House, Senate Pass Resolutions to Overturn Biden Admin Regulations

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The disapproval resolutions were passed in accordance with the Congressional Review Act.

WASHINGTONโ€”Republicans have passed three resolutions to overturn a handful of environmental regulatory actions taken in the waning days of the Biden administration, the first of many such resolutions likely to be pursued by the current Congress.

The disapproval resolutions were passed in accordance with the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This allows Congress to repeal regulations issued within the past 60 days by a simple majority vote of both chambers.

On Feb. 27, the House passed a resolution to repeal a regulation by the Department of Energy titled โ€˜โ€˜Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters.โ€

Eleven Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the resolution.

The regulation โ€œamended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.โ€

โ€œHouse Republicans voted to end the Biden administrationโ€™s radical ban on gas-fired water heaters,โ€ House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement.

โ€œThe American people made it clear they want lower costs and more choices, and we are keeping our promise to undo the damage of the last administration by cutting costs, protecting choice, and rejecting these damaging regulations.โ€

The previous day, the House passed a disapproval resolution to repeal a regulation from the EPA called โ€œWaste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions.โ€

Six Democrats joined 214 Republicans in voting for the resolution.

The regulation was a result of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, one of President Joe Bidenโ€™s major legislative accomplishments, which included investments in clean energy.

The rule โ€œrequires the EPA to impose and collect an annual charge on methane emissions that exceed waste emissions thresholds specified by Congress.โ€

โ€œHouse Republicans rolled back the disastrous natural gas tax imposed by Democrats,โ€ Johnson said in a statement.

โ€œThis overreach has driven up energy prices, hurt domestic natural gas production, and increased reliance on foreign energyโ€”without delivering any so-called environmental benefit.

โ€œHouse Republicans are leveraging the Congressional Review Act to support President [Donald] Trump in undoing the damage of the Biden administrationโ€™s war on American energy.โ€

These House resolutions go to the Senate, where it takes only a simple majority to pass them; they are not subject to the 60-vote filibuster threshold that most legislation must clear.

Byย Jackson Richmanย andย Joseph Lord

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