Car Sales: Protecting Gas-Powered Vehicle Options
A bill to repeal a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to multi-pollutant emissions standards, to amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
A senate committee must act next: committee consideration.
While the bill has strong support from one party, it faces a difficult path in a divided Congress and would likely face a veto from the current administration.
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Autoworkers, many represented by unions in Michigan, Ohio and other manufacturing states, are affected because this bill removes the EPA rule pushing automakers toward electric vehicle production. This could preserve near-term jobs building gas engines and parts, but may also slow planned investment in new EV and battery plants that were expected to create union manufacturing jobs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
The Hill reports on the introduction and committee review of the CARS Act of 2025. The bill, which has gained significant GOP support, would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the EPA from mandating specific vehicle technologies or limiting the availability of gas-powered cars.
Michigan Representative Tim Walberg expressed optimism following a House subcommittee hearing on his CARS Act of 2025. Walberg argued the bill is essential for Michigan's auto industry and for maintaining affordable vehicle options for American families.
Clean transportation advocates testified against the CARS Act of 2025 during a recent House hearing, warning that the bill would strip the EPA of its ability to protect public health and would lock in decades of harmful pollution by preventing a transition to zero-emission vehicles.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
A bill to repeal a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to multi-pollutant emissions standards, to amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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