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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6200 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Secretary of Transportation to repeal or rescind certain actions, 
initiatives, policies, and regulations related to engine idle start-stop tech-
nology, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself and Mr. FULCHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Secretary of Transportation to repeal 
or rescind certain actions, initiatives, policies, and regula-
tions related to engine idle start-stop technology, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating Start-Stop 
Engine Nuisance Technologies that Impair Automobile 
Life Act’’ or the ‘‘ESSENTIAL Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTIONS, INITIATIVES, POLI-
CIES, AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO EN-
GINE IDLE START-STOP TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (except subsection (b)), the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of Transportation— 
(1) shall, not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, repeal or rescind any 
action, initiative, policy, or regulation of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency or the Department of 
Transportation that is specifically designed to en-
courage, incentivize, promote, or require manufac-
turers of vehicles (including cars and trucks) to in-
stall or equip any such vehicle with engine idle start- 
stop technology; and 
(2) may not issue, take, or enforce any action, 
initiative, policy, or regulation that is similar to an 
action, initiative, policy, or regulation that is re-
pealed or rescinded under paragraph (1). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and the Secretary of Transportation may not repeal 
or rescind any action, initiative, policy, or regulation if, 
at the determination of the Administrator or the Sec-
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retary, the repeal or rescission would result in increased 
risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
and the Secretary of Transportation shall jointly 
submit to Congress a report that outlines how the 
Administrator and the Secretary are carrying out 
subsection (a)(1). 
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
and the Secretary of Transportation shall jointly 
submit to Congress a report that outlines how the 
Administrator and the Secretary carried out sub-
section (a)(1). 
(d) ENGINE IDLE START-STOP TECHNOLOGY DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘engine idle start-stop 
technology’’ means any technology which enables a vehicle 
to automatically turn off the engine when the vehicle 
comes to a rest and restarts the engine when the driver 
applies pressure to the accelerator or releases the brake. 
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