Became Public Law No: 119-15.
This joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproves and nullifies an Environmental Protection Agency rule (88 Fed.
Reg. 20688, April 6, 2023) concerning EPA’s decision to grant California waivers and related approvals for heavy-duty vehicle and engine standards and related zero-emission provisions.
As enacted, the resolution states the specified EPA rule "shall have no force or effect," effectively reversing the EPA notice of decision regarding California’s motor vehicle and engine pollution control standards and related items.
Narrow, low-cost measure but highly polarizing and removes state regulatory authority; outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive response.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that clearly identifies the targeted EPA rule and states the operative effect (no force or effect). It appropriately relies on the underlying CRA statutory mechanism, resulting in minimal but sufficient drafting for a single-rule disapproval.
Climate vs. regulatory burden: liberals stress emissions, conservatives stress costs.
Climate vs. regulatory burden: liberals stress emissions, conservatives stress costs.
Likely views the resolution negatively as a rollback of state ability to adopt stronger clean-vehicle standards.
Sees it as undermining emissions reductions, climate goals, and environmental justice, and as emboldening federal interference in state environmental policy.
Mixed view: appreciates congressional oversight and desire for regulatory clarity, but worries about the environmental and political effects of nullifying waivers.
Seeks a pragmatic tradeoff between predictable national rules and ambitious emissions reductions.
Likely supports the resolution as a check on EPA and as protection against California-imposed de facto national standards.
Views nullification as reducing regulatory burden and protecting interstate commerce and manufacturers from a patchwork of state rules.
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Narrow, low-cost measure but highly polarizing and removes state regulatory authority; outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive response.
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 87
On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 87
On Passage
Climate vs. regulatory burden: liberals stress emissions, conservatives stress costs.
Narrow, low-cost measure but highly polarizing and removes state regulatory authority; outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive r…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that clearly identifies the targeted EPA rule and states the operative effect (no force or effect). It ap…
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