SJRES45Referred to Committee
A joint resolution providing for 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".
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-04-04
Introduced
31
Cosponsors
SJRES
ⓘType
Sponsor
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV · Senator
Votes with party: 75.5% (841 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (31)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-04-04
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-04-04
Plain-English Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency notice titled California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision (90 Fed. Reg. 642) and published on January 6, 2025. Among other elements, the notice grants the California Air Resources Board request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations. (Under the Clean Air Act, California may seek waivers of the preemption prohibiting states from enacting certain emission standards.)
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Environmental Protection
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