[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1640 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1640


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2023

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or 
   enforcing the proposed rule titled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
    Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking 
                  Products'', and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Gas Stoves Act''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR KITCHEN RANGES AND OVENS.

    Section 325(h) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Secretary may not determine that imposition of an energy 
conservation standard under this section for kitchen ranges or ovens is 
economically justified for purposes of subsection (o) unless--
            ``(A) the Secretary determines that imposition of such 
        energy conservation standard is not likely to result in the 
        unavailability in the United States of a type (or class) of 
        product based on what type of fuel the product consumes; and
            ``(B) the Secretary discloses all stakeholder meetings with 
        entities that--
                    ``(i) have ties to the People's Republic of China 
                or the Chinese Communist Party;
                    ``(ii) have produced studies regarding, or 
                advocated for, regulations or policy to limit, 
                restrict, or ban the use of any type of energy; and
                    ``(iii) have applied for or received Federal 
                funds.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RULEMAKING.

    The Secretary of Energy may not finalize, implement, or enforce the 
proposed rule titled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation 
Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products'' (88 Fed. Reg. 
6818 (February 1, 2023)) or any substantially similar rule.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 2023.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.