“To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the establishment of motor vehicle emission and fuel standards, and for other purposes.”
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This section states congressional findings that (1) fuel emissions regulations increase costs for consumers and manufacturers; (2) overlapping standards from the Environmental Protection Agency, California, and Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations create uncertainty for manufacturers; (3) such regulations stifle innovation, disrupt supply chains, and burden small and medium-sized auto suppliers; (4) conflicting standards require compliance with multiple regulations, raising production costs passed to consumers; and (5) eliminating federal and state fuel emissions standards will restore regulatory certainty, lower family costs, and strengthen U.S. manufacturing.
This section repeals Section 202 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), which authorizes the EPA Administrator to prescribe by regulation national emission standards for air pollutants from new motor vehicles and engines (including technology-based standards for heavy-duty vehicles); amends CAA Section 209 to preempt all state motor vehicle emission standards by eliminating subsection (b) waivers (previously available to California and other states for stricter standards); repeals the statutory authority for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards (49 U.S.C. §§32902-32918, administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to improve passenger car and light truck fuel efficiency); and amends 49 U.S.C. §32919 to preempt all state fuel economy standards. The section further nullifies any existing federal regulations, state laws, or executive orders issued under the repealed authorities and deems all references to such standards in federal law, executive orders, rules, or documents void and unenforceable. (Thus, no federal or state emission or fuel economy standards apply to new motor vehicles or engines after enactment.)
This section prohibits the federal government from establishing, enforcing, or maintaining fuel emission standards for motor vehicles; bars states and their political subdivisions from enforcing or maintaining such standards; and nullifies any existing federal or state laws, regulations, or executive orders establishing fuel emission standards for motor vehicles.