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HJRES.34 - 119th Congress

Track 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)".? Stop tracking 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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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)".

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)".
Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-02-04
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
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This resolution would block an Environmental Protection Agency rule about trichloroethylene, also called TCE, under the Toxic Substances Control Act. If passed, Congress would reject the EPA’s final rule and cancel it, so the rule would not take effect.

  • It uses Congress’s power to disapprove a federal rule.
  • The rule being rejected is the EPA’s final TCE rule from December 17, 2024.
  • If the resolution becomes law, the EPA rule would have no force or effect.

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.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 34 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 34

  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

                            February 4, 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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