H.J.Res. 35 (119th): This joint resolution eliminates an annual waste emissions charge on oil or gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program

This joint resolution nullifies the EPA rule 'Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions' (published November 18, 2024). That rule governs the annual waste emissions charge the EPA collects under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program from certain oil and gas facilities that exceed greenhouse gas and methane emission thresholds. Passage would eliminate that charge.

Theological note: Scripture grants human stewardship over creation and calls for care for the land and for neighbors, while also calling for honest labor, lawful enterprise, and proportionate civil burdens. This measure touches the stewardship of creation and the proper limits of regulatory charges on productive work, but the operative text concerns the prudential design of an emissions charge rather than a direct moral wrong.

• Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Lane: emissions_charges. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: emissions_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: regulatory_burden. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: regulatory_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
• Roll 52: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
• Roll 97: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 35. Vote type: final_passage.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is a Congressional Review Act disapproval of an environmental charge rule. Its direction depends on contested prudential judgments about methane regulation, energy production, and the burden of compliance. It does not directly advance a named moral evil, nor does it plainly restrain one, so it is classed as mixed rather than good or evil.
• Theological note: Scripture grants human stewardship over creation and calls for care for the land and for neighbors, while also calling for honest labor, lawful enterprise, and proportionate civil burdens. This measure touches the stewardship of creation and the proper limits of regulatory charges on productive work, but the operative text concerns the prudential design of an emissions charge rather than a direct moral wrong.

Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics