# H.J.Res. 88 (119th): This joint resolution revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board regarding its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations, which include new requirements for low-emission vehicles and zero-emission vehicles

This joint resolution revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board regarding its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations, which include new requirements for low-emission vehicles and zero-emission vehicles. (Under the Clean Air Act, California may seek waivers of the preemption prohibiting states from enacting certain emission standards.) Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency notice titled California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision .

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: environmental_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federalism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: vehicle_standards. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 114: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 276: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 88. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 277: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 88. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a Congressional Review Act disapproval of an EPA waiver. It does not directly advance a clear moral evil or directly restrain one. It weighs air quality and environmental stewardship against concerns about federal preemption, state regulatory reach, and the cost and mandate burden of vehicle standards. These are prudential policy disputes, so the classification is mixed rather than a hard moral verdict.
Theological note: The measure bears on stewardship of creation, clean air as a common good, and the proper division of authority between federal and state governments under general equity. Scripture does not directly address vehicle emission waivers, so the question is prudential, involving how to weigh environmental protection, consumer and producer burdens, and federalism.

## Recorded votes

Roll 114: On Passage. Yea 246 · Nay 164 · Other 22.
Roll 276: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 88. Yea 51 · Nay 46 · Other 3.
Roll 277: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 88. Yea 51 · Nay 44 · Other 5.

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