CONTACT: Christianné Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) issued the following statement after the House passed three Congressional Review Act resolutions that he introduced alongside Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-23), and Congressman John James (MI-10), along with other Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, California Republicans, and Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (MI-09) to undo harmful rules created under President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The three Congressional Review Act resolutions would reverse radical regulations that established a de facto ban on the use of gas-powered vehicles, heavy trucks, and diesel engines over the next decade.
“Americans continue to overwhelmingly rely on traditional automobiles over electric vehicles,” said Congressman Fulcher. “Despite this, under the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed a series of stringent, environmentally charged regulations on vehicles that would effectively overhaul the marketplace and steer consumers toward purchasing EVs. I was proud to join my colleagues in introducing this legislative package to repeal these overreaching federal mandates and preserve consumer freedom and choice in the automotive and heavy-duty truck markets.”
Bill Background (Courtesy of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce):
The Clean Air Act generally preempts individual states from setting their own vehicle emission standards. However, section 209 of the Clean Air Act allows the Environmental Protection Agency to waive state preemption for California. This carveout was intended to allow California to implement stricter air vehicle emission standards to address “compelling and extraordinary circumstances” involving local air pollution – not to remake the auto industry and limit consumer choice nationwide.
The Biden EPA granted these waivers that have allowed California to ban sales of new gas, diesel, and hybrid vehicles, as well as heavy-duty trucks, while also mandating 100% electric vehicle sales by 2035. With approval of these resolutions, Congress is exercising its important oversight responsibilities and reining in the regulatory overreach of the previous administration.
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H.J.Res. 88, led by Rep. John Joyce (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, will repeal California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) waiver, allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
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H.J.Res. 87, led by Rep. John James (MI-10), will repeal California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) waiver, which currently would allow the State to mandate the sale of zero-emission trucks.
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H.J.Res. 89, led by Rep. Jay Obernolte (CA-23), will put an end to California’s implementation of its most recent nitrogen oxide (NOx) engine emission standards, which create burdensome and unworkable standards for heavy-duty on-road engines.
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