A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act".

Bill: 119-sjres-31
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-03-06
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Congressional oversight

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-20
text: Became Public Law No: 119-20.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled <em>Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act</em> (89 Fed. Reg. 73293) and published on September 10, 2024. Among other elements, the rule requires sources of persistent and bioaccumulative hazardous air pollutants to continue to comply with certain major source emission standards under the Clean Air Act even if the sources reclassify as area sources.</p>

tv_txt: One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five S. J. RES. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate

tv_txt: 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Passed the Senate May 1, 2025. Secretary

tv_txt: IIA Calendar No. 31 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2025 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mrs. Capito , Mr. Cramer , and Ms. Lummis ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works March 14, 2025 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

March 14, 2025 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar

tv_txt: IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2025 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mrs. Capito , Mr. Cramer , and Ms. Lummis ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.