Disapproves and nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule that would have imposed a waste emissions charge on petroleum and natural gas systems and established procedures for compliance (including netting and exemptions). The resolution prevents the EPA from putting that fee and the related compliance procedures into effect and—under the Congressional Review Act—bars the agency from reissuing the same rule in substantially the same form unless Congress later authorizes it. The measure does not create new spending or programs; its direct effect is to remove the federal charge and the compliance framework the EPA proposed for oil and gas waste emissions.
Official title: 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".
Introduced February 4, 2025 by August Pfluger · Last progress March 14, 2025