What This Bill Does · Plain English
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This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency notice titled California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The ‘Omnibus’ Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision (90 Fed. Reg. 643) and published on January 6, 2025. Among other elements, the notice grants the California Air Resources Board request for a waiver for its Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Omnibus Low NOX regulations. (Under the Clean Air Act, California may seek waivers of the preemption prohibiting states from enacting certain emission standards.)
Action Timeline
2025-04-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-04-04
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did SJRES.47 pass?
SJRES.47 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 2%.
What does SJRES.47 do?
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency notice titled California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The ‘Omnibus’ Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision (90 Fed. Reg. 643) and published on January 6, 2025. Among other elements, the notice grants the California Air Resources Board request for a waiver for its Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Omnibus Low NOX regulations. (Under the Clean Air Act, California may seek waivers of the preemption prohibiting states from enacting certain emission standards.)
Who sponsored SJRES.47?
SJRES.47 was sponsored by Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma).
Full Bill Text
119 SJ 47 IS: 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 and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The Omnibus Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision”. U.S. Senate 2025-04-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 47 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 4, 2025 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mrs. Capito , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 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 and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The Omnibus Low NO X Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The Omnibus Low NO X Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision (90 Fed. Reg. 643 (January 6, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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