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H.J.Res. 35 · Environmental Protection
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 Feb 4, 2025 · Became law
What does this mean?

Oil and gas companies can currently be charged a fee by the Environmental Protection Agency (the federal agency that enforces environmental rules) if their facilities release more methane and other greenhouse gases than allowed limits — methane being a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and contributes to climate change. This bill would cancel a specific EPA rule that laid out how that fee would work and how companies could reduce or avoid it through exemptions and "netting" (offsetting emissions from one part of their operations against another). If this bill passes, oil and gas facilities would no longer face that particular emissions charge or be subject to the compliance process the rule had set up.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2025
Referred to Committee
Feb 4, 2025
Passed House
Feb 26, 2025
Passed Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Received in Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Presented to President
Mar 4, 2025
Signed by President
Mar 14, 2025
Became Law
Mar 14, 2025
Full action history (19)
Feb 4, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 161 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 20, H.J. Res. 35 and H. Con. Res. 14. The resolution provides for consideration of two joint resolutions, H.J.Res.20, under a closed rule and H.J.Res. 35, under a closed rule. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 14, under a closed rule. The joint resolutions are debatable for one hour each and the concurrent resolution is debatable for 3 hours.
Feb 26, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 26, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 206, 1 Present (Roll no. 52). (text: CR H846)
Feb 26, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 206, 1 Present (Roll no. 52). (text: CR H846)
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