HJRES-210 — 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 Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".

YourVoice.Now Summary

EnvironmentCorporate Benefits

Would cancel EPA approval of California's rule making docked ships cut engine pollution — and bar a near-identical rule later.

Environment

Pollution limits on ships docked in California

California's 2020 rule makes container, refrigerated, cruise, car carrier, and tanker ships cut engine pollution while tied up at busy terminals. Canceling the EPA's 2023 approval would take away the federal sign-off that rule needs.

EPA approval of a near-identical rule — new law needed

Under the Congressional Review Act, a rule Congress cancels cannot come back in nearly the same form. The EPA would need Congress to pass a new law before approving a close copy of this California decision.

Corporate Benefits

Shipping lines' savings at California docks — pollution rule would end

Covered ships now have to plug into shore power or use approved gear to trap their exhaust, and both cost money to install and run. Ships would not have to do either at California docks if the approval is canceled.

More about this bill

If you live or work near a California port, this one touches the air there. It would cancel a 2023 EPA decision. That decision let California make large ships cut engine pollution while they sit at the dock. The House passed the resolution on September 15, 2026, by a vote of 216 to 211. It now goes to the Senate. Under California's 2020 rule, covered ships must cut engine pollution at the dock. They can plug into shore power or use approved gear to trap the exhaust. The rule reaches container, refrigerated, cruise, car carrier, and tanker ships at busy terminals. Car carriers and tankers were added in 2020. Without the EPA's approval, California would lose the federal sign-off that rule needs. Canceling it would also block a near-identical rule later, unless a new law allows one.

Congressional Summary

Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.

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Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Passed House
Action Date: 2026-09-15
Date Added: 2026-09-11
Source: Congress.gov →

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