[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3818 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3818

  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing a proposed rule 
   related to consumer conventional cooking products, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2023

 Mr. Newhouse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing a proposed rule 
   related to 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. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) There has been increasing momentum at the local, State, 
        and Federal level across the United States to disincentivize 
        and forbid the use of natural gas stoves thereby curbing 
        consumer choice, crippling manufacturers, and increasing energy 
        prices.
            (2) On February 1, 2023, the Department of Energy initiated 
        a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and published a 
        Technical Support Document, which would establish maximum 
        energy consumption standards annually for gas stove tops 
        thereby barring manufacturers from selling gas stoves which 
        consume over 1,204 British thermal units annually.
            (3) In the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 
        the Technical Support Document, the Department of Energy 
        estimated only four percent of gas stove tops on the market met 
        the proposed maximum rate of 1,204 British thermal units 
        annually which would exclude 96 percent of gas stoves.
            (4) Shortly thereafter, on March 7, 2023, the Consumer 
        Product Safety Commission published a notice to request 
        information on chronic health hazards associated with gas stove 
        ranges.
            (5) On March 20, 2023, in response to these ongoing efforts 
        to ban the purchase and usage of natural gas stoves, 75 Members 
        of Congress joined together and sent a letter to Secretary 
        Granholm at the Department of Energy expressing significant 
        concerns with the Department of Energy's proposed rule and 
        expressing opposition to the finalization of the proposed rule.
            (6) In early May 2023, New York approved a fiscal year 2024 
        State budget prohibiting the use of propane heating, furnaces, 
        and natural gas stoves in residential buildings and requiring 
        the use of all electric heating and cooking appliances in 
        buildings smaller than seven stories by 2026 and for larger 
        buildings by 2029.
            (7) On May 8, 2023, 11 city attorneys general from States 
        such as Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, 
        Rhode Island, Oregon, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and 
        Washington submitted a letter to the Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission in support of the commission's March 7, 2023, 
        request for information on gas stoves and requesting compulsory 
        regulations on gas stove ventilation standards.
            (8) On May 24, 2023, the House Committee on Oversight and 
        Accountability held a Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy 
        Policy, and Regulatory Affairs hearing entitled ``Consumer 
        Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration's 
        Regulatory Assault on Americans' Gas Stoves'' with industry 
        experts to discuss the Department of Energy's proposed 
        rulemaking and the negative impact the proposed rules would 
        have if finalized.
            (9) Natural gas is a safe, clean, and reliable energy 
        source which is an vital component of an all-of-the-above 
        strategic approach to energy development helping to ensure 
        American energy security and independence.

SEC. 2. PROPOSED RULE ON ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER 
              CONVENTIONAL COOKING PRODUCTS.

    The Secretary of Energy may not finalize, implement, administer, or 
enforce the proposed rule titled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products; 
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting'' (88 Fed. Reg. 6818; published February 1, 2023) with respect 
to energy conservation standards for gas kitchen ranges and ovens, or 
any substantially similar rule, including any rule that would directly 
or indirectly limit consumer access to gas kitchen ranges or ovens.
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