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".

Blocks California car pollution waiver

This joint resolution would disapprove an EPA decision that gave California a waiver to enforce stricter greenhouse gas rules for new cars. The rule referenced is the EPA waiver published at 74 Fed. Reg. 32744 (July 8, 2009). If enacted, that EPA waiver would be declared to have no force or effect, preventing California and other states from applying those stricter GHG standards. That could lower compliance costs for vehicle makers and possibly reduce some vehicle prices, but it would also limit state-level pollution limits and reduce related public-health protections.