{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7637","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7637","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-03-12","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-07-09","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h341","question":"On Passage","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act","result":"Passed","yea":212,"nay":192,"present":0,"not_voting":29,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll341.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2024-07-10"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-07-09","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Refrigerator Freedom Act","result":"Failed","yea":186,"nay":188,"present":0,"not_voting":59,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll340.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-07-09","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Refrigerator Freedom Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill places limits on the authority of the Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe or enforce energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from prescribing or enforcing such standards unless they (1) are technologically feasible and economically justified, (2) are not likely to result in additional net costs to the consumer, and (3) will result in significant conservation of energy."}],"words":70},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Limits the Secretary of Energy's authority to prescribe or enforce energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers, based on the Secretary's determinations about feasibility, cost, and energy savings.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H5CE141321BDB430DAB874FDFA0CD1DD1"}]},"core_areas":["Energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides the short title of the Act as the \"Refrigerator Freedom Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H7499E130FD254CB599D5B01EF0DA9FD6"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary of Energy from prescribing a new or amended energy conservation standard for these products unless the Secretary determines it is technologically feasible and economically justified.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H5CE141321BDB430DAB874FDFA0CD1DD1"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from enforcing an existing standard for these products if the Secretary determines that enforcement or compliance is not technologically feasible or economically justified.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H5CE141321BDB430DAB874FDFA0CD1DD1"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing a new or amended standard for these products unless the Secretary determines it is not likely to result in additional net costs to the consumer, including purchase, installation, maintenance, disposal, and replacement costs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H5CE141321BDB430DAB874FDFA0CD1DD1"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing or enforcing a standard for these products if the Secretary determines it will not result in significant conservation of energy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh#H5CE141321BDB430DAB874FDFA0CD1DD1"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-07-09","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7637/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7637.png","v":"c4cd9cad54c0","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7637, 118th Congress: Refrigerator Freedom Act. House: 212 Yea, 192 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 9 Jul 2024."}}