Overturning the NHTSA Hydrogen Fuel System Rule

Official title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference".

What this does

This resolution overturns a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rule on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for the fuel-system integrity and compressed hydrogen storage of hydrogen-powered vehicles, published at 90 Fed. Reg. 6218 on January 17, 2025. Using the Congressional Review Act, it declares the rule has no force or effect. The Senate passed it May 21, 2025; it has not cleared the House.

Senate vote · 51-46

Democrats

0–44

Republicans

51–0

Independents

0–2

How we know · 3 sourced claims

Congress disapproves the NHTSA rule on hydrogen vehicle fuel system integrity and compressed hydrogen storage system integrity, and the rule is given no force or effect.Source: Resolving clause
The rule was published at 90 Fed. Reg. 6218 on January 17, 2025.Source: Resolving clause
The Senate passed the resolution May 21, 2025.Source: Engrossment line

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Reported lobbying

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organization named this measure in a lobbying filing.

A floor, not a total. Those organizations were counted by the client name on 7 quarterly reports filed by 1 registered lobbying firm in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, so an organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.

The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. They carry no per-bill dollar figure and no position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.

The organization named

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Listed as filed. It is every client name on the filings counted here.

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 and 2026 Q2. The pull came up 2 short in 2025 Q4 and 7 short in 2026 Q2 against the register's own count, so those quarters are the filings posted rather than every one filed. 2026 Q3 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.

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