Senate
Feb 11, 2026

FENCES Act

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What the bill does: The FENCES Act changes the Clean Air Act. It says pollution coming from outside the U.S., like from other countries, does not count against U.S. areas when checking if they meet clean air rules. Areas cannot be called 'nonattainment' (failing air standards) just because of foreign pollution. Also, states with bad air in some spots avoid fines and...

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Introduced(2/11/26)
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Ms. Lummis

Senate (R) Wyoming

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Feb 11, 2026

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