H.R. 4468 – Reading Mode

IIB

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4468

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 7, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

AN ACT

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023.

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).

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)

Any regulation proposed or prescribed, including any revision to a regulation, under paragraph (1) on or after January 1, 2021, 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).

Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 2023.

Kevin F. McCumber,

Clerk.