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This bill would stop states from using federal air pollution waivers to phase out or ban the sale or use of new gasoline and other internal combustion engine vehicles. In simple terms, it says states cannot use these Clean Air Act waivers to directly or indirectly block people from buying new cars with traditional engines. It also tells the Environmental Protection Agency not to treat later state rules as covered by these waivers, and it would require EPA to take away certain waivers already granted since early 2022 if they do not fit the new rule.
- It changes the Clean Air Act rules for state air-quality waivers.
- It adds a new limit: state standards cannot directly or indirectly restrict the sale or use of new vehicles with internal combustion engines.
- It bars EPA from deciding that new state rules, added after this bill becomes law, are covered by an existing waiver.
- It requires EPA to revoke some waivers given between January 1, 2022, and the day the bill becomes law if they conflict with the new limit.
Official Summaries
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
This bill modifies the waiver process under the Clean Air Act related to state emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines).
Under current law, states are preempted from adopting or enforcing emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines) unless the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides a waiver authorizing a state to adopt such standards if certain requirements are met.
The bill provides that state standards that directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines are not eligible for waivers. The bill also prohibits the EPA from determining that any state standards amended after the bill's enactment are within the scope of an existing waiver.
Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to revoke waivers granted between January 1, 2022, and the date of enactment of this bill if the standards directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 346 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 346
To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of
internal combustion engines.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. LaMalfa)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of
internal combustion engines.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Choice in Vehicle
Purchases Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE STANDARDS.
(a) Amendments.--Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7543(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the ``or'' at
the end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``part.'' and
inserting ``part, or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) such State standards directly or indirectly limit the
sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion
engines, as such term is defined in section 63.9375 of title
40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1,
2023.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) The Administrator may not determine that any State standards
amended after the date of enactment of this paragraph are within the
scope of a waiver granted under paragraph (1) before the date of
enactment of this paragraph.''.
(b) Effect on Certain Existing Waivers.--The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall revoke a waiver granted under
section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) during the
period that begins on January 1, 2022, and ends on the date of
enactment of this Act if the Administrator finds that such waiver does
not comply with subparagraph (D) of section 209(b)(1) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)(1)), as added by this Act.
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