S. 995

119 S995 IS: Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-12
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 995  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    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025  .
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.
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)).