H. J. RES. 158 is a joint resolution introduced in the House of Representatives. It seeks to overturn a specific rule by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service concerning the listing of endangered and threatened species and the designation of critical habitats. The...
H. J. RES. 158 is about a decision by some congress members to say "no" to a new rule that helps protect certain animals and their homes, meaning the rule won’t be used anymore.
S. J. RES. 12 is a joint resolution that seeks to overturn a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rule in question addresses a "Waste Emissions Charge" for petroleum and natural gas systems, outlining procedures for compliance, including aspects such...
S. J. RES. 12 is about rules that the EPA made to handle pollution from oil and gas. Some people in Congress want to say, "No thanks!" to those rules, so they wouldn't count anymore.
H. J. RES. 61 is a joint resolution from the 119th Congress aimed at disapproving a specific rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This rule relates to the "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants" concerning the manufacturing of rubber tires. The...
Congress looked at a new rule about pollution from making car tires and decided they didn't like it, so they said, "Nope, it won't count!"
H. J. RES. 208 is a joint resolution that seeks to overturn a rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This rule involves the "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants" concerning the technology used in lime manufacturing plants. Congress is...
H. J. RES. 208 is a plan by Congress to say "no" to a rule made by the EPA about how factories that make lime should control their pollution. It's like telling the EPA, "We don't agree with your new idea, so let's not use it anymore."
H. J. RES. 144 is a joint resolution that allows Congress to reject a specific rule proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives within the Department of Justice. This rule concerns the definition of what it means to be "engaged in the business" as a firearms dealer....
Congress wants to stop a new rule from being used that changes who is considered a person selling guns as a business. They're using a special power to say, "No, we don't want this rule."
H. J. RES. 147 is a joint resolution that seeks congressional disapproval of a specific rule set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This rule is related to the "Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process," and if the resolution passes, it would prevent the...
This bill says that the government doesn't like a new safety rule about someone who checks on workers at their jobs. If the bill is approved, the rule will not be used anymore.
H.R. 8889, known as the "Sunset Chevron Act," aims to terminate rules that have been upheld based on the legal principle called Chevron deference, which allows courts to defer to a federal agency's interpretation of ambiguous laws. The bill instructs the Comptroller General to create and...
Imagine some grown-ups made some confusing rules, and other grown-ups help decide what those rules mean. This new bill wants to stop using the old way of deciding and set dates for those confusing rules to go away, one by one.
H. R. 10062, known as the “Freedom to Petition the Government Act,” proposes an amendment to the District of Columbia Official Code. It aims to clarify that meetings held in D.C. between nonprofit organizations and federal officials, such as members of Congress, should not be...
H. R. 10062 says if groups meet with government people in Washington D.C., they don't have to sign up like a business there.
H. R. 1264, also known as the "USA Batteries Act," aims to change the tax rules under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by removing lead oxide, antimony, and sulfuric acid from the list of taxable chemicals under the Superfund excise taxes. This bill is designed to make...
Imagine there’s a rule that makes some special chemicals cost more money because they’re taxed, but these chemicals are needed for making car batteries. H.R. 1264 wants to stop taxing these chemicals so it’s less expensive to make batteries here at home, hoping to keep jobs in the United States and make companies stronger.
H. J. RES. 49 is a joint resolution introduced in the 119th Congress, which aims to express congressional disapproval of a specific rule from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This rule involves "Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models," as...
H. J. RES. 49 is a plan from Congress to stop a new rule that the FDIC made about checking how computers guess the value of houses. If this plan works, the rule will not count anymore.
H. J. RES. 25 is a joint resolution proposed to disapprove a rule from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This rule is related to the reporting of gross proceeds by brokers involved in digital asset sales. The resolution seeks to nullify the rule that was recorded in the...
Congress is thinking about stopping a rule that tells certain people who help buy and sell digital money, like Bitcoin, to report details about these sales. They want to make sure the rule doesn't happen because they think it might be a problem.
S. 148, known as the "Regulations Evaluated to Determine The Anticipated Price and Effect Act" or the "RED TAPE Act," aims to change how regulatory analyses are conducted by government agencies. It prohibits the use of non-monetized or unquantified factors in regulatory impact and...
The RED TAPE Act is like a rule that says government helpers have to count only things that can be turned into numbers, like money, when they decide if a new rule is good or bad. They also have to tell everyone about their decisions in a clear way, and people can ask a judge to check if the rules don't follow this counting rule.
The S. 4446 bill seeks to amend the National Construction Safety Team Act so that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can investigate the failures of not just buildings, but also other types of structures. This change is aimed at helping to develop...
The S. 4446 bill wants to allow a group called NIST to also look at problems with things like bridges or tunnels, not just buildings, so they can make safety rules better. If there are other groups better at checking these things, NIST should let them handle it instead.
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