H.J.Res. 42 · 119th Congress · Energy
Overturning the DOE Appliance Standards Rule
How each chamber voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · Apr 30, 2025
Roll call ↗52
46
Passed the Senate.
House · Mar 5, 2025
Roll call ↗222
203
Passed the House.
Law 86 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-8. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- CommitteeFeb 12, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2025
- Passed SenateApr 30, 2025
- Became lawMay 9, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 6
- all Republicans
- House committee
- Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 12
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This resolution overturns a Department of Energy rule and strips it of any legal force.
How each member voted
The Senate roll call, passed the Senate, April 30, 2025
Nay unless marked
D · Sen · MD
D · Sen · WI
D · Sen · CO
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 for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment".
This resolution overturns a Department of Energy rule and strips it of any legal force. Using the Congressional Review Act, Congress disapproves the DOE rule titled "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment," published at 89 Fed. Reg. 81994 on October 9, 2024. Once enacted, that rule has no force or effect, and under the Congressional Review Act the agency cannot reissue a substantially similar rule without new authorization from Congress.
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 12 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 41 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 11 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: Network; Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers; Sierra Club; Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (Sbe Council). Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 7 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.