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Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017

Introduced: October 4, 2017 Introduced by: Schweikert, David Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to give states the option of monitoring criteria air pollutants (e.g., lead, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide) by greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors under their state implementation plans.

The Environmental Protection Agency: (1) may not enforce a requirement concerning the method of monitoring if the derived data meets quality standards, and (2) must allow states to consider data derived from such methods when determining whether national ambient air quality standards for criteria air pollutants were exceeded.

What's happening now October 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1355 Related bill Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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Aguilar, Pete
California · Oct 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3959: Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3959/
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"H.R. 3959: Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3959/.
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