[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 995 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 995
To repeal a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to
multi-pollutant emissions standards, to amend the Clean Air Act to
ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new
motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2025
Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.
Risch, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Marshall,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Cruz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Justice, Mrs. Capito, Ms.
Lummis, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To repeal a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to
multi-pollutant emissions standards, to amend the Clean Air Act to
ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new
motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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 ``Choice in Automobile Retail Sales
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MULTI-POLLUTANT EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR LIGHT-DUTY
AND MEDIUM-DUTY VEHICLES.
The final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled
``Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later
Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles'' (89 Fed. Reg. 27842 (April 18,
2024)) shall have no force or effect.
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)(2)) 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, including a revision to a regulation,
prescribed under paragraph (1), including any regulation
prescribed after January 1, 2021, and any regulation proposed
after 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 those regulations to
subparagraph (B) of section 202(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7521(a)(2)) (as added by subsection (a)).
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