Prevent the BUSES Act from taking effect unless the EPA certifies that it will not increase children's exposure to air pollution.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.60 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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my amendment that I am proposing today is that this act shall not take effect until the administrator of the EPA certifies that its implementation will not increase children's exposure to air pollution.

Ocasio-Cortez said she was proposing an amendment to block the BUSES Act from taking effect until EPA certification shows it will not increase children's air pollution exposure.

Ocasio-Cortez on Opposition to the BUSES Act: “What I am requesting is for us to preserve our freedom to protect our children. If you want to do this to your kids, that's your business. But I will not allow this to be done to mine.” | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
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Evidence

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said during the September 2, 2026 Energy and Commerce full committee markup that she opposed the BUSES Act and was proposing an amendment so the act would not take effect until EPA certified implementation would not increase children's exposure to air pollution.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Concrete action in the lookback window: Ocasio-Cortez publicly opposed H.R. 9317 and described offering the EPA-certification condition that matches the commitment. The statement does not show the amendment was adopted or the bill was stopped.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Ocasio-Cortez on Opposition to the BUSES Act: “What I am requesting is for us to preserve our freedom to protect our children. If you want to do this to your kids, that's your business. But I will not allow this to be done to mine.” | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
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The American Bus Association reported that H.R. 9317 advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 2, 2026, after amendment debate, and that the committee adopted a Scott Peters amendment while leaving the bill's central protections intact.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Latest available reporting indicates the BUSES Act continued forward from committee without the Ocasio-Cortez EPA-certification condition being the adopted change. Because the bill still had not become law as of the refresh date, the promise remains unresolved rather than delivered.

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Bipartisan BUSES Act Advances Out of House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

As of September 4, 2026, the BUSES Act had advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee but had not become law or taken effect. Ocasio-Cortez made a concrete same-term legislative effort by opposing H.R. 9317 and offering an EPA-certification condition matching the promise, but available evidence indicates that condition was not adopted and the bill remains pending. Because the promised preventive outcome has not been secured and final enactment has not occurred, the claim is unresolved rather than delivered or failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%