House Republicans’ plan to use their party-line bill to impose registration fees on electric vehicles and hybrids appears to be dead — but senators could try to revive the fee in a different format.
The Senate Finance Committee’s portion of the reconciliation package, unveiled Monday, does not include a House-passed proposal to charge $250 for every EV and $100 for every hybrid vehicle upon registration because of logistical and procedural issues.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the language in late April as part of an effort to shore up the Highway Trust Fund, which funds federal road projects. The fee would increase annually with inflation.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), a member of the Finance Committee who had pushed leadership to include even steeper fees for EVs and hybrids, told POLITICO’s E&E News on Monday night that senators omitted the proposal because the idea was too onerous to execute.
