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 controlling 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, including— (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 vehicles 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 communities are at a greater risk of experiencing those impacts, including— (1) children; (2) the elderly; (3) individuals with lung and heart disease; (4) low-income communities; and (5) communities of color; 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 applicable 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 standards, 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 Federal requirements