H.J. Res. 43 (119th)Bill Overview

Disapprove EPA New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile…

CRA DisapprovalEnvironmental Protection|Environmental Protection
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Floor
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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This joint resolution invokes the Congressional Review Act to disapprove an Environmental Protection Agency rule titled “New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels)” (89 Fed. Reg. 83296, Oct 15, 2024).

Why people may split

Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.

Watch point

Narrow, simple CRA disapproval is procedurally straightforward; passage depends mainly on whether a chamber majority favors rolling back EPA rules.

This joint resolution invokes the Congressional Review Act to disapprove an Environmental Protection Agency rule titled “New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels)” (89 Fed.

Reg. 83296, Oct 15, 2024).

If enacted, the resolution would nullify that EPA rule and render it without force or effect.

Passage35/100

Content is narrow but politically charged; success depends heavily on chamber majorities, Senate support, and executive response.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention70/100

Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agenciesLocal governments

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Potential benefitAvoids immediate compliance costs for owners of volatile organic liquid storage vessels.
  • Potential benefitPreserves operating budgets and short-term employment at affected storage and refinery facilities.
  • Federal agenciesReduces new federal regulatory requirements faced by petroleum storage operators.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenCould allow higher emissions of volatile organic compounds from storage vessels than the rule would limit.
  • Local governmentsMay increase local ozone formation and associated public health risks near storage sites.
  • Potential burdenUndermines EPA regulatory authority and sets precedent for using disapproval to nullify environmental safeguards.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.
Progressive10%

Likely to oppose the resolution because it would block an EPA emissions-control rule.

They would view this as a rollback of pollution safeguards protecting air quality and public health.

Likely resistant
Centrist50%

Would weigh regulatory costs against environmental benefits and seek more information.

May favor targeted adjustments or delayed implementation over blanket disapproval.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely to support the resolution as a check on regulatory overreach.

Views disapproval as protecting industry, preventing costly mandates, and preserving energy infrastructure reliability.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

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Passage likelihood35/100

Content is narrow but politically charged; success depends heavily on chamber majorities, Senate support, and executive response.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Missing formal estimate of economic or environmental impacts
  • Unknown executive branch response or potential veto
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

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06 · Go deeper

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Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.

Content is narrow but politically charged; success depends heavily on chamber majorities, Senate support, and executive response.

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