D. C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 7, 2024 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 19.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
D. C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act
This bill repeals the final rule adopted by the District of Columbia (DC) Department of Energy and Environment titled Adoption of California Vehicle Emission Standards. It also restores any regulation amended or repealed by such rule. The final rule provides for DC's adoption of stricter emission standards for vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond that are bought, sold, and registered in the District of Columbia. The DC final rule is based on standards promulgated by the state of California pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
The repeal is effective as of December 29, 2023.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Mar 5, 2024 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | Mar 5, 2024 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Mar 5, 2024 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Original | Mar 5, 2024 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Aug 2, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2024Markup Mar 7, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 7, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 19.
- Mar 5, 2024Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 5, 2024H.R. 7526, D. C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on March 7, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 39, March 5, 2024, page H822.
Printed hearings 1
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. 118-54 | IT'S ELECTRIC: A REVIEW OF FLEET ELECTRIFICATION EFFORTS108 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 30, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal the final rule adopted by the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment relating to "Adoption of California Vehicle Emission Standards".
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- D. C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
