HR 1435 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act

Introduced Mar 8, 2023 Originated House Sponsor John Joyce R-PA

Latest action · Sep 18, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 8, 2023
Passed HouseSep 14, 2023
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act

This bill modifies the waiver process under the Clean Air Act related to state emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines).

Under current law, states are preempted from adopting or enforcing emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines) unless the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides a waiver authorizing a state to adopt such standards if certain requirements are met.

The bill provides that state standards that directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines are not eligible for waivers. The bill also prohibits the EPA from determining that any state standards amended after the bill's enactment are within the scope of an existing waiver.

Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to revoke waivers granted between January 1, 2022, and the date of enactment of this bill if the standards directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 391	On Passage	Passed222–190	Sep 14, 2023

House 390	On Motion to Recommit	Failed193–212	Sep 14, 2023

Cosponsors 83

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2023 to Jun 20, 2023; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MN	Brad Finstad	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Chip Roy	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-IN	Greg Pence	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-CA	Jay Obernolte	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OK	Kevin Hern	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Max L. Miller	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Mike Carey	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-IA	Randy Feenstra	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-GA	Richard McCormick	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls	Original	Mar 8, 2023
R-NC	Chuck Edwards		Mar 14, 2023
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Mar 14, 2023
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Mar 14, 2023
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach		Mar 14, 2023
R-CA	Michelle Steel		Mar 14, 2023
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		Mar 14, 2023
R-TX	Wesley Hunt		Mar 14, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Apr 25, 2023
R-SD	Dusty Johnson		Apr 25, 2023
R-KY	James Comer		Apr 25, 2023
R-TX	Monica De La Cruz		Apr 25, 2023
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 25, 2023
R-KS	Ron Estes		Apr 25, 2023
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Jun 20, 2023
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jun 20, 2023
R-WI	Derrick Van Orden		Jun 20, 2023
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jun 20, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Jun 20, 2023
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 20, 2023
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jun 20, 2023
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jun 20, 2023
R-MS	Mike Ezell		Jun 20, 2023
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jun 20, 2023
R-IN	Rudy Yakym III		Jun 20, 2023
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jun 20, 2023

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 8, 2023Markup Jul 27, 2023Reported Sep 1, 2023 Sep 14, 2023
	Environment Subcommittee	Referred Mar 17, 2023Markup Jul 12, 2023Reported Jul 12, 2023
Senate	Environment and Public Works Committee	Referred Sep 18, 2023

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 18, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 14, 2023Rule H. Res. 681 passed House.
Sep 14, 2023Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 681. (consideration: CR H4318-4328)
Sep 14, 2023Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1435 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
Sep 14, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1435.

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In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H4439	Kevin Kiley R-CA	Jun 28, 2024
Extensions	Debate and remarks E98	David J. Trone D-MD	Jan 31, 2024
House	Debate and remarks H4392–H4401Text printed H4392Amendments H4401Recorded votes H4403consideration (H. Res. 680), previous question	Andrea Salinas D-OR, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM (amendment), Tom Cole R-OK	Sep 19, 2023
House	Debate and remarks H4310–H4318, H4318–H4328Text printed H4310, H4318Amendments H4316Motions H4326Recorded votes H4317, H4326, H4327consideration (H. Res. 681), previous questionenactLevin motion to recommit	August Pfluger R-TX, Bill Johnson R-OH, Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Debbie Dingell D-MI, Debbie Lesko R-AZ, Doris O. Matsui D-CA, Doug LaMalfa R-CA, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Pence R-IN, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Haley M. Stevens D-MI, Jay Obernolte R-CA, Jeff Duncan R-SC, Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA, John Joyce R-PA, John P. Sarbanes D-MD, Katie Porter D-CA, Keith Self R-TX, Kevin Kiley R-CA, Kevin Mullin D-CA, Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA, Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Mike Levin D-CA (motion), Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY, Paul Tonko D-NY, Pete Stauber R-MN, Rick W. Allen R-GA, Robert E. Latta R-OH, Scott H. Peters D-CA, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM (amendment), Tim Walberg R-MI, Troy Balderson R-OH, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY	Sep 14, 2023
House	Debate and remarks H4280–H4282	Doug LaMalfa R-CA, Mike Johnson R-LA, Russ Fulcher R-ID	Sep 13, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 118-169

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale or use of internal combustion engines.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 44, March 8, 2023, page H1207.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-23	AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES197 pages	Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Sep 14, 2023
Serial No. 118-53	DRIVING AFFORDABILITY: PRESERVING PEOPLE'S FREEDOM TO BUY AFFORDABLE VEHICLES AND FUEL280 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 22, 2023
Serial No. 118-28	EXPOSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RUSH TO GREEN POLICIES309 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Apr 26, 2023

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R48168	California and the Clean Air Act (CAA) Waiver: Frequently Asked Questions	Report	May 9, 2025
R48086	Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel Economy of Electric Vehicles: In Brief	Report	Jun 10, 2024

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 680	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1435) to amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4365) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Sep 19, 2023
HRES 681	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1435) to amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines.	Procedurally related	Sep 14, 2023
S 2090	Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2023	Related bill	Jun 21, 2023

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 18, 2023Referred in Senate
Sep 14, 2023Engrossed in House
Sep 1, 2023Reported in House
Mar 8, 2023Introduced in House

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