[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8250

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  implement the recommendations described in a GAO report relating to 
   replacing legacy air quality data systems, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2024

 Mr. Connolly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  implement the recommendations described in a GAO report relating to 
   replacing legacy air quality data systems, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Air in the Cloud Act''.

SEC. 2. FACTORS, OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS, AND BUSINESS CASE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall, as described in the GAO report--
            (1) identify factors for evaluating whether the information 
        technology systems of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
        be ready for replacement or retirement;
            (2) document an operational analysis for the AQS and 
        AirNow; and
            (3) develop and document a business case, in accordance 
        with the System Life Cycle Management process of the Agency--
                    (A) for a new information technology system that 
                manages and reports air quality data collected through 
                the national ambient air quality monitoring system to 
                replace the AQS and AirNow;
                    (B) that addresses issues with the AQS and AirNow; 
                and
                    (C) that details considerations of alternatives, if 
                appropriate.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the factors identified, 
the operational analysis documented, and the business case developed 
and documented, under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Airnow.--The term ``AirNow'' means the information 
        technology system of the Environmental Protection Agency that 
        receives near real-time air quality data, primarily on ozone 
        and particulate matter, that the Environmental Protection 
        Agency reports to the public through a website and the AirNow 
        app.
            (2) Air quality system.--The term ``Air Quality System'' 
        means the repository of the Environmental Protection Agency for 
        ambient air quality data that the Environmental Protection 
        Agency uses for regulatory purposes.
            (3) AQS.--The term ``AQS'' means the Air Quality System.
            (4) GAO report.--The term ``GAO report'' means the report 
        of the Government Accountability Office to the Ranking Member, 
        Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and 
        Government Innovation, Committee on Oversight and 
        Accountability, House of Representatives, titled ``AIR 
        POLLUTION: EPA Needs to Develop a Business Case for Replacing 
        Legacy Air Quality Data Systems'' and dated September 2023 
        (GAO-23-105618).
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