State Emissions Authority Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9083 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9083

  To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the mandatory requirements for
State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2026

   Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr.
 Fulcher, Mr. Bost, Mr. Baird, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Joyce of Ohio)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the mandatory requirements for
State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Emissions Authority Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MANDATORY STATE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND
              MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

    The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 118 (42 U.S.C. 7418), by striking
        subsections (c) and (d);
            (2) in section 182 (42 U.S.C. 7511a)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking subparagraph
                (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as new
                subparagraph (B);
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (1)(D)(iv); and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (4) and
                        redesignating paragraph (5) as new paragraph
                        (4);
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
                        by striking ``Except as otherwise specified in
                        paragraph (4)'' and inserting ``Except as
                        otherwise specified in paragraph (3)''; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (3) and
                        redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as
                        new paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively;
                        and
                    (D) in subsection (e), by striking ``paragaphs (6),
                (7) and (8)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (5), (6), and
                (7)'';
            (3) in section 184(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 7511c(b)(1)), by
        striking ``the following'' and all that follows through
        ``implementation'' and inserting ``implementation''; and
            (4) in section 187(a) (42 U.S.C. 7512a(a))--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (4);
                    (B) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as new
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.
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