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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 357
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 6192
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–432]
	7	+	To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary
	8	+	of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation
	9	+	standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economi-
	10	+	cally justified, and for other purposes.
	11	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	12	+	NOVEMBER2, 2023
	13	+	Mrs. L
	14	+	ESKOintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
	15	+	Committee on Energy and Commerce
	16	+	M
	17	+	ARCH26, 2024
	18	+	Additional sponsors: Mrs. M
	19	+	ILLERof West Virginia, Mrs. HARSHBARGER,
	20	+	Mrs. M
	21	+	ILLERof Illinois, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. ALFORD, Mr.
	22	+	J
	23	+	ACKSONof Texas, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. VANDUYNE, and Mr. WEBERof
	24	+	Texas
	25	+	M
	26	+	ARCH26, 2024
	27	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	28	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	29	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	30	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 2, 2023]
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	34	+	A BILL
5	35		To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to pro-
6	36		hibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new
7	37		or amended energy conservation standard for a product
8	38		that is not technologically feasible and economically justi-
9	39		fied, and for other purposes.
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10	43		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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13		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hands Off Our Home 2
15		-	Appliances Act’’. 3
16		-	SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING NEW OR AMENDED ENERGY CON-4
17		-	SERVATION STANDARDS. 5
	44	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	45	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	46	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hands Off Our Home 4
	47	+	Appliances Act’’. 5
	48	+	SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING NEW OR AMENDED ENERGY CON-6
	49	+	SERVATION STANDARDS. 7
18	50		(a) A
19		-	MENDMENT ~~OF STANDARDS~~.— 6
	51	+	MENDMENT OFSTANDARDS.— 8
20	52		(1) I
21		-	N GENERAL.—Section 325(m)(1) of the 7
22		-	~~Energy~~ Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 8
23		-	6295(m)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 9
	53	+	N GENERAL.—Section 325(m)(1) of the En-9
	54	+	ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 10
	55	+	6295(m)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 11
24	56		‘‘(1) I
25		-	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may, for any 10
26		-	product, publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in-11
27		-	cluding new proposed standards for such product 12
28		-	based on the criteria established under subsection 13
29		-	(o) and the procedures established under subsection 14
30		-	(p).’’. 15
	57	+	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may, for any 12
	58	+	product, publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in-13
	59	+	cluding new proposed standards for such product 14
	60	+	based on the criteria established under subsection (o) 15
	61	+	and the procedures established under subsection (p).’’. 16
31	62		(2) A
32		-	MENDMENT OF STANDARD .—Section 16
33		-	325(m)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 17
34		-	Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(3)) is amended to read as 18
35		-	follows: 19
	63	+	MENDMENT OF STANDARD .—Section 17
	64	+	325(m)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 18
	65	+	(42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 19
36	66		‘‘(3) A
37		-	MENDMENT OF STANDARD .—Not later 20
38		-	than 2 years after a notice is issued under para-21
39		-	graph (1), the Secretary shall publish a final rule 22
40		-	amending the standard for the product.’’. 23
41		-	(b) P
42		-	ETITION FORAMENDEDSTANDARD.—Section 24
43		-	325(n) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 25
44		-	U.S.C. 6295(n)) is amended— 26 3
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46		-	(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AN 1
	67	+	MENDMENT OF STANDARD .—Not later than 20
	68	+	2 years after a notice is issued under paragraph (1), 21
	69	+	the Secretary shall publish a final rule amending the 22
	70	+	standard for the product.’’. 23
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	74	+	(b) PETITION FORAMENDEDSTANDARD.—Section 1
	75	+	325(n) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 2
	76	+	U.S.C. 6295(n)) is amended— 3
	77	+	(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘
	78	+	AN 4
47	79		A
48		-	MENDEDSTANDARD’’ and inserting ‘‘AMENDMENT 2
49		-	ORREVOCATION OFSTANDARD’’; 3
50		-	(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or revoked’’ 4
51		-	after ‘‘should be amended’’; 5
52		-	(3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-6
53		-	lows: 7
54		-	‘‘(2) The Secretary shall grant a petition to deter-8
55		-	mine if energy conservation standards for a covered prod-9
56		-	uct should be amended or revoked if the Secretary finds 10
57		-	that such petition contains evidence, assuming no other 11
58		-	evidence were considered, that such standards— 12
59		-	‘‘(A) result in additional costs to consumers; 13
60		-	‘‘(B) do not result in significant conservation of 14
61		-	energy or water; 15
62		-	‘‘(C) are not technologically feasible; and 16
63		-	‘‘(D) result in such covered product not being 17
64		-	commercially available in the United States to all 18
65		-	consumers.’’; and 19
66		-	(4) in paragraph (4)— 20
67		-	(A) by striking ‘‘N
68		-	EW OR AMENDED 21
69		-	STANDARDS.’’ and inserting ‘‘NEW, AMENDED, 22
70		-	OR REVOKED STANDARDS .’’; 23 4
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72		-	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 1
73		-	and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and 2
74		-	by conforming the margins accordingly); 3
75		-	(C) by striking ‘‘Not later than 3 years’’ 4
76		-	and inserting the following: 5
77		-	‘‘(A) Not later than 3 years’’; and 6
78		-	(D) by adding at the end the following: 7
79		-	‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days after the 8
80		-	date of granting a petition to revoke standards, 9
81		-	the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-10
82		-	ister— 11
83		-	‘‘(i) a final rule revoking the stand-12
84		-	ards; or 13
85		-	‘‘(ii) a determination that it is not 14
86		-	necessary to revoke the standards. 15
87		-	‘‘(C) The grant of a petition by the Sec-16
88		-	retary under this subsection creates no pre-17
89		-	sumption with respect to the Secretary’s deter-18
90		-	mination of any of the criteria in a rulemaking 19
91		-	under this section. 20
92		-	‘‘(D) Standards that have been revoked 21
93		-	pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be consid-22
94		-	ered to be in effect for purposes of section 23
95		-	327.’’. 24 5
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	80	+	MENDEDSTANDARD’’ and inserting ‘‘AMENDMENT 5
	81	+	ORREVOCATION OFSTANDARD’’; 6
	82	+	(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or revoked’’ 7
	83	+	after ‘‘should be amended’’; 8
	84	+	(3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-9
	85	+	lows: 10
	86	+	‘‘(2) The Secretary shall grant a petition to determine 11
	87	+	if energy conservation standards for a covered product 12
	88	+	should be amended or revoked if the Secretary finds that 13
	89	+	such petition contains evidence, assuming no other evidence 14
	90	+	were considered, that such standards— 15
	91	+	‘‘(A) result in additional costs to consumers; 16
	92	+	‘‘(B) do not result in significant conservation of 17
	93	+	energy or water; 18
	94	+	‘‘(C) are not technologically feasible; and 19
	95	+	‘‘(D) result in such covered product not being 20
	96	+	commercially available in the United States to all 21
	97	+	consumers.’’; and 22
	98	+	(4) in paragraph (4)— 23
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	102	+	(A) by striking ‘‘NEW OR AMENDED STAND -1
	103	+	ARDS.’’ and inserting ‘‘NEW, AMENDED, OR RE-2
	104	+	VOKED STANDARDS.’’; 3
	105	+	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 4
	106	+	and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and 5
	107	+	by conforming the margins accordingly); 6
	108	+	(C) by striking ‘‘Not later than 3 years’’ 7
	109	+	and inserting the following: 8
	110	+	‘‘(A) Not later than 3 years’’; and 9
	111	+	(D) by adding at the end the following: 10
	112	+	‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days after the date 11
	113	+	of granting a petition to revoke standards, the 12
	114	+	Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register— 13
	115	+	‘‘(i) a final rule revoking the stand-14
	116	+	ards; or 15
	117	+	‘‘(ii) a determination that it is not 16
	118	+	necessary to revoke the standards. 17
	119	+	‘‘(C) The grant of a petition by the Sec-18
	120	+	retary under this subsection creates no presump-19
	121	+	tion with respect to the Secretary’s determina-20
	122	+	tion of any of the criteria in a rulemaking under 21
	123	+	this section. 22
	124	+	‘‘(D) Standards that have been revoked pur-23
	125	+	suant to subparagraph (B) shall be considered to 24
	126	+	be in effect for purposes of section 327.’’. 25
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97	130		(c) CRITERIA.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1
98	131		325(o) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 2
99	132		U.S.C. 6295(o)) are amended to read as follows: 3
100	133		‘‘(2) R
101	134		EQUIREMENTS.— 4
102	135		‘‘(A) D
103	136		ESIGN.—Any new or amended en-5
104	137		ergy conservation standard prescribed by the 6
105	138		Secretary under this section for any type (or 7
106	139		class) of covered product shall be designed to 8
107		-	achieve the maximum improvement in energy 9
108		-	~~efficiency~~, or, in the case of showerheads, ~~fau-~~10
109		-	~~cets,~~ water closets, or urinals, water efficiency, 11
110		-	~~which~~ the Secretary determines is ~~techno~~-12
111		-	~~logically feasible~~ and economically justified. 13
	140	+	achieve the maximum improvement in energy ef-9
	141	+	ficiency, or, in the case of showerheads, faucets, 10
	142	+	water closets, or urinals, water efficiency, which 11
	143	+	the Secretary determines is technologically fea-12
	144	+	sible and economically justified. 13
112	145		‘‘(B) T
113	146		EST PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 14
114		-	may not prescribe a new or amended energy 15
115		-	conservation standard under this section for a 16
116		-	type (or class) of covered product if a test pro-17
117		-	cedure has not been prescribed pursuant to sec-18
118		-	tion 323 with respect to that type (or class) of 19
119		-	product. 20
	147	+	may not prescribe a new or amended energy con-15
	148	+	servation standard under this section for a type 16
	149	+	(or class) of covered product if a test procedure 17
	150	+	has not been prescribed pursuant to section 323 18
	151	+	with respect to that type (or class) of product. 19
120	152		‘‘(C) S
121		-	IGNIFICANT CONSERVATION .—The 21
122		-	Secretary may not prescribe a new or amended 22
123		-	energy conservation standard under this section 23
124		-	for a type (or class) of covered product if the 24
125		-	Secretary determines that the establishment 25 6
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127		-	and imposition of such energy conservation 1
128		-	standard will not result in significant conserva-2
129		-	tion of— 3
130		-	‘‘(i) energy; or 4
131		-	‘‘(ii) in the case of showerheads, fau-5
132		-	cets, water closets, or urinals, water. 6
	153	+	IGNIFICANT CONSERVATION .—The 20
	154	+	Secretary may not prescribe a new or amended 21
	155	+	energy conservation standard under this section 22
	156	+	for a type (or class) of covered product if the 23
	157	+	Secretary determines that the establishment and 24
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	161	+	imposition of such energy conservation standard 1
	162	+	will not result in significant conservation of— 2
	163	+	‘‘(i) energy; or 3
	164	+	‘‘(ii) in the case of showerheads, fau-4
	165	+	cets, water closets, or urinals, water. 5
133	166		‘‘(D) T
134		-	ECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE AND 7
135		-	ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED .—The Secretary 8
136		-	may not prescribe a new or amended energy 9
137		-	conservation standard under this section for a 10
138		-	type (or class) of covered product unless the 11
139		-	Secretary determines that the establishment 12
140		-	and imposition of such energy conservation 13
141		-	standard is technologically feasible and eco-14
142		-	nomically justified. 15
143		-	‘‘(E) D
144		-	ISCLOSURE.—The Secretary may 16
145		-	not prescribe a new or amended energy con-17
146		-	servation standard under this section for a type 18
147		-	(or class) of covered product unless the Sec-19
148		-	retary, not later than the date on which the 20
149		-	standard is prescribed, publicly discloses each 21
150		-	meeting held by the Secretary, during the 5- 22
151		-	year period preceding such date, with any entity 23
152		-	that— 24 7
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154		-	‘‘(i) has ties to the People’s Republic 1
155		-	of China or the Chinese Communist Party; 2
156		-	‘‘(ii) has produced studies regarding, 3
157		-	or advocated for, regulations or policy to 4
158		-	limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type 5
159		-	of energy; and 6
160		-	‘‘(iii) has applied for or received Fed-7
161		-	eral funds. 8
	167	+	ECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE AND 6
	168	+	ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED.—The Secretary may 7
	169	+	not prescribe a new or amended energy conserva-8
	170	+	tion standard under this section for a type (or 9
	171	+	class) of covered product unless the Secretary de-10
	172	+	termines that the establishment and imposition 11
	173	+	of such energy conservation standard is techno-12
	174	+	logically feasible and economically justified. 13
162	175		‘‘(3) F
163		-	ACTORS FOR DETERMINATION .— 9
	176	+	ACTORS FOR DETERMINATION .— 14
164	177		‘‘(A) E
165		-	CONOMIC ANALYSIS.—Prior to pre-10
166		-	scribing any new or amended energy conserva-11
167		-	tion standard under this section for any type 12
168		-	(or class) of covered product, the Secretary 13
169		-	shall conduct a quantitative economic impact 14
170		-	analysis of imposition of the energy conserva-15
171		-	tion standard that determines the predicted— 16
172		-	‘‘(i) effects of imposition of the energy 17
173		-	conservation standard on costs and mone-18
174		-	tary benefits to consumers of the products 19
175		-	subject to such energy conservation stand-20
176		-	ard, including— 21
177		-	‘‘(I) costs to low-income house-22
178		-	holds; and 23
179		-	‘‘(II) variations in costs to con-24
180		-	sumers based on differences in re-25 8
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182		-	gions, including rural populations, 1
183		-	cost of living comparisons, and cli-2
184		-	matic differences; 3
185		-	‘‘(ii) effects of imposition of the en-4
186		-	ergy conservation standard on employment; 5
187		-	and 6
188		-	‘‘(iii) lifecycle costs for the covered 7
189		-	product, including costs associated with 8
190		-	the purchase, installation, maintenance, 9
191		-	disposal, and replacement of the covered 10
192		-	product. 11
	178	+	CONOMIC ANALYSIS.—Prior to pre-15
	179	+	scribing any new or amended energy conserva-16
	180	+	tion standard under this section for any type (or 17
	181	+	class) of covered product, the Secretary shall con-18
	182	+	duct a quantitative economic impact analysis of 19
	183	+	imposition of the energy conservation standard 20
	184	+	that determines the predicted— 21
	185	+	‘‘(i) effects of imposition of the energy 22
	186	+	conservation standard on costs and mone-23
	187	+	tary benefits to consumers of the products 24
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	191	+	subject to such energy conservation stand-1
	192	+	ard, including— 2
	193	+	‘‘(I) costs to low-income house-3
	194	+	holds; and 4
	195	+	‘‘(II) variations in costs to con-5
	196	+	sumers based on differences in regions, 6
	197	+	including climatic differences; 7
	198	+	‘‘(ii) effects of imposition of the energy 8
	199	+	conservation standard on employment; and 9
	200	+	‘‘(iii) lifecycle costs for the covered 10
	201	+	product, including costs associated with the 11
	202	+	purchase, installation, maintenance, dis-12
	203	+	posal, and replacement of the covered prod-13
	204	+	uct. 14
193	205		‘‘(B) P
194		-	ROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL COSTS 12
195		-	TO THE CONSUMER .—The Secretary may not 13
196		-	determine that imposition of an energy con-14
197		-	servation standard is economically justified un-15
198		-	less the Secretary, based on an economic anal-16
199		-	ysis under subparagraph (A), determines that— 17
200		-	‘‘(i) imposition of such energy con-18
201		-	servation standard is not likely to result in 19
202		-	additional net costs to the consumer, in-20
203		-	cluding any increase in net costs associated 21
204		-	with the purchase, installation, mainte-22
205		-	nance, disposal, and replacement of the 23
206		-	covered product; and 24 9
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208		-	‘‘(ii) the monetary value of the energy 1
209		-	savings and, as applicable, water savings, 2
210		-	that the consumer will receive as a result 3
211		-	of such energy conservation standard dur-4
212		-	ing the first 3 years after purchasing and 5
213		-	installing a covered product complying with 6
214		-	such energy conservation standard, as cal-7
215		-	culated under the applicable test proce-8
216		-	dure, will be greater than any increased 9
217		-	costs to the consumer of the covered prod-10
218		-	uct due to imposition of such energy con-11
219		-	servation standard, including increased 12
220		-	costs associated with the purchase, instal-13
221		-	lation, maintenance, disposal, and replace-14
222		-	ment of the covered product. 15
	206	+	ROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL COSTS 15
	207	+	TO THE CONSUMER.—The Secretary may not de-16
	208	+	termine that imposition of an energy conserva-17
	209	+	tion standard is economically justified unless the 18
	210	+	Secretary, based on an economic analysis under 19
	211	+	subparagraph (A), determines that— 20
	212	+	‘‘(i) imposition of such energy con-21
	213	+	servation standard is not likely to result in 22
	214	+	additional net costs to the consumer, includ-23
	215	+	ing any increase in net costs associated 24
	216	+	with the purchase, installation, mainte-25
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	220	+	nance, disposal, and replacement of the cov-1
	221	+	ered product; and 2
	222	+	‘‘(ii) the monetary value of the energy 3
	223	+	savings and, as applicable, water savings, 4
	224	+	that the consumer will receive as a result of 5
	225	+	such energy conservation standard during 6
	226	+	the first 3 years after purchasing and in-7
	227	+	stalling a covered product complying with 8
	228	+	such energy conservation standard, as cal-9
	229	+	culated under the applicable test procedure, 10
	230	+	will be greater than any increased costs to 11
	231	+	the consumer of the covered product due to 12
	232	+	imposition of such energy conservation 13
	233	+	standard, including increased costs associ-14
	234	+	ated with the purchase, installation, main-15
	235	+	tenance, disposal, and replacement of the 16
	236	+	covered product. 17
223	237		‘‘(C) R
224		-	EQUIRED ENERGY OR WATER SAV -16
225		-	INGS.—The Secretary may not determine that 17
226		-	imposition of an energy conservation standard 18
227		-	is economically justified unless the Secretary 19
228		-	determines that compliance with such energy 20
229		-	conservation standard will result in— 21
230		-	‘‘(i) a reduction of at least 0.3 quads 22
231		-	of site energy over 30 years; or 23
232		-	‘‘(ii) at least a 10 percent reduction in 24
233		-	energy or water use of the covered product. 25 10
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235		-	‘‘(D) CRITERIA RELATED TO PERFORM -1
236		-	ANCE.—The Secretary may not determine that 2
237		-	imposition of an energy conservation standard 3
238		-	is economically justified unless the Secretary 4
239		-	determines that imposition of such energy con-5
240		-	servation standard will not result in any less-6
241		-	ening of the utility or the performance of the 7
242		-	applicable covered product, taking into consid-8
243		-	eration the effects of such energy conservation 9
244		-	standard on— 10
245		-	‘‘(i) the compatibility of the covered 11
246		-	product with existing systems; 12
247		-	‘‘(ii) the life span of the covered prod-13
248		-	uct; 14
249		-	‘‘(iii) the operating conditions of the 15
250		-	covered product; 16
251		-	‘‘(iv) the duty cycle, charging time, 17
252		-	and run time of the covered product, as 18
253		-	applicable; 19
254		-	‘‘(v) the maintenance requirements of 20
255		-	the covered product; and 21
256		-	‘‘(vi) the replacement and disposal re-22
257		-	quirements for the covered product. 23
258		-	‘‘(E) C
259		-	RITERIA RELATED TO MARKET COM -24
260		-	PETITION AND PRICE DISCRIMINATION .—The 25 11
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262		-	Secretary may not determine that imposition of 1
263		-	an energy conservation standard is economically 2
264		-	justified unless the Secretary determines that 3
265		-	imposition of the energy conservation standard 4
266		-	is not likely to result in— 5
267		-	‘‘(i) any lessening of market competi-6
268		-	tion; or 7
269		-	‘‘(ii) price discrimination. 8
	238	+	EQUIRED ENERGY OR WATER SAV -18
	239	+	INGS.—The Secretary may not determine that 19
	240	+	imposition of an energy conservation standard is 20
	241	+	economically justified unless the Secretary deter-21
	242	+	mines that compliance with such energy con-22
	243	+	servation standard will result in— 23
	244	+	‘‘(i) a reduction of at least 0.3 quads 24
	245	+	of site energy over 30 years; or 25
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	249	+	‘‘(ii) at least a 10 percent reduction in 1
	250	+	energy or water use of the covered product. 2
	251	+	‘‘(D) C
	252	+	RITERIA RELATED TO PERFORM -3
	253	+	ANCE.—The Secretary may not determine that 4
	254	+	imposition of an energy conservation standard is 5
	255	+	economically justified unless the Secretary deter-6
	256	+	mines that imposition of such energy conserva-7
	257	+	tion standard will not result in any lessening of 8
	258	+	the utility or the performance of the applicable 9
	259	+	covered product, taking into consideration the ef-10
	260	+	fects of such energy conservation standard on— 11
	261	+	‘‘(i) the compatibility of the covered 12
	262	+	product with existing systems; 13
	263	+	‘‘(ii) the life span of the covered prod-14
	264	+	uct; 15
	265	+	‘‘(iii) the operating conditions of the 16
	266	+	covered product; 17
	267	+	‘‘(iv) the duty cycle, charging time, 18
	268	+	and run time of the covered product, as ap-19
	269	+	plicable; 20
	270	+	‘‘(v) the maintenance requirements of 21
	271	+	the covered product; and 22
	272	+	‘‘(vi) the replacement and disposal re-23
	273	+	quirements for the covered product. 24
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	277	+	‘‘(E) CRITERIA RELATED TO MARKET COM -1
	278	+	PETITION AND PRICE DISCRIMINATION .—The Sec-2
	279	+	retary may not determine that imposition of an 3
	280	+	energy conservation standard is economically 4
	281	+	justified unless the Secretary determines that im-5
	282	+	position of the energy conservation standard is 6
	283	+	not likely to result in— 7
	284	+	‘‘(i) any lessening of market competi-8
	285	+	tion; or 9
	286	+	‘‘(ii) price discrimination. 10
270	287		‘‘(F) T
271		-	ECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION .—The 9
272		-	Secretary may not determine that imposition of 10
273		-	an energy conservation standard is economically 11
274		-	justified unless the Secretary determines that 12
275		-	imposition of such energy conservation standard 13
276		-	is not likely to result in the unavailability in the 14
277		-	United States of a type (or class) of products 15
278		-	based on what type of fuel the product con-16
279		-	sumes. 17
	288	+	ECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION .—The 11
	289	+	Secretary may not determine that imposition of 12
	290	+	an energy conservation standard is economically 13
	291	+	justified unless the Secretary determines that im-14
	292	+	position of such energy conservation standard is 15
	293	+	not likely to result in the unavailability in the 16
	294	+	United States of a type (or class) of products 17
	295	+	based on what type of fuel the product consumes. 18
280	296		‘‘(G) O
281		-	THER CONSIDERATIONS .—In deter-18
282		-	mining whether imposition of an energy con-19
283		-	servation standard is economically justified, the 20
284		-	Secretary— 21
285		-	‘‘(i) shall prioritize the interests of 22
286		-	consumers; 23
287		-	‘‘(ii) may not consider estimates of 24
288		-	the social costs or social benefits associated 25 12
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290		-	with incremental greenhouse gas emissions; 1
291		-	and 2
292		-	‘‘(iii) shall consider— 3
293		-	‘‘(I) the economic impact of the 4
294		-	standard on the manufacturers and 5
295		-	on the consumers of the products sub-6
296		-	ject to such standard; 7
297		-	‘‘(II) the savings in operating 8
298		-	costs throughout the estimated aver-9
299		-	age life of the covered product in the 10
300		-	type (or class) compared to any in-11
301		-	crease in the price of, or in the initial 12
302		-	charges for, or maintenance expenses 13
303		-	of, the covered products which are 14
304		-	likely to result from the imposition of 15
305		-	the standard; 16
306		-	‘‘(III) the total projected amount 17
307		-	of energy, or as applicable, water, sav-18
308		-	ings likely to result directly from the 19
309		-	imposition of the standard; 20
310		-	‘‘(IV) the need for national en-21
311		-	ergy and water conservation; and 22
312		-	‘‘(V) other factors the Secretary 23
313		-	considers relevant. 24
314		-	‘‘(H) R
315		-	EGULATORY REVIEW .— 25 13
316		-	•HR 6192 EH
317		-	‘‘(i) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years 1
318		-	after the issuance of any final rule prescribing 2
319		-	a new or amended energy conservation standard 3
320		-	under this section for any type (or class) of cov-4
321		-	ered product, the Secretary shall evaluate the 5
322		-	rule to determine whether such energy con-6
323		-	servation standard is technologically feasible 7
324		-	and economically justified and whether the reg-8
325		-	ulatory impact analysis for such rule remains 9
326		-	accurate. 10
	297	+	THER CONSIDERATIONS .—In deter-19
	298	+	mining whether imposition of an energy con-20
	299	+	servation standard is economically justified, the 21
	300	+	Secretary— 22
	301	+	‘‘(i) shall prioritize the interests of con-23
	302	+	sumers; 24
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	306	+	‘‘(ii) may not consider estimates of the 1
	307	+	social costs or social benefits associated with 2
	308	+	incremental greenhouse gas emissions; and 3
	309	+	‘‘(iii) shall consider— 4
	310	+	‘‘(I) the economic impact of the 5
	311	+	standard on the manufacturers and on 6
	312	+	the consumers of the products subject to 7
	313	+	such standard; 8
	314	+	‘‘(II) the savings in operating 9
	315	+	costs throughout the estimated average 10
	316	+	life of the covered product in the type 11
	317	+	(or class) compared to any increase in 12
	318	+	the price of, or in the initial charges 13
	319	+	for, or maintenance expenses of, the 14
	320	+	covered products which are likely to re-15
	321	+	sult from the imposition of the stand-16
	322	+	ard; 17
	323	+	‘‘(III) the total projected amount 18
	324	+	of energy, or as applicable, water, sav-19
	325	+	ings likely to result directly from the 20
	326	+	imposition of the standard; 21
	327	+	‘‘(IV) the need for national energy 22
	328	+	and water conservation; and 23
	329	+	‘‘(V) other factors the Secretary 24
	330	+	considers relevant. 25
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	334	+	‘‘(H) REGULATORY REVIEW.— 1
	335	+	‘‘(i) E
	336	+	VALUATION.—Not later than 2 years 2
	337	+	after the issuance of any final rule prescribing a 3
	338	+	new or amended energy conservation standard 4
	339	+	under this section for any type (or class) of cov-5
	340	+	ered product, the Secretary shall evaluate the 6
	341	+	rule to determine whether such energy conserva-7
	342	+	tion standard is technologically feasible and eco-8
	343	+	nomically justified and whether the regulatory 9
	344	+	impact analysis for such rule remains accurate. 10
327	345		‘‘(ii) E
328	346		FFECT.—Notwithstanding any other 11
329	347		provision of this part, if the Secretary deter-12
330	348		mines, based on an evaluation under clause (i), 13
331		-	that an energy conservation standard is not 14
332		-	technologically feasible or economically justi-15
333		-	fied— 16
334		-	‘‘(I) the Secretary shall publish such 17
335		-	determination and such energy conserva-18
336		-	tion standard shall have no force or effect 19
337		-	(except that such energy conservation 20
338		-	standard shall be considered to be in effect 21
339		-	for purposes of section 327); and 22
340		-	‘‘(II) the Secretary may publish a 23
341		-	final rule amending the energy conserva-24
342		-	tion standard for the type (or class) of cov-25 14
343		-	•HR 6192 EH
344		-	ered product to be technologically feasible 1
345		-	and economically justified in accordance 2
346		-	with this subsection, which amendment 3
347		-	shall apply to such a product that is manu-4
348		-	factured after the date that is 2 years 5
349		-	after publication of such final rule.’’. 6
350		-	SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7
	349	+	that an energy conservation standard is not tech-14
	350	+	nologically feasible or economically justified— 15
	351	+	‘‘(I) the Secretary shall publish such 16
	352	+	determination and such energy conservation 17
	353	+	standard shall have no force or effect (except 18
	354	+	that such energy conservation standard 19
	355	+	shall be considered to be in effect for pur-20
	356	+	poses of section 327); and 21
	357	+	‘‘(II) the Secretary may publish a final 22
	358	+	rule amending the energy conservation 23
	359	+	standard for the type (or class) of covered 24
	360	+	product to be technologically feasible and 25
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	364	+	economically justified in accordance with 1
	365	+	this subsection, which amendment shall 2
	366	+	apply to such a product that is manufac-3
	367	+	tured after the date that is 2 years after 4
	368	+	publication of such final rule.’’. 5
	369	+	SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 6
351	370		(a) R
352		-	EGIONAL STANDARDS.—Section 8
353		-	325(o)(6)(D)(i)(II) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 9
354		-	Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(6)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by ~~strik-10~~
355		-	~~ing~~ ‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’. 11
	371	+	EGIONAL STANDARDS.—Section 7
	372	+	325(o)(6)(D)(i)(II) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 8
	373	+	Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(6)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking 9
	374	+	‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’. 10
356	375		(b) P
357		-	ROCEDURE FORPRESCRIBINGNEW ~~ORAMEND-12~~
358		-	~~EDSTANDARDS.—Section 325(p)(2)(A) of the Energy 13~~
359		-	~~Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295~~(p)(2)(A)~~) 14~~
360		-	is ~~amended by striking ‘‘taking into account those factors 15~~
361		-	which the ~~Secretary must consider under subsection 16~~
362		-	(o)(2)’’ and ~~inserting ‘‘as determined~~ in ~~accordance with 17~~
363		-	subsection (o)’’. 18
	376	+	ROCEDURE FORPRESCRIBINGNEW ORAMENDED 11
	377	+	S
	378	+	TANDARDS.—Section 325(p)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy 12
	379	+	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(p)(2)(A)) is amend-13
	380	+	ed by striking ‘‘taking into account those factors which the 14
	381	+	Secretary must consider under subsection (o)(2)’’ and in-15
	382	+	serting ‘‘as determined in accordance with subsection (o)’’. 16
364	383		(c) E
365		-	NERGYCONSERVATIONSTANDARDS FORHIGH- 19
	384	+	NERGYCONSERVATIONSTANDARDS FORHIGH- 17
366	385		I
367		-	NTENSITYDISCHARGELAMPS, DISTRIBUTIONTRANS-20
368		-	FORMERS, ANDSMALLELECTRICMOTORS.—Section 346 21
369		-	of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 22
370		-	6317) is amended by striking subsection (c). 23 15
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372		-	SEC. 4. DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS. 1
373		-	The final rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: 2
374		-	Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Trans-3
375		-	formers’’ (signed on April 3, 2024; Docket No. EERE– 4
376		-	2019–BT–STD–0018) shall not take effect. 5
377		-	Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2024.
378		-	Attest:
379		-	Clerk. 118
	386	+	NTENSITYDISCHARGELAMPS, DISTRIBUTIONTRANS-18
	387	+	FORMERS, ANDSMALLELECTRICMOTORS.—Section 346 of 19
	388	+	the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6317) 20
	389	+	is amended by striking subsection (c). 21
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	394	+	118
380	395		TH
381	396		CONGRESS
382	397		2
383	398		D
384	399		S
385	400		ESSION
386	401
387	402		H. R. 6192
388		-	AN ACT
	403	+	[Report No. 118–432]
	404	+	A BILL
389	405		To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
390	406		to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from pre-
391	407		scribing any new or amended energy conservation
392	408		standard for a product that is not technologically
393	409		feasible and economically justified, and for other
394	410		purposes.
	411	+	M
	412	+	ARCH
	413	+	26, 2024
	414	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	415	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	416	+	and ordered to be printed
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