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Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Programs Act

To repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 20, 2025

Latest action (Feb 20, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works Committee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary
  • Repeals the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants program established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  • Repeals the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  • Rescinds any unobligated (unused) federal funds previously allocated to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program.
  • Prohibits any federal funds from being used to carry out the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program after the bill's enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Joni Ernst’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $57,653
  • CAPITAL GROUP $40,000
  • SOROBAN CAPITAL $13,200
  • CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $7,500
  • GOOGLE $6,800

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Joni Ernst → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Feb 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 1513 — Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Program Act · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 84%
  • HR 5896 — GRID Act · Introduced Oct 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 1052 — UNPLUG EVs Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 2681 — Lowering Electric Bills Act · Introduced Aug 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 1229 — End Taxpayer Subsidies for Electric Vehicles Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 333 — Homeowner Energy Freedom Act · Introduced Jan 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Feb 20, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 20, 2025

Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, 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 “Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Programs Act”.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 11101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat.

444) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (C); and

(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and

(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “paragraph (1)(G)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(F)”.

(b) Grant Program.—Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking “, including through funds awarded through the grant program under subsection

(f),”; and

(2) by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE FORMULA PROGRAM.

(a) Rescission.—The unobligated amounts made available under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading “highway infrastructure programs” under the heading “Federal Highway Administration” under the heading “DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION” in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 1419) are rescinded.

(b) Termination.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act—

(1) the program under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading “highway infrastructure programs” under the heading “Federal Highway Administration” under the heading “DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION” in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 1419) is terminated; and

(2) no funds may used to carry out that program. <all>

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