Bill · S.Res. 562· Senate(119-SRES-562)

A resolution recognizing that ozone pollution can cause lung disease, asthma attacks, cardiovascular problems, and reproductive issues.

Age: 71 years

Rhode Island

Introduced: 12/17/2025
Last activity: 12/17/2025 — Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsored by: Sheldon Whitehouse
Cosponsors: - 8 - 0

Environmental Protection

Introduced
In Committee

A Senate resolution is the Senate speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the Senate agrees to it, it is officially the Senate's word; it is not a law, so the House and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution acknowledges that ground-level ozone, or smog, poses serious health risks like lung disease, asthma attacks, cardiovascular problems, and reproductive issues. It notes that children are especially vulnerable and that long-term smog exposure contributed to 14,000 deaths in the United States in 2021. The text points out that methane pollution reacts with other pollutants to create smog and harms air quality across the country. It also mentions that the Environmental Protection Agency set methane standards in 2024 to reduce pollution, which the Trump Administration is currently reconsidering. Finally, the resolution states it is the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should act to reduce smog pollution by supporting the robust implementation of those 2024 standards.

Yes· 3 of 8

Does this cut the pollution that drives climate change?+6
The resolution advocates for reducing methane pollution and implementing standards to curb smog.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+6
Supports robust implementation of EPA methane standards to improve overall air quality.
Would children be better off under this?+4
Children are specifically noted as being particularly vulnerable to smog pollution.