Why It Matters
The House Rules Committee scheduled an oversight hearing for September 14 that lists Two of the bills, H.J. Res. 213 and H.J. Res. 210, would allow Congress to reject an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that lets California set its own pollution control standards.
The Hearing
The House Rules Committee scheduled an oversight hearing for the 119th Congress. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair, will oversee discussion of H.J. Res. 210 and H.J. Res. 213, along with H.R. 9576, the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026, and H.R. 10326, the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act. The Committee on Rules also listed H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, with Senate amendments.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair, will oversee discussion of H.J. Res. 210 and H.J. Res. 213, along with H.R. 9576, the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026, and H.R. 10326, the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act. The Committee on Rules also listed H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, with Senate amendments.
Context
Context
H.J. Res. 210 seeks congressional disapproval of an EPA rule concerning California's nonroad engine pollution-control standards for ocean-going vessels at berth. The EPA granted the California Air Resources Board authorization of amendments to its Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth regulation, which specifies auxiliary-engine emission-reduction requirements.
H.J. Res. 213 targets the EPA's decision on California's Commercial Harbor Craft regulation. The EPA partially granted CARB's request for authorization of amendments adopted in 2022 to that regulation. The California rule sets requirements involving standards for nonroad engines, with engines on all new commercial harbor craft vessels required to meet applicable certified emission standards in effect when the vessel is acquired.
Both resolutions operate under the Congressional Review Act, chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, which allows lawmakers to disapprove agency rules.
H.J. Res. 210 seeks congressional disapproval of an EPA rule concerning California's nonroad engine pollution-control standards for ocean-going vessels at berth. The EPA granted the California Air Resources Board (CARB) authorization of amendments to its Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth regulation, which specifies auxiliary-engine emission-reduction requirements.
H.J. Res. 213 targets the EPA's decision on California's Commercial Harbor Craft regulation. The EPA partially granted CARB's request for authorization of amendments adopted in 2022 to that regulation. The California rule sets requirements involving standards for nonroad engines, with engines on all new commercial harbor craft vessels required to meet applicable certified emission standards in effect when the vessel is acquired.
Both resolutions operate under the Congressional Review Act, chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, which allows lawmakers to disapprove agency rules.
The Bottom Line
The hearing represents an early test of how aggressively the 119th Congress will use its disapproval authority against environmental rules that states have sought and the EPA has approved.
The hearing represents an test of how aggressively the 119th Congress will use its disapproval authority against environmental rules that states have sought and the EPA has approved.
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