H.J.Res. 24 · 119th Congress · Energy
Overturning the DOE Walk-In Cooler Rule
How each chamber voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · Apr 3, 2025
Roll call ↗53
42
Passed the Senate.
House · Mar 27, 2025
Roll call ↗203
182
Passed the House.
Law 113 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-7. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- CommitteeJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 27, 2025
- Passed SenateApr 3, 2025
- Became lawMay 9, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 10
- all Republicans
- House committee
- Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 9
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This resolution cancels a Department of Energy efficiency rule for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers.
How each member voted
The Senate roll call, passed the Senate, April 3, 2025
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".
This resolution cancels a Department of Energy efficiency rule for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. Using the Congressional Review Act, it declares that Congress disapproves the rule titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers," published at 89 Fed. Reg. 104616 on December 23, 2024, and that the rule shall have no force or effect. The resolution became law, nullifying that standard.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 9 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 29 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 8 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Sierra Club; Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; League of Conservation Voters; Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (Sbe Council); Americans for Prosperity. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 4 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.