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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference".
This measure eliminates newly finalized federal safety regulations for hydrogen-powered vehicles. If enacted, car manufacturers will not be required to meet nationwide crash and pressure standards designed to keep hydrogen fuel tanks from leaking or rupturing in an accident. It also prohibits federal safety regulators from creating similar rules for hydrogen vehicles in the future without new approval from Congress.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the text applies to vehicle manufacturers and regulatory compliance for hydrogen fuel systems without quantifying an affected population.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the resolution contains no appropriations, authorizations, or direct financial provisions.
Reach28provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Market protections−20Regulation (cross-sector)−20
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Hydrogen vehicle and fuel system manufacturersThey are relieved from having to comply with the federal motor vehicle safety standards and storage system integrity requirements established by the disapproved rule.
Who opposes it
- National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationThe agency's published safety rule regarding hydrogen vehicle fuel system integrity and compressed hydrogen storage is disapproved and rendered of no legal force or effect.
The provisions, in plain language.
Nullifies a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rule establishing federal motor vehicle safety standards for hydrogen vehicle fuel systems and compressed hydrogen storage systems, preventing the regulations from having any legal force or effect.