{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-introduces-air-permitting-improvements-protect-national-security", "Palmer Introduces Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Gary J. Palmer", "P000609", "palmer.house.gov", "palmer", "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "For Immediate Release\n\nMedia Contact: Hope Dawson (202) 225-4921\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) introduced the Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act.\n\nThis bill amends the Clean Air Act to provide a practical pathway for essential manufacturing and critical mineral facilities to comply with the Clean Air Act while also being protected from burdensome regulations that lead to permitting gridlock.\n\nFollowing the introduction of the Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act, Rep. Palmer released the following statement:\n\n\u201cManufacturing and critical mineral facilities that are essential to our economic stability and national security are currently being delayed due to permitting gridlock caused by burdensome regulations,\u201d said Rep. Palmer. \u201cThis amendment to the Clean Air Act is long overdue. It\u2019s time we remove unnecessary roadblocks so that we can adequately support domestic production while also ensuring we are protecting future generations\u2019 environment and quality of life.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nRep. Palmer serves as the Chairman for the Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Environment.\n\nThe Clean Air Act requires pre-construction permits for major sources of emissions and pollutants. Section 173 of the Clean Air Act currently includes a provision allowing offset requirements to be waived for rocket engines or motors, which are essential for national security. This bill expands that authority to include advanced manufacturing facilities and critical minerals facilities, which are vital to strengthening America\u2019s supply chains and national defense.\n\nUnder the bill, the President may determine that an advanced manufacturing facility or a critical minerals facility is exempt from offset emissions credit requirements. An advanced manufacturing or critical mineral facility may also receive an exemption if standards are met showing that a facility is working to maximize emissions reductions. Importantly, these facilities would still be required to meet all other Clean Air Act permitting requirements, ensuring continued environmental protections.", 1, "2026-04-18T05:35:53Z", "2026-04-18T05:37:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-introduces-air-permitting-improvements-protect-national-security"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5289969742298126, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}