Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025
Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025 would roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) multi-pollutant emissions standards for newer light- and medium-duty vehicles (Model Years 2027 and later) and require the EPA to ensure tailpipe regulations do not force a particular technology or limit the availability of new vehicles based on engine type. Specifically, it repeals the final EPA rule that set those multi-pollutant standards and amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit regulations that mandate specific technologies or restrict vehicle availability by engine type. The bill also imposes a deadline: within 24 months after enactment, the EPA Administrator must issue revisions to conform regulations to these new limits. The overall aim is to preserve consumer choice in automobile powertrains (e.g., internal combustion, hybrids, electric) and prevent technology-mandating or availability-based restrictions in tailpipe rules.
Key Points
- 1Repeal of EPA rule: The final EPA rule titled “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (published April 18, 2024) would have no force or effect under the bill.
- 2New limit on tailpipe regulations: Amends Section 202(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act to add a provision (B) stating that any regulation (including post-enactment revisions) shall not require use of a specific technology or restrict the availability of new motor vehicles based on engine type.
- 3Regulatory revision deadline: Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate necessary revisions to conform to the new subparagraph within 24 months of enactment.
- 4Scope of protections: Applies to tailpipe regulations under the Clean Air Act (emissions standards for vehicle exhaust) and is intended to prevent technology mandates or engine-type restrictions in these regulations.
- 5Naming and purpose: Labeled as the “Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025,” signaling a policy preference for consumer choice in vehicle powertrains.