SJRES 76
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Overturns the Environmental Protection Agency's July 2025 rule that extended compliance deadlines for certain methane and emissions standards for oil and natural gas facilities, so the rule would have no force or effect.
Official title: A 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 "Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule".
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Senate
Introduced
04-SEP-2025
Referred
04-SEP-2025
On the calendar
16-SEP-2025
- Disapproves the EPA rule extending deadlines in standards for new, reconstructed, and modified oil and natural gas sources and emissions guidelines for existing sources, published at 90 Fed. Reg. 35966 (July 31, 2025)
- Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect if the resolution is enacted
- Was introduced in the Senate on September 4, 2025 and discharged from committee by petition on September 16, 2025
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 04-SEP-2025).
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