# H.Res. 177 (119th): This resolution provides for the House of Representatives to consider the following measures: H.J

This resolution provides for the House of Representatives to consider the following measures: H.J. Res.42, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment ; H.J. Res. 61, 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 ; and S.J. Res. 11, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources . Under the resolution, all points of order against consideration of each measure are waived; the measures shall be considered as read; and all points of order against provisions in the measures are waived. The resolution further provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on each measure (and any amendment thereto) to final passage without intervening motion except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: cultural_heritage. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: legislative_process. 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 56: On Ordering the Previous Question. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 57: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution is procedural and governs three regulatory disapproval measures. Each involves real goods (clean air and public health, efficiency and honest consumer information, protection of marine heritage) alongside prudential disputes over regulatory burden and agency authority. The underlying rules do not clearly restrain or advance a named moral evil, so the classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The resolution concerns stewardship of creation (air quality and emissions affecting neighbors, energy use and consumer costs), the protection of cultural and archaeological heritage, and the proper division of authority between Congress and executive agencies. These are issues of prudential judgment under general equity, not direct moral questions, so the measures warrant careful review of the underlying rules rather than a fixed moral verdict on the procedural vehicle.

## Recorded votes

Roll 56: On Ordering the Previous Question. Yea 196 · Nay 187 · Other 49.
Roll 57: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 211 · Nay 209 · Other 13.

HTML: https://justmeasure.org/bill/hres-177-119/