Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 12, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2025
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.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2025 to May 22, 2025; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Mar 12, 2025 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | May 22, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 12, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of motor vehicles with internal combustion engines, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
