Congress moves to kill EPA's phasedown of climate-damaging refrigerant gases
S.J.Res. 14 — 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 "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020". · Filed by Roger Marshall (R-KS) · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution disapproves an EPA rule that implements the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning—under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. If passed, the rule would be nullified and have no legal effect, halting EPA enforcement of the HFC phasedown schedule and allowing continued production and use of these ozone-depleting and climate-damaging chemicals.
Why we flagged it
This is a Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution targeting an EPA environmental rule. Its sole function is to nullify the HFC phasedown rule, removing federal climate and ozone-protection requirements. The mechanism is procedurally straightforward but substantively deregulatory.
What the text implies
- Disapproving this rule may trigger CRA's 'same rule' prohibition, preventing EPA from issuing a substantially similar HFC phasedown rule without new congressional authorization—effectively locking in continued HFC production indefinitely.
- The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act) of 2020 is bipartisan law directing EPA to phase down HFCs; disapproving the implementing rule creates tension with the statute's mandate, potentially inviting litigation over EPA's authority to enforce the underlying law.
- Halting HFC phasedown removes a key U.S. commitment under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol (international ozone-protection treaty); this may weaken U.S. diplomatic standing on climate and environmental agreements.
- HFC manufacturers and refrigeration/air-conditioning equipment makers avoid retooling costs and supply-chain disruption; competitors using HFC alternatives (lower-GWP refrigerants) lose competitive advantage from regulatory transition.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Nullifying the HFC phasedown rule removes a public-health and climate protection that ordinary citizens depend on. HFCs are potent greenhouse gases (thousands of times more warming than CO2) and ozone-depleting substances; halting their phasedown increases atmospheric damage, raising long-term climate and UV-exposure costs borne by the public. The primary beneficiaries are HFC manufacturers and users who avoid transition costs.
Who stands to gain
- hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) manufacturers
- refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment makers using HFCs
- chemical suppliers producing HFC blends
Named in the bill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Congressional Review Act (CRA), Chapter 8, Title 5 USC, Senator Roger Marshall (sponsor)
Where it stands
- Feb 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,504,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 28 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Roger Marshall, the sponsor, reported $1,777,391 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Food Marketplace Inc — $1,384,000 on 2 filings
- H-e-b Grocery Company Lp — $120,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,398 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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