Joint Resolution Passed in the Senate on May 6, 2025 · 55 Yea, 45 Nay
Question: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 61
In plain English: Congress is voting to block an Environmental Protection Agency rule that sets emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from rubber tire factories. This action would prevent the rule from taking effect.
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing (89 Fed. Reg. 94886) and published on November 29, 2024. The rule addresses the decision in Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. EPA (D.C. Cir. 2020) by implementing emissions standards for the rubber processing subcategory of the rubber tire manufacturing industry to ensure all emissions of hazardous air pollutants from sources …