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EPA tire plant air pollution rule scrapped after congressional vote

Signed into lawH.J.Res. 61Latest action

Sponsor: H. Morgan Griffith · Representative · VA

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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 "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing".

119th Congress

Topics: Environment & energy

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A May 2025 law cancels the EPA's Nov. 2024 rule limiting hazardous air pollutants from rubber tire factories, reverting to prior standards.

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What does this do?

Congress used the to cancel an EPA rule issued in November 2024 that set stricter limits on hazardous air pollutants from rubber tire manufacturing plants. The resolution was on May 23, 2025. No new rules were created; emissions standards reverted to what they were before the November 2024 update.

Who does it affect?

Rubber tire factories across the United States are directly affected, as they no longer must meet the stricter emission standards or make the equipment and operational changes the rule required. People living near those factories and workers inside them may also be affected.

Why does it matter?

Because the stricter limits are canceled, hazardous air pollutants from rubber tire plants will not be held to the higher standard the EPA had set. Residents near those facilities and workers inside them will not receive the protections the 2024 rule was designed to provide, including reduced workplace exposure to harmful chemicals.

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  1. IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate
  5. The president's desk

Right now: the president signed it. It's law.Now law

Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-14.

Data as of October 9, 2026

Recorded votes

Roll-call votes recorded since January 3, 2025.

  1. Senate · · Roll call 232

    As recorded

    Question
    On the H.J.Res. 61
    Result:
    Joint Resolution Passed
    55
    Nay
    45
    0
    0

    Republicans 53 yes · Democrats 2 yes, 43 no · Independents 2 no

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  2. Senate · · Roll call 231

    As recorded

    Question
    On the H.J.Res. 61
    Result:
    Motion to Proceed Agreed to
    51
    Nay
    43
    0
    6

    Republicans 49 yes, 4 not voting · Democrats 2 yes, 41 no, 2 not voting · Independents 2 no

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  3. House · · Roll call 58

    As recorded

    Question
    On Passage
    Result:
    Passed
    216
    Nay
    202
    0
    14

    Republicans 209 yes, 1 no, 8 not voting · Democrats 7 yes, 201 no, 6 not voting

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