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Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025

H. R. 6373 To amend the Clean Air Act to establish authority for the President to waive the requirement for an advanced manufacturing facility or a critical mineral facility to offset increased emissions of any air pollutant, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 3, 2025

Latest action (Apr 28, 2026) Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Issues
Defense
Legislative subjects (9)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresIndustrial facilitiesLicensing and registrationsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsStrategic materials and reserves

Summary

The Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025 amends the Clean Air Act to establish a national security waiver allowing the President to waive, in whole or in part, requirements for advanced manufacturing or critical mineral facilities to offset increased air pollutant emissions if the President determines it is in the national security interests of the United States. Advanced manufacturing facilities are defined as those whose primary purpose is manufacturing semiconductors or semiconductor equipment, and critical mineral facilities are those whose primary purpose is extracting, processing, refining, or milling critical minerals designated by the Secretary of the Interior. The bill allows state permitting authorities to permit these facilities to offset emissions through alternative or innovative means if the facility demonstrates it has exhausted available offsets and complies with alternative measures imposed by the permitting authority. In lieu of requiring specific offset measures, permitting authorities may impose an emissions fee not to exceed 1.5 times the average cost of stationary source control measures in the area over the previous three years, with fees required to be used to maximize emissions reductions in that area.

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Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Gary J. Palmer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $215,400
  • ARD CONTRACTING $23,300
  • WELLBORN CABINETS $13,500
  • HAMMER LGC $13,200
  • NEWCASTLE CONSTRUCTION $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Gary J. Palmer → · Outside spending →

Actions (6)
  1. Apr 28, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544. · house
  2. Apr 28, 2026 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-627. · house
  3. Jan 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 23. · house
  4. Jan 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  5. Dec 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  6. Dec 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 7 subjects)
  • HR 4214 — Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 4754 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 4218 — CLEAR Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5929 — Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 8773 — Containing Effects of Mineral Extraction Act of 2026 · Introduced May 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
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  • HR 9808 — No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 6918 — Climate Pollution Standard and Community Investment Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported in House · Apr 28, 2026
  • Introduced in House · Dec 3, 2025

Committee action

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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 3, 2025

Mr. Palmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

April 28, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Allen, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Onder, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mrs. Kim

April 28, 2026

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to establish authority for the President to waive the requirement for an advanced manufacturing facility or a critical mineral facility to offset increased emissions of any air pollutant, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. SUPPORTING CRITICAL MANUFACTURING.

Section 173 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7503) is amended—

(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:

“(3) National Security Waiver.—Upon application by the owner or operator of a new or modified advanced manufacturing facility or critical mineral facility (as such terms are defined in subsection

(f)(2)), the President may waive, in whole or in part, any requirement that is in effect under this part for such advanced manufacturing facility or critical mineral facility to offset increased emissions of any air pollutant if the President determines it is in the national security interests of the United States to waive such requirement. The President may not delegate such a determination to any other person.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Alternative Requirements for Advanced Manufacturing Facilities and Critical Mineral Facilities.—

“(1) In general.—The permitting authority of a State shall allow a new or modified major stationary source that is an advanced manufacturing facility or a critical mineral facility to offset emissions from such source by alternative or innovative means under the following conditions:

“(A) The source demonstrates to the satisfaction of the permitting authority of the State that it has used all reasonable means to obtain and utilize offsets, as determined on an annual basis, for the emissions increases beyond allowable levels, that all available offsets are being used, and that sufficient offsets are not available to the source.

“(B) The source will comply with an alternative measure, imposed by the permitting authority, designed to offset any emission increases beyond permitted levels not directly offset by the source. In lieu of imposing any alternative offset measures, the permitting authority may impose an emissions fee to be paid to such authority of a State which shall be an amount no greater than 1.5 times the average cost of stationary source control measures adopted in that area during the previous 3 years. The permitting authority shall utilize the fees in a manner that maximizes the emissions reductions in that area.

“(2) Definitions.—In this subsection:

“(A) Advanced manufacturing facility.—The term ‘advanced manufacturing facility’ means a facility the primary purpose of which is the manufacturing of semiconductors or semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

“(B) Critical mineral facility.—The term ‘critical mineral facility’ means a facility primary purpose of which is the extraction, processing, refining, or milling of a critical mineral (as designated by the Secretary of the Interior).”. Union Calendar No. 544

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6373

[Report No. 119-627]

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to establish authority for the President to waive the requirement for an advanced manufacturing facility or a critical mineral facility to offset increased emissions of any air pollutant, and for other purposes.

April 28, 2026

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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