On Thursday, Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar joined Senator Jeff Flake in introducing the House version of a Joint Resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act which will block the Environmental Protection Agency’s new ozone regulation published in the Federal Register October 26, 2015.
H.J.RES.74 allows Congress to utilize an expedited process to disprove of major rules and only requires a simple majority vote to pass legislation. Recently, the U.S. Senate successfully utilized the CRA to pass a bill that blocks the EPA’s overreaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulation.