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; Advanced Clean Cars II; 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 January 2025 that allowed California to enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II standards. Those standards required that an increasing percentage of new cars and light trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles, with other states permitted to adopt the same standards.
Who Benefits and How
Traditional automakers focused on internal combustion engine vehicles benefit because the zero-emission vehicle sales mandates are eliminated. Gasoline refiners and fossil fuel companies benefit from continued demand for gasoline-powered cars. Car dealerships and consumers who prefer conventional vehicles avoid being constrained by limited zero-emission vehicle availability.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Electric vehicle manufacturers and battery suppliers lose a guaranteed market created by the mandate. Communities in areas with high vehicle pollution bear increased health costs from continued tailpipe emissions. California and the 17+ states that had adopted its clean car standards lose their ability to enforce these regulations.
Key Provisions
- Disapproves and nullifies the EPA rule granting California a waiver for Advanced Clean Cars II standards (90 Fed. Reg. 642)
- Eliminates the state-level zero-emission vehicle sales mandates for passenger cars and light trucks
- 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 enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II standards, which required increasing percentages of new passenger vehicle sales to be zero-emission vehicles.
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 enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II standards, which required increasing percentages of new passenger vehicle sales to be zero-emission vehicles.
Policy Domains
Congressional Disapproval of EPA Advanced Clean Cars II Waiver
Identified Gains
- Traditional automakers
- Gasoline refiners and fossil fuel companies
- Car dealerships
Identified Costs
- Electric vehicle manufacturers
- Communities affected by vehicle pollution
- California and states with adopted clean car standards
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawSigned by President.
Became Public Law No: 119-16.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay …
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3101)
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. …
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in …
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S3052)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Gasoline-powered vehicle dealers, Traditional automakers selling in California
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 88
H.J.Res. 88
On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 88
Motion to Proceed to H.J.Res. 88
On Passage
Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the EPA relating to “California State Motor Veh…
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "epa"
- → Environmental Protection Agency
- "congress"
- → United States Congress
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