HJRES-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".

This bill became law on 2025-05-23 as Public Law No. 119-14.

The summary below describes the bill at the version we last reviewed; the enacted text may differ.

YourVoice.Now Summary

EnvironmentCorporate Benefits

Tire plants' new air pollution limits are canceled — most people see no change.

Environment

Air pollution limits at tire plants — canceled May 2025

The EPA's 2024 rule set the first limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber processing. That is one step in making a tire. The rule is now void, so plants do not have to meet those limits.

EPA's power to set similar tire pollution limits — new law needed

Congress used the Congressional Review Act to undo the rule. That law also blocks the EPA. It cannot set a rule that is much the same unless Congress passes a new one.

Corporate Benefits

Tire makers' relief from new federal pollution limits

Under the 2024 rule, tire plants had to meet new EPA limits on hazardous air pollution. The rule is canceled, so those limits no longer apply to them.

More about this bill

Most people will see no change in daily life. This law matters most to people who live near a rubber tire plant. In November 2024, the EPA set new limits on hazardous air pollution from part of the tire-making process. That part had no federal air pollution limits before. Congress canceled that rule, and it was signed into law on May 23, 2025. Tire makers no longer have to meet those limits. Congress used the Congressional Review Act, a law that lets it undo a recent federal rule. Under that law, the EPA cannot set limits that are much the same again. Only a new law from Congress could change that.

Congressional Summary

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.

Legislative Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)ManufacturingMotor vehicles

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Public Law
Action Date: 2025-05-23
Date Added: 2026-07-16
Source: Congress.gov →

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