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Limits EPA authority under the Clean Air Act to bar rules that restrict sale/use of any vehicle or engine, force fuel-switching, reduce grid reliability, or require infeasible/cost-prohibitive technologies.
Official title: To amend the Clean Air Act to preserve consumer vehicle choice, protect the electric grid, and impose limits on regulations under that Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 25, 2026 by Andrew S. Clyde · Last progress June 25, 2026
The bill preserves state, utility, and auto-industry flexibility and avoids sudden federal mandates, but it limits EPA authority in ways that could slow pollution reductions, worsen public-health and climate outcomes, and invite legal disputes.
Electric utilities, grid operators, and state governments keep flexibility to choose technologies and fuels and avoid sudden federal mandates that could force costly rapid changes to energy systems and investments.
States and regulated entities can plan infrastructure and investment decisions without facing sudden federal requirements that might be infeasible given local geography or grid limits.
Vehicle manufacturers, dealers, and consumers are protected from federal rules that would effectively ban the sale or use of internal combustion engine vehicles, preserving existing business models and consumer choice.
Homeowners, children, and people with disabilities could face slower improvements in air quality because the bill limits EPA authority to adopt rules that would phase down pollution from vehicles and power plants.
The bill may block EPA requirements for cleaner technologies, increasing long-term emissions and climate risk, shifting costs from near-term regulatory compliance to future public budgets and vulnerable households, and potentially locking in fossil-fuel reliance.
Creates legal uncertainty over what counts as 'significantly expanding' EPA authority, likely prompting litigation and regulatory delays that could slow implementation of environmental and energy rules.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Amends the Clean Air Act to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's rulemaking authority by narrowing what the Administrator may regulate. The bill bars EPA from issuing regulations, waivers, or authorizations that would ban or restrict sale or use of any type of vehicle or engine (including new internal-combustion vehicles), force fuel-switching at power plants, or require technologies that are commercially unavailable, cost-prohibitive, or infeasible due to uncontrollable factors. The change also requires rules not to reduce electric grid reliability or otherwise expand the Administrator's authority beyond what Congress intended, and it reorganizes the Clean Air Act provision on regulatory authority and regional offices for clarity.