Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution.

H. Con. Res. 65 · 116th Congress · Sep 19, 2019 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That Congress—

(1)

supports the existing set of regulations, known as the “One National Program”, which contains the goals of—

(A)

reducing greenhouse gas (referred to in this resolving clause as “GHG”) emissions and oil usage;

(B)

protecting national security; and

(C)

protecting human health and welfare; and

(2)

to meet those goals, supports policies that—

(A)

achieve maximum feasible reductions in oil use;

(B)

reduce GHG emissions from mobile sources;

(C)

recognize the rights and importance of States under cooperative federalism to choose to set and follow vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) that are stronger than those set by the Federal Government; and

(D)

ensure that the President, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency solicit input from State parties impacted by any changes to the existing GHG emissions standards for light-duty vehicles and the associated standards for corporate average fuel economy.

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Sep 19, 2019viewing Introduced in House Mr. DeSaulnier (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Rush, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Meng, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Sires, Mr. Engel, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Norton, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Welch, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Case, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Costa, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Bass, Ms. Porter, Mr. Takano, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Bera, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Foster, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Himes, Mr. Peters, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Correa, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Speier, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution.

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