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- Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-Texas-19]
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-Ohio-12]
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-Colorado-8]
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-Ohio-15]
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-Ohio-6]
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-Alabama-6]
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-Texas-2]
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-Pennsylvania-13]
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-Texas-14]
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-Ohio-5]
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-New York-23]
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-Georgia-1]
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-Iowa-1]
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-Virginia-9]
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-Georgia-12]
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-Wisconsin-6]
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-Kansas-2]
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-Texas-12]
- Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-North Dakota]
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This joint resolution says Congress does not approve of an Environmental Protection Agency rule about a waste emissions charge for petroleum and natural gas systems. By passing the resolution, Congress cancels that rule, so it cannot be used or enforced.
- The rule had set procedures for how oil and gas companies could comply with the waste emissions charge, including how emissions could be counted and when some exemptions might apply.
- The disapproval applies to the EPA rule published on November 18, 2024.
- Because Congress rejected the rule, it has no legal force or effect.
- The resolution was approved on March 14, 2025.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published on November 18, 2024. The rule outlines compliance requirements under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the EPA collects an annual charge on emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector if the emissions exceed specified waste emissions thresholds.
This joint resolution eliminates an annual waste emissions charge on oil or gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently collects a waste emissions charge from specific types of oil or gas facilities, such as onshore or offshore facilities that produce oil or gas, for exceeding emission thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions.
Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published by the EPA on November 18, 2024.
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[119th Congress Public Law 2]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[[Page 139 STAT. 7]]
Public Law 119-2
119th Congress
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 ``Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and
Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including
Netting and Exemptions''. <<NOTE: Mar. 14, 2025 - [H.J. Res. 35]>>
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to
``Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems:
Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and
Exemptions'' (89 Fed. Reg. 91094 (November 18, 2024)), and such rule
shall have no force or effect.
Approved March 14, 2025.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 35 (S.J. Res. 12):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
Feb. 26, considered and passed House.
Feb. 27, considered and passed Senate.
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