Legislation· May 2024Sponsored by Ted Cruz (R)
A joint resolution 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 Consumer Furnaces".
Would have blocked a 2023 Energy Department rule that set efficiency standards for certain gas furnaces.
Tradeoff
Would have canceled new efficiency standards for non-weatherized and mobile home gas furnaces under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). Would have kept older, less efficient furnaces allowed for sale.
What's in it
The Senate passed this 50-45 on May 21, 2024. The House never voted, and the bill expired when the 118th Congress ended.
Senate
Introduced
(Feb 1, 2024)
Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources(Feb 1, 2024)
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Discharged by petition(May 21, 2024)
A petition forced the committee to release the bill without acting on it.
Senate
On the Joint Resolution
Joint Resolution Passed(Roll #176 · May 21, 2024)
50 yeanay 45House
Received from the Senate
Received(May 22, 2024)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- J. D. Vance (R-OH)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
Passage votes· May 21, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025