This joint resolution would overturn (disapprove) an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled “Air Plan Disapproval; Colorado; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period” (91 Fed. Reg. 3048, Jan. 26, 2026). The resolution says that the named EPA rule "shall have no force or effect." It was introduced in the Senate on March 19, 2026, by Senators Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, and John Hickenlooper. The committee was discharged and the measure was placed on the Senate calendar. A motion to proceed to consideration was rejected in the Senate by a 46–52 vote (Record Vote Number: 110). The measure’s official status is In Progress.
If Congress were to approve this resolution and it became effective, the specific EPA rule listed would be nullified and would not take effect. The rule concerns Colorado’s regional haze plan for its second implementation period. No publicly available information in the bill text explains direct, immediate effects for individual people or businesses.
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The resolution’s sponsors (Senators Bennet, Whitehouse, and Hickenlooper) filed the measure to disapprove the EPA action named in the title. The bill text itself does not include further statements of reasons or detailed arguments.
The bill text does not include opponents’ arguments. A Senate motion to proceed to consideration was rejected by a 46–52 vote, indicating some Senate opposition to moving the measure forward, but the text provides no detailed opposing viewpoints.