Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn an EPA rule from April 2023 that allowed California to enforce its own heavy-duty vehicle emission standards. Those standards included requirements for zero-emission trucks, zero-emission airport shuttles, and zero-emission powertrain certification, which other states could also adopt.
Who Benefits and How
Traditional diesel truck manufacturers and fossil fuel companies benefit because the zero-emission truck mandates are eliminated. Trucking companies and fleet operators benefit by avoiding the cost of transitioning to electric or zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. States that had adopted or were considering adopting California's stricter standards are freed from those requirements.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Communities near highways and freight corridors bear increased health burdens from continued heavy-duty vehicle pollution. Electric truck manufacturers and clean energy companies lose a major market driver. California and the other states that adopted its standards lose their ability to enforce these particular emission regulations.
Key Provisions
- Disapproves and nullifies the EPA rule granting California a waiver for heavy-duty vehicle emission standards (88 Fed. Reg. 20688)
- Covers the Advanced Clean Trucks program, Zero Emission Airport Shuttle requirements, and Zero-Emission Power Train Certification
- Under the Congressional Review Act, the EPA cannot issue a substantially similar rule without future congressional authorization
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify an EPA rule that granted California a waiver to set its own heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, including the Advanced Clean Trucks and Zero Emission Airport Shuttle programs.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Transportation, Energy
Primary Purpose
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify an EPA rule that granted California a waiver to set its own heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, including the Advanced Clean Trucks and Zero Emission Airport Shuttle programs.
Policy Domains
Congressional Disapproval of EPA Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emission Waiver
Identified Gains
- Diesel truck manufacturers
- Fossil fuel industry
- Trucking and freight companies
Identified Costs
- Electric vehicle manufacturers
- Communities near freight corridors
- California and states with adopted standards
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-15.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay …
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S3102, S3105)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in …
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Electric truck manufacturers, Heavy-duty truck manufacturers
Positive-direction: Heavy-duty truck manufacturers
Negative-direction: Electric truck manufacturers
Airport shuttle operators in California, Diesel truck fleet operators
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 87
H.J.Res. 87
On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 87
Motion to Proceed to H.J. Res. 87
On Passage
Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the EPA relating to “CA Motor Vehicle and Engin…
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "epa"
- → Environmental Protection Agency
- "congress"
- → United States Congress
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