Public Law 119-16
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035. Other states had adopted the same rule.
What this law changes
From a secondary sourceCancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035. Other states had adopted the same rule.
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Transparency Score
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Transparency Score
Share of the text within the stated purpose:Not checked yetThe text of this law provides and authorizes no dollar amount. The score is the share of its text within the stated intent. That share is "Not checked yet": no reading of this law is approved by a person yet.
How this is counted
- Transparency Score: dollars in sections a person approved as within the stated intent, divided by total dollars in the law. Shown as a percentage. Higher means more of the money goes to what the law says it is for.
- Beside it, the same two numbers the other way round: total dollars divided by dollars within the stated intent. 1.00 means every dollar is within the stated intent. When no dollar is within the stated intent this ratio cannot be computed, and the answer says so.
- Total dollars: appropriated dollars plus authorized dollars, read from the law's text by the rules below. Dollars in a section whose reading is unclear or was not read count in the total and are shown apart as unclear.
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- The score reads "Not checked yet" until a person approves the law's reading of which sections are within the stated intent. The dollar totals need no reading and are shown before that.
- The dollar totals read "Not checked yet" when more than 10 percent of the dollars read could not be sorted by the rules.
- Every dollar amount in our saved text of the law is read: "$1,234,567", "$5 billion", "$2.5 million". Margin notes, page marks and the table of contents are left out. Each amount is kept with the words printed around it.
- Appropriated: the sentence says "there is appropriated", "is hereby appropriated" or "out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated"; or the amount is the one an appropriations paragraph ("For ..., $X") provides under an account heading of an appropriations act.
- Authorized: the sentence says "authorized to be appropriated". An authorization lets a later law provide the money. It provides none itself.
- A list under such a sentence ("there is appropriated the following: (1) ...; (2) ..."): an amount that begins an item is counted the same way as the sentence says, unless the sentence gives a total first. Then the items are parts of that total.
- "$X for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030" is counted as X times the number of years named (here 5). The yearly figure, the years and the product are all kept. "For each fiscal year" with no years named is counted once, and the answer says so.
- Open-ended: "such sums as may be necessary" names no amount. It is counted as an item and adds no dollars.
- Rescinded: "is hereby rescinded", "permanently cancelled", or an item of a list headed "the following funds are hereby rescinded". Shown apart. Not subtracted from the total.
- Not spending, and left out of the total: an amount after "not to exceed", "not more than", "up to", "less than", "in excess of" and like words; a fine or penalty; a limit the law raises ("the limitation is increased by $X"); a figure the law strikes from another law; and a figure inside words it writes into another law ("striking $X and inserting $Y"), unless the same sentence says the figure is authorized or appropriated.
- Counted once: an amount after "of which", after "Provided, That", or after "of the amounts made available" is a part of a total already counted. Where a paragraph ends "in all, $X", that total is counted and the amounts before it are its parts.
- An amount the rules cannot sort is "not classified". It is listed with its words and left out of the total. Nothing is guessed.
- Total dollars: appropriated dollars plus authorized dollars. The two are also shown apart.
What the law says it is for
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Official title
“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''.”
The words under "Joint Resolution", Public Law 119-16, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 17ad3400c65a7174
Congress's summary · Congressional Research Service
“This joint resolution revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board regarding its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations, which include new requirements for low-emission vehicles and zero-emission vehicles. (Under the Clean Air Act, California may seek waivers of the preemption prohibiting states from enacting certain emission standards.) Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency notice titled California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision .”
Summary of the version: Public Law, Congressional Research Service summary: Public Law · Saved October 6, 2026 · Fingerprint f92ca1b6cd6bb016
The law's text gives it no short title.
The law has no findings or purpose section.
The bill's record names no committee report.
Dollars in this law
Confirmed from the official recordThe text of this law provides and authorizes no dollar amount.
Source: Public Law 119-16, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 17ad3400c65a7174
Other measures
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- Dollars in sections added along the way
- No money in this law
- Member-requested dollars as a share of appropriated dollars
- Not checked yet
No list of member-requested spending is printed in the 40 official records saved for this law, and no committee report says there is none.
- Open-ended amounts (“such sums as may be necessary”)
- 0 passagesConfirmed from the official record
- Other bills whose text this law contains
- 1 billConfirmed from the official record
- How the House passed it
- Recorded vote: 246 Yes, 164 No, 0 Present, 22 Did not vote, May 1, 2025Confirmed from the official record
- How the Senate passed it
- Recorded vote: 51 Yes, 44 No, 0 Present, 5 Did not vote, May 22, 2025Confirmed from the official record
- Committee report saved
- None in the official recordConfirmed from the official record
The bill's official record names no committee report.
- Hearing saved
- None in the official recordConfirmed from the official record
The bill's official record names no hearing.
How these are counted
- Added along the way, sections: sections of the final law marked "added later", divided by the sections compared.
- Added along the way, words: words in those sections, divided by the words in the sections compared.
- Each text is read as a list of words. A run is 5 words in a row. For each section of the final law we count the share of its runs that appear anywhere in the first published text of the bill. 90 percent or more: in the first text. From 20 to 90 percent: changed. Under 20 percent: added later. A section with fewer than 20 words is not compared.
- Sections outside the stated intent: sections a person approved as outside the stated intent, divided by the sections read. The same count is given in words.
- Member-requested spending: the number of items in the lists Congress printed for the law, and the sum of their dollar amounts.
- A part that is not checked yet is shown as "Not checked yet". It is never counted as zero. No single blended number is given.
Time to read before the House vote
How long the text is public before the House votes on it. This measure is not added into the score.
- House
- 165 hours 36 minutes (6 days 21 hours)Confirmed from the official record
The House Clerk posted the text on April 24, 2025 at 1:02 p.m. Eastern. The House voted on May 1, 2025 at 10:39 a.m. Eastern.
4 pages: H.J.Res. 88, Engrossed in House. The page count GovInfo gives for this text. The copy posted for the floor can be laid out on a different number of pages.
Posted file 1 (PDF) · Posted file 2 (XML)
The vote: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 164 (Roll no. 114). (text: 04/30/2025 CR H1749)
Posted: House Clerk, bills to be considered, week of 2025-04-28 · Saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint 8e723f97e69bc352
Voted: Actions on H.J.Res. 88, Congress's data service · Saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint 6a83854fed2cca5c
Pages: GovInfo's record of BILLS-119hjres88eh · Saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint f7a2b05f636609bf
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- Senate
- Not published yet
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How this is counted
- Posted: the moment the last file of the floor item became public on the House Clerk's weekly list of bills, before the vote. A file is public from the first time the list was published at or after the moment the file was added.
- A floor item lists the bill text and can list papers that go with it, such as an explanatory statement. The list does not say which file is which. So the count runs from the last file made public before the vote, and the moment the item was first listed is shown beside it. The count is never longer than the real time to read.
- Voted: the time of the House floor action in Congress's data service. When the House voted on the bill more than once, the last vote is used: that is the vote on the text that went on to become law.
- Time to read: voted minus posted, in hours and minutes. Both are Eastern time.
- Pages: the page count GovInfo gives for the text of the bill as the House voted on it. The copy posted for the floor can be laid out on a different number of pages.
- Which floor item: the one that names the bill. When several name it, the one whose words name the same kind of vote. When the House voted on the bill more than once that week and the list does not tell the votes apart, no figure is given.
- A floor item taken off the list, two floor items that fit, a text made public only after the vote, or a time zone check that shows another time zone: the figure reads "Not checked yet".
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates
Congress’s data service lists no Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for the bill behind this law.
H.J.Res. 88, Congress's data service · Saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint dfd6415c7074181d
Added along the way
Not checked yetSections added later: Not checked yet. The first text of this bill was replaced: 100 percent of it is not in the final law. Under 20 percent of the first text is in the final law, so nearly every section reads as added later.
Amendments adopted
The record lists no adopted amendment to this bill.
Other bills whose text this law contains
The Congressional Research Service, a part of the Library of Congress, marks 1 other bill with the words “Public law contains the text”. That means this law includes text from that bill. This page does not compare its text with the law.
- S.J.Res. 45 A joint resolution 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 and Engine Pollution Control
Member-requested spending
No list foundNo list of member-requested spending is printed in the 40 official records saved for this law, and no committee report says there is none.
Sections outside the stated intent
Not checked yetA person reviews each reading before it appears here.
What this law changes in taxes
This law changes no tax.
Our reader went through the full text. It found no sentence that amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule or the Tariff Act of 1930, and no sentence that names a tax, a tariff or the Internal Revenue Service.
How we read a law for this section
- A provision is one sentence of the law that says a part of a tax law "is amended" or "is repealed". The words are quoted from our saved copy of the law. Words inside text the law inserts into another law are not read as provisions.
- A sentence counts when it names the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or title 26 of the United States Code; when it says "such Code" and the last Code named in that section of the law is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; when the law says that its amendments are to be read as amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the sentence names no other law; or when the sentence names no law at all and the amending sentence before it, in the same section of the law, amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
- A sentence that amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States or the Tariff Act of 1930 is listed under "Tariffs and customs duties".
- The tax type comes from the number of the Code section the sentence names. Sections 1 to 5, 21 to 26, 32, 35, 36, 36B, 62, 63, 67, 68, 151 to 153 and 211 to 224 apply to individuals: "Individual income tax". Sections 11, 12, 59A, 241 to 250, 301 to 385, 531 to 565 and 1501 to 1564 apply to corporations: "Corporate income tax". Every other section from 1 to 1400Z and 1411 to 1564 is "Income tax, individuals and businesses". Sections 1401 to 1403 and 3101 to 3512: "Payroll taxes". Sections 2001 to 2801: "Estate and gift taxes". Sections 4001 to 5891: "Excise taxes". Every other section, such as the rules on returns, penalties and trust funds: "Other tax law".
- A sentence that names a chapter or subtitle of the Code and no section is sorted by that chapter or subtitle. A sentence that adds a new section is sorted by the new section's number.
- "Old and new" is shown only where the law says both: "striking X and inserting Y". Other dollar amounts and percentages in the sentence are listed as printed.
- A change to a table of contents or a change headed "Conforming" or "Clerical" is listed apart.
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- Nothing here says how much tax anyone pays. That takes figures the law's text does not state.
Read from: Public Law 119-16, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 17ad3400c65a7174
On the record
On the record: Not started.
Press releases by members of Congress
From a secondary sourceThese are press releases from members' official websites that name this law. We save a copy of each one.
23 press releases
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Scalise’s End-of-Year Recap: One Year of Republicans Delivering on our Promises
“H.J. Res. 88 (Joyce-PA) – Clean Cars CRA: Repeals the Biden-Harris EPA’s waiver allowing California’s burdensome Advanced Clean Cars II emissions rule, protecting consumer choice, keeping more affordable and realistic car options in the marketplace, and preventing increased manufacturing and consumer costs.”
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Scalise’s Summer Update: Six Months of Winning for the American People
“H.J. Res. 88 (Joyce-PA) – Clean Cars CRA: Repeals the Biden-Harris EPA’s waiver allowing California’s burdensome Advanced Clean Cars II emissions rule, protecting consumer choice, keeping more affordable and realistic car options in the marketplace, and preventing increased manufacturing and consumer costs.”
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Dr. Joyce’s Legislation to Protect Consumer Freedom Signed into Law by President Trump
“Washington, D.C. – Today, President Donald J. Trump signed H.J.Res. 88, legislation introduced by Congressman John Joyce, M.D., (PA-13) to reverse California’s electric vehicle mandate and protect consumer choice and the American auto industry.”
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“Washington, D.C. – Today, H.J.Res. 88, introduced by Congressman John Joyce, M.D., (PA-13), passed the Senate in a bipartisan vote and now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.”
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Schmidt Works to Slash Red Tape, Dismantle Bureaucracy
“H.J. Res. 88: disapproves the EPA waiver allowing California’s burdensome Advanced Clean Cars II emissions rule.”
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U.S. House passes Kelly-backed legislation to stop EV mandates, de facto ban on gas-powered vehicles
“The legislation passed Thursday is H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman Joyce (PA-13), which would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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Rep. Mann Reverses Biden Green New Deal Policies
“H.J.Res.88 reverses a rule from the EPA granting California a waiver to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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Rep. Yakym: "Hardworking Americans Can't Afford Fairytales”
“H.J. Res 88: This would eliminate California's authority to set stricter vehicle emission standards that included a mandate to increase the sale of zero-emission vehicles.”
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Congressman Pat Harrigan Votes to Stop California from Banning Gas-Powered Cars
“WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) voted to pass H.J. Res. 88, a resolution blocking the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s waiver that would let California ban gas-powered vehicles and force electric mandates across the country. This vote defends Americans’ freedom to drive what they want and pushes back against one-state rule.”
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Congressman Fong Votes to Pass Resolutions to Restore Common-sense to California
“H.J.Res.88 reverses a rule from the EPA granting California a waiver to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) released a statement on the passage of H.J.Res.88 in the House of Representatives:”
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Golden votes to roll back California EV mandates that could take options away from Mainers
“H.J.Res. 88, voted on today, which would revoke an EPA waiver allowing California to require all new passenger vehicles sold to be zero emissions by 2035. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 246-164.”
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Feenstra Votes to Overturn Biden-era Waivers for California Electric-Vehicle Mandates
“H.J. Res. 88, which would repeal California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) waiver, allowing the state to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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McClain Votes to End Radical Biden-Era EV Mandate Rule
“To read more about the legislation, H.J. Res. 88, click here.”
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Baumgartner Applauds the Passage of CRA’s disapproving of harmful Biden EV Waivers
“WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Baumgartner released the following statement upon the passage of three Congressional Review Acts (CRA’s) – H.J.Res. 88, led by Rep. John Joyce (PA-13) H.J.Res. 87, led by Rep. John James (MI-10), and H.J.Res. 89, led by Rep. Jay Obernolte (CA-23).”
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“Washington, D.C. – Today, H.J.Res. 88, introduced by Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. This resolution, introduced under the Congressional Review Act, will protect consumer choice so that all Americans can have the freedom to choose the vehicle that they want, that they can afford, and that meets their needs.”
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“H.J.Res. 88, led by Rep. John Joyce (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, will repeal California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) waiver, allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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Fulcher On House Passage of Bills to Stop EV Mandates - U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher
“H.J.Res. 88, led by Rep. John Joyce (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, will repeal California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) waiver, allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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“H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman John Joyce (PA-13), would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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Kelly backs legislation to stop EV mandates, de facto ban on gas-powered vehicles
“H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman Joyce (PA-13), would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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“H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman John Joyce (PA-13), would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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“H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman Joyce (PA-13), would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
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“H.J. Res. 88, introduced by Congressman Joyce (PA-13), would reverse the EPA’s decision to approve a waiver granted to California allowing the State to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.”
Read from 539 of 539 members' sites, releases since January 3, 2025, through October 8, 2026.
Press releases by organizations
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Read from 510 of 510 organizations' sites, releases since January 3, 2025, through October 8, 2026.
What it touches
Kind of law: Cancels a federal rule. Budget effect: No direct effect on agency budgets.
Government
- Laws and regulations
The economy
- Vehicles and manufacturing
- Energy supply and prices
Daily life
- Environment and outdoors
- Travel and transportation
- Household budget
Agencies it funds or directs
Dollar amounts:Not checked yetHow it passed
The House passed it 246 to 164 on May 1, 2025, with 22 members who did not vote.
The Senate passed it 51 to 44 on May 22, 2025, with 5 senators who did not vote.
The question on the official record: House, “On Passage”. Senate, “On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 88)”.
| Chamber and party | Yes | No | Present | Did not vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Republicans | 211 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| House Democrats | 35 | 164 | 0 | 14 |
| Senate Republicans | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Senate Democrats | 1 | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| Senate independents | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Lobbying reports that name this bill
Confirmed from the official record5 saved lobbying reports name H.J.Res. 88. The amount is what the report gives for the whole quarter: everything the registrant did for that client, all issues together. A linked name opens that organization’s page on this site.
| Registrant | Client | Amount for the whole quarter | Quarter | Filed | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION | $335,000.00reported as expenses | April to June 2026 | Open the report | |
| FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC (FKA FGH HOLDINGS LLC) | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO INC (FORMERLY HONDA NORTH AMERICA) | $70,000.00reported as income | April to June 2026 | Open the report | |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | $16,950,000.00reported as expenses | April to June 2026 | Open the report |
See the 5 listed reports that name H.J.Res. 88
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Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, LDA.gov. This copy was read October 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM Eastern.
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