Will support the Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026 to fund a three-year, $10 million-per-year scientific research program on the warming effects of tropospheric ozone and direct EPA to issue a report with findings, cost-benefit assessment, policy recommendations, and future research needs.

Deborah K. Ross · North Carolina · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support legislation funding a three-year, $10 million-per-year tropospheric ozone research program and directing EPA to publish a summary report with findings, cost-benefit analysis, policy recommendations, and future research needs.. Promised outcome: Improved scientific understanding of tropospheric ozone's warming effects to inform strategies for reducing its harmful climate impacts.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official House press release from Rep. Deborah Ross announcing introduction of the Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026 during her service as U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 2nd District.

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The bill would fund a three-year, $10M per year scientific research program on the warming effects of tropospheric ozone. It would also direct EPA to publish a summary report identifying key findings, assessing the costs and benefits of mitigating tropospheric ozone precursors, and providing policy recommendations and future research needs.

Ross introduced legislation that would fund multi-year research into tropospheric ozone warming effects and require EPA to publish a summary report with findings, cost-benefit assessment, recommendations, and research needs.

Ross + Foushee Introduce Bill Advancing Science to Reduce Warming from Tropospheric Ozone, a Potent Air Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas | Press Releases | Representative Deborah Ross
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Ms. Ross (for herself and Mrs. Foushee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows Ross introduced H.R. 10525, but the same record indicates referral to committee rather than enactment, so the substantive program remains unresolved while effort is documented.

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H. R. 10525 (Introduced-in-House)
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The bill would fund a three-year, $10M per year scientific research program on the warming effects of tropospheric ozone.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Ross's official House release describes the bill matching the commitment's three-year, $10 million-per-year research-program terms and related EPA-report provisions, documenting support but not final enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Ross + Foushee Introduce Bill Advancing Science to Reduce Warming from Tropospheric Ozone, a Potent Air Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas | Press Releases | Representative Deborah Ross
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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-27 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment describes a bill that would create the specified three-year, $10 million-per-year tropospheric ozone research program and EPA report requirements. The verified evidence only establishes support/effort around that legislation and its terms; it does not verify enactment or implementation of the funded program or EPA report. With no deadline expired as of 2026-09-27, the substantive outcome remains unresolved, though Ross is materially tied to the effort.

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