- Potential benefitExpedites floor consideration of four measures, shortening time to potential enactment.
- Potential benefitProvides stakeholders a clearer near-term timeline for potential regulatory changes affecting air quality.
- Potential benefitReduces opportunities for dilatory procedural tactics, increasing predictability for bill proponents and regulated part…
Rule for H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and 2 others
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
This resolution sets the House rules for how and when the House will consider three bills that would amend the Clean Air Act and a separate House resolution about tax policy. It waives points of order, treats the bills and the resolution as read, limits debate time, and allows one motion to recommit. It only governs House floor procedure and does not create law or go to the President.
This is a House special-rule simple resolution adopted to govern floor consideration; it applies only to the House and is not legislation. It waives all points of order against consideration and provisions, sets one hour of debate per bill (divided between committee leaders), and allows one motion to recommit; the tax-resolution consideration gets one hour controlled by Ways and Means leaders.
H.
Res. 1174 is a House rule that makes in order floor consideration of three Clean Air Act-related bills (H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, H.R. 6409) and a resolution (H.
Res. 1156) on tax policies for working families.
Rule itself is likely adopted in the House, but the substantive Clean Air Act changes face meaningful procedural and ideological hurdles in the Senate and in final enactment.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-constructed, conventional House floor-ordering resolution that clearly and specifically prescribes the procedures for considering the named measures.
Progressives see waivers as threats to EPA authority; conservatives view them as necessary relief.
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
- Potential burdenWaiving points of order and limiting debate reduces opportunities for detailed scrutiny and amendment.
- Potential burdenRestricting amendments could prevent minority input and needed technical fixes to complex environmental provisions.
- Potential burdenFast-tracking environmental legislation risks insufficient deliberation, potentially producing weaker or ill-considered…
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Progressives see waivers as threats to EPA authority; conservatives view them as necessary relief.
Likely skeptical.
The rule expedites consideration of three Clean Air Act changes whose short titles suggest narrowing EPA authority or excluding emissions from regulatory review.
Because the rule waives points of order and limits debate, progressives would worry about rushed, potentially deregulatory outcomes (specific impacts uncertain without full bill texts).
Mixed/conditional.
The rule is a standard procedural tool to bring bills to the floor efficiently, but the waivers and one-hour limit reduce deliberation.
Centrists will weigh the merits of each underlying bill; absent their texts, they will be cautious about potential regulatory and technical consequences.
Generally favorable.
The rule expedites consideration of bills that, by title, could limit overreach by the EPA, clarify jurisdictional limits, and address wildfire-monitoring technicalities.
Conservatives will welcome constrained debate and waived points of order as enabling prompt rollbacks of regulatory obstacles.
The path through Congress.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Rule itself is likely adopted in the House, but the substantive Clean Air Act changes face meaningful procedural and ideological hurdles in the Senate and in final enactment.
- Full texts of H.R.6387, H.R.6398, H.R.6409 not provided here
- Absent cost/CBO estimates for substantive bills
Recent votes on the bill.
The House formally adopted this resolution. A resolution applies only to the House and does not require the other chamber's approval or the President's signature — this vote settles the matter.
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Debate was cut short. The House will proceed directly to a vote on the underlying question.
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In the House, this ends debate and forces an immediate vote on the main question.
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Progressives see waivers as threats to EPA authority; conservatives view them as necessary relief.
Rule itself is likely adopted in the House, but the substantive Clean Air Act changes face meaningful procedural and ideological hurdles in…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-constructed, conventional House floor-ordering resolution that clearly and specifically prescribes the procedures for considering the named measures.
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