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H.J.Res. 20119th CongressSigned into lawLatest action May 9, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: 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:
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Congress and the President killed a 2024 rule requiring stricter efficiency standards for gas tankless water heaters.
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This bill uses the Congressional Review Act to cancel a Department of Energy rule, finalized in December 2024, that would have set stricter energy efficiency standards for gas-fired tankless water heaters. With the President's signature, the rule is now dead and cannot take effect. The Department of Energy is also barred from issuing a similar rule in the future without new authorization from Congress.
This affects consumers who buy gas tankless water heaters, the manufacturers that produce them, and the Department of Energy's regulatory authority over this appliance category.
Without the canceled rule, manufacturers are not required to meet the new efficiency standards, so units on the market may remain less efficient than they would have been. This could influence long-term energy costs and environmental impacts tied to water heating.
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Right now: the President signed it. It's law.Now law
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-6.