- Targeted stakeholdersExpedites floor consideration of four measures, shortening time to potential enactment.
- Targeted stakeholdersProvides stakeholders a clearer near-term timeline for potential regulatory changes affecting air quality.
- Targeted stakeholdersReduces opportunities for dilatory procedural tactics, increasing predictability for bill proponents and regulated part…
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6398) to amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6409) to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify standards for emissions emanating from outside of the United States, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156) expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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.
- Targeted stakeholdersWaiving points of order and limiting debate reduces opportunities for detailed scrutiny and amendment.
- Targeted stakeholdersRestricting amendments could prevent minority input and needed technical fixes to complex environmental provisions.
- Targeted stakeholdersFast-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.
Passed
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Passed
On Ordering the Previous 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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