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Union Calendar No. 401 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4626 
[Report No. 119–470] 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary 
of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation 
standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economi-
cally justified, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. ALLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
JANUARY 30, 2026 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 23, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to pro-
hibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new 
or amended energy conservation standard for a product 
that is not technologically feasible and economically justi-
fied, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Don’t Mess With My 
Home Appliances Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING NEW OR AMENDED ENERGY CON-
SERVATION STANDARDS. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 325(m)(1) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(m)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, for any 
product, publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in-
cluding new proposed standards for such product 
based on the criteria established under subsection (o) 
and the procedures established under subsection (p).’’. 
(2) 
AMENDMENT
OF
STANDARD.—Section 
325(m)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) AMENDMENT OF STANDARD.—Not later than 
2 years after a notice is issued under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall publish a final rule amending the 
standard for the product.’’. 
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(3) 
APPLICATION
TO
PRODUCTS.—Section 
325(m)(4) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO PRODUCTS.—An amend-
ment prescribed under this subsection shall apply to 
a product that is manufactured after the date that is 
5 years after publication of the final rule establishing 
an applicable standard.’’. 
(b) PETITION
FOR AMENDED STANDARD.—Section 
325(n) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6295(n)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AN 
AMENDED STANDARD’’ and inserting ‘‘AMENDMENT 
OR REVOCATION OF STANDARD’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or revoked’’ 
after ‘‘should be amended’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall grant a petition to determine 
if standards for a covered product should be amended or 
revoked if the Secretary finds that such petition contains 
evidence, assuming no other evidence were considered, that 
such standards— 
‘‘(A) result in additional costs to consumers; 
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‘‘(B) do not result in significant conservation of 
energy or water; 
‘‘(C) are not technologically feasible; and 
‘‘(D) result in such covered product not being 
commercially available in the United States to all 
consumers.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘NEW OR AMENDED STAND-
ARDS.’’ and inserting ‘‘NEW, AMENDED, OR RE-
VOKED STANDARDS.’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and 
by conforming the margins accordingly); 
(C) by striking ‘‘Not later than 3 years’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) Not later than 3 years’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of granting a petition to revoke standards, the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register— 
‘‘(i) a final rule revoking the stand-
ards; or 
‘‘(ii) a determination that it is not 
necessary to revoke the standards. 
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‘‘(C) The grant of a petition by the Sec-
retary under this subsection creates no presump-
tion with respect to the Secretary’s determina-
tion of any of the criteria in a rulemaking under 
this section. 
‘‘(D) Standards that have been revoked pur-
suant to subparagraph (B) shall be considered to 
be in effect for purposes of section 327.’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘3 years 
(for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers, 
room air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes washers, 
clothes dryers, fluorescent lamp ballasts, general serv-
ice fluorescent lamps, incandescent reflector lamps, 
and kitchen ranges and ovens) or 5 years (for central 
air conditioners and heat pumps, water heaters, pool 
heaters, direct heating equipment and furnaces)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5 years’’; 
(c) CRITERIA.—Section 325(o) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)) is amended by 
amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DESIGN.—Any new or amended en-
ergy conservation standard prescribed by the 
Secretary under this section for any type (or 
class) of covered product shall be designed to 
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achieve the maximum improvement in, as appli-
cable, energy efficiency or water efficiency, which 
the Secretary determines is technologically fea-
sible and economically justified. 
‘‘(B) TEST PROCEDURES.—If the Secretary 
determines that a test procedure should be pre-
scribed or amended in accordance with section 
323 for a type (or class) of covered product, the 
Secretary may not prescribe a new or amended 
energy conservation standard under this section 
for such type (or class) of covered product unless 
the Secretary has prescribed or amended (and 
published in the Federal Register) a test proce-
dure for such type (or class) of covered product 
at least 180 days before publishing a notice of 
proposed rulemaking with respect to the new or 
amended energy conservation standard. 
‘‘(C) 
SIGNIFICANT
CONSERVATION.—The 
Secretary may not prescribe a new or amended 
energy conservation standard under this section 
for a type (or class) of covered product if the 
Secretary determines that the establishment and 
imposition of such energy conservation standard 
will not result in significant conservation of, as 
applicable, energy or water. 
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‘‘(D) TECHNOLOGICALLY
FEASIBLE
AND 
ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED.—The Secretary may 
not prescribe a new or amended energy conserva-
tion standard under this section for a type (or 
class) of covered product unless the Secretary de-
termines that the establishment and imposition 
of such energy conservation standard is techno-
logically feasible and economically justified. 
‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary may not 
prescribe a new or amended energy conservation 
standard under this section for a type (or class) 
of covered product unless the Secretary, not later 
than the date on which the standard is pre-
scribed, publicly discloses each meeting held by 
the Secretary, during the 5-year period pre-
ceding such date, with any entity that— 
‘‘(i) has ties to the People’s Republic of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party; 
‘‘(ii) has produced studies regarding, 
or advocated for, regulations or policy to 
limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type of 
energy; and 
‘‘(iii) has applied for or received Fed-
eral funds. 
‘‘(3) FACTORS FOR DETERMINATION.— 
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‘‘(A) ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION.—Prior to pre-
scribing any new or amended energy con-
servation standard under this section for 
any type (or class) of covered product, the 
Secretary shall conduct a quantitative eco-
nomic impact analysis of imposition of the 
energy conservation standard that deter-
mines the predicted— 
‘‘(I) effects of imposition of the en-
ergy conservation standard on costs 
and monetary benefits to consumers of 
the products subject to such energy con-
servation standard, including— 
‘‘(aa) costs to low-income 
households; and 
‘‘(bb) variations in costs to 
consumers based on differences in 
regions, including rural popu-
lations, cost of living compari-
sons, and climatic differences; 
‘‘(II) effects of imposition of the 
energy conservation standard on em-
ployment; and 
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‘‘(III) lifecycle costs for the cov-
ered product, including costs associated 
with the purchase, installation, main-
tenance, disposal, and replacement of 
the covered product. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE
AND
COMMENT.—The 
Secretary shall provide public notice in the 
Federal Register and at least 60 days for 
public comment on the quantitative eco-
nomic impact analysis conducted under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL COSTS 
TO THE CONSUMER.—The Secretary may not de-
termine that imposition of an energy conserva-
tion standard is economically justified unless the 
Secretary, based on an economic analysis under 
subparagraph (A), determines that— 
‘‘(i) imposition of such energy con-
servation standard is not likely to result in 
additional net costs to the consumer, includ-
ing any increase in net costs associated 
with the purchase, installation, mainte-
nance, disposal, and replacement of the cov-
ered product; and 
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‘‘(ii) the monetary value of the energy 
savings and, as applicable, water savings, 
that the consumer will receive as a result of 
such energy conservation standard during 
the first 3 years after purchasing and in-
stalling a covered product complying with 
such energy conservation standard, as cal-
culated under the applicable test procedure, 
will be greater than any increased costs to 
the consumer of the covered product due to 
imposition of such energy conservation 
standard, including increased costs associ-
ated with the purchase, installation, main-
tenance, disposal, and replacement of the 
covered product. 
‘‘(C) REQUIRED ENERGY OR WATER SAV-
INGS.—The Secretary may not determine that 
imposition of an energy conservation standard is 
economically justified unless the Secretary deter-
mines that compliance with such energy con-
servation standard will result in— 
‘‘(i) a reduction of at least 0.3 quads 
of site energy over 30 years; or 
‘‘(ii) at least a 10 percent reduction in 
energy or water use of the covered product. 
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‘‘(D) CRITERIA
RELATED
TO
PERFORM-
ANCE.—The Secretary may not determine that 
imposition of an energy conservation standard is 
economically justified unless the Secretary deter-
mines that imposition of such energy conserva-
tion standard will not result in any lessening of 
the utility or the performance of the applicable 
covered product, taking into consideration the ef-
fects of such energy conservation standard on— 
‘‘(i) the compatibility of the covered 
product with existing systems; 
‘‘(ii) the life span of the covered prod-
uct; 
‘‘(iii) the operating conditions of the 
covered product; 
‘‘(iv) the duty cycle, charging time, 
and run time of the covered product, as ap-
plicable; 
‘‘(v) the maintenance requirements of 
the covered product; and 
‘‘(vi) the replacement and disposal re-
quirements for the covered product. 
‘‘(E) TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION.—The 
Secretary may not determine that imposition of 
an energy conservation standard is economically 
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