Democrats on Capitol Hill are aiming to swiftly reinstate Obama-era rules designed to rein in the emission of methane from the nation’s oil and gas industry. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday he is backing an effort to restore Environmental Protection Agency requirements meant to fix leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from new wells, pipelines and other equipment that were watered down by the Trump administration, with a floor vote planned for April. On the other side of the Capitol, House Democrats led by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) are set to introduce a companion resolution this week.

“Time is of the essence in this fight to combat the climate crisis,” DeGette said. “If we’re serious about wanting to stave off the worst effects of climate change before it’s too late, then we absolutely have to take steps now to reduce the amount of methane that’s being released into our atmosphere.”

If successful, this would be the first time Congress has turned to the Congressional Review Act to undo a rule under a Democratic president. The Trump administration used the 1996 law, the brainchild of former GOP House speaker Newt Gingrich, to reverse more than a dozen rules issued by the Obama administration on a wide variety of issues, including water pollution, worker safety and online privacy. Senate Democrats will also try to use the law to strike down an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule under Trump they argue gives employers an unfair advantage when settling discrimination claims.

The effort on methane is a part of a broader, government-wide plan forming under President Biden to tackle global warming and meet his goal of eliminating the country’s contributions to climate change by the middle of the century.