# 119-sjres-188: 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 "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal".

119-sjres-188, 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 "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sjres-188
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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 "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal".
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-04-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Preserves federal limits on hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants.** The resolution disapproves the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled "Final Repeal" that would remove the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units and declares that repeal to have no force or effect.

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-03T14:12:00.000Z | senate | On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 188 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | 46 | 53 |

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## Sources
- [119-sjres-188 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/188)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sjres-188 (as of 2026-09-10).