# H.J.Res. 210 (119th): This joint resolution revokes the authorization granted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to amend its Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation

This joint resolution revokes the authorization granted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to amend its Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation. Among other elements, the amendment proposed by CARB and authorized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanded auxiliary engine emissions reductions requirements to include additional categories of ocean-going vessels. (Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA may authorize California to adopt and enforce standards relating to the control of emissions from nonroad vehicles or engines if those standards meet certain requirements.) Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the EPA authorization decision titled California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision .

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: EPA. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: air_quality. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federalism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 306: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: This is a Congressional Review Act-style disapproval of an EPA authorization in an ordinary environmental regulation dispute. It combines legitimate public goods (air quality and public health from emissions reductions) with prudential concerns (economic burden, federalism, and the scope of state authority under the Clean Air Act). The metadata does not show direct advancement of moral harm or direct restraint of a named evil, so the classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure concerns the allocation of authority between federal and state governments over air emissions from commercial shipping. Scripture grounds civil authority in general equity, stewardship of creation, and lawful order, and it does not settle the specific tradeoffs between emissions reduction, commerce, and state versus federal competence. The issue is relevant to stewardship and to the proper limits of delegated authority, but it does not present a clear direct moral evil or a clear defense of justice on the metadata provided.

## Recorded votes

Roll 306: On Passage. Yea 216 · Nay 211 · Other 6.

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