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 and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The "Omnibus" Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".
This measure overturns federal approval for California's strict limits on smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from heavy-duty trucks and engines. As a result, California and states that follow its clean air policies cannot enforce these stricter tailpipe standards or related engine warranty requirements. Commercial vehicle manufacturers and trucking fleets will instead only have to comply with standard nationwide federal emissions rules.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the measure nullifies a federal administrative action regarding vehicle emissions standards rather than establishing direct population programs.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the resolution contains no appropriations, fees, or specific dollar amounts.
Reach55provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Pollution & development−35Federal vs. state/local+35
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Heavy-duty engine and vehicle manufacturersAre no longer legally required to comply with California's specific Omnibus Low NOx standards that were authorized by the overturned EPA waiver.
Who opposes it
- Environmental Protection AgencyHas its administrative decision and waiver of preemption formally disapproved and rendered without legal force or effect.
- California state air quality regulatorsLoses the federal preemption waiver that authorized the state to implement and enforce its Omnibus Low NOx emissions standards for heavy-duty engines and vehicles.
The provisions, in plain language.
Disapproves and overturns the Environmental Protection Agency's waiver that granted California permission to enforce its own strict emission rules for heavy-duty engines and vehicles (the Omnibus Low NOx Regulation), rendering the rule without legal force or effect.