H.Res. 1245

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1245 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1245

Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to 
protect the United States scientific integrity, public health, 
environment, and economic growth.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 30, 2026

Ms. Rivas (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. 
Hernandez, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Moulton, and Ms. Brownley) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce

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RESOLUTION

Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to 
protect the United States scientific integrity, public health, 
environment, and economic growth.

Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, with clear direction from Congress 
through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-161) 
and the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-8), and 
established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2009, is the 
United States most comprehensive and transparent system for tracking 
greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program requires the reporting of 
greenhouse gas data and other relevant information from large greenhouse 
gas emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and carbon 
dioxide injection sites in the United States;
Whereas the purpose of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is to give public 
and private sector decision makers transparent and accurate data on the 
sources, magnitude, and distribution of heat-trapping pollutants in the 
United States that are driving dangerous climate change across the 
country and the world;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program captures reporting of about 
3,000,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from 
over 8,000 industrial facilities, accounting for about 85 to 90 percent 
of total United States greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas large polluting facilities subject to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
Program emit dangerous copollutants alongside greenhouse gases, 
including smog-forming compounds, particulates, and air toxics;
Whereas repealing the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would disproportionately 
harm Latino, Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities who already 
live on the frontlines and are most vulnerable and hardest hit from the 
impacts of climate change;
Whereas more than 1,600,000 Latinos and 1,000,000 Black Americans live within 
half a mile of oil and gas wells, where exposure to methane and 
copollutants, such as benzene, formaldehyde, and ethylbenzene, increases 
the risks of cancer, low birth weight, and impaired lung function;
Whereas Latino children experience 40 percent higher asthma rates than White 
children, and communities of color breathe 63 percent more air pollution 
than White communities;
Whereas Indigenous populations face some of the highest per capita health 
impacts from oil- and gas-related air pollution, alongside Black, 
Hispanic, and Asian communities;
Whereas Black seniors die from airborne particulate matter related exposure at 
triple the rate of other racial groups, and, in ``Cancer Alley'', cancer 
risks from industrial air pollution in Black communities are nearly 50 
times the national average;
Whereas environmental justice communities depend on transparent data to 
understand the sources of pollution affecting their health, advocate for 
cleaner air, and hold both government and industry accountable;
Whereas global surface temperature has increased faster since 1970 than in any 
other 50-year period over at least the last 2,000 years, and greenhouse 
gas emissions from human activity are the primary cause of rising global 
surface temperature;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are critical 
for environmental protection through several EPA initiatives, including 
to inform its regulatory approach for New Source Performance Standards, 
the development of greenhouse gas Best Available Control Technology 
determinations, and the Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases 
Tool that allows local communities access to pollution data from nearby 
facilities;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are critical 
to the work of other Federal agencies' initiatives for environmental 
protection, including the Department of the Treasury's administration of 
energy tax credits, and the Department of Energy's life cycle emissions 
analysis model called Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy 
use in Technologies;
Whereas the data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are of 
significant value to the public, for academic institutions to publish 
research on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and financial 
research firms to analyze data to inform summaries and models of risk 
assessment, sustainability goals, and competitiveness in carbon-
sensitive export markets;
Whereas the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program empowers residents and community 
groups to be fully informed advocates in holding facilities accountable 
and pushing elected officials to develop strong, protective standards;
Whereas many companies subject to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will 
remain obligated to collect greenhouse gas data to fulfill regulatory 
requirements, including those of local, State, and international 
regulators;
Whereas any rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will have States 
incur additional costs and harm in efforts to combat climate change;
Whereas California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 
Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington have incorporated aspects of 
the Federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program into their own legal 
frameworks or greenhouse gas reporting programs; and
Whereas the rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program erodes transparency 
and confidence in government regulations to protect the public from the 
consequences of climate change and environmental and public health harm: 
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) understands the importance of the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Program;
(2) recognizes any rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
Program would undermine decades of progress toward protecting 
the United States public health, environment, scientific 
integrity, and economic growth; and
(3) reaffirms the positive impact the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Program's scientifically accurate data have had on 
business, government, and communities across the country.
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