118 HR 4468 RH: Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-09-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IBUnion Calendar No. 135118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4468[Report No. 118–171]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 6, 2023Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mr. James, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Dunn of Florida, 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 CommerceSeptember 1, 2023Additional 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. HinsonSeptember 1, 2023Reported 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 printedA BILLTo 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.

1.

Short title

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

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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).

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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).

September 1, 2023Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed