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; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".

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Congress used its commerce and oversight powers through lawful procedure to block a single-state emissions mandate from functioning as a national rule, protecting liberty and uniform federal law with no rights infringement or taking.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress acts within explicit federal authority. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants power to regulate Commerce among the several States, which covers interstate trucking, heavy-duty engines, and the national vehicle market. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 supports use of the Congressional Review Act process to disapprove an agency Notice of Decision and waiver of preemption. Reasserting a unifo…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  No provision of the first ten amendments is infringed. The resolution imposes no restriction on speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment, no disarmament under the Second Amendment, no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and no trial or punishment rule under Amendments Five through Eight. It removes rather than creates regulatory mandates on vehicle warranties and zero-…
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution reduces government coercion rather than adding it. By nullifying Advanced Clean Trucks, zero-emission shuttle and powertrain certification mandates, and related warranty requirements imposed through the waiver, it expands the freedom of truck owners, operators, and buyers to choose equipment, labor, and property use. No belief, speech, or bodily autonomy is burdened, so the governme…
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  Interstate heavy-duty vehicle emissions and engine warranties cannot be managed by individuals, families, or single counties because trucks move across state lines. A single state cannot handle the issue without federal involvement because a California-only mandate effectively sets a national market standard for manufacturers and carriers in other states. This resolution does not consolidate power…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  No person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without process under the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1. The resolution follows the established Congressional Review Act procedure in chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, with bicameral passage, presentment under Article I, Section 7, Clause 2, and public notice, and it became Public Law 119-15. It takes no private prop…

Sources: Congress.gov: HJRES 87 summary