{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1435","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1435","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-09-14","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h391","question":"On Passage","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act","result":"Passed","yea":222,"nay":190,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll391.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2023-09-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-09-14","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act","result":"Failed","yea":193,"nay":212,"present":0,"not_voting":28,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll390.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-09-14","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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)."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":169},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act so that state emission standards for new motor vehicles that directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new vehicles with internal combustion engines cannot receive an EPA waiver, and directs revocation of certain existing waivers.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HA99C0471B9194921BD940A7EDACD0464"}]},"core_areas":["Clean Air Act waivers for state new motor vehicle emission standards","State standards that limit sale or use of new vehicles with internal combustion engines"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a condition to section 209(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act under which a waiver for state standards does not apply where the standards directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HA99C0471B9194921BD940A7EDACD0464"}},{"text":"Defines internal combustion engines for this condition by reference to section 63.9375 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect January 1, 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HA99C0471B9194921BD940A7EDACD0464"}},{"text":"Bars the EPA Administrator from determining that state standards amended after the date of enactment are within the scope of a waiver granted before that date.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HA99C0471B9194921BD940A7EDACD0464"}},{"text":"Requires the EPA Administrator to revoke a waiver granted from January 1, 2022, through the date of enactment if the Administrator finds it does not comply with the new subparagraph (D).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HA99C0471B9194921BD940A7EDACD0464"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh#HFEDFC6D0E83F453FACED196A5751A72E"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-09-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1435/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1435.png","v":"aa8177ffc20b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1435, 118th Congress: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act. House: 222 Yea, 190 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Sep 2023."}}