Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced
Summary
Protect consumer choice by banning tailpipe rules that force a particular propulsion technology or restrict vehicle availability by engine type. This bill would amend the Clean Air Act so tailpipe standards cannot mandate specific technologies and would require the EPA to align existing and future rules with that ban.
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- Families and car buyers: Keeps multiple propulsion options—electric, hybrid, gasoline, and others—available by blocking tailpipe rules that limit availability based on engine type.
- Automakers and dealers: Prevents regulators from writing tailpipe standards that compel a single technology, reducing the chance that standards alone force one manufacturing pathway.
- EPA and rulemaking: Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations within 24 months of enactment to conform to the ban and applies to rules proposed or prescribed on or after January 1, 2021.
*Would not authorize new federal spending and is expected to leave federal outlays largely unchanged while requiring the EPA to update rules within two years.*
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No tech mandates in car emission rules
This bill would bar the EPA from forcing any specific vehicle technology in tailpipe rules. It would also block rules that limit new car or truck availability by engine type. It would apply to rules proposed or issued on or after January 1, 2021. The EPA would have to update its regulations to match these limits within 24 months after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
MI • R
Cosponsors
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Allen
GA • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Latta
OH • R
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Bentz
OR • R
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]
MI • R
Sponsored 6/2/2025
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
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