119-s996

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 996 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 996

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of 
 motor vehicles with internal combustion engines, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 12, 2025

 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
 Cruz, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
Ricketts, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Lummis, 
 Mrs. Britt, Mr. Risch, Mr. Justice, and Mr. Scott of Florida) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Environment and Public Works

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 A BILL

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of 
 motor vehicles with internal combustion engines, and for other 
 purposes.

 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 of 2025''.

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
        (A) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and inserting a semicolon;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``, or'' at 
 the end and inserting a semicolon;
            (C) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) the State standards directly or indirectly limit the 
 sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion 
 engines (as 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) Scope of Waivers.--The Administrator may not determine that 
any State standard amended after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph is within the scope of a waiver granted under paragraph

    (1) before that date of enactment.''.

    (b) Effect on Certain Existing Waivers.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall revoke a waiver that was 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 of the Environmental 
Protection Agency finds that the waiver does not comply with 
subparagraph
            (D) of paragraph

    (1) of that section (as amended by 
subsection

    (a)

    (1)
            (D) ).
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