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Union Calendar No. 356 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4167 
[Report No. 118–431] 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from changing energy conservation stand-
ards for distribution transformers for a certain period, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2023 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. 
WALBERG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
MARCH 26, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 
YAKYM, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. FOXX, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
FULCHER, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
LATTA, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. ESTES, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. 
BURCHETT, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. JOYCE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. CAREY, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. KILEY 
MARCH 26, 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 
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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 ‘‘Protecting America’s 
Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR DIS-
TRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS. 
Notwithstanding any provision of part B or part C 
of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6291 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy may not, 
before the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this section, propose, finalize, implement, administer, 
or enforce any rule establishing any requirements under 
such Act for distribution transformers that are different 
than the requirements for distribution transformers under 
the final rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: En-
ergy Conservation Standards for Distribution Trans-
formers’’ and published in the Federal Register on April 
18, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 23336). 
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Union Calendar No. 356 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4167 
[Report No. 118–431] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from changing 
energy conservation standards for distribution 
transformers for a certain period, and for other 
purposes. 
MARCH 26, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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