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Save Our Gas Stoves Act

Source: Congress.gov · 429 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill blocks the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, enforcing, or putting into effect a proposed rule about energy conservation standards for consumer cooking products like stoves and ovens. The bill also adds new requirements that the Secretary must meet before setting energy standards for kitchen ranges and ovens.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Energy is directly affected by this bill. Manufacturers of kitchen ranges and ovens may be affected by the new requirements for setting energy standards.

Key Provisions

• The Secretary of Energy cannot finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products" or any substantially similar rule (Sec. 3). • Before the Secretary can say an energy conservation standard for kitchen ranges or ovens is economically justified (meaning the financial benefits outweigh the costs), the Secretary must first determine that the standard will not cause any type or class of cooking product based on fuel type to become unavailable in the United States (Sec. 2). • The Secretary must publicly disclose all meetings with groups that have connections to the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party, have created studies about or supported policies to limit energy use, or have applied for or received federal funds (Sec. 2).

What Changes

The proposed energy conservation rule for consumer cooking products cannot move forward. The legal standard the Secretary must follow before setting kitchen range and oven energy standards becomes stricter and includes new disclosure requirements about certain stakeholder meetings.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

IIB 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1640 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 15, 2023 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, imple- menting, or enforcing the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1640.RFS H1640 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 HR 1640 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Gas Stoves 2 Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR KITCHEN RANGES AND OVENS. 4 Section 325(h) of the Energy Policy and Conserva- 5 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(h)) is amended by adding at 6 the end the following: 7 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may not determine that imposi- 8 tion of an energy conservation standard under this section 9 for kitchen ranges or ovens is economically justified for 10 purposes of subsection (o) unless— 11 ‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that imposition 12 of such energy conservation standard is not likely to 13 result in the unavailability in the United States of 14 a type (or class) of product based on what type of 15 fuel the product consumes; and 16 ‘‘(B) the Secretary discloses all stakeholder 17 meetings with entities that— 18 ‘‘(i) have ties to the People’s Republic of 19 China or the Chinese Communist Party; 20 ‘‘(ii) have produced studies regarding, or 21 advocated for, regulations or policy to limit, re- 22 strict, or ban the use of any type of energy; and 23 ‘‘(iii) have applied for or received Federal 24 funds.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1640.RFS H1640 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 HR 1640 RFS SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RULEMAKING. 1 The Secretary of Energy may not finalize, implement, 2 or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation 3 Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 4 Conventional Cooking Products’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6818 5 (February 1, 2023)) or any substantially similar rule. 6 Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 2023. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1640.RFS H1640 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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