Oppose California’s Advanced Clean Fleets waiver request.

Congressman Valadao Leads Request for EPA to Deny California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Waiver Request ... urging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to deny California’s waiver request to implement the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

Valadao urged EPA to reject California’s waiver request for its Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

News List | U.S. Congressman David Valadao
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AP reported that CARB withdrew its requests for federal approval of stricter emissions rules for locomotives and semi-trucks because EPA had not approved them; EPA said it would take no further action.

Direct evidence that California's pending federal request covering the semi-truck/big-rig clean-fleet rule was withdrawn, leaving the waiver request no longer pending and not granted.

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California pulls back EPA requests for approval to phase out diesel-powered trains and big rigs
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

The House Clerk records H.J. Res. 87 as congressional disapproval of an EPA California heavy-duty vehicle waiver notice. The resolution passed 231-191; Valadao voted Yea.

Valadao took a concrete official vote against a closely related California heavy-duty clean-truck waiver, though this was Advanced Clean Trucks rather than the withdrawn Advanced Clean Fleets request.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 111 | Bill Number: H. J. Res. 87
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Public Law 119-15 states that Congress disapproved EPA's California heavy-duty vehicle waiver notice and that the rule has no force or effect.

The related California heavy-duty clean-truck waiver rollback became law, reinforcing that Valadao's Yea vote produced a completed statutory disapproval of a similar waiver.

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Public Law 119-15, H.J. Res. 87
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%