119-hr346

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 346 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 346

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of 
 internal combustion engines.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 13, 2025

Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. LaMalfa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of 
 internal combustion engines.

 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 ``Preserving Choice in Vehicle 
Purchases Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE STANDARDS.

    (a) Amendments.--

Section 209

    (b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7543

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking the ``or'' at 
 the end;
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``part.'' and 
 inserting ``part, or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) such State standards directly or indirectly limit the 
 sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion 
 engines, as such term is defined in 

section 63.9375 of title 
 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 
 2023.''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) The Administrator may not determine that any State standards 
amended after the date of enactment of this paragraph are within the 
scope of a waiver granted under paragraph

    (1) before the date of 
enactment of this paragraph.''.

    (b) Effect on Certain Existing Waivers.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall revoke a waiver granted under 

section 209

    (b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543

    (b) ) during the 
period that begins on January 1, 2022, and ends on the date of 
enactment of this Act if the Administrator finds that such waiver does 
not comply with subparagraph
            (D) of 

section 209

    (b)

    (1) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7543

    (b)

    (1) ), as added by this Act.
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