Fuel Emissions Freedom Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4117 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4117

To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the establishment of motor vehicle 
          emission and fuel standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2025

 Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cloud, and Mr. Gill of Texas) 
 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 repeal the establishment of motor vehicle 
          emission and fuel standards, 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 ``Fuel Emissions Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Fuel emissions regulations increase costs for consumers 
        and manufacturers.
            (2) Overlapping and ever-changing fuel emissions standards, 
        whether imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
        State of California, or through Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
        regulations, create long-term uncertainty for manufacturers.
            (3) This fragmented regulatory environment stifles 
        innovation, disrupts supply chains, and burdens manufacturers 
        and businesses, especially small and medium-sized auto 
        suppliers.
            (4) Conflicting fuel emissions standards force 
        manufacturers to comply with multiple sets of costly and 
        inconsistent regulations, further reducing efficiency and 
        raising production costs, which are ultimately passed onto the 
        consumer.
            (5) Eliminating fuel emissions standards at the Federal and 
        State level will help restore regulatory certainty, lower costs 
        for families, and strengthen manufacturing in the United States 
        to ensure economic freedom.

SEC. 3. REPEAL AND PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN EMISSION STANDARDS.

    (a) Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards Under Clean Air 
Act.--
            (1) Repeal of standards.--Section 202 of the Clean Air Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 7521) is repealed.
            (2) Preemption of state standards.--Section 209 of the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subject to 
                this part'';
                    (B) by striking subsection (b);
                    (C) in subsection (c), by striking ``The preceding 
                sentence shall not apply in the case of a State with 
                respect to which a waiver is in effect under subsection 
                (b).'';
                    (D) in subsection (e), by striking ``Subsection (b) 
                shall not apply for purposes of this paragraph'' and 
                all that follows through ``The Administrator shall 
                issue'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Administrator shall issue''; and
                    (E) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) 
                as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
    (b) Automobile Fuel Economy.--
            (1) Repeal of standards.--Sections 32902 through 32918 of 
        title 49, United States Code, are repealed.
            (2) Preemption of state standards.--Section 32919 of title 
        49, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``(a) General.--When an 
                        average fuel economy standard prescribed under 
                        this chapter is in effect, a State'' and 
                        inserting ``A State''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``covered by an average 
                        fuel economy standard under this chapter''; and
                    (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
            (3) Table of sections amendment.--The table of sections for 
        chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking the items relating to sections 32902 through 32918.
    (c) Nullification of Standards.--Any Federal regulation issued 
pursuant to section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) or 
sections 32902 through 32918 of title 49, United States Code, or any 
State law, regulation, or executive order issued pursuant to section 
209(b) of such Act, as each such section was in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, is hereby nullified and shall 
have no force or effect.
    (d) References.--Any reference in any other Federal law, Executive 
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of 
or pertaining to a standard established under section 202 or 209(b) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521; 7543(b)) or section 32902 through 
32918 of title 49, United States Code, is deemed void and 
unenforceable.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON FUEL EMISSION STANDARDS.

    (a) Federal Preemption.--Notwithstanding any other law, the Federal 
Government may not establish, enforce, or maintain fuel emission 
standard for motor vehicles.
    (b) State Prohibition.--A State, or political subdivision thereof, 
may not enforce or maintain any fuel emission standards for motor 
vehicles.
    (c) Preemption of Standards.--Any Federal or State law, regulation, 
or executive order that establishes fuel emissions standards for motor 
vehicles is hereby nullified and shall have no force or effect.
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