Enacted
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".
This measure prevents California from enforcing rules that require all new passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in the state to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. By overturning federal approval for those regulations, it also stops other states that adopted California's rules from enforcing their own phase-outs of new gas-powered cars. As a result, automakers would not face state fines for continuing to sell conventional gasoline vehicles, and consumers in those states would keep the option to purchase new gas-powered cars.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; the resolution directly targets a federal regulatory decision rather than enumerating an affected population
Fiscal magnitude—not determinable from the text provided; the text contains no direct appropriations, expenditures, or revenue provisions
Reach65provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Pollution & development−50Federal vs. state/local+45Greenhouse-gas policy−55
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Motor vehicle manufacturersAre relieved from having to comply with California's Advanced Clean Cars II standards that were authorized under the nullified EPA waiver.
Who it burdens
- California state environmental regulatorsLoses federal waiver authority to enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II vehicle emissions standards because the EPA decision granting the waiver is nullified.
- Environmental Protection AgencyHas its published waiver decision rendered without legal force or effect.
The provisions, in plain language.
Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's decision granting California a waiver to enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II vehicle emissions standards, preventing the rule from having any legal force or effect.