Senate Bill 5045
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026
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Passed Senate on Sep 29, 2026
Bill Intelligence
The Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026 aims to amend the Clean Air Act to address air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events, particularly in the context of wildfires. It introduces definitions related to exceptional events and prescribed fires and requires the Administrator to revise regulations to accommodate these definitions. Additionally, the bill establishes a Smoke Ready Communities Program, allowing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to eligible entities for assessing, preventing, controlling, or abating wildfire smoke hazards in community buildings. Furthermore, it outlines the eligible entities and cost-sharing provisions for the grants.
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Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
5045
Congress
119
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
checkPassed on September 29, 2026
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5148-5150; text: CR S5149-5150)
Summary
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September 29, 2026
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10/05/2026
Held at the desk.
10/05/2026
Received in the House.
10/05/2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/29/2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5148-5150; text: CR S5149-5150)
09/29/2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5148-5150; text: CR S5149-5150)
09/16/2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.
09/16/2026
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
09/16/2026
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
07/21/2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
07/21/2026
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Oct 7, 2026 3:57:04 PM