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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 Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards…

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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 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: April 4, 2025 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov

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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.)

What's happening now April 4, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Lobbying activity 27

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 31

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · May 19, 2025

Cornyn, John

Texas · May 1, 2025

Daines, Steve

Montana · May 1, 2025

Indiana · Apr 8, 2025

Barrasso, John

Wyoming · Apr 4, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Apr 4, 2025

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Apr 4, 2025

Cotton, Tom

Arkansas · Apr 4, 2025

Cramer, Kevin

North Dakota · Apr 4, 2025

Nebraska · Apr 4, 2025

Hagerty, Bill

Tennessee · Apr 4, 2025

Hoeven, John

North Dakota · Apr 4, 2025

Justice, James C.

West Virginia · Apr 4, 2025

Kennedy, John

Louisiana · Apr 4, 2025

Lummis, Cynthia M.

Wyoming · Apr 4, 2025

Nebraska · Apr 4, 2025

Risch, James E.

Idaho · Apr 4, 2025

Scott, Rick

Florida · Apr 4, 2025

Sullivan, Dan

Alaska · Apr 4, 2025

Tuberville, Tommy

Alabama · Apr 4, 2025

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Apr 4, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 45: 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".. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-45/

MLA

"S.J. Res. 45: 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".." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-45/.

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S.J. Res. 45, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-45/.

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[S.J. Res. 45: 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".](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-45/)