[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2705 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2705

To limit the applicability of the final rule entitled ``Greenhouse Gas 
  Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty 
 Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2'' to the extent such final rule relates 
to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection 
                       with a propulsion system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Russell) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the applicability of the final rule entitled ``Greenhouse Gas 
  Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty 
 Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2'' to the extent such final rule relates 
to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection 
                       with a propulsion system.

    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 ``Truck, Trailer, and Transport 
Efficiency Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULE TO THE EXTENT SUCH 
              RULE RELATES TO TRAILERS THAT DO NOT THEMSELVES EMIT 
              GREENHOUSE GASES IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPULSION SYSTEM.

    (a) Prohibition.--Effective as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, the final rule entitled ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel 
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--
Phase 2'' published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2016 (81 
Fed. Reg. 73478), shall cease to apply to the extent such final rule 
relates to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in 
connection with a propulsion system.
    (b) Conforming Changes.--The Administrators of the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, acting jointly, shall promulgate a final regulation 
revising the final rule cited in subsection (a) (including the 
amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations made thereby) so as to 
make such final rule inapplicable to the extent such final rule relates 
to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection 
with a propulsion system.
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