Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".

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Introduced 2025-01-15Topic: energy

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters and submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on December 26, 2024. Under the rule, DOE adopted amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that DOE determined was technologically feasible and economically justified.

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Recorded votes

Date	Chamber	Question	Result	Yeas	Nays
2025-04-10	Senate roll 207	On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 20	Joint Resolution Passed	53	44
2025-04-09	Senate roll 206	On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 20	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	52	42
2025-02-27	House roll 53	On Passage	Passed	221	198

Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-05-09		Became Public Law No: 119-6.	enact
2025-05-09		Became Public Law No: 119-6.	enact
2025-05-09		Signed by President.
2025-05-09		Signed by President.	enact
2025-05-09	House	Presented to President.	sent to executive
2025-05-09		Presented to President.	sent to executive
2025-04-10	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-04-10	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207.
2025-04-10		Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207.	floor pass
2025-04-10	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2533, S2537-2538)
2025-04-09	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S2506)
2025-04-09	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 42. Record Vote Number: 206.
2025-03-03	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
2025-02-27	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-02-27	House	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 198, 2 Present (Roll no. 53). (text: CR H884)
2025-02-27		Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 198, 2 Present (Roll no. 53). (text: CR H884)	floor pass
2025-02-27	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2025-02-27	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 20.
2025-02-27	House	Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 20, H.J. Res. 35 and H. Con. Res. 14. The resolution provides for consideration of two joint resolutions, H.J.Res.20, under a closed rule and H.J.Res. 35, under a closed rule. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 14, under a closed rule. The joint resolutions are debated for one hour each and the concurrent resolution is debated for 3 hours.
2025-02-27	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 161. (consideration: CR H884-889)
2025-02-25	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 161 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 20, H.J. Res. 35 and H. Con. Res. 14. The resolution provides for consideration of two joint resolutions, H.J.Res.20, under a closed rule and H.J.Res. 35, under a closed rule. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 14, under a closed rule. The joint resolutions are debatable for one hour each and the concurrent resolution is debatable for 3 hours.
2025-01-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	refer
2025-01-15		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-01-15		Introduced in House	introduce

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