Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and Other Changes".
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.J.Res.157 is a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution. It targets the Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to Renewable Fuel Standard Program standards for 2026 and 2027 and provides that the rule shall have no force or effect. The targeted rule sets renewable volume obligations for transportation fuel and includes a partial waiver of the 2025 cellulosic biofuel requirement. The practical result is not a new replacement rule; it is a congressional veto of the agency action, which can also restrict the agency from issuing a substantially similar rule without new statutory authority.
Who Benefits and How
Petroleum refiners benefit because disapproval would remove or prevent the regulatory obligations created by the rule. Members of Congress opposing the rule benefit because the CRA provides a direct vehicle to nullify the agency action. Regulated parties benefit from clearer congressional opposition to the rule and less near-term implementation risk. Fuel importers benefit if disapproval reduces or delays renewable-fuel compliance obligations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking staff must respond to congressional disapproval and may be constrained from issuing a substantially similar rule. Biofuel producers bear the burden if protections, standards, or program changes in the rule are blocked. Congressional oversight committees must handle the policy consequences of removing the rule without passing a replacement. Cellulosic biofuel developers may lose demand certainty from updated EPA volume standards.
Key Provisions
- Provides congressional disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to Renewable Fuel Standard Program standards for 2026 and 2027.
- Blocks the rule by declaring that it shall have no force or effect.
- Uses the Congressional Review Act rather than ordinary notice-and-comment rulemaking.
- Restricts the agency's ability to issue a substantially similar rule unless Congress authorizes it.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to Renewable Fuel Standard Program standards for 2026 and 2027, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Key Policy Areas
Administrative Law, Congressional Review Act
Primary Purpose
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to Renewable Fuel Standard Program standards for 2026 and 2027, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Petroleum refiners
- Members of Congress opposing the rule
- Regulated parties
- Congressional oversight committees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking staff
- Biofuel producers
- Congressional oversight committees
- Program administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Scott Perry
R-PA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Cellulosic biofuel developers, Fuel importers, Petroleum refiners
Positive-direction: Fuel importers, Petroleum refiners
Negative-direction: Cellulosic biofuel developers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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