Four federal leaders must approve California's car pollution rules.
H.R. 10154 — Protect America from CARB Act of 2026 · Filed by James Gallagher (R-CA) · Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes the Clean Air Act. California cannot make new rules about how much poison cars can emit. Four federal leaders must agree first. Those leaders run the Agriculture, Energy, Interior, and Transportation departments. Right now, California only tells the EPA and holds a public hearing. This bill applies to all new requests filed after it passes.
Who it affects
People in California and states that follow California's poison rules would be affected. Environmental leaders in those states would have less power to set their own rules. The four federal leaders would have more power to say yes or no.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how long the four leaders have to decide. They could wait with no legal cost.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 27, 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.
Words to know
- Clean Air Act — A federal law that sets rules to keep air clean and protect people's health.
- poison — Harmful gases and particles that cars and trucks release into the air.
- federal leaders — The heads of major government departments chosen by the president.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (911 characters) on Sep 5, 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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