[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1859 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1859

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2023

 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. 
  Capito, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or 
  enforcing the proposed rule entitled ``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 the 
Secretary determines that imposition of that 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.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RULEMAKING.

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