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H.R. 1154: BREATHE Act

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H.R. 1154: BREATHE Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-14 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

BREATHE Act

Plain summary

Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act or the BREATHE Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal prohibitions against: (1) aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station with emissions from other similar units, whether or not such units are in a contiguous area or under common control, to determine whether such units or stations are major sources of listed toxic air pollutants under such Act; (2) aggregating such emissions for any purpose under such Act, in the case of any oil or gas exploration or production well; and (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listing an oil and gas production well as an area source category of toxic air pollutants under such Act. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise such list within 365 days after issuing such rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.

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Official text

BREATHE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · 60 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Judy Chu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Takano (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1154 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113