SJRES4Referred to Committee

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
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
14
Cosponsors
SJRES
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Sponsor

Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX · Senator
Votes with party: 33.1% (308 recorded votes)

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.

2025-02-12

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Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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