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This joint resolution would cancel a final Environmental Protection Agency rule about trichloroethylene, a chemical often called TCE. If Congress approves the resolution, the EPA rule would have no legal effect. In simple terms, the bill is a way for Congress to block the EPA’s new TCE regulation made under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
- It uses Congress’s review process for rejecting federal rules.
- The resolution targets an EPA rule published in December 2024.
- If passed, the rule would be treated as if it does not exist.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (89 Fed. Reg. 102568) and published on December 17, 2024. Among other elements, the rule prohibits the manufacturing, import, processing, and distribution in commerce of trichloroethylene (TCE) for all uses (including consumer uses), and prohibits the industrial and commercial use of TCE.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 27 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 27
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to ``Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) submitted the
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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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 ``Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
final rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to
``Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA)'' (89 Fed. Reg. 102568 (December 17, 2024)), and
such rule shall have no force or effect.
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