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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 566 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to pro-
vide grants to air pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner 
air space program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. 
SCHRIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies 
to implement a cleaner air space program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cleaner Air Spaces 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEANER AIR SPACE PROGRAM GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Administrator shall provide grants to air 
pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner air space 
program in accordance with this section. 
(b) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) AMOUNTS.—Under this section, the Admin-
istrator may not provide a grant to an air pollution 
control 
agency 
in 
an 
amount 
that 
exceeds 
$3,000,000. 
(2) GRANTS FOR TRIBES.—The Administrator 
shall provide at least one grant to a Tribal agency 
that has jurisdiction over air quality. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To apply for a grant pro-
vided under this section, an air pollution control 
agency shall submit to the Administrator an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Administrator determines 
appropriate, including a proposal for the implemen-
tation of a cleaner air space program. 
(2) PROPOSAL FOR CLEANER AIR SPACE PRO-
GRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A proposal for the imple-
mentation of a cleaner air space program under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
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(A) Certification of partnering with a com-
munity-based organization. 
(B) Details on the responsibilities of all 
parties involved with the cleaner air space pro-
gram, including the responsibilities of— 
(i) the air pollution control agency; 
and 
(ii) any community-based organiza-
tions for which the air pollution control 
agency is partnering with under subpara-
graph (A). 
(C) Information regarding which geo-
graphic population or community of covered 
households may be receiving eligible air filtra-
tion units under such cleaner air space pro-
gram. 
(D) Information on how the air pollution 
control agency plans to— 
(i) distribute educational materials re-
lated to eligible air filtration units; and 
(ii) advertise the availability of clean 
air centers. 
(E) Information on how such air pollution 
control agency plans to establish a clean air 
center, including— 
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(i) the facility in which a clean air 
center may be established; and 
(ii) the capacity and ventilation char-
acteristics of such facility. 
(F) A description of the costs that may be 
associated with the program, including any ad-
ministrative costs. 
(d) CLEANER
AIR
SPACE
PROGRAM
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subject to partnership requirement under sub-
section (e), an air pollution control agency implementing 
a cleaner air space program pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) establish at least one clean air center that 
is— 
(A) located in an area at risk of being ex-
posed to wildland fire smoke; 
(B) accessible to individuals that reside in 
covered households; and 
(C) open, accessible, and staffed during 
wildland fire smoke events with the option of 
being open, accessible, and staffed before or 
after wildland fire smoke events; 
(2) advertise to the public— 
(A) during a wildland fire smoke event, the 
availability of a clean air center; and 
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(B) the local cleaner air space program 
that such air pollution control agency is imple-
menting, including information about such local 
cleaner air space program, the availability of 
free air filtration units (if applicable), eligibility 
requirements to receive such free air filtration 
unit, and information on who to contact for 
more information with respect to such local 
cleaner air space program; 
(3) at no cost to covered households— 
(A) distribute a minimum of 1,000 eligible 
air filtration units to such covered households; 
and 
(B) provide one air filter replacement for 
each eligible air filtration unit distributed under 
subparagraph (A); 
(4) distribute educational materials that include 
information on how to best utilize an eligible air fil-
tration unit to create a clean air room in a home; 
(5) collect, and provide to the Administrator, 
information on— 
(A) each type of eligible air filtration unit 
distributed under such cleaner air space pro-
gram; 
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(B) the number of eligible air filtration 
unit so distributed; and 
(C) the cost of each type of eligible air fil-
tration unit so distributed; and 
(6) not later than 6 months after providing an 
eligible air filtration unit to a covered household, 
conduct an anonymous survey of an individual of 
such covered household that received the eligible air 
filtration unit through the cleaner air space program 
on— 
(A) whether such individual understood 
how to properly set up a clean air room and 
how to utilize the air filtration unit; 
(B) how often such individual utilized the 
air filtration unit; 
(C) the largest barriers to properly uti-
lizing the air filtration unit or creating a clean 
air room; 
(D) whether such individual reported bet-
ter air conditions in the clean air room of such 
individual compared to other parts of the home 
of such individual; and 
(E) how the implementation of the cleaner 
air space program could improve. 
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(e) PARTNERSHIP.—In implementing a cleaner air 
space program under subsection (a), an air pollution con-
trol agency shall partner with at least one community- 
based organization to carry out the requirements of such 
cleaner air space program under subsection (d). 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) information on each cleaner air space pro-
gram implemented using a grant provided under 
subsection (a), including— 
(A) the name of the air pollution control 
agency that received such grant; and 
(B) the information described in subsection 
(d)(5) collected by such air pollution control 
agency; 
(2) responses from the survey described in sub-
section (d)(6); and 
(3) recommendations on— 
(A) whether the cleaner air space program 
should be expanded; and 
(B) how the cleaner air space program can 
be improved. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) AIR
POLLUTION
CONTROL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘air pollution control agency’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 302 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7602). 
(3) CLEAN AIR CENTER.—The term ‘‘clean air 
center’’ means one or more clean air rooms in a pub-
licly accessible building. 
(4) CLEAN AIR ROOM.—The term ‘‘clean air 
room’’ means a room that is designed to keep levels 
of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during 
wildland fire smoke events. 
(5) COVERED HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘‘covered 
household’’ means a household that— 
(A) is located in a low-income community; 
and 
(B) includes a person who— 
(i) is at high risk of experiencing a 
wildland fire smoke event; and 
(ii) is vulnerable to negative health ef-
fects caused by wildland fire smoke due to 
factors such as an underlying health condi-
tion, a disability, or age. 
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(6) ELIGIBLE
AIR
FILTRATION
UNIT.—The 
term ‘‘eligible air filtration unit’’ means an air filtra-
tion unit that— 
(A) is certified by Association of Home Ap-
pliance Manufacturers to have a Clean Air De-
livery Rate of at least 97 for smoke; 
(B) is certified under the Energy Star pro-
gram established by section 324A of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6294a); 
(C) does not emit ozone; and 
(D) uses a true high-efficiency particulate 
air filter rated to remove 99.97 percent of par-
ticles measuring 0.3 micrometers or greater. 
(7) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low- 
income community’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code 
(26 U.S.C. 45D). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
section $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2026 through 2028. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds 
made available under paragraph (1), the Adminis-
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trator may use not more than 10 percent of such 
funds on expenses relating to administering the 
cleaner air space program. 
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