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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7673 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or 

enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes washers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Liberty in Laundry 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING AND ENFORCING ENERGY CON5 SERVATION STANDARDS FOR CLOTHES 

6 WASHERS. 

7 (a) TECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE AND ECONOMI8 CALLY JUSTIFIED.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), 

9 (n), and (o) of section 325 of the Energy Policy and Con10 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy 

11 may not— 

12 (1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con13 servation standard for a covered product that is a 

14 clothes washer under such section unless the Sec15 retary of Energy determines that the prescription 

16 and imposition of such energy conservation standard 

17 is technologically feasible and economically justified; 

18 or 

19 (2) enforce an energy conservation standard 

20 prescribed under such section for a covered product 

21 that is a clothes washer if the Secretary of Energy 

22 determines that enforcement of or compliance with 

23 such energy conservation standard is not techno24 logically feasible or economically justified. 

25 (b) PROHIBITION ON INCREASED COSTS TO CON26 SUMERS.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), (n), and (o) 


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1 of section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy may not— 

3 (1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con4 servation standard for a covered product that is a 

5 clothes washer under such section unless the Sec6 retary of Energy determines that the prescription 

7 and imposition of such energy conservation standard 

8 is not likely to result in additional net costs to the 

9 consumer, including any increase in net costs associ10 ated with the purchase, installation, maintenance, 

11 disposal, and replacement of the covered product; or 

12 (2) enforce an energy conservation standard 

13 prescribed under such section for a covered product 

14 that is a clothes washer if the Secretary of Energy 

15 determines that enforcement of or compliance with 

16 such energy conservation standard is likely to result 

17 in additional net costs to the consumer, including 

18 any increase in net costs associated with the pur19 chase, installation, maintenance, disposal, and re20 placement of the covered product. 

21 (c) SIGNIFICANT ENERGY SAVINGS REQUIRE22 MENT.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), (n), and (o) of 

23 section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy may not— 


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1 (1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con2 servation standard for a covered product that is a 

3 clothes washer under such section if the Secretary of 

4 Energy determines that the prescription and imposi5 tion of such energy conservation standard will not 

6 result in significant conservation of energy; or 

7 (2) enforce an energy conservation standard 

8 prescribed under such section for a covered product 

9 that is a clothes washer if the Secretary of Energy 

10 determines that enforcement of or compliance with 

11 such energy conservation standard will not result in 

12 significant conservation of energy. 

13 (d) COVERED PRODUCT; ENERGY CONSERVATION

14 STANDARD.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered product’’ 

15 and ‘‘energy conservation standard’’ have the meanings 

16 given such terms in section 321 of the Energy Policy and 

17 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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