The Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025 helps communities protect themselves from wildfire smoke pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency will give money to local air quality agencies—including at least one tribal agency—to set up programs that provide clean air to people during wildfire smoke events. These programs focus on areas that are most at risk from wildfire smoke and include three main components: educational materials to help people understand the risks, clean air centers (basically clean air rooms in public buildings where people can go to breathe safer air), and air filtration systems for certain homes. The bill requires these agencies to work together with community organizations to make sure these programs actually reach and help the people who need them most. Essentially, if you live in an area prone to wildfire smoke, this bill aims to give you access to safe spaces and tools to protect your health when smoke becomes dangerous.

Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

Peters, Scott H.

Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs&nbsp;(i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events). Generally, such programs must be located in areas at risk of exposure to wildland fire smoke and must help provide educational materials, clean air centers (i.e., one or more clean air rooms in a publicly accessible building), and air filtration systems to certain households. Clean air rooms are rooms designed to keep levels of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during wildland fire smoke events.Under the bill, air pollution control agencies must partner with at least one community-based organization in implementing such programs.