Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This resolution uses a special congressional power to overturn a recently issued agency rule and strip it of legal effect. If both chambers pass it and the President signs (or Congress overrides a veto), the targeted EPA rule would be nullified and the agency would be blocked from issuing a substantially similar rule without a new law. The procedure is designed to let Congress rapidly reject certain federal agency actions covered by that law.
Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (89 Fed. Reg. 102568 (December 17, 2024)).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Under the Congressional Review Act, disapproval joint resolutions in the Senate are handled with expedited procedures and limited debate so they cannot be filibustered and require a simple majority for passage in the Senate; the resolution must also pass the House and be presented to the President, who can sign or veto it.
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify the EPA rule titled "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)" (89 Fed.
Reg. 102568, Dec 17, 2024).
If enacted, the resolution would void that EPA rule so it would have no force or effect.
Narrow and procedurally simple but politically polarizing; success depends primarily on chamber majorities and the administration’s decision to sign or veto.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval that clearly identifies and nullifies a single EPA rule and appropriately relies on the CRA statutory mechanism. It is explicit about the action to be taken but minimal in supplementary detail.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental-justice harms.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental-justice harms.
Likely strongly opposed.
They would view the resolution as an attempt to block new federal limits on a hazardous solvent linked to cancer and other harms.
They would emphasize public health, worker safety, and environmental-justice consequences of undoing EPA action.
Mixed/ambivalent.
They would weigh the rule's public-health benefits against compliance costs and legal/process questions.
Concerned about overturning agency action without clear economic impact analysis or a policy alternative.
Likely supportive.
They would view the resolution as a check on regulatory overreach and relief for industries regulated by TSCA.
They would emphasize economic burden, federal overreach, and deference to stakeholders adversely affected by the rule.
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Narrow and procedurally simple but politically polarizing; success depends primarily on chamber majorities and the administration’s decision to sign or veto.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental-justice harms.
Narrow and procedurally simple but politically polarizing; success depends primarily on chamber majorities and the administration’s decisio…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval that clearly identifies and nullifies a single EPA rule and appropriately relies on the CRA statutory mechanism. It…
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