IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 65 
Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and 
defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect 
the people of those States from harmful air pollution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 
Mr. DESAULNIER
(for himself, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. TORRES 
of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RUSH, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MENG, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Mr. RYAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ENGEL, 
Ms. HILL
of California, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. 
SHALALA, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. WELCH, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. COURT-
NEY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
SUOZZI, Ms. BASS, Ms. PORTER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, 
Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. BERA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. KENNEDY, 
Mr. RUIZ, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. COX of California, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
CORREA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
EVANS, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the 
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•HCON 65 IH 
United States and defending the authority of States 
under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those 
States from harmful air pollution. 
Whereas Congress enacted the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.), which requires the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to set standards con-
trolling air pollutant emissions from motor vehicles to 
prevent the endangerment of public health and welfare; 
Whereas motor vehicle pollution contributes to serious health 
problems faced by the people of the United States, in-
cluding— 
(1) asthma attacks; 
(2) heart attacks; 
(3) lung cancer; and 
(4) premature death; 
Whereas through climate change, greenhouse gas (referred to 
in this preamble as ‘‘GHG’’) emissions from motor vehi-
cles contribute to other health burdens, including— 
(1) worsened air pollution; 
(2) extreme heat; 
(3) increased spread of infectious diseases; and 
(4) exacerbated natural disasters; 
Whereas all people of the United States are vulnerable to the 
health impacts of GHGs, but many individuals and com-
munities are at a greater risk of experiencing those im-
pacts, including— 
(1) children; 
(2) the elderly; 
(3) individuals with lung and heart disease; 
(4) low-income communities; and 
(5) communities of color; 
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Whereas recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change and the United States Global Change 
Research Program affirm the need to mitigate climate 
change and its impacts; 
Whereas section 209 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) 
preserves the authority of the State of California to set 
vehicle emissions standards that, in the aggregate, are at 
least as protective of public health and welfare as applica-
ble Federal vehicle emissions standards; 
Whereas section 177 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7507) 
allows States other than California to adopt the stand-
ards, which are, in the aggregate, at least as protective 
of public health and welfare as applicable Federal vehicle 
emissions standards, set by California in lieu of the Fed-
eral requirements; 
Whereas the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in 
this preamble as the ‘‘EPA’’) has authority under the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to regulate GHG 
emissions from vehicles; 
Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, 
New 
York, 
Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, 
Rhode 
Island, 
Vermont, and Washington have exercised the authority to 
adopt, pursuant to the rights of those States preserved 
under section 177 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7507), 
vehicle emissions standards adopted by California that 
are, in the aggregate, at least as protective of public 
health and welfare as the otherwise applicable standards 
set by the Federal Government; 
Whereas the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6201 et seq.) and the Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act 
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