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".
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
14
Cosponsors
SJRES
ⓘType
Sponsor
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX · Senator
Votes with party: 74.0% (813 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Conservative Groups$464k
Full profile: /officials/C001098
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (14)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)Original· 2025-01-23
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Original· 2025-01-23
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)Original· 2025-01-23
- James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2025-01-23
- Jim Banks (R-IN)Original· 2025-01-23
- John Kennedy (R-LA)Original· 2025-01-23
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)Original· 2025-01-23
- Rick Scott (R-FL)Original· 2025-01-23
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)Original· 2025-01-23
- Tim Scott (R-SC)Original· 2025-01-23
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)Original· 2025-01-23
- Mike Lee (R-UT)· 2025-01-30
- James C. Justice (R-WV)· 2025-02-04
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)· 2025-02-10
Latest Action
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
2025-02-12
Source: Congress.gov
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.
Subjects
Energy
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