Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn a specific EPA regulation. If both houses of Congress pass this joint resolution and the President signs it, the named EPA rule would be nullified and would have no force or effect. The resolution also prevents the agency from issuing a substantially similar rule in the future unless Congress enacts new legislation.
New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) (89 Fed. Reg. 83296 (October 15, 2024)).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
As a Congressional Review Act disapproval, this must be enacted as a joint resolution passed by both chambers and signed by the President (or a veto overridden) to take effect. In the Senate the CRA provides expedited consideration and a simple majority is sufficient, with no filibuster allowed on the disapproval motion.
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.
Content is narrow but politically charged; success depends heavily on chamber majorities, Senate support, and executive response.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a compact and direct Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: it names the specific EPA rule, cites the Federal Register entry, invokes chapter 8 of title 5, and declares the rule void. The operative mechanism is precise and appropriate for a CRA instrument.
Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.
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Liberal emphasizes emissions, health, and environmental-justice harms.
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.
Would weigh regulatory costs against environmental benefits and seek more information.
May favor targeted adjustments or delayed implementation over blanket disapproval.
Likely to support the resolution as a check on regulatory overreach.
Views disapproval as protecting industry, preventing costly mandates, and preserving energy infrastructure reliability.
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Content is narrow but politically charged; success depends heavily on chamber majorities, Senate support, and executive response.
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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.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a compact and direct Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: it names the specific EPA rule, cites the Federal Register entry, invokes chapter 8 of title…
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