This bill became law on 2025-03-14 as Public Law No. 119-2.
The summary below describes the bill at the version we last reviewed; the enacted text may differ.
YourVoice.Now Summary
EnvironmentCorporate BenefitsOil and gas sites no longer face an EPA fee for leaked methane — most households see no change.
Environment
The EPA rule set up a fee on methane released from oil and gas sites. Congress voided the rule in March 2025, so no one is charged under it.
Congress used the Congressional Review Act to cancel the rule. That law also blocks the EPA from issuing a rule much like it, unless a new law allows it.
Corporate Benefits
The rule applied to petroleum and natural gas systems — wells, pipelines, and storage sites. With the rule canceled, those companies do not face the fee or its paperwork.
More about this bill
Most people see no change in daily life from this one. It lands on oil and gas companies. Congress canceled an EPA rule that charged some oil and gas sites a fee for the methane they released. Methane is the main part of natural gas and a strong greenhouse gas. The rule also spelled out ways for companies to lower or avoid the fee. The rule came out on November 18, 2024, and now has no force or effect. The resolution became Public Law 119-2 on March 14, 2025. Congress used the Congressional Review Act, a law that lets it undo a recent agency rule. Under that law, the EPA cannot issue a rule much like this one without new permission from Congress.
Congressional Summary
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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Public Law
- Action Date
- 2025-03-14
- Date Added
- 2026-06-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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