End EPA Abuse Act of 2026

Key Points

• The bill would prevent the EPA from making any rules that restrict or effectively restrict the sale of gas-powered cars and trucks, ensuring consumers can keep buying vehicles with internal combustion engines.
• The EPA would be blocked from creating regulations that force power plants to switch fuels or that could reduce the reliability of the electric grid, aiming to protect current energy infrastructure.
• The agency could not require any technology that is commercially unavailable, too expensive without government subsidies, or impractical due to geography, geology, climate, or lack of infrastructure.
• The bill includes a broad catch-all provision that would block EPA rules if they can be reasonably determined to expand the agency's authority beyond what Congress originally intended.
• The bill also bars the EPA from granting waivers or authorizations currently allowed under the Clean Air Act if those waivers fall under any of the new restrictions, which could affect states like California that have their own vehicle emission standards.