[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6578 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6578

To exempt decorative hearth products from energy efficiency regulation 
             under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2012

Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Mr. Kline, and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To exempt decorative hearth products from energy efficiency regulation 
             under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

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

SECTION 1. DECORATIVE HEARTH PRODUCTS.

    Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6291) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(67) Decorative hearth products.--(A) The term 
        `decorative hearth product' means a vented gas fireplace, 
        stove, gas fireplace insert, or gas log set that--
                    ``(i) is not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard 
                and, in the case of vented gas fireplaces, stoves, and 
                gas fireplace inserts, is certified to the ANSI Z21.50 
                standard; and
                    ``(ii) is sold without a thermostat and with a 
                warranty provision expressly voiding all manufacturer 
                warranties in the event the product is used with a 
                thermostat.
            ``(B) A vented gas fireplace, stove, gas fireplace insert, 
        or gas log set that is not a decorative hearth product as 
        defined in subparagraph (A) shall be treated as direct heating 
        equipment for purposes of this part.
            ``(C) Decorative hearth products shall not be considered 
        direct heating equipment and may not be classified as covered 
        products under this part.''.
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