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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to "Pipeline Safety: Editorial Change To Reflect the Name Change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America".
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to ``Pipeline Safety: Editorial Change To Reflect the Name Change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America''.
Summary
This joint resolution disapproves a Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration rule that made editorial changes to pipeline safety regulations to reflect the name change from "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America," published in the Federal Register on May 20, 2025. If passed, the resolution would render the rule void and prevent it from taking effect.
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- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Whitehouse introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to “Pipeline Safety: Editorial Change To Reflect the Name Change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America”.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to “Pipeline Safety: Editorial Change To Reflect the Name Change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America” (90 Fed. Reg. 21434 (May 20, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect. <all>
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