H.J.Res. 35: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".

H.J. Res. 35 cancels one specific EPA rule outright — the November 18, 2024 rule on how oil and gas operators would comply with the federal waste emissions charge.

This is not a rewrite and it is not a partial delay. Congress used the Congressional Review Act to say that the rule "shall have no force or effect," which means EPA cannot enforce that particular compliance framework.

The resolution is unusually narrow. It names one rule, by title and publication citation, and does nothing else — no replacement standards, no new deadlines, no transition plan, and no new funding.

If you are a producer or operator covered by that rule, the immediate change is that these compliance procedures no longer apply. For everyone else, the practical effect is that the underlying policy fight over methane regulation continues, but this one EPA rule is off the books.

This measure already became law as Public Law No. 119-2, so the disapproval is not pending — it has taken effect.