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S1568Referred to Committee

LIT Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-01
Introduced
6
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Mike Lee
Mike Lee
Republican · UT · Senator
Votes with party: 75.2% (887 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$383k

Full profile: /officials/L000577

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (6)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bill Hagerty (R-TN)Original· 2025-05-01
  • Eric Schmitt (R-MO)Original· 2025-05-01
  • James C. Justice (R-WV)Original· 2025-05-01
  • John R. Curtis (R-UT)Original· 2025-05-01
  • Tom Cotton (R-AR)Original· 2025-05-01
  • Bernie Moreno (R-OH)· 2025-05-20

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-09-30

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-09-30

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesHearings By (full committee) · 2026-09-16
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-05-01

Plain-English Summary

I don't have enough information to write an accurate summary. The bill title "LIT Act of 2025" is too vague to determine what specific energy policy it addresses without seeing the actual bill text or more detailed subject matter. To provide a meaningful summary, I would need to know whether this bill covers renewable energy, fossil fuels, energy efficiency, grid modernization, or another energy-related topic.

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Subjects

Energy

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1568 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1568 To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 1, 2025 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Justice, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Liberating Incandescent Technology Act of 2025'' or the ``LIT Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. GENERAL SERVICES LAMPS. (a) Covered Products.-- (1) In general.--Section 322(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6292(a)) is amended-- (A) by striking paragraph (14); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (20) as paragraphs (14) through (19), respectively. (2) Conforming amendments.-- (A) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``(15), (16), (17), and (20)'' and inserting ``(14), (15), (16), and (19)''. (B) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended-- (i) in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i), by striking ``322(a)(19)'' and inserting ``322(a)(18)''; (ii) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``(13), and paragraphs (15) through (20)'' and inserting ``(19)''; and (iii) in subsection (c)-- (I) in paragraph (7)-- (aa) by striking ``product'' and inserting ``products''; and (bb) by striking ``(17), and (18)'' and inserting ``and (17)''; and (II) in paragraph (8), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``(15) or (17)'' and inserting ``(14) or (16)''. (C) Section 325(n)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(n)(1)) is amended by striking ``(11), and in paragraphs (13) and (14)'' and inserting ``(11) and (13)''. (b) Standards.-- (1) In general.--Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended-- (A) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: ``(i) Reserved.--''; and (B) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4). (2) Conforming amendments.-- (A) Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended-- (i) by striking paragraph (6); and (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (18) as paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively. (B) Section 324(a)(2)(D) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)(D)) is amended-- (i) in clause (i), in the second sentence, by striking ``Except as provided in clause (ii), such rules'' and inserting ``Such rules''; (ii) by striking clause (ii); (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and (iv) in subclause (II) of clause (ii) (as so redesignated)-- (I) in item (aa), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period; (II) by striking item (bb); and (III) in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking ``shall--'' and all that follows through ``complete'' in item (aa) and inserting ``shall complete''. (C) Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended-- (i) in subsection (b)-- (I) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``2007'' in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ``2007;''; and (II) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or is a regulation (or portion thereof) regulating fluorescent or incandescent lamps other than those to which section 325(i) is applicable,''; and (ii) in subsection (c)(1),…
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by striking ``, except that'' and all that follows through ``such lamps''. (D) Section 334 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6304) is amended in the second sentence by striking ``a general service incandescent lamp that does not comply with the applicable standard established under section 325(i) or''. (c) Termination of Rules.--The following rules shall have no force or effect: (1) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Services Lamps'' (87 Fed. Reg. 27439 (May 9, 2022)). (2) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Definitions for General Service Lamps'' (87 Fed. Reg. 27461 (May 9, 2022)). (3) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Services Lamps'' (89 Fed. Reg. 28856 (April 19, 2024)). <all>
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