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Union Calendar No. 374 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7626 
[Report No. 118–451] 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy 
conservation standards for room air conditioners that are not cost-effec-
tive or technologically feasible, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2024 
Mr. CRENSHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
APRIL 10, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or 
enforcing energy conservation standards for room air 
conditioners that are not cost-effective or technologically 
feasible, 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 ‘‘Affordable Air Condi-
tioning Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING AND ENFORCING ENERGY CON-
SERVATION STANDARDS FOR ROOM AIR CON-
DITIONERS. 
(a) TECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE
AND ECONOMI-
CALLY
JUSTIFIED.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), 
(n), and (o) of section 325 of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy 
may not— 
(1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con-
servation standard for a covered product that is a 
room air conditioner under such section unless the 
Secretary of Energy determines that the prescription 
and imposition of such energy conservation standard 
is technologically feasible and economically justified; 
or 
(2) enforce an energy conservation standard 
prescribed under such section for a covered product 
that is a room air conditioner if the Secretary of En-
ergy determines that enforcement of or compliance 
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with such energy conservation standard is not tech-
nologically feasible or economically justified. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON INCREASED COSTS TO CON-
SUMERS.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), (n), and (o) 
of section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy may not— 
(1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con-
servation standard for a covered product that is a 
room air conditioner under such section unless the 
Secretary of Energy determines that the prescription 
and imposition of such energy conservation standard 
is not likely to result in additional net costs to the 
consumer, including any increase in net costs associ-
ated with the purchase, installation, maintenance, 
disposal, and replacement of the covered product; or 
(2) enforce an energy conservation standard 
prescribed under such section for a covered product 
that is a room air conditioner if the Secretary of En-
ergy determines that enforcement of or compliance 
with such energy conservation standard is likely to 
result in additional net costs to the consumer, in-
cluding any increase in net costs associated with the 
purchase, installation, maintenance, disposal, and re-
placement of the covered product. 
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(c) 
SIGNIFICANT
ENERGY
SAVINGS
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Notwithstanding subsections (m), (n), and (o) of 
section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of Energy may not— 
(1) prescribe a new or an amended energy con-
servation standard for a covered product that is a 
room air conditioner under such section if the Sec-
retary of Energy determines that the prescription 
and imposition of such energy conservation standard 
will not result in significant conservation of energy; 
or 
(2) enforce an energy conservation standard 
prescribed under such section for a covered product 
that is a room air conditioner if the Secretary of En-
ergy determines that enforcement of or compliance 
with such energy conservation standard will not re-
sult in significant conservation of energy. 
(d) COVERED PRODUCT; ENERGY CONSERVATION 
STANDARD.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered product’’ 
and ‘‘energy conservation standard’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 321 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291). 
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Union Calendar No. 374 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7626 
[Report No. 118–451] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from pre-
scribing or enforcing energy conservation stand-
ards for room air conditioners that are not cost- 
effective or technologically feasible, and for other 
purposes. 
APRIL 10, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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