Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule. If both chambers pass it and the President signs it, the EPA's rule will be invalidated and cannot take effect. It also prevents the EPA from issuing a substantially similar rule in the future unless Congress passes new legislation. The CRA provides a faster, special process for Congress to reject recently finalized federal rules.
The final rule titled "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)".
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Under the Congressional Review Act, the Senate may consider this disapproval under expedited procedures that prevent filibusters and require only a simple majority to pass. As a joint resolution, it must be approved by both chambers and signed by the President (or have a veto overridden) to take effect.
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule titled “Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)” (89 Fed.
Reg. 102568, Dec. 17, 2024).
If enacted, the rule would have no force or effect.
Narrow, low-cost repeal has procedural paths, but ideological stakes and lack of compromise lower passage odds overall.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise and procedurally standard Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: it names the specific EPA rule, cites the Federal Register entry, and declares the rule to have no force or effect. It relies on the CRA's statutory mechanics rather than adding procedural, fiscal, or evaluative detail.
Progressives emphasize public-health and science-based protections.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize public-health and science-based protections.
Likely to oppose the resolution as a rollback of an EPA public-health regulation.
Views it as undermining chemical safety protections for workers and communities.
Concerned this prioritizes industry costs over science-based safeguards. (Some impacts are speculative due to limited rule text here.)
Mixed reaction: wants evidence of harms and benefits.
May accept oversight if procedural or substantive flaws exist.
Prefers fixes, targeted amendments, or delay for more analysis rather than categorical repeal.
Likely to support the resolution as a correction of regulatory overreach.
Views EPA rule as imposing burdens on industry and infringing on economic freedom.
Sees congressional disapproval as restoring balance and protecting jobs and businesses.
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Narrow, low-cost repeal has procedural paths, but ideological stakes and lack of compromise lower passage odds overall.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize public-health and science-based protections.
Narrow, low-cost repeal has procedural paths, but ideological stakes and lack of compromise lower passage odds overall.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise and procedurally standard Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: it names the specific EPA rule, cites the Federal Register entry, and declares…
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