# H.J.Res. 89 (119th): This joint resolution revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board regarding new emissions standards for new 2024 and subsequent model year on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines, off-road diesel engines, and off-road diesel-fueled auxiliary power units

This joint resolution revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board regarding new emissions standards for new 2024 and subsequent model year on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines, off-road diesel engines, and off-road diesel-fueled auxiliary power units. (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 and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The ‘Omnibus’ Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision .

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: air_quality. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: emission_standards. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: emissions_standards. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_harm. 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.
Lane: preemption. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_overreach. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_policy. 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 112: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 281: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 89. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 280: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 89. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure removes a state-specific emissions waiver that supports stricter pollution control, which is a real environmental and public-health concern. It also restores federal preemption and reflects a contested regulatory and federalism judgment. Because the dispute is primarily prudential rather than a direct advancement of named moral harm, the classification is mixed. The existing 'evil' polarity rests on the 'omnibus' tag, which does not fit this single-subject disapproval resolution and is set aside.
Theological note: Stewardship of creation and care for neighbors' health bear on air quality, while federal-state order and lawful authority under general equity bear on who sets such standards. These are real goods in tension, and the measure mainly raises prudential questions about environmental protection, federalism, and regulatory burden rather than a direct moral wrong.

## Recorded votes

Roll 112: On Passage. Yea 225 · Nay 196 · Other 12.
Roll 281: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 89. Yea 49 · Nay 46 · Other 5.
Roll 280: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 89. Yea 51 · Nay 46 · Other 3.

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