# H.J.Res. 61 (119th): This joint resolution removes emission regulations on hazardous air pollutants under the rubber tire manufacturing source category, specifically from the rubber processing subcategory

This joint resolution removes emission regulations on hazardous air pollutants under the rubber tire manufacturing source category, specifically from the rubber processing subcategory. The joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing , which addresses the decision in Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. EPA (D.C. Cir. 2020) that requires the EPA to address unregulated emissions from a major source category when it conducts the 8-year technology review. The rule implemented emissions standards for the rubber processing subcategory.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: air_quality. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: congressional_review_act. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: manufacturing_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_disapproval. 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 58: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 231: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 61. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 232: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 61. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill removes federal emission limits on hazardous air pollutants, which touches on protecting neighbors from harm, but the underlying dispute concerns the scope of EPA's statutory review duty, the appropriate regulatory response, and the use of the CRA. This combines a real concern about weakened protection with prudential regulatory questions, so it is classified as mixed rather than evil.
Theological note: Scripture grounds human stewardship of creation and love of neighbor, which bear on the protection of communities from toxic air exposure. Whether this disapproval removes a just protection or a burdensome regulation is a prudential question about how best to apply those duties through lawful process, cost, and technical judgment. This summary identifies issue relevance only and is not a final moral judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 58: On Passage. Yea 216 · Nay 202 · Other 14.
Roll 231: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 61. Yea 51 · Nay 43 · Other 6.
Roll 232: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 61. Yea 55 · Nay 45 · Other 0.

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