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This resolution would block a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule about certain long-lasting toxic chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act. If approved, Congress would reject the EPA rule completely, and it would have no legal effect.
- The action uses Congress’s power to overturn a federal rule under the Congressional Review Act.
- The rule being rejected was issued by the EPA in November 2024.
- The chemicals covered are described as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, meaning they can remain in the environment and build up in living things over time.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to Decabromodiphenyl Ether and Phenol, Isopropylated Phosphate (3:1); Revision to the Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (89 Fed. Reg. 91486) and published on November 19, 2024. Among other elements, the rule revised regulations for two of the five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals to address implementation issues and further reduce potential for exposures to such chemicals for humans and the environment (e.g., requiring the use of personal protective equipment during certain activities involving decabromodiphenyl ether).
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 46
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to ``Decabromodiphenyl Ether and Phenol,
Isopropylated Phosphate (3:1); Revision to the Regulation of
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Mr. Clyde 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 ``Decabromodiphenyl Ether and Phenol,
Isopropylated Phosphate (3:1); Revision to the Regulation of
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals 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
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to
``Decabromodiphenyl Ether and Phenol, Isopropylated Phosphate (3:1);
Revision to the Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic
Chemicals Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)'' (89 Fed. Reg.
91486 (November 19, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or
effect.
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