Bill
S.J.Res. 86 (119th): 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 "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".
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 "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution would nullify the EPA final rule 'Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period' (90 FR 41893, published August 28, 2025). That rule approved South Dakota's revision to its state implementation plan under the EPA regional haze rule, which requires states to improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas. If enacted, the resolution would remove that approval, and the EPA could not reissue a substantially similar rule.
Theological note: Scripture calls for stewardship of creation and for public order that protects the common good, including clean air and the health of communities. Regional haze plans concern visibility and air quality, but this resolution does not itself show whether the approved South Dakota plan restrains pollution more or less than federal requirements would. Its moral weight therefore depends on prudential questions of environmental stewardship, state authority, and regulatory design, not on a clear moral verdict.
Scoring
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: cra_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: environmental_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: regulation_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: state_implementation_plan. 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 4: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 86. Vote type: cloture.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The underlying rule implements a regional haze program aimed at improving visibility and air quality, which is a real public good. Disapproval would remove state plan approval, but the summary does not show that the approved plan is weaker or stronger than federal requirements. The dispute is a prudential question about how best to pursue a legitimate environmental goal, so mixed is the appropriate classification.
- Theological note: Scripture calls for stewardship of creation and for public order that protects the common good, including clean air and the health of communities. Regional haze plans concern visibility and air quality, but this resolution does not itself show whether the approved South Dakota plan restrains pollution more or less than federal requirements would. Its moral weight therefore depends on prudential questions of environmental stewardship, state authority, and regulatory design, not on a clear moral verdict.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 4 · January 7, 2026, 01:54 PM · On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 86 · Motion to Proceed Rejected (43-50)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Nay
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER