Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to nullify a specific rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. If Congress passes this joint resolution and the President signs it (or Congress overrides a veto), the named EPA rule would have no force or effect. The Act also stops the agency from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same without new legislation.
California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Small Off-Road Engines Regulations; Notice of Decision (90 Fed. Reg. 640 (January 6, 2025)).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
As a Congressional Review Act disapproval, this is a joint resolution that must pass both chambers and be presented to the President for signature or veto override. Under the Congressional Review Act there are expedited procedures in the Senate that prevent filibusters and require only a simple majority for passage.
This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies an Environmental Protection Agency rule titled "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Small Off-Road Engines Regulations; Notice of Decision" (90 Fed.
Reg. 640, Jan 6, 2025).
If enacted, the resolution would render that specific EPA rule "of no force or effect." The resolution does not specify replacement standards or alternatives.
Narrow CRA tool increases chances in favorable chamber, but partisan content and Senate hurdles lower overall odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a conventional Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: narrowly targeted, concise, and procedurally standard.
Environmental benefits vs. regulatory relief: left emphasizes emissions cuts, right emphasizes burdens on industry.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Environmental benefits vs. regulatory relief: left emphasizes emissions cuts, right emphasizes burdens on industry.
Likely opposed.
They would see the resolution as an attempt to block tighter pollution controls and to undercut California's role in setting environmental standards.
They would emphasize public health and emissions reductions the EPA decision supports.
Mixed.
The centrist will weigh regulatory costs to small engine manufacturers and state-federal balance against public health and environmental benefits cited by EPA.
They will seek clear cost-benefit evidence and legal rationale before deciding.
Likely supportive.
Conservatives will view the resolution as reining in EPA action and preventing California standards from imposing de facto national rules on manufacturers.
They will prioritize regulatory relief and federal primacy concerns.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Narrow CRA tool increases chances in favorable chamber, but partisan content and Senate hurdles lower overall odds.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Environmental benefits vs. regulatory relief: left emphasizes emissions cuts, right emphasizes burdens on industry.
Narrow CRA tool increases chances in favorable chamber, but partisan content and Senate hurdles lower overall odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a conventional Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution: narrowly targeted, concise, and procedurally standard.
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