CLEANER Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 24, 2026; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 24, 2026 |
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 Nov 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 194, November 18, 2025, page H4771.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2025
- CLEANER Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2025Introduced 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.