Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
This bill changes how the government handles air quality data when wildfires or planned burns (like controlled fires to prevent bigger wildfires) cause spikes in air pollution readings. It lets states ask the federal government to throw out that pollution data so it does not count against them when deciding if an area meets clean air standards. If this passes, states could more easily do controlled burns without worrying those burns will trigger penalties for dirty air.
This bill would make it easier for states to erase high-pollution days caused by wildfires and controlled burns from their official air quality records. That could remove barriers to preventive burns that reduce catastrophic wildfires , but it also means the air people actually breathe on those days won't count in government decisions about whether their community's air is clean enough.