HR 4626

Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act

Summary

Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act This bill modifies the process by which the Department of Energy (DOE) issues or revises energy conservation standards for consumer products such as household appliances, including by requiring DOE to consider additional factors related to the cost and availability of such products. First, the bill allows DOE to amend an energy conservation standard for a consumer product when needed rather than by a deadline. The bill also allows DOE to grant a petition to revoke or amend energy conservation standards if the standards (1) result in additional costs to consumers, (2) do not result in significant conservation of energy or water, (3) are not technologically feasible, and (4) result in a product (e.g., gas stoves) not being commercially available in the United States to all consumers. Additionally, the bill modifies the criteria used to prescribe new or amended energy conservation standards, including by establishing new criteria for determining whether a standard is economically justified. The bill establishes disclosure requirements for DOE meetings with entities that have (1) ties to China or the Chinese Communist Party; (2) produced studies regarding, or advocated for, regulations or policy to limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type of energy; and (3) applied for or received federal funds. The bill also prohibits DOE from prescribing new or revised energy conservation standards for distribution transformers. Finally, the bill allows DOE to prescribe certain new or amended energy and water conservation standards for clothes washers and dishwashers.

Bill status

Status
Passed House
Sponsor
Rep. Rick W. Allen [R-GA-12]
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Energy
Introduced
2025-07-23
Latest action
2026-02-25: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Recent actions

  • 2026-02-25: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2026-02-24: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2026-02-24: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 76). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4679-4681)
  • 2026-02-24: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 76). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4679-4681)
  • 2026-02-24: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 208 (Roll no. 75). (CR H2285)

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