# S.J.Res. 86 (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 "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".

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 "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: air_quality. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: cra_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulation_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: state_implementation_plan. 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 4: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 86. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The underlying rule implements a regional haze program aimed at improving visibility and air quality, which is a real public good. Disapproval would remove state plan approval, but the summary does not show that the approved plan is weaker or stronger than federal requirements. The dispute is a prudential question about how best to pursue a legitimate environmental goal, so mixed is the appropriate classification.
Theological note: Scripture calls for stewardship of creation and for public order that protects the common good, including clean air and the health of communities. Regional haze plans concern visibility and air quality, but this resolution does not itself show whether the approved South Dakota plan restrains pollution more or less than federal requirements would. Its moral weight therefore depends on prudential questions of environmental stewardship, state authority, and regulatory design, not on a clear moral verdict.

## Recorded votes

Roll 4: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 86. Yea 43 · Nay 50 · Other 7.

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