A joint resolution 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 2025-01-23Topic: energy

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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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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-02-12	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
2025-02-12	Senate	Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).	report
2025-02-12		Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).	report
2025-01-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.	refer
2025-01-23		Introduced in Senate	introduce

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