CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 275

119th Congress · Session 1 · May 21, 2025

The vote on whether to pass the joint resolution

A joint resolution is a bill by another name: it goes to the other chamber and then to the President. Most of them are used to overturn a rule an agency has made.

What was being voted on

119-SJRES-55 — 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".

This joint resolution aims to overturn a specific rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The rule concerns Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards regarding the fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles and compressed hydrogen storage system integrity. If passed, this resolution would provide congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code. Consequently, the rule would have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 55
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".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 51Nay: 46Not Voting: 3100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04401
Independent I0200
Republican R51002
Official record
How each member voted (100)
51 yea, 46 nay, 3 not voting