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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2814
5	5	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an enhanced
6	6	deduction for wages paid to automobile manufacturing workers, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL10, 2025
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	ALDERSON(for himself and Mr. BARR) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
13	13	addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
14	14	quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
15	15	provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish
18	18	an enhanced deduction for wages paid to automobile
19	19	manufacturing workers, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
23	23	(a) S
24	24	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
25	25	‘‘Transportation Freedom Act’’. 5
26	26	(b) T
27	27	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6
28	28	this Act is as follows: 7
29	29	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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33	33	TITLE I—SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE
34	34	MANUFACTURING
35	35	Sec. 101. Enhanced deduction for wages paid to automobile manufacturing
36	36	workers.
37	37	TITLE II—MULTIPOLLUTANT EMISSIONS STANDARDS
38	38	Sec. 201. Repeal of multipollutant emissions standards for light-duty and me-
39	39	dium-duty vehicles.
40	40	Sec. 202. Repeal of phase 3 heavy-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions stand-
41	41	ards.
42	42	Sec. 203. Repeal of CAFE standards rules.
43	43	TITLE III—EMISSIONS WAIVERS
44	44	Sec. 301. Elimination of vehicle emissions waivers.
45	45	TITLE IV—FEDERAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS STANDARDS
46	46	AND CAFE STANDARDS
47	47	Subtitle A—Establishment of New Passenger Automobile Standards
48	48	Sec. 401. Definitions.
49	49	Sec. 402. Establishment of CAFE standards and greenhouse gas emissions
50	50	standards.
51	51	Sec. 403. Compliance with fleet average carbon dioxide emissions standards.
52	52	Sec. 404. Authorization of appropriations.
53	53	Subtitle B—Establishment of New Heavy-duty Vehicle Standards
54	54	Sec. 411. Establishment of heavy-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions stand-
55	55	ards.
56	56	TITLE I—SUPPORT FOR AMER-1
57	57	ICAN AUTOMOBILE MANU-2
58	58	FACTURING 3
59	59	SEC. 101. ENHANCED DEDUCTION FOR WAGES PAID TO 4
60	60	AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING WORKERS. 5
61	61	(a) I
62	62	NGENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-6
63	63	ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 7
64	64	by adding at the end the following new section: 8
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68	68	‘‘SEC. 199B. WAGES PAID TO AUTOMOBILE MANUFAC-1
69	69	TURING WORKERS. 2
70	70	‘‘(a) I
71	71	NGENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 3
72	72	for which an election is made under subsection (g) by a 4
73	73	qualifying taxpayer, there shall be allowed a deduction 5
74	74	equal to 200 percent of an amount equal to the total 6
75	75	amount of eligible wages paid or incurred by such taxpayer 7
76	76	during such taxable year. 8
77	77	‘‘(b) Q
78	78	UALIFYINGTAXPAYER.—For purposes of this 9
79	79	section, the term ‘qualifying taxpayer’ means an entity 10
80	80	which, with respect to any taxable year— 11
81	81	‘‘(1) is engaged in the production of auto-12
82	82	mobiles or automotive components in the United 13
83	83	States, 14
84	84	‘‘(2) with respect to any automobiles, light-duty 15
85	85	trucks, and heavy-duty trucks sold by the entity for 16
86	86	use in the United States during the preceding tax-17
87	87	able year, the final assembly (as defined in section 18
88	88	30D(d)(5)) of not less than 75 percent of such vehi-19
89	89	cles occurred in the United States, 20
90	90	‘‘(3) with respect to the manufacturing of fin-21
91	91	ished engines, transmissions, or advanced battery 22
92	92	cells (including manufacturing pursuant to joint ven-23
93	93	tures or other collaborative manufacturing agree-24
94	94	ments) during the preceding taxable year, not less 25
95	95	than 75 percent of such finished engines, trans-26
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99	99	missions, or advanced battery cells which were incor-1
100	100	porated into new automobiles, light-duty trucks, or 2
101	101	heavy-duty trucks for sale by the entity were pro-3
102	102	duced in the United States, 4
103	103	‘‘(4) during the preceding taxable year, did not 5
104	104	transfer production outside of the United States of 6
105	105	any automobile or automobile component manufac-7
106	106	tured in the United States, 8
107	107	‘‘(5) during the preceding taxable year, with re-9
108	108	spect to all applicable individuals, offered— 10
109	109	‘‘(A) coverage for the applicable individual 11
110	110	under a group health plan in the platinum level 12
111	111	of coverage (as described in section 13
112	112	1302(d)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and 14
113	113	Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 15
114	114	18022(d)(1)(D))) or a higher level of coverage, 16
115	115	and 17
116	116	‘‘(B) participation in a defined benefit plan 18
117	117	or defined contribution plan that meets the ap-19
118	118	plicable requirement of subsection (e), 20
119	119	‘‘(6) during the preceding taxable year, with re-21
120	120	spect to all retired individuals who, prior to retire-22
121	121	ment, were applicable individuals, offered coverage 23
122	122	for the retired individual under a group health plan 24
123	123	in the platinum level of coverage (as described in 25
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127	127	section 1302(d)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and 1
128	128	Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(d)(1)(D))) or 2
129	129	a higher level of coverage, 3
130	130	‘‘(7) with respect to every $1,000,000,000 dis-4
131	131	tributed as non-recurring dividends, or in stock 5
132	132	which was redeemed (within the meaning of section 6
133	133	317(b)), by such entity during such taxable year, 7
134	134	provided not less than $2,000 to each applicable in-8
135	135	dividual through a profit-sharing plan, with such 9
136	136	amount to be in addition to any prior commitment 10
137	137	made by the entity pursuant to an existing profit- 11
138	138	sharing plan, as determined as of the date of such 12
139	139	distribution or redemption, and 13
140	140	‘‘(8) maintained a neutral position during the 14
141	141	preceding taxable year— 15
142	142	‘‘(A) in any labor organization organizing 16
143	143	effort, and 17
144	144	‘‘(B) with respect to the exercise of em-18
145	145	ployees and labor organizations of their rights 19
146	146	under the National Labor Relations Act (29 20
147	147	U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 21
148	148	‘‘(c) E
149	149	LIGIBLEWAGES.— 22
150	150	‘‘(1) I
151	151	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-23
152	152	tion, the term ‘eligible wages’ means any wages paid 24
153	153	or incurred by a qualifying taxpayer during the tax-25
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157	157	able year to any applicable individual, provided that 1
158	158	the wages paid to such individual during such tax-2
159	159	able year are not less than the 75th percentile of 3
160	160	wages paid for the occupation of the individual (as 4
161	161	designated in accordance with the Standard Occupa-5
162	162	tional Classification System) with respect to the ap-6
163	163	plicable 4-digit industry group code of the North 7
164	164	American Industry Classification System. 8
165	165	‘‘(2) L
166	166	IMITATION.—The amount of wages which 9
167	167	may be taken into account under subsection (a)(1) 10
168	168	with respect to any applicable individual shall not 11
169	169	exceed $150,000 per taxable year. 12
170	170	‘‘(d) A
171	171	PPLICABLEINDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 13
172	172	section, the term ‘applicable individual’ means an indi-14
173	173	vidual directly engaged in the manufacturing of auto-15
174	174	mobiles or automotive components in the United States. 16
175	175	‘‘(e) P
176	176	ENSIONREQUIREMENTS.— 17
177	177	‘‘(1) D
178	178	EFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS .—The 18
179	179	requirement described in this subsection with respect 19
180	180	to a defined benefit plan is that such plan is pro-20
181	181	jected to provide an applicable individual with not 21
182	182	less than 50 percent wage replacement upon retire-22
183	183	ment, for the entire length of the individual’s retire-23
184	184	ment, provided the applicable individual is employed 24
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188	188	by the qualifying taxpayer and a participant in the 1
189	189	plan for a minimum of 30 years. 2
190	190	‘‘(2) D
191	191	EFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION 3
192	192	PLANS.—The requirement described in this sub-4
193	193	section with respect to a defined contribution plan is 5
194	194	that such plan is a qualified cash or deferred ar-6
195	195	rangement as defined in section 401(k) under the 7
196	196	terms of which the employer contribution is not less 8
197	197	than 10 percent of the participating employee’s 9
198	198	wages during the preceding tax year. 10
199	199	‘‘(f) D
200	200	ENIAL OFDEDUCTION FORTRADE ORBUSI-11
201	201	NESSEXPENSES.—No deduction shall be allowed under 12
202	202	section 162(a) with respect to any wages or contributions 13
203	203	taken into account in determining the deduction under 14
204	204	subsection (a). 15
205	205	‘‘(g) E
206	206	LECTION.—Subsection (a) shall apply only 16
207	207	with respect to such portion of the eligible wages paid or 17
208	208	incurred by the qualifying taxpayer, or contributions made 18
209	209	by such taxpayer, during the taxable year as are elected 19
210	210	by such taxpayer. 20
211	211	‘‘(h) C
212	212	ERTIFICATION.—No deduction shall be allowed 21
213	213	under subsection (a) unless the taxpayer submits to the 22
214	214	Secretary (at such times and in such manner as the Sec-23
215	215	retary provides) a certification that the applicable require-24
216	216	ments under this section have been satisfied.’’. 25
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220	220	(b) ADJUSTEDFINANCIALSTATEMENTINCOME.— 1
221	221	Section 56A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 2
222	222	amended— 3
223	223	(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-4
224	224	graph (16), and 5
225	225	(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-6
226	226	lowing new paragraph: 7
227	227	‘‘(15) W
228	228	AGES PAID TO AUTOMOBILE MANUFAC -8
229	229	TURING WORKERS.—Adjusted financial statement in-9
230	230	come shall be— 10
231	231	‘‘(A) reduced by the deduction for eligible 11
232	232	wages allowed under section 199B to the extent 12
233	233	of the amount allowed as deductions in com-13
234	234	puting taxable income for the taxable year, and 14
235	235	‘‘(B) appropriately adjusted— 15
236	236	‘‘(i) to disregard any wages taken into 16
237	237	account on the taxpayer’s applicable finan-17
238	238	cial statement that were also taken into ac-18
239	239	count in determining the amount of the de-19
240	240	duction allowed under section 199B, and 20
241	241	‘‘(ii) to take into account any other 21
242	242	item specified by the Secretary in order to 22
243	243	provide that such wages are accounted for 23
244	244	in the same manner as accounted for 24
245	245	under this chapter.’’. 25
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249	249	(c) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 1
250	250	for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 2
251	251	is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 3
252	252	‘‘Sec. 199B. Wages paid to automobile manufacturing workers.’’.
253	253	(d) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 4
254	254	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 5
255	255	the date of enactment of this Act. 6
256	256	TITLE II—MULTIPOLLUTANT 7
257	257	EMISSIONS STANDARDS 8
258	258	SEC. 201. REPEAL OF MULTIPOLLUTANT EMISSIONS 9
259	259	STANDARDS FOR LIGHT-DUTY AND MEDIUM- 10
260	260	DUTY VEHICLES. 11
261	261	The final rule of the Administrator of the Environ-12
262	262	mental Protection Agency entitled ‘‘Multi-Pollutant Emis-13
263	263	sions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light- 14
264	264	Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 27842 15
265	265	(April 18, 2024)) shall have no force or effect. 16
266	266	SEC. 202. REPEAL OF PHASE 3 HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE 17
267	267	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS STANDARDS. 18
268	268	The final rule of the Administrator of the Environ-19
269	269	mental Protection Agency entitled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas 20
270	270	Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3’’ 21
271	271	(89 Fed. Reg. 29440 (April 22, 2024)) shall have no force 22
272	272	or effect. 23
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276	276	SEC. 203. REPEAL OF CAFE STANDARDS RULES. 1
277	277	The final rules of the National Highway Traffic Safe-2
278	278	ty Administration entitled ‘‘Corporate Average Fuel Econ-3
279	279	omy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for 4
280	280	Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Stand-5
281	281	ards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model 6
282	282	Years 2030 and Beyond’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 52540 (June 24, 7
283	283	2024)) and ‘‘Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 8
284	284	for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 9
285	285	2027–2032 and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy- 10
286	286	Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030– 11
287	287	2035; Correction’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 60832 (July 29, 2024)) 12
288	288	shall have no force or effect. 13
289	289	TITLE III—EMISSIONS WAIVERS 14
290	290	SEC. 301. ELIMINATION OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS WAIVERS. 15
291	291	(a) A
292	292	MENDMENT.—Section 209(b) of the Clean Air 16
293	293	Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) is amended by adding at the end 17
294	294	the following: 18
295	295	‘‘(4) N
296	296	O FURTHER WAIVERS .—Notwithstanding 19
297	297	any other provision of this section, beginning on the 20
298	298	date of enactment of this paragraph, the Adminis-21
299	299	trator shall not grant a waiver under paragraph (1) 22
300	300	to enforce a standard for the control of emissions 23
301	301	from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle en-24
302	302	gines that differs from a standard established under 25
303	303	this Act by the Administrator.’’. 26
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307	307	(b) REVOCATION OFEXISTINGSTANDARDS.—Each 1
308	308	waiver issued under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act 2
309	309	(42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) before the date of enactment of this 3
310	310	Act, including any waiver issued under that section to the 4
311	311	State of California for zero-emission vehicle mandates, is 5
312	312	revoked. 6
313	313	(c) R
314	314	EPEAL.— 7
315	315	(1) I
316	316	N GENERAL.—Section 177 of the Clean Air 8
317	317	Act (42 U.S.C. 7507) is repealed. 9
318	318	(2) C
319	319	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 10
320	320	249(e)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 11
321	321	7589(e)(3)) is amended by striking the second sen-12
322	322	tence. 13
323	323	TITLE IV—FEDERAL GREEN-14
324	324	HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 15
325	325	STANDARDS AND CAFE 16
326	326	STANDARDS 17
327	327	Subtitle A—Establishment of New 18
328	328	Passenger Automobile Standards 19
329	329	SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 20
330	330	In this subtitle: 21
331	331	(1) A
332	332	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-22
333	333	trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-23
334	334	mental Protection Agency. 24
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338	338	(2) CAFE STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘CAFE 1
339	339	standards’’ means the Corporate Average Fuel 2
340	340	Economy standards required under section 32902(a) 3
341	341	of title 49, United States Code. 4
342	342	(3) G
343	343	REENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .—The term 5
344	344	‘‘greenhouse gas emissions’’ means emissions of car-6
345	345	bon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other gases 7
346	346	that contribute to climate change. 8
347	347	(4) S
348	348	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9
349	349	the Secretary of Transportation. 10
350	350	SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAFE STANDARDS AND 11
351	351	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS STANDARDS. 12
352	352	(a) N
353	353	EWSTANDARDS.— 13
354	354	(1) CAFE
355	355	STANDARDS.—Not later than 180 14
356	356	days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 15
357	357	Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of En-16
358	358	ergy and the Administrator, shall establish CAFE 17
359	359	standards for passenger automobiles (as defined in 18
360	360	section 32901(a) of title 49, United States Code) 19
361	361	and light-duty trucks (as defined in section 20
362	362	86.1803–01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 21
363	363	(or a successor regulation)) for model years 2027 22
364	364	through 2035 in accordance with this section. 23
365	365	(2) EPA
366	366	EMISSIONS STANDARDS .—Not later 24
367	367	than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 25
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371	371	Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 1
372	372	the Administrator, in coordination with the Sec-2
373	373	retary, shall establish standards for greenhouse gas 3
374	374	emissions from new motor vehicles and new motor 4
375	375	vehicle engines (as those terms are defined in section 5
376	376	216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550)) under 6
377	377	section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521) 7
378	378	for model years 2027 through 2035 in accordance 8
379	379	with this section. 9
380	380	(b) R
381	381	EQUIREMENTS.— 10
382	382	(1) B
383	383	ASES.—The CAFE standards and green-11
384	384	house gas emissions standards established under 12
385	385	paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of subsection 13
386	386	(a) shall— 14
387	387	(A) be based on economic practicability 15
388	388	and reflect achievable technological advance-16
389	389	ments based on market readiness and afford-17
390	390	ability; and 18
391	391	(B) be based on evidence from industry ca-19
392	392	pacity, historical data, and independent expert 20
393	393	assessments to determine feasibility and eco-21
394	394	nomic impact, including on motor vehicle manu-22
395	395	facturing job quality and stability. 23
396	396	(2) CAFE
397	397	STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any 24
398	398	other provision of law, in establishing the CAFE 25
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402	402	standards under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary 1
403	403	may not consider the fuel economy of dedicated 2
404	404	automobiles in any baseline fleet or scenario. 3
405	405	(3) G
406	406	REENHOUSE GAS STANDARDS .—Notwith-4
407	407	standing any other provision of law, the greenhouse 5
408	408	gas emissions standards established under sub-6
409	409	section (a)(2)— 7
410	410	(A) shall be technologically feasible and 8
411	411	economically practicable for vehicles of any 9
412	412	weight class or category when operated on re-10
413	413	formulated gasoline that complies with section 11
414	414	211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 12
415	415	7545(o)); and 13
416	416	(B) shall not require, directly or indirectly, 14
417	417	the production or sale of vehicles operated on 15
418	418	electricity. 16
419	419	(c) C
420	420	ONSULTATION.— 17
421	421	(1) I
422	422	N GENERAL.—In establishing the CAFE 18
423	423	standards and greenhouse gas emissions standards 19
424	424	required under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 20
425	425	of subsection (a), the Secretary and the Adminis-21
426	426	trator shall, after providing adequate notice, consult 22
427	427	with manufacturers (as defined in section 32901(a) 23
428	428	of title 49, United States Code), energy producers, 24
429	429	consumer groups, and other relevant stakeholders. 25
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433	433	(2) USE OF FEEDBACK.—Any feedback received 1
434	434	from an entity described in paragraph (1) during a 2
435	435	consultation described in that paragraph shall be 3
436	436	considered by the Secretary and the Administrator 4
437	437	to ensure the CAFE standards and greenhouse gas 5
438	438	emissions standards required under paragraphs (1) 6
439	439	and (2), respectively, of subsection (a) are techno-7
440	440	logically and economically achievable. 8
441	441	(d) R
442	442	EPORTS; ADJUSTMENT OFSTANDARDS.— 9
443	443	(1) R
444	444	EPORTS.—The Secretary and the Adminis-10
445	445	trator shall each submit to Congress a biennial re-11
446	446	port detailing progress toward achieving the applica-12
447	447	ble standards established under subsection (a) for 13
448	448	2035. 14
449	449	(2) A
450	450	DJUSTMENT OF STANDARDS .—Based on 15
451	451	findings in a report submitted under paragraph (1), 16
452	452	including market conditions, technological advance-17
453	453	ments, and economic impact assessments, the Sec-18
454	454	retary and the Administrator, as applicable, may ad-19
455	455	just the CAFE standards and greenhouse gas emis-20
456	456	sions standards required under paragraphs (1) and 21
457	457	(2), respectively, of subsection (a). 22
458	458	(e) C
459	459	ONTINUATION OF CURRENTSTANDARDS.—If 23
460	460	the Secretary and the Administrator do not establish the 24
461	461	CAFE standards and greenhouse gas emissions standards 25
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465	465	required under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of 1
466	466	subsection (a) by the deadlines described in those para-2
467	467	graphs, the CAFE standards and greenhouse gas emis-3
468	468	sions standards for model year 2025 shall continue in ef-4
469	469	fect through model year 2035. 5
470	470	SEC. 403. COMPLIANCE WITH FLEET AVERAGE CARBON DI-6
471	471	OXIDE EMISSIONS STANDARDS. 7
472	472	(a) G
473	473	REENHOUSE GASEMISSIONSSTANDARDS.— 8
474	474	Section 206 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7525) is 9
475	475	amended by adding at the end the following: 10
476	476	‘‘(i) D
477	477	EEMEDCOMPLIANCE.—If a manufacturer com-11
478	478	plies with the applicable Corporate Average Fuel Economy 12
479	479	standards required under section 32902(a) of title 49, 13
480	480	United States Code, in a model year with respect to the 14
481	481	passenger automobiles, non-passenger automobiles, and 15
482	482	work trucks (as those terms are defined in section 16
483	483	32901(a) of that title) manufactured by the manufacturer, 17
484	484	including through payment of civil penalties pursuant to 18
485	485	section 32919 of that title or through the purchase of 19
486	486	credits available to the manufacturer under section 32903 20
487	487	of that title, the manufacturer shall be considered to be 21
488	488	in compliance with fleet-average greenhouse gas emissions 22
489	489	standards under section 202, including fleet-average car-23
490	490	bon dioxide emissions standards, that are applicable to 24
491	491	those vehicles in that model year.’’. 25
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495	495	(b) CAFE STANDARDS.—Section 32902 of title 49, 1
496	496	United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 2
497	497	following: 3
498	498	‘‘(l) D
499	499	EEMEDCOMPLIANCE.—If a manufacturer com-4
500	500	plies with the fleet-average greenhouse gas emissions 5
501	501	standards under section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42 6
502	502	U.S.C. 7521), including fleet-average carbon dioxide emis-7
503	503	sions standards, for light-duty vehicles and medium-duty 8
504	504	vehicles (as those terms are defined in section 86.1803– 9
505	505	01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 10
506	506	regulation)) for a model year, including through purchased 11
507	507	credits, the manufacturer shall be considered to be in com-12
508	508	pliance with the average fuel economy standard prescribed 13
509	509	under this section applicable to those vehicles in that 14
510	510	model year.’’. 15
511	511	SEC. 404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 16
512	512	There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 17
513	513	as are necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amend-18
514	514	ments made by this subtitle. 19
515	515	Subtitle B—Establishment of New 20
516	516	Heavy-duty Vehicle Standards 21
517	517	SEC. 411. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE 22
518	518	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS STANDARDS. 23
519	519	(a) D
520	520	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24
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524	524	(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1
525	525	trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-2
526	526	mental Protection Agency. 3
527	527	(2) G
528	528	REENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .—The term 4
529	529	‘‘greenhouse gas emissions’’ means emissions of car-5
530	530	bon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other gases 6
531	531	that contribute to climate change. 7
532	532	(b) N
533	533	EWSTANDARDS.— 8
534	534	(1) I
535	535	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 9
536	536	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-10
537	537	trator, in consultation with the Secretary of Trans-11
538	538	portation, shall publish in the Federal Register new 12
539	539	greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty 13
540	540	trucks beginning no earlier than model year 2027. 14
541	541	(2) I
542	542	NTERIM STANDARDS .—During the period 15
543	543	beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 16
544	544	ending on the date on which the new greenhouse gas 17
545	545	emissions standards established under paragraph (1) 18
546	546	is finalized, the greenhouse gas emissions standards 19
547	547	for heavy-duty trucks shall be the standards for 20
548	548	model year 2024 as described in the final rule of the 21
549	549	Administrator and the Administrator of the National 22
550	550	Highway Traffic Safety Administration entitled 23
551	551	‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency 24
552	552	Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines 25
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556	556	and Vehicles—Phase 2’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 73478 (Octo-1
557	557	ber 25, 2016)). 2
558	558	(c) R
559	559	EQUIREMENTS.—The greenhouse gas emissions 3
560	560	standards established under subsection (b)(1) shall— 4
561	561	(1) reflect achievable technological advance-5
562	562	ments based on market readiness and affordability; 6
563	563	and 7
564	564	(2) be based on evidence from industry capac-8
565	565	ity, historical market adoption data, technological 9
566	566	advancements, and independent expert assessments 10
567	567	to determine feasibility and economic impact, includ-11
568	568	ing on motor vehicle manufacturing job quality and 12
569	569	stability. 13
570	570	(d) C
571	571	ONSULTATION.—In establishing the greenhouse 14
572	572	gas emissions standards under subsection (b)(1), the Ad-15
573	573	ministrator shall, after providing adequate notice, consult 16
574	574	with manufacturers, automotive dealers, end users, energy 17
575	575	producers, consumer groups, and other relevant stake-18
576	576	holders. 19
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