Permitting Programs Under the Green-
house Gas Tailoring Rule’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 
82254 (December 30, 2010)); 
(ix) the final rule entitled ‘‘Action to 
Ensure Authority to Issue Permits Under 
the Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions: Finding of Failure to Submit 
State Implementation Plan Revisions Re-
quired for Greenhouse Gases’’ (75 Fed. 
Reg. 81874 (December 30, 2010)); 
(x) the final rule entitled ‘‘Determina-
tions Concerning Need for Error Correc-
tion, Partial Approval and Partial Dis-
approval, and Federal Implementation 
Plan Regarding Texas Prevention of Sig-
nificant Deterioration Program’’ (75 Fed. 
Reg. 82365 (December 30, 2010)); 
(xi) any final rule providing for a 
waiver under section 209 of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) with respect to 
greenhouse gases or establishing any other 
requirements with respect to greenhouse 
gases pursuant to section 177 of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7507); 
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(xii) the final rule entitled ‘‘Manda-
tory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases’’ (74 
Fed. Reg. 56260 (October 30, 2009)) and 
the definition of the term ‘‘emissions data’’ 
in section 2.301 of title 40, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion); 
(xiii) any final action taken by the 
Administrator with respect to State imple-
mentation plans, Federal implementation 
plans, and policy guidance regarding con-
struction or operating permits or permit 
requirements for stationary sources emit-
ting greenhouse gases that is issued or 
taken before, on, or after the date of en-
actment of this Act; and 
(xiv) any guidance, regulations, inter-
pretive regulations, or policy regarding the 
emissions of greenhouse gases or climate 
change impacts of greenhouse gases pro-
mulgated or issued by the Administrator 
under any Federal law (including a regula-
tion). 
(5) REGULATION UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Neither the regulation 
referred to in paragraph (3)(B) nor any other 
provision of law (including a regulation) or ac-
tion relating to greenhouse gases shall— 
(i) have any impact on the regulation 
of stationary sources under title I of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); or 
(ii) be considered to be the regulation 
of pollutants under that Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.) for any purpose (other than 
for the regulation of greenhouse gas emis-
sions for light-duty motor vehicles from 
model years 2012 through 2016, as re-
quired by the rule described in paragraph 
(3)(B)), including for the purpose of 
issuing permits or establishing regulatory 
standards. 
(B) REQUESTS
FOR
WAIVERS.—Section 
209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7543(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) 
REQUESTS
FOR
WAIVERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act or any other 
law— 
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‘‘(A) no request for a waiver of the appli-
cation of this section by any State for stand-
ards to control emissions of any air pollutant 
that is a greenhouse gas (as defined in section 
3 of the Defending America’s Affordable En-
ergy and Jobs Act) from new motor vehicles or 
new motor vehicle engines of model year 2017 
or later may be granted by the Administrator; 
and 
‘‘(B) no grant of any waiver by the Admin-
istrator before the date of enactment of this 
paragraph shall be considered by the Adminis-
trator, the requesting State, or any court as 
waiving the application of subsection (a), or any 
other provision of this section, to standards 
adopted by the State for control of emissions of 
any air pollutant that is a greenhouse gas (as 
defined in section 3 of the Defending America’s 
Affordable Energy and Jobs Act) from new 
motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines of 
model year 2017 or later.’’. 
(6) IMPACTS ON STATE LAWS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any provision of a 
State implementation plan designating green-
house gases as pollutants that are subject to 
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regulation or as regulated pollutants, or other-
wise authorizing or requiring limitations on the 
emission of greenhouse gases under State law— 
(i) shall not be federally enforceable; 
(ii) shall not be deemed to be Federal 
law; and 
(iii) shall be deemed to be stricken 
from the State implementation plan. 
(B) AUTHORITY OF STATES.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), nothing in this section affects any 
State law (including a regulation) or the 
authority of any State to adopt a law or 
promulgate a regulation. 
(ii) 
AUTHORITY
OF
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Notwithstanding clause (i), the 
Administrator shall have no authority to 
approve or make federally enforceable any 
provision of a State implementation plan 
requiring the control of greenhouse gas 
emissions. 
(iii) 
AMENDMENT
OF
EXISTING 
LAWS.—If, as a result of the regulations 
referred to in paragraph (4), a State 
adopted any law (including a regulation) 
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designating greenhouse gases as pollutants 
that are subject to regulation or as regu-
lated pollutants, or authorizing or requir-
ing limitations on the emission of green-
house gases under State law, the State 
may amend the adopted law to remove any 
restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. 
(C) FEDERALIZATION
OF
SIP
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Administrator shall have no au-
thority to approve or make federally enforceable 
any provision of a State implementation plan 
requiring the control of greenhouse gas emis-
sions. 
(7) PRESIDENTIAL
FINDINGS
AND
CONCLU-
SIONS.—Except as authorized by this subsection or 
another Act of Congress, the President or the head 
of a Federal department or agency may not examine 
or make findings or conclusions, such as those con-
tained in the final rule referred to in paragraph 
(4)(B)(i), for purposes of promulgating or issuing 
policy, guidance, or regulations to address the im-
pacts of greenhouse gas emissions on climate 
change. 
(8) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
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