Bill Details
View committees (1)
AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This resolution would cancel a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule about managing certain hydrofluorocarbons and similar chemicals under the 2020 law that phases down these gases. If Congress approves this resolution, the EPA rule would no longer be valid, meaning it would have no legal effect.
- It uses a special congressional review process that lets lawmakers block a federal rule.
- The rule being targeted was published on October 11, 2024, and deals with how certain hydrofluorocarbons and substitute chemicals are managed.
- If the resolution becomes law, the EPA could not enforce that rule as written.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 and published on October 11, 2024. The rule establishes an emission reduction and reclamation program for the management of hydrofluorocarbons, which are greenhouse gases. The rule also establishes alternative Resource Conservation and Recovery Act standards for certain ignitable spent refrigerants being recycled for reuse.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 14 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 14
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to ``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons:
Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020''.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 5, 2025
Mr. Marshall introduced the following joint resolution; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
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 ``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons:
Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020''.
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
``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain
Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and
Manufacturing Act of 2020'' (89 Fed. Reg. 82682 (October 11, 2024)),
and such rule shall have no force or effect.
<all>