Stop CARB Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2218 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2218

  To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate a waiver under that Act, to 
eliminate an authorization for States to use new motor vehicle emission 
and new motor vehicle engine emissions standards identical to standards 
             adopted in California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

  Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Stauber, Mr. 
  Ogles, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate a waiver under that Act, to 
eliminate an authorization for States to use new motor vehicle emission 
and new motor vehicle engine emissions standards identical to standards 
             adopted in California, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop California from Advancing 
Regulatory Burden Act of 2025'' or the ``Stop CARB Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF WAIVERS OF STATE STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 209 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b);
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking the last sentence;
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (b) and (c), respectively; and
            (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Prohibition on Certain State Standards for Nonroad Engines or 
Vehicles.--No State or any political subdivision thereof shall adopt or 
attempt to enforce any standard or other requirement that directly or 
indirectly relates to the control of emissions from nonroad engines or 
nonroad vehicles, including the following new nonroad engines or 
nonroad vehicles subject to regulation under this Act:
            ``(1) New engines that are used in construction equipment, 
        construction vehicles, farm equipment, or farm vehicles.
            ``(2) New locomotives or new engines used in 
        locomotives.''.
    (b) Effect.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) no waiver issued under subsection (b) of section 209 of 
        the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) (as in effect on the day 
        before the date of enactment of this Act) before the date of 
        enactment of this Act shall have any force or effect; and
            (2) any application for a waiver under that subsection (as 
        in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 
        pending before the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
        considered denied.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 202(i)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
        7521(i)(2)(A)) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), 
        in the first sentence, by striking ``, taking into 
        consideration the waiver provisions of section 209(b)''.
            (2) Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
                        preceding clause (i), by striking ``or (C)'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B);
                    (B) in subsection (k)(1)(B)(ii), by striking 
                ``(other than a refiner or importer in a State that has 
                received a waiver under section 209(b) with respect to 
                gasoline produced for use in that State)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (o)(6)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (E);
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``any 
                        State that has received a waiver under section 
                        209(b) or''; and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                        subparagraph (E).
            (3) Section 241(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7581(2) 
        is amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``(or any 
        CARB'' and all that follows through ``section 243(e))''.
            (4) Section 242(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7582(b)) 
        is amended by striking ``except as provided in section 244 with 
        respect to administration and enforcement, and'' each place it 
        appears.
            (5) Section 243 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7583) is 
        amended by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g).
            (6) Section 244 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7584) is 
        repealed.
            (7) Section 247(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7587(b)) 
        is amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``section 242, 
        243, 244,'' and inserting ``sections 242, 243,''.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION TO USE CALIFORNIA NEW MOTOR VEHICLE 
              EMISSION STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 177 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7507) 
is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 249(e)(3) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7589(e)(3)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
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