Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 22
- Latest action
- Aug 15, 2025
What it does
The Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review current policies and practices for protecting children from wildfire smoke in K–12 schools and childcare settings, including out-of-school activities like sports and summer camps. The review would assess existing standards and mitigation strategies, identify research and policy gaps, and provide recommendations to Congress on how to better protect children—especially those in under-resourced settings—during and after wildfire smoke events. The bill aims to improve understanding and inform future policy…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Maxine Dexter
- Brad Sherman
- Brittany Pettersen
- Dave Min
- Diana DeGette
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- George Whitesides
- Janelle Bynum
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jared Huffman
- Jennifer McClellan
- Joe Neguse
- Judy Chu
- LaMonica McIver
- Paul Tonko
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Rashida Tlaib
- Salud Carbajal
- Shri Thanedar
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
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Where it goes next
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