House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled the first significant energy and climate proposals for their budget reconciliation bill, outlining plans to go after electric vehicles, alternative fuels and low-carbon construction.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s portion of the GOP’s sweeping party-line bill, set to be marked up Wednesday, aims to repeal almost $4.6 billion in unobligated grants and other funds from an array of transportation and fuels programs authorized under Democrats’ 2022 climate law, according to committee leaders.
It would also impose new annual fees on hybrid and fully electric vehicles — as well as a smaller annual registration fee on all other vehicles — to generate new revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, which funds federal road projects.
The proposals represent a relatively small but significant chunk of the climate rollbacks that Republicans are pursuing in their party-line tax, energy, defense and border security bill.
