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OABA Member Alert: Urge Congress to Overturn California's EV Waiver Mandates
In recent years, California enacted a series of rules, adopted by other states, that mandate the rapid electrification of the transportation sector, including the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) and Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rules, as well as the unachievable Heavy-Duty Omnibus rule. In fact, the ACC II rule bans the sale of new gasoline-powered and traditional hybrid vehicles by 2035. These rules not only inhibit consumer choice but pose a threat to our national security through reliance on unstable and adversarial supply chains. Furthermore, California and states following its rules have a national impact on U.S. vehicle fleet offerings by accounting for more than 30 percent of the light-duty vehicle sales in the country, compelling manufacturers to make and sell certain models and engine technologies and not others.
Congress can halt California’s misguided efforts to tell other Americans what kinds of vehicles they can and cannot buy. ARA supports Administrator Lee Zeldin and the EPA’s decision to transmit these rules to Congress due to the profound national impact they will have on all Americans. Congress should decide if such consequential rules are right for the American people and the American economy, not California.
OABA and ARA strongly supports Congress’ efforts to protect consumer vehicle choice by using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to disapprove these unachievable California vehicle rules, including those that would ban the internal combustion engine, and would harm America's economic and national security. The three CRAs introduced in the House are the following -
- H.J.Res. 88, the Advanced Clean Cars II CRA, led by Rep. John Joyce (PA-13);
- H.J.Res. 87, the Advanced Clean Trucks CRA, led by Rep. John James (MI-10); and
- H.J.Res. 89, the Low Omnibus NOx resolution, led by Rep. Jay Obernolte (CA-23).
The CRA introduced in the Senate is S.J. Res 46.
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Please weigh in with your members of Congress and urge them to vote YES on these CRAs to overturn harmful regulations and support consumer vehicle choice.
