SMART Energy Efficiency Standards Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4892 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4892

    To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to 
  regional standards for furnaces, central air conditioners, and heat 
                                 pumps.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2026

   Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
    To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to 
  regional standards for furnaces, central air conditioners, and heat 
                                 pumps.

    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 ``Strengthening Manufactured Appliance 
Requirements towards Thoughtful Energy Efficiency Standards Act'' or 
the ``SMART Energy Efficiency Standards Act''.

SEC. 2. REGIONAL STANDARDS FOR FURNACES, CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONERS, AND 
              HEAT PUMPS.

    Section 325(o)(6)(E)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(6)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking ``shall apply to 
any such product installed on or after the effective date of the 
standard in States in which the Secretary has designated the standard 
to apply'' and inserting ``shall apply, in States in which the 
Secretary has designated the standard to apply, to any such product 
that is manufactured or imported into the United States on or after the 
effective date of the standard''.
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