Congress tries to stop California from setting its own car pollution rules.
H.J.Res. 205 — 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 Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's Advanced Clean Car Program and a Within the Scope Confirmation for California's Zero Emission Vehicle Amendments for 2017 and Earlier Model Years". · Filed by John Joyce (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill would cancel an EPA choice from 2013. That choice let California set stricter car pollution rules than the nation requires. If it passes, California could no longer enforce its own car rules. Cars sold in California would follow only national pollution rules instead.
Who it affects
People in California and ten other states would be affected. Those states follow California's pollution rules. Automakers that build cars to meet California's rules would be affected.
One thing to notice
The EPA choice this bill targets has been in place for over a decade. Automakers have spent billions of dollars building cars to meet California's rules during that time.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,810 characters) on Jul 29, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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