119th (2025–2027)
S.J.Res. 66
This joint resolution would reject an Environmental Protection Agency rule that sets stricter air pollution standards for coke oven facilities, which are industrial plants that process coal into coke for steel production. If passed by both chambers of Congress and signed into law, the resolution would nullify the EPA's emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from coke oven operations, including pushing, quenching, and battery stack activities. The resolution uses Congress's power under the Congressional Review Act to disapprove of the EPA regulation that was published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2025. This would primarily affect coke oven operators and the steel industry, as they would no longer be required to comply with the new EPA pollution control standards. The bill carries no direct federal funding and would take effect immediately upon becoming law, reverting facilities to previous pollution standards.