S. 623 · 119th Congress

No IRIS Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 18, 2025 by John Kennedy (R-LA). 3 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Feb 18, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 18, 2025
Cosponsors
3
0 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a tier 1 data source in rulemakings and other regulatory, enforcement, or permitting actions, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John KennedyR-LASponsor

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 18, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 18, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL6 reports
    $25.2M reported (all issues)
  3. CELANESE CORPORATION6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  4. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.6 reports
    $107M reported (all issues)
  5. Evonik Corporation6 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  6. NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN6 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  7. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.6 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow6 reports
    $8.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  9. AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $990K reported (all issues)
  10. National Mining Association5 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  11. AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  12. COVESTRO LLC4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  13. USA RICE FEDERATION4 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  14. HEXION INC.3 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  15. SYENSQO USA LLC3 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  16. BASF CORPORATION1 report
    $560K reported (all issues)
  17. Bakelite US Holdco, Inc.1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  18. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)
  19. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners1 report
    $24K reported (all issues)
  20. OCEANA, INC.1 report
    $210K reported (all issues)
  21. Syensqo USA LLC f/k/a Solvay America LLC, a member of the Syensqo Group1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.