Statement of Administration Policy: S. 4072 - To Prohibit the Use of Funds to Implement, Administer, or Enforce Certain Rules of the Environmental Protection Agency

STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY

(Senate)
(Sen. Crapo, R-ID, and six cosponsors)

S. 4072 would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing, administering, or enforcing the light-and medium-duty vehicle multi-pollutant emissions rule that was finalized last month for model years 2027 and later. The rule sets new standards that avoid more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions and further reduces harmful air pollutant emissions. This rule expands consumer choice in clean vehicles and builds on historic progress in U.S. auto manufacturing that has occurred under President Biden's Investing in America agenda. It provides nearly $100 billion of annual net benefits, including $13 billion of annual public health benefits due to improved air quality, and $62 billion in reduced annual fuel, maintenance, and repair costs for drivers. A broad and diverse group of stakeholders support the final rule, including automobile manufacturers, labor unions, environmental organizations, States, and cities. By prohibiting EPA from implementing, administering, or enforcing this rule, S. 4072 would create uncertainty for the U.S. auto market that would create risk for the more than 100,000 auto jobs that have been added and more than $160 billion of investment that has been announced in the U.S. auto and battery manufacturing sector since 2021. S. 4072 would also artificially constrain consumer vehicle choice, weaken U.S. energy security, perpetuate health inequities among overburdened populations, and stymie progress on national climate goals.

If the President were presented with S. 4072, he would veto it.