{"id":"de6ee24b-57b8-46c0-a853-8eabdb8d3558","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"sjres","billNumber":55,"title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to \"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference\".","displayTitle":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to \"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference\".","abstract":"This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration titled Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference and published on January 17, 2025.This final rule establishes two new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) specifying performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source.FMVSS No. 307 sets requirements for the fuel system in hydrogen vehicles during normal vehicle operations and after crashes, as well as performance requirements for the hydrogen fuel system.FMVSS No. 308 regulates the compressed hydrogen storage system (CHSS) and includes performance requirements intended to ensure the CHSS is unlikely to leak or burst during use. It also specifies performance requirements for different CHSS closure devices (i.e., the check valves, shut-off valves, and thermally activated pressure relief devices that control the flow of hydrogen into or out of a CHSS).The final rule is based on Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles. As background, the United States is a contracting party to a 1998 agreement that is administered by the UN Economic Commission for Europe's World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations and concerns the establishment of GTRs.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Congress is using the Congressional Review Act to block a regulation issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on January 17, 2025, that set safety standards for hydrogen-powered vehicles — specifically covering fuel system integrity and compressed hydrogen storage. If this joint resolution becomes law, the regulation would have no force or effect, and the agency would be restricted from issuing a substantially similar rule without new congressional authorization.</p>","status":"INTRODUCED","topics":["GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS","EDUCATION","TRANSPORTATION"],"introducedAt":"2025-05-19T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-05-26T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55","accountabilityFlags":{"corporate_benefits":["↓ NHTSA compliance burden for hydrogen-vehicle manufacturers — Final rule on fuel-system integrity disapproved under CRA"],"average_household_impact":["↓ Federal hydrogen-vehicle safety floor — NHTSA rule on fuel-system integrity and compressed-storage standards nullified"],"transparency_accountability":["↓ Future NHTSA rulemaking authority on this topic — Agency restricted from substantially similar rule without new congressional authorization"]},"tldr":"Blocks a federal safety rule for hydrogen-vehicle fuel systems and bars regulators from reissuing a similar one without new congressional approval.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Held at the desk.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Transportation and Public Works","legislativeSubjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Congressional oversight","Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles"],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).","latestTextVersion":"Placed on Calendar Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"de6ee24b-57b8-46c0-a853-8eabdb8d3558","feedIdentityKey":"119/sjres/55","websiteBillId":"SJRES-55","yourvoiceSummary":"Congress is using the Congressional Review Act to block a regulation issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on January 17, 2025, that set safety standards for hydrogen-powered vehicles — specifically covering fuel system integrity and compressed hydrogen storage. If this joint resolution becomes law, the regulation would have no force or effect, and the agency would be restricted from issuing a substantially similar rule without new congressional authorization.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T08:05:08.687915+00:00"}