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H.J.Res. 35119th CongressSigned into lawLatest action Mar 14, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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:
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This resolution would erase the EPA's compliance rule for the methane "Waste Emissions Charge" on oil and gas companies.
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This bill cancels an EPA rule that explained how oil and natural gas companies could comply with the methane "Waste Emissions Charge," including offsetting emissions across facilities ("netting") and qualifying for exemptions. If enacted, the rule is void as if it never existed, and EPA cannot issue a similar rule later without new congressional authorization.
Oil and natural gas companies that would have followed this guidance to calculate and pay methane fees are directly affected. Environmental regulators and communities near oil and gas facilities are also affected, since the rule was part of broader methane emission reduction efforts.
Without this rule, companies lose the specific compliance guidance for calculating and paying the methane fee, though the underlying fee itself remains in place under separate law. This could create uncertainty around how emissions netting and exemptions are handled going forward.
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Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-2.