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H.R. 2165

U.S. House•Introduced

Summary

H.R. 2165, the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Mar 14, 2025 by Rep. Tim Walberg (R) with 15 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Mar 27, 2025: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1317).

Record

Text

H.R. 2165 has 15 co-sponsors.

hb2165/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2165 IH: Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-14
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 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.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2165  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 14, 2025   Mr. Walberg  (for himself,  Mr. Fulcher ,  Mr. Bilirakis , and  Mr. Allen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025  .
2.
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 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).

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-14
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Mar 14, 2025

hb2165/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (03/14/2025)

Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025

This bill limits the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to regulating emissions standards for new motor vehicles. Specifically, the EPA is prohibited from prescribing a regulation related to new motor vehicle emissions standards that (1) mandates the use of any specific technology, or (2) results in limited availability of new motor vehicles based on the type of new motor vehicle engine.

Sponsors

Rep. Tim Walberg (R) sponsors H.R. 2165, and 15 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2165 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Mar 14, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2165 has taken 3 actions since Mar 14, 2025, the latest on Mar 27, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 27, 2025
House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1317)
Mar 14, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2165 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2165 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 6 firms and 40 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2165 in 26 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Government Issues, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESTrade associationTennessee15$115K
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION—Virginia14—
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS—District of Columbia13—
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY—Virginia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION16—
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC16—
ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES15$115K
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION14—
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS13—
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 40.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BRIAN HENNEBERRY116
CATHERINE HAGGETT116
ELIZABETH SCOTT116
JASON LAWRENCE116
RANJANA KODWANI116
JAMES EDWARDS115
JANEY GREEN115
JORDAN AUSTIN115
CHARLES DYJAK114
DANIEL INGBER114
IVETTE RIVERA114
KERRY FEEHERY114
MICHAEL HARRINGTON114
PAUL METREY114
AARON RINGEL113
CHET THOMPSON113
CORY TOTH113
GEOFFREY MOODY113
HANNAH SZTORC113
NATALIA REYES BECERRA113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2026 first_quarter$3.1M1st Quarter - Report
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2025 first_quarter$2.8M1st Quarter - Report
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2026 second_quarter$2.8M2nd Quarter - Report
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2025 third_quarter$2.3M3rd Quarter - Report
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2025 second_quarter$2.3M2nd Quarter - Report
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLCKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2025 fourth_quarter$1.9M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERSAMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS2025 first_quarter$1.8M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERSAMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS2025 third_quarter$1.7M3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$1.6M3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$1.3M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERSAMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS2025 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2026 second_quarter$660K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$560K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$160K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$120K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$70K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2165 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2165’s is Environmental Protection.

hr2165/policy-areas.txt
Environmental ProtectionAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2165, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 49 (Friday, March 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALBERG:H.R. 2165.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H1164]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com