S. 4072 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Cosponsors: 18 (1 D, 17 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2024-03-23
Latest action (2024-04-18): Under the order of 3/22/2024, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 142.
What S. 4072 does, in plain terms
This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the rule titled Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles. Among other provisions, the rule includes more stringent standards for greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants for light-duty vehicles and medium-duty vehicles. The standards phase in over model years 2027 through 2032.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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