RAAM Act

(a) Federal authority and exclusivity. It is the sense of Congress that, pursuant to the Commerce Clause of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United States, the regulation of fuel economy standards for motor vehicles manufactured for sale in interstate commerce is exclusively reserved to the Federal Government.

(b) Preemption. A State or a political subdivision thereof may not adopt or enforce a law or regulation requiring compliance with fuel economy standards or average fuel economy standards for automobiles.

(c) Rule of construction. This section shall be construed as providing that a person involved in the purchase, manufacture, or sale of a motor vehicle for use in interstate commerce, including consumers, manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of motor vehicles, has a right to be free from the adoption or enforcement of State laws or regulations inconsistent with this section.