{"format":1,"id":"119-hjres-24","congress":119,"number":"H.J.Res. 24","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\"."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\"."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-7","introduced":"2025-01-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-03-27","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h77","question":"On Passage","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers”","result":"Passed","yea":203,"nay":182,"present":0,"not_voting":45,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll077.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-04-03","vote":{"id":"119-2025-s162","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"H.J. Res. 24","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":53,"nay":42,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00162.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-05-09"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-7.","date":"2025-05-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"senate","date":"2025-04-02","question":"On the Motion to Proceed","title":"Motion to Proceed to H.J. Res. 24","result":"Motion to Proceed Agreed to","yea":51,"nay":46,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00161.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-05-09","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution eliminates new, more stringent energy conservation standards for certain walk-in coolers and freezers, including the new limits on maximum daily energy consumption for walk-in non-display doors. Under the joint resolution, walk-in non-display doors and walk-in refrigeration systems are no longer required to comply with the new standards."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers and submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on December 23, 2024. Under the rule, DOE adopted energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and freezers to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that DOE determined was technologically feasible and economically justified. The rule required walk-in non-display doors to comply with those standards by December 23, 2027, and walk-in refrigeration systems to comply with them by December 31, 2028."}],"words":139},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves the Department of Energy rule on energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, so that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/text/enr#HFE7CE871DB9048DEAD7E2EEE850E6175"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Department of Energy rule on energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the Department of Energy rule titled \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers,\" published at 89 Fed. Reg. 104616 (December 23, 2024).","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/text/enr#HFE7CE871DB9048DEAD7E2EEE850E6175"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/text/enr#HFE7CE871DB9048DEAD7E2EEE850E6175"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hjres-24.png","v":"3ab141e02723","alt":"Votes on Record. H.J.Res. 24, 119th Congress: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers\". House: 203 Yea, 182 Nay. Senate: 53 Yea, 42 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 9 May 2025."}}