House Passes Bill 221-197 to Block Biden From Using EPA to Ban Gas-Powered Cars and to Mandate EVs
In a vote of 221-to-197, the House today passed the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act (H.R. 4468). Introduced by Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and supported by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the bill would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing its proposed vehicle emissions rule that would limit what kind of cars Americans can buy. The CARS Act would also amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the agency from mandating the use of any specific technologies or limiting the “availability of new motor vehicles based on the type of new motor vehicle engine in such new motor vehicles.”
Following passage, Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Daren Bakst said:
“I applaud the House of Representatives for passing the CARS Act on a bipartisan basis. This commonsense measure would stop the EPA from moving forward with its tailpipe emission rule that would restrict the freedom of Americans to choose the vehicle that best fits their needs. The bill would also help block any similar efforts in the future. Reps. Walberg and Clyde should be commended for introducing and securing passage of the bill, and I urge their counterparts in the Senate to swiftly pass the measure to ensure the EPA’s attack on consumer choice is killed once and for all.”
Final Vote Results for Roll Call 703 (house.gov)
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Union Calendar No. 135
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118th CONGRESS
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[Report No. 118–171]
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions from vehicles, and for other purposes.
Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mr. James, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Dunn of Flozrida, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Allen, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Self, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nehls, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Rosendale, and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Additional sponsors: Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Cammack, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Harris, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Latta, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Griffith, and Mrs. Hinson
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions from vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition against finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions from vehicles.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on May 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 29184).
SEC. 3. Ensuring tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles.
(a) In general.—Section 202(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking “(2) Any regulation” and inserting “(2)(A) Any regulation”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, any regulation prescribed under paragraph (1) (and any revision thereof), including any such regulation or revision prescribed before the date of enactment of this subparagraph, shall not—
“(i) mandate the use of any specific technology; or
“(ii) result in limited availability of new motor vehicles based on the type of new motor vehicle engine in such new motor vehicles.”.
(b) Necessary revisions to regulations.—Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate such revisions to regulations as may be necessary to conform such regulations to section 202(a)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act, as added by subsection (a).
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