119th Congress · House
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 Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures · Department of Energy · Energy efficiency and conservation · Food industry and services · Lighting, heating, cooling · Energy
In plain language
- House joint resolution in the 119th Congress.
- Eliminates new, more stringent energy conservation standards for certain walk-in coolers and freezers.
- House passed it on Mar 27, 2025 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution eliminates new, more stringent energy conservation standards for certain walk-in coolers and freezers, including the new limits on maximum daily energy consumption for walk-in non-display doors. Under the joint resolution, walk-in non-display doors and walk-in refrigeration systems are no longer required to comply with the new standards. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers and submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on December 23, 2024. Under the rule, DOE adopted energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and freezers to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that DOE determined was technologically feasible and economically justified. The rule required walk-in non-display doors to comply with those standards by December 23, 2027, and walk-in refrigeration systems to comply with them by December 31, 2028.
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Roll-call votes on this measure
- substantiveMar 27, 2025 · House · Passed
- proceduralApr 3, 2025 · Senate · Motion to Proceed Agreed to
On the Motion to Proceed — Motion to Proceed to H.J. Res. 24
- substantiveApr 3, 2025 · Senate · Joint Resolution Passed