SJRES 60 — 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 "Emissions Budget and Allowance Allocations for Indiana Under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update".
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/60
Congress.gov subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures; Climate change and greenhouse gases; Congressional oversight; Electric power generation and transmission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Indiana; Environmental Protection
Issues impacted: Regulation & Agency Oversight (ai, high), Energy & Climate (taxonomy, high)
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119 SJ 60 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 “Emissions Budget and Allowance Allocations for Indiana Under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update”. U.S. Senate 2025-06-27 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. 60 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27 (legislative day, June 24), 2025 Mr. Whitehouse 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 Emissions Budget and Allowance Allocations for Indiana Under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Emissions Budget and Allowance Allocations for Indiana Under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update (90 Fed. Reg. 21423 (May 20, 2025)), 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 cancel one specific EPA air rule that only covers Indiana.
They’re using a fast-track tool called the Congressional Review Act (CRA)—basically a simple up-or-down vote that can wipe out a new agency rule. The rule in question came out in May 2025. It set Indiana’s emissions budget and how pollution allowances get shared under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update. In everyday terms, it decides how much certain power-plant pollution Indiana can release when that pollution might drift into other states.
If this joint resolution became law, that EPA rule would be dead. It would have no force or effect, and the Indiana budget and allowance setup in that update would not stand.
Power plants and grid operators in Indiana would feel it most. So would folks who watch smog rules and cross-state air limits. Everyone else mostly wouldn’t notice day to day unless they follow these pollution caps closely.
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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’s Indiana emissions-budget/allowance rule under the cross-state air pollution update; Nay keeps that emissions-limit framework in force. |
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Disapprove or nullify agency rules | Preserve agency rules and standards | Yea is a CRA disapproval so the EPA rule has no force or effect; Nay leaves the published rule in place. |