H.J.Res. 88 · 119th Congress · Environmental protection
Overturning California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Rule
How each chamber voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · May 22, 2025
Roll call ↗51
44
Passed the Senate.
House · May 1, 2025
Roll call ↗246
164
Passed the House.
Law 71 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-16. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
- CommitteeApr 2, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 1, 2025
- Passed SenateMay 22, 2025
- Became lawJun 12, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 41
- 40 Republicans, 1 Independent
- House committee
- Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 43
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Overturns, under the Congressional Review Act, an Environmental Protection Agency decision that granted California a Clean Air Act preemption waiver for its Advanced Clean Cars II motor vehicle and engine emissions standards.
How each member voted
The Senate roll call, passed the Senate, May 22, 2025
Nay unless marked
D · Sen · MD
D · Sen · WI
D · Sen · CO
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 and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".
Overturns, under the Congressional Review Act, an Environmental Protection Agency decision that granted California a Clean Air Act preemption waiver for its Advanced Clean Cars II motor vehicle and engine emissions standards. Congress disapproves the rule (90 Fed. Reg. 642, January 6, 2025), and the rule has no force or effect. Because the waiver let California set stricter vehicle standards that other states could adopt, removing it strips the federal approval that gave those standards effect.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 43 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 119 quarterly reports filed by 23 lobbying firms and by 30 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Environmental Law and Policy Center; Koch Government Affairs, LLC; Toyota Motor North America Inc (TMA); Phillips 66; American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 38 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.