Became Public Law No: 119-14.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn a specific federal agency rule. If both chambers of Congress pass it and the President signs it (or a presidential veto is overridden), the named EPA rule is declared to have no force or effect. The law also prevents the EPA from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same without a new law from Congress.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing (89 Fed. Reg. 94886 (November 29, 2024)).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Under the Congressional Review Act, disapproval resolutions are considered under expedited procedures in the Senate that block filibusters and require only a simple majority for passage; they must still be approved by both chambers and presented to the President for signature or veto action.
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8, title 5) to disapprove and nullify the EPA rule titled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing” (89 Fed.
Reg. 94886, Nov. 29, 2024).
The resolution states the rule shall have no force or effect.
Narrow scope helps House prospects; Senate procedural hurdles and executive response create substantial uncertainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that effectively identifies and nullifies a single EPA rule but provides minimal explanatory, fiscal, or oversight detail beyond the core nullification language.
Progressives emphasize health and emissions impacts; conservatives emphasize regulatory burden.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize health and emissions impacts; conservatives emphasize regulatory burden.
Likely views the resolution as a rollback of public health and environmental protections for communities and workers near tire manufacturing plants.
Sees it as favoring industry cost-savings over pollution controls and a dangerous precedent weakening EPA authority.
Approaches the resolution pragmatically, seeking evidence of costs and benefits.
Worries about both regulatory overreach and removing meaningful pollution controls without replacement or analysis.
Likely supports the resolution as constraining EPA regulatory overreach and protecting domestic manufacturers from burdensome rules.
Views disapproval as promoting economic competitiveness and limiting costly mandates.
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Narrow scope helps House prospects; Senate procedural hurdles and executive response create substantial uncertainty.
The Senate formally adopted this resolution.
A resolution is a formal statement or decision by the chamber. Simple resolutions apply only to one chamber; joint resolutions require both chambers.
The Senate agreed to bring this bill to the floor. Debate and amendment votes can now begin.
The House passed this bill. It now goes to the other chamber, and eventually to the President for signature.
The final vote on whether the bill becomes law (pending the other chamber and the President).
Progressives emphasize health and emissions impacts; conservatives emphasize regulatory burden.
Narrow scope helps House prospects; Senate procedural hurdles and executive response create substantial uncertainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that effectively identifies and nullifies a single EPA rule but provides minimal explanatory, fiscal, or…
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