,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,mc,adams 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,rooney of ,florida7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the  
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency to seek to enter an 
agreement with the ,national ,academies 
of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and         
,medicine to conduct a study on the     
science of background ozone in the      
,united ,states and to provide research 
recommendations to better understand    
background ozone contributions to       
ground-level ozone1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,background ,ozone  
,research ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3  7#a7             
,ground-level ozone1 a type of          
tropospheric ozone1 is created when     
nitrogen oxides 7,,nox7 and volatile    

organic compounds 7,v,o,cs71 emitted by 
motor vehicles1 power plants1 other     
industrial processes1 or natural        
processes like wildfires1 chemically    
react in the presence of ultraviolet    
7,,uv7 radiation from the ,sun4  7#b7   
,ground-level ozone present in a given  
area may be attributed to either local1 
human produced sources or sources that  
are not local and human produced4  7#c7 
,united ,states background ozone        
7hereafter referred to as background    
ozone7 is the ground-level ozone that   
would exist in the absence of any       
human-produced emissions inside the     
,united ,states4  7#d7 ,ground level    
ozone is considered a harmful pollutant 
due to its effects on people and the    
environment and is the main component of
 smog4  7#e7 ,the ,american ,thoracic   
,society estimated the annual excess    
mortality due to ground-level ozone in  
the ,united ,states at #c1hhj           
individuals as of #bjag4  7#f7          
,ground-level ozone has been linked to  

plant damages and thus diminished crop  
yields4  7#g7 ,a number of cities and   
regions in the ,united ,states remain   
out of compliance with ,environmental   
,protection ,agency 7,,epa7 ,national   
,ambient ,air ,quality ,standards       
7,,naaqs7 for ground-level ozone4  7#h7 
,further research would help to         
understand background ozone trends and  
how to mitigate background ozone4  #c4  
,study on background ozone research     
needs  7a7 ,in general ,not later than  
#fj days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,administrator of the    
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 seek to enter an agreement with the    
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine 7referred to
 in this ,act as the ,national          
,academies7 under which the ,national   
,academies shall conduct a study on the 
current and future research needs       
regarding background ozone4 ,the study  
shall--  7#a7 propose a framework of    
standard terms and definitions for types

 of non-local ground level ozone1       
including types of background ozone1 to 
standardize research on ground-level    
ozone2  7#b7 examine the current        
understanding of background sources of  
ozone and the contribution of such      
sources to ground-level ozone in the    
,united ,states to identify gaps in     
knowledge that need to be addressed with
 additional research2  7#c7 examine     
challenges in quantifying the sources of
 background ozone and the contributions 
of each such source to ground-level     
ozone on a regional scale in the ,united
 ,states and identifies specific        
research needs to address these         
challenges2  7#d7 include an outline of 
a plan for a research and development   
program1 including specifications for   
costs1 timeframes1 and responsible      
agencies1 to support analysis and       
demonstration of background ozone       
trends1 including by--  7,a7 improving  
collection and observational            
infrastructure2  7,b7 improving         

confidence in model outputs2  7,c7      
reducing uncertainties in estimates of  
background ozone2 and  7,d7 making      
background ozone research outputs more  
useful and accessible to                
decision-makers2 and  7#e7 identify     
opportunities for international         
engagement that may facilitate increased
 research collaborations that improve   
understanding of ozone trends4  7b7     
,report ,as a condition of any agreement
 under subsection 7a71 the              
,administrator shall require that the   
,national ,academies transmit to        
,congress a report on the results of the
 study under subsection 7a7 not later   
than #bd months after the date of       
enactment of this ,act4