollutants.
The Environmental Protection Agency must (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise the list of air pollution sources within 365 days after issuing the rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2019 to Oct 13, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 3, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 13, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 9, January 16, 2019, page H676.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 436 | Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
| HR 6112 | Oil and Water Don’t Mix Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BREATHE Act
- Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
