Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 31) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act”; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Key claim: A House procedural resolution waives points of order to allow floor consideration of CRA disapproval resolutions nullifying the OCC’s Bank Merger Act rule and the EPA’s Clean Air Act major-source reclassification rule.
Abstract
(HRES426 · 119th Congress) This resolution provides for the consideration of S.J. Res. 13 and S.J. Res. 31, which nullify specified agency rules, and certain resolutions related to establishing budgetary levels for FY2025 through FY2034. The resolution waives all points of order against the consideration of S.J. Res. 13, which nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency titled Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act , and S.J. Res. 31, which nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act. The resolution also waives a House rule requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of May 23, 2025, relating to Title II of H.Con. Res. 14. Title II sets forth instructions to House and Senate committees to develop legislation related to budgetary levels for FY2025 through FY2034. Latest action (2025-05-20): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Why this matters
The Clean Air Act Section 112 major-to-area source reclassification rule governs when facilities can drop from stricter major-source MACT standards to less stringent area-source requirements after reducing hazardous air pollutant emissions. A successful CRA disapproval would nullify the rule, altering compliance pathways and potentially the emissions accounting for thousands of industrial sources. The procedural resolution itself is a routine floor-management step but signals active congressional intent to reverse the underlying EPA action.