H.R. 4468 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4468 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 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 Commerce A BILL To 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. 2. 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). 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)(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).