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The bill sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., would overturn a 2007 Supreme Court decision that said the EPA has the legal right to regulate tailpipe emissions as a danger to public health under the Clean Air Act.....The Republican bill would bar EPA from taking part in setting future standards — and would bar California from limiting tailpipe emissions.Instead, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would have sole authority to set Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards....Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., praised General Motors Co. and its extended-range Chevrolet Volt, saying Congress should help businesses "innovate."