SJRES 12 — Congress 119
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 "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/12
Congress.gov subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures; Air quality; Climate change and greenhouse gases; Congressional oversight; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Oil and gas; Environmental Protection
Issues impacted: Regulation & Agency Oversight (ai, high), Energy & Climate (taxonomy, high)
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119 SJ 12 IS: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions”. U.S. Senate 2025-02-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 12 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 4, 2025 Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mrs. Capito , Mr. Lee , Mr. Lankford , Mrs. Britt , Mr. Daines , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Cramer , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Risch , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Paul , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Justice , Mr. Tuberville , Mr. Kennedy , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Sheehy , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Ricketts , and Mr. Barrasso ) 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 Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions (89 Fed. Reg. 91094 (November 18, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Plain-English summary
Confidence: high · Complexity: simple · Model: grok-4.5
This is Congress’s way of trying to kill a recent EPA rule outright. They’re using the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track tool that lets lawmakers cancel an agency rule so it never takes effect.
The rule in question came from the Environmental Protection Agency. It spelled out the how-to for a waste emissions charge on petroleum and natural gas systems—things like compliance steps, netting emissions, and any exemptions.
If this joint resolution becomes law, that EPA rule is wiped out completely and has no legal force anymore.
Oil and gas operators would notice first, because the written playbook for handling the charge would disappear. Anyone tracking air quality, climate rules, or EPA oversight would keep an eye on it too.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy & Climate | Expand domestic fossil and all-of-the-above production | Accelerate clean-energy transition | Yea nullifies EPA procedures for the oil-and-gas waste emissions charge; Nay keeps that climate-related compliance rule in force. |
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Disapprove or nullify agency rules | Preserve agency rules and standards | Classic CRA joint resolution: Yea strips the named EPA rule of force and effect; Nay leaves the rule standing. |