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; Advanced Clean Car Program; Reconsideration of a Previous Withdrawal of a Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".

Key Points

• The resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to try to cancel an EPA decision that restored California's authority to set its own, stricter vehicle pollution standards.
• If passed and signed into law, the EPA rule would be completely void, immediately stripping California of the legal waiver it needs to enforce its Advanced Clean Car Program.
• The targeted EPA decision was published in March 2022 and reinstated a waiver that had been revoked in a prior administration, restoring California's power to require stricter tailpipe emissions and more electric vehicle sales.
• More than a dozen other states have adopted California's vehicle emissions standards, so ending the waiver would also undercut their legal authority to enforce similar rules, though the resolution text does not name these states directly.
• Because this is a Congressional Review Act resolution, if it becomes law the EPA would be blocked from reissuing a substantially similar waiver decision without new authorization from Congress.