S.J.Res. 86Senate joint resolution · 119th CongressIn progressEnvironmental Protection

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".

Sponsored bySheldon WhitehouseD-RIIntroduced Oct 1, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Jan 7, 2026) to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 4.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Oct 1, 2025

This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule titled Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period (90 Fed. Reg. 41893) and published on August 28, 2025. The final rule approved South Dakota’s revision to its state implementation plan to satisfy the requirements of the EPA’s regional haze rule. (The regional haze rule requires states to take actions to improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas.)

Face Value

as placed on the calendar
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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What Congress did

1 recorded
  • On the decisive vote

    Senate · Jan 7, 2026

    Whether to start debating it at all. Not a vote on the bill itself.

    4350

    Motion to Proceed Rejected

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