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Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] · R–WY
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-07-18 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposed resolution would cancel an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing California to apply its greenhouse gas emission standards to new motor vehicles from model year 2009 onward. That decision grants a waiver—an exception to federal Clean Air Act rules that otherwise prevent California from applying those standards.
That Congress disapproves 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 (74 Fed. Reg. 32744 (July 8, 2009)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The resolution would formally disapprove the EPA waiver decision published on July 8, 2009, and give that decision no legal force or effect.
That Congress disapproves 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 (74 Fed. Reg. 32744 (July 8, 2009)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The supplied August 20, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 18, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-20T20:29:52Z. 2026-07-18: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-07-18: Introduced in House
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