S.J. Res. 24 (119th)Bill Overview

Disapprove EPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:…

CRA DisapprovalEnvironmental Protection|Environmental Protection
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Republican
Introduced
Feb 25, 2025
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Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act process to disapprove and nullify the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing" (89 Fed. Reg. 94886, Nov. 29, 2024).

Why people may split

Public health/environmental protection versus regulatory burden on industry

Watch point

Narrow deregulatory text tends to pass lower chamber more easily if majority aligned; still politically polarized.

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act process to disapprove and nullify the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing" (89 Fed.

Reg. 94886, Nov. 29, 2024).

If enacted, the resolution would render that EPA rule without force or effect and block implementation as provided under the CRA framework.

Passage25/100

Narrow and administratively simple but politically charged; needs both chambers and executive approval, raising overall difficulty.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention75/100

Public health/environmental protection versus regulatory burden on industry

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Manufacturers · Permitting processLocal governments

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

Likely helped
  • ManufacturersAvoids new compliance costs for domestic rubber tire manufacturers.
  • Permitting processPrevents new monitoring, reporting, and permitting burdens on facilities.
  • Potential benefitReduces immediate capital expenditures that plants might incur for new controls.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenMaintains emissions of hazardous air pollutants from tire manufacturing facilities.
  • Local governmentsCould result in adverse local public health effects for nearby communities.
  • Potential burdenUndermines EPA regulatory authority and decisions made under Clean Air Act mandates.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Public health/environmental protection versus regulatory burden on industry
Progressive10%

Likely strongly opposed.

They would view the resolution as an attempt to strip public-health and air pollution safeguards for workers and nearby communities.

They would argue the EPA rule addresses toxic emissions from tire manufacturing and that nullifying it risks increased pollution.

Likely resistant
Centrist45%

Mixed to somewhat skeptical.

They would weigh environmental benefits of the EPA standard against compliance costs and regulatory process concerns.

They may prefer revising the rule or ordering a transparent cost-benefit reassessment rather than an outright nullification via CRA.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely broadly supportive.

They would view the resolution as correcting regulatory overreach, protecting manufacturers from costly mandates, and reasserting congressional control over significant agency rules.

They may argue the EPA rule imposes burdens without proportional benefit.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

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Floor

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President

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Law

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Passage likelihood25/100

Narrow and administratively simple but politically charged; needs both chambers and executive approval, raising overall difficulty.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Whether the resolution is considered within the CRA window
  • Executive branch willingness to sign or veto
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

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06 · Go deeper

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Public health/environmental protection versus regulatory burden on industry

Narrow and administratively simple but politically charged; needs both chambers and executive approval, raising overall difficulty.

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