Congressional Disapproval of EPA Clean Air Act Rule
March 6, 2025
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Current status: signed.
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This resolution immediately invalidates an EPA regulation that governed how 'major sources' of air pollution could be reclassified as 'area sources,' which changes the regulatory requirements and oversight levels for industrial facilities across the country.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Industrial facilities
These entities are subject to the regulatory classification standards under the Clean Air Act that were the subject of the nullified rule.
Environmental Protection Agency
The agency is prohibited from enforcing the specific rule that was disapproved by Congress.
Current stage: signed.
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Summary
Key Facts
- Congress formally disapproved the EPA rule titled 'Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act'.
- The disapproved rule was originally published in the Federal Register at 89 Fed. Reg. 73293 on September 10, 2024.
- The resolution mandates that the EPA rule shall have no force or effect.
- The resolution was enacted as Public Law 119-20.
- The Senate passed the resolution on April 30 and May 1, 2025.
- The House of Representatives passed the resolution on May 21, 2025.
- The resolution was signed into law on June 20, 2025.
Why It Matters
This resolution immediately invalidates an EPA regulation that governed how 'major sources' of air pollution could be reclassified as 'area sources,' which changes the regulatory requirements and oversight levels for industrial facilities across the country.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean for a rule to have 'no force or effect'?
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News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
428
Yes
216
No
212
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (428)
Mark DeSaulnier
D · no
Steve Cohen
D · no
Steven Horsford
D · no
Zoe Lofgren
D · no
Thomas Tiffany
R · yes
Maxine Dexter
D · no
Rosa DeLauro
D · no
Nathaniel Moran
R · yes
Paul Gosar
R · yes
Yvette Clarke
D · no
Marilyn Strickland
D · no
Jared Golden
D · no
Jake Ellzey
R · yes
Maggie Goodlander
D · no
Greg Casar
D · no
J. Hill
R · yes
Mario Diaz-Balart
R · yes
Richard Hudson
R · yes
Maria Salazar
R · yes
Ron Estes
R · yes
Gregory Murphy
R · yes
Marjorie Greene
R · yes
Gilbert Cisneros
D · no
Suzan DelBene
D · no
+ 404 more
Total
98
Yes
52
No
46
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (98)
John Thune
R · yes
Deb Fischer
R · yes
Ron Johnson
R · yes
Elizabeth Warren
D · no
Steve Daines
R · yes
John Reed
D · no
Tina Smith
D · no
Kirsten Gillibrand
D · no
Richard Blumenthal
D · no
Jon Husted
R · yes
Roger Marshall
R · yes
James Risch
R · yes
Jon Ossoff
D · no
Roger Wicker
R · yes
Lisa Murkowski
R · yes
Michael Bennet
D · no
Todd Young
R · yes
Richard Durbin
D · no
Bernie Sanders
I · no
James Lankford
R · yes
Edward Markey
D · no
Maria Cantwell
D · no
Amy Klobuchar
D · no
Mazie Hirono
D · no
+ 74 more
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Use of Congressional Review Act
The document demonstrates a direct legislative intervention to override agency-level rulemaking using the Congressional Review Act.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
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