Environmental Protection Bills in Congress
8 analyzed bills.
Air and water quality, hazardous waste and cleanup, chemical safety, climate and emissions policy, and the agencies that enforce them. “Environmental Protection” is one of the 32 policy areas Congress.gov assigns to legislation, and unlike subject terms a bill gets exactly one of them — the single best description of what it is mainly about. Every bill here has been analyzed and summarized in plain language.
8 of the Environmental Protection bills Bill Explainer have analyzed come from the 119th Congress, 5 from the House and 3 from the Senate. They sit in the Environmental Protection policy area. Recurring subject terms across them include Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Congressional oversight, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Air quality.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020".
H.J. Res. 38 is a joint resolution introduced in the 119th Congress that seeks to exercise congressional authority under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), specifically chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code,...
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)".
This joint resolution (H.J. Res. 34) seeks to nullify an EPA rule issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that regulates trichloroethylene (TCE), a chemical commonly used in industrial applications such a...
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020".
H.J. Res. 30 is a joint resolution introduced in the House of Representatives on January 24, 2025, that seeks to disapprove a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressional Review Act...
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)".
H.J. Res. 27 is a joint resolution introduced in the 119th Congress that seeks to disapprove a final rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) concerning th...
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 Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)".
This joint resolution, H.J. Res. 18, seeks to overturn a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), which was published in the Federal Register on October 30,...
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)".
This joint resolution, S.J. Res. 19, seeks to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule regarding trichloroethylene (TCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The EPA rule, published in the Fede...
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020".
Senate Joint Resolution 14 (S.J. Res. 14) of the 119th Congress is a measure introduced under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), specifically chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, which grants Congress the ...
A joint resolution 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".
S.J. Res. 12 is a joint resolution introduced in the 119th Congress invoking the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to disapprove a specific Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled 'Waste Emissions Charge for Pe...