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substantiveMay 1, 2025 · Senate roll call · passage · Result: Joint Resolution Passed

On the Joint Resolution — H.J.Res. 75

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".

In plain language

  • House joint resolution in the 119th Congress.
  • Eliminates new, more stringent energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-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 commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. Under the joint resolution, such equipment is no longer required to comply with the new standards. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers and published by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on January 21, 2025. Under the rule, the office adopted new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. The rule required the equipment to comply with the those standards by January 22, 2029.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea52

Republican: 52

Nay45

Democrat: 43 · Independent: 2

Present0

Not Voting3

Democrat: 2 · Republican: 1

How each member voted (100)

Yea (52)

Nay (45)

Not Voting (3)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.