NEGATIVE Climate 119th Congress

H.R.6387 FIRE Act

Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act — amends the Clean Air Act to exclude air-quality monitoring data influenced by wildfires from compliance determinations, allowing states to discount real exposure when measured against federal standards (119th Congress)

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Who Lobbied on This Bill

$2.9M combined quarterly activity

5 lobbying firms

5 clients represented

2026-first_quarter–2026-second_quarter filing period

Policy Areas Covered

Clean Air and Water (quality) Environment/Superfund Natural Resources

Government Entities Lobbied

Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
SENATE
White House Office

Who Hired the Lobbyists

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a producer of differentiated iron ore and steel products.
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
GPA MIDSTREAM ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN CEMENT ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION) Trade association that represents cement manufacturers
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

Source: Senate LDA filings · Dollar figures are combined quarterly totals for all lobbying by each firm, not bill-specific spend.

FIRE Act — expands the CAA exceptional-events exclusion so wildfire smoke episodes are not counted against attainment status. Wildfire smoke is an increasing component of background air pollution in the West; excluding it from compliance data weakens the trigger for pollution-control requirements.