S. 990

119 S990 IS: Freedom to Haul Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-12
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 990  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 12, 2025   Mr. Sullivan  (for himself,  Mrs. Capito ,  Mr. Crapo ,  Mr. Mullin ,  Mr. Budd ,  Mr. Cassidy ,  Mr. Ricketts ,  Mr. Daines ,  Mr. Marshall ,  Mr. Risch ,  Mr. Cramer ,  Ms. Ernst ,  Mr. Scott of Florida ,  Mr. Hoeven ,  Mr. Justice , and  Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To prohibit the enforcement of a rule with respect to emissions, to amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Freedom to Haul Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibition against implementing or enforcing phase 3 emission rules
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not implement or enforce the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3  (89 Fed. Reg. 29440 (April 22, 2024)).
3.
Ensuring tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles
(a)
In general
Section 202(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7521(a)(2) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  (2) Any regulation  and inserting the following:
(2)
(A)
Any regulation
 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
Any regulation, including a revision to a regulation, prescribed under paragraph (1), including any regulation prescribed after January 1, 2021, and any regulation proposed after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, shall not—
(i)
mandate the use of any specific technology; or
(ii)
result in limited availability of new motor vehicles based on the type of new motor vehicle engine in that new motor vehicle.
 .
(b)
Necessary revisions to regulations
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate such revisions to regulations as may be necessary to conform those regulations to subparagraph (B) of section 202(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7521(a)(2) ) (as added by subsection (a)(2)).