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 Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles".

National Vehicle Emissions Uniformity Act of 2025

To use the Congressional Review Act to nullify the EPA's waiver allowing California to set its own greenhouse gas emission standards for new motor vehicles, thereby restoring a single national standard.

Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities: (1) maintains a strong, science-based national standard that is at least as stringent as California's current standard, avoiding a rollback of climate progress; (2) includes transition assistance for states to adopt the national standard. Republican priorities: (1) eliminates the patchwork of state standards, providing regulatory certainty for automakers and consumers; (2) uses a market-based funding mechanism (surcharge) rather than general revenue; (3) includes a sunset to ensure periodic congressional review.

Vote-count path: House: ~260 votes (180 Democrats + 80 Republicans); Senate: ~65 votes (45 Democrats + 20 Republicans) – centrists and industry-friendly members support the uniformity and transition assistance, while environmentalists accept the strong national standard.