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 Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles".

Key Points

• The resolution would use Congress's fast-track disapproval power to cancel EPA's 2009 decision that let California set its own stricter greenhouse gas standards for new cars.
• If passed, the waiver would legally have no force or effect, stripping California of the specific authority it has used since 2009 to require cleaner cars.
• Because other states have copied California's vehicle rules, ending the waiver could ripple out to states like New York, Massachusetts, and Washington that follow California's standards.
• Supporters say a single nationwide standard is simpler and cheaper for automakers than a patchwork of state rules, while opponents say California needs the flexibility to fight its own smog and climate problems.