# S.J.Res. 76 (119th): 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".

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".

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: EPA. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: climate_review. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 622: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 76. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill reverses deadline extensions for methane and emissions controls, which implicates a real concern about pollution and stewardship, but the underlying dispute is primarily a prudential question about regulatory timing and energy-sector compliance. No direct moral evil is advanced or restrained in the operative text, so the measure is best classed as mixed.
Theological note: The issue touches stewardship of God's creation and the duty to prevent unnecessary harm to neighbors through pollution, weighed against the lawful development of energy and the prudential question of how quickly regulatory deadlines should bind industry. Scripture supports both faithful stewardship of the earth and honest, orderly work, so the measure raises prudential rather than direct moral questions. It is not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 622: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 76. Yea 46 · Nay 51 · Other 3.

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