H.R. 6081

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6081 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6081

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation 
of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 18, 2025

Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
Ms. DeGette, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Khanna, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
Cohen, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Morelle, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Casten, Mr. 
Lynch, Mr. Carson, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Sherman, and Ms. Simon) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation 
of emissions from oil and gas sources, 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 ``Closing Loopholes for Oil and other 
Sources of Emissions Act'' or the ``CLOSE Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXEMPTION FOR AGGREGATION OF EMISSIONS FROM OIL AND 
GAS SOURCES.

Section 112(n) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(n)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (4).

SEC. 3. HYDROGEN SULFIDE AS A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT.

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall--
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the 
list of hazardous air pollutants under section 112(b) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(b)); and
(2) not later than 365 days after a final rule under 
paragraph (1) is issued, revise the list under section 112(c) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(c)) to include categories and 
subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen 
sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
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