# 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 eliminates an annual waste emissions charge on oil or gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently collects a waste emissions charge from specific types of oil or gas facilities, such as onshore or offshore facilities that produce oil or gas, for exceeding emission thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published by the EPA on November 18, 2024.

## How this bill is scored

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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 52: On Passage. Yea 220 · Nay 206 · Other 7.
Roll 97: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 35. Yea 52 · Nay 47 · Other 1.

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