119-hr4403

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4403 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4403

 To prohibit weather modification within the United States, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 15, 2025

Ms. Greene of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To prohibit weather modification within the United States, 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 ``Clear Skies Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF WEATHER MODIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Whoever, in any circumstance described in 
subsection

    (b) , knowingly conducts weather modification in the United 
States, including the territories and possessions of the United States, 
shall be subject to the penalties described in subsection
            (c) .

    (b) Circumstances Described.--For the purposes of subsection

    (a) , 
the circumstances described in this subsection are that--

    (1) the defendant traveled in interstate or foreign 
 commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) the defendant used a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;

    (3) the defendant transmitted in interstate or foreign 
 commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, 
 facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
 or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
 or in any manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
 electromagnetic transmission;

    (4) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) occurred within 
 the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
 States, the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, 
 or any territory or possession of the United States; or

    (5) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) otherwise 
 occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.
            (c) Penalties.--

    (1) Criminal penalty.--Whoever violates subsection

    (a) shall be fined not more than $100,000 for each violation, 
 imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

    (2) Civil penalty.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
 Protection Agency may, in coordination with the Administrator 
 of the Federal Aviation Administration, impose a civil penalty 
 of not more than $10,000 for each violation of subsection

    (a) , 
 in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

    (3) Repeat violations.--Each instance of injection, 
 release, emission, or dispersal under subsection

    (a) shall 
 constitute a separate violation of such section.

SEC. 3. REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Public Reporting.--

    (1) Establishment of system.--The Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the 
 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
 Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration, shall establish a system for the public to 
 report suspected violations of 

section 2.

    (2) Submission of reports.--Such system may collect reports 
 via telephone, email, mail, or an online portal.

    (3) Publication of reports.--The Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency shall make publicly available 
 on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency any 
 reports collected by such system under this subsection.

    (b) Investigation.--

    (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
 Protection Agency shall investigate suspected violations of 
 

section 2 reported under subsection

    (a) that the Administrator 
 determines warrant further review.

    (2) Determination.--
        (A) Requirement.--For any suspected violation 
 investigated under paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator 
 shall determine whether a violation of 

section 2 has 
 occurred.
        (B) Coordination.--In determining whether a 
 violation of 

section 2 occurred, the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency may coordinate with 
 the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
 Interior, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
 Administration, the Administrator of the National 
 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator 
 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
 or the head of any other Federal agency that the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
 determines to be relevant, to verify the nature of any 
 activities described in a report submitted under 
 subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Referral to DOJ.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall refer a suspected violation that the 
Administrator determines to have occurred under subsection

    (b)

    (2) to 
the Attorney General of the United States for further action.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Federal Statutes.--Any provision of a Federal statute 
authorizing or requiring weather modification, including a licensing 
requirement or permit for any such weather modification, is hereby 
repealed.

    (b) Federal Regulations or Executive Orders.--Any provision of a 
Federal regulation or executive order authorizing or requiring weather 
modification, including a licensing requirement or permit for any such 
weather modification, is hereby nullified and shall have no force or 
effect.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Atmosphere.--The term ``atmosphere'' means the gaseous 
 envelope surrounding the Earth, including all airspace within 
 the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

    (2) Weather modification.--
        (A) In general.--The term ``weather modification'' 
 means any injection, release, emission, or dispersal of 
 a chemical, a chemical compound, or a substance, or 
 conveyance of an apparatus, into the atmosphere for the 
 express purpose of--
            (i) producing an artificial change in the 
 composition, behavior, or dynamics of the 
 atmosphere; or
            (ii) affecting the temperature, weather, 
 climate, or intensity of sunlight.
        (B) Examples.--Such term includes--
            (i) geoengineering;
            (ii) cloud seeding;
            (iii) solar radiation modification and 
 management; and
            (iv) a release of an aerosol into the 
 atmosphere to influence temperature, 
 precipitation, or the intensity of sunlight.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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