This bill would cancel an Environmental Protection Agency rule that gave oil and natural gas companies extra time to meet pollution control requirements. The EPA rule, issued in July 2025, had pushed back several deadlines for companies to install and maintain equipment that reduces emissions—things like devices that capture methane leaks, fix equipment problems, and control gases from storage tanks. The rule also delayed when a new program to target the biggest methane polluters would start, and gave states more time to submit their pollution control plans. If this bill passes, all those extended deadlines would disappear, and companies would have to meet the original, earlier deadlines instead. This means oil and natural gas facilities would need to comply with stricter emission standards sooner than the EPA's extension allowed. Environmental groups would likely support this bill because it speeds up pollution controls, while the oil and gas industry would likely oppose it because it gives them less time and more costs to meet the requirements.

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule".

Schiff, Adam B.

<p>This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by Environmental Protection Agency titled&nbsp;<em>Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule&nbsp;</em>and published on July 31, 2025. The rule extended (1) certain deadlines for performance standards concerning control devices, equipment leaks, storage vessels, process controllers, and vent systems at crude oil and natural gas facilities; (2) the date for future implementation of the&nbsp;Methane Super&nbsp;Emitter Program; and (3) a state plan submittal deadline. Thus, the joint resolution restores the original deadlines that were applicable before the extensions made by the rule.</p>