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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 346 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of |
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| 6 | 6 | | internal combustion engines. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | OYCEof Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. GRIFFITH, and Mr. LAMALFA) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ergy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination |
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| 15 | 15 | | of the sale of internal combustion engines. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving Choice in 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Vehicle Purchases Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. STATE STANDARDS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) A |
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| 23 | 23 | | MENDMENTS.—Section 209(b) of the Clean Air 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) is amended— 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘part.’’ and inserting ‘‘part, or’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(D) such State standards directly or indirectly 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with in-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ternal combustion engines, as such term is defined 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in section 63.9375 of title 40, Code of Federal Reg-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ulations, as in effect on January 1, 2023.’’; and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(4) The Administrator may not determine that any 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | State standards amended after the date of enactment of 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | this paragraph are within the scope of a waiver granted 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | under paragraph (1) before the date of enactment of this 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | paragraph.’’. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) E |
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| 46 | 46 | | FFECT ONCERTAINEXISTINGWAIVERS.—The 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | shall revoke a waiver granted under section 209(b) of the 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) during the period that 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | begins on January 1, 2022, and ends on the date of enact-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ment of this Act if the Administrator finds that such waiv-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | er does not comply with subparagraph (D) of section 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 209(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)(1)), 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | as added by this Act. 2 |
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