[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8737 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8737

 To amend the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act to repeal the 
       authority of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of 
 Transportation to maintain an electric vehicle working group, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2024

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Mills, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Weber 
    of Texas, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Good of Virginia) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
   Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act to repeal the 
       authority of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of 
 Transportation to maintain an electric vehicle working group, 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 ``Free Market Drives Itself Act''.

SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE WORKING GROUP.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 25006 of the Infrastructure and Investment and 
Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 151 note) and the item relating to such section in 
section 1(b) of such Act are repealed.
    (b) Prohibition on Continuation or Reestablishment of Working 
Group.--The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation may 
not continue or reestablish the electric vehicle working group 
described in such section, or establish any substantially similar 
working group or advisory committee.
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