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

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 562 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 562

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2025

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
   Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Blunt 
 Rochester) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                               RESOLUTION


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

Whereas ozone in the stratosphere, ``the ozone layer'', forms naturally and 
        protects the Earth from dangerous solar radiation;
Whereas ground-level ozone, better known as ``smog'', forms when air pollution 
        reacts with sunlight;
Whereas smog, in contrast to stratospheric ozone, is dangerous to human health;
Whereas exposure to smog causes asthma attacks, lung disease, nervous system 
        issues, cardiovascular problems, and reproductive issues;
Whereas children are particularly vulnerable to smog pollution;
Whereas, in 2021, analysts found that long-term exposure to smog contributed to 
        489,000 deaths globally and 14,000 deaths in the United States, with the 
        United States death rate being higher than that of other high-income 
        countries;
Whereas smog pollution lowers crop yields and crop losses due to smog pollution 
        total between 79,000,000 and 121,000,000 metric tons per year;
Whereas methane pollution (the primary constituent of natural gas) reacts with 
        other pollutants to create smog pollution;
Whereas researchers have found that methane emissions significantly affect the 
        air quality across most of the United States, with especially pronounced 
        effects in central States, and methane emissions can have a determining 
        influence on the ability of a region to meet National Ambient Air 
        Quality Standards for ozone that are set by the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
Whereas, in 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency set methane standards that 
        were projected to eliminate 58,000,000 tons of methane pollution over 15 
        years, a 79 percent reduction from business as usual; and
Whereas the Trump Administration is reconsidering the 2024 methane standards set 
        by the Environmental Protection Agency: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate recognizes that ozone pollution can cause 
        lung disease, asthma attacks, cardiovascular problems, and 
        reproductive issues; and
            (2) it is the sense of the Senate that the Environmental 
        Protection Agency should act to reduce smog pollution, 
        including by supporting robust implementation of the 2024 
        methane standards.
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