{"format":1,"id":"119-hjres-75","congress":119,"number":"H.J.Res. 75","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 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-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 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-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 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-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 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers\"."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-9","introduced":"2025-03-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-03-27","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h78","question":"On Passage","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers”","result":"Passed","yea":214,"nay":193,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll078.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-05-01","vote":{"id":"119-2025-s228","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"H.J.Res. 75","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":52,"nay":45,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00228.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-05-09"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-9.","date":"2025-05-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"senate","date":"2025-04-30","question":"On the Motion to Proceed","title":"Motion to Proceed to H.J.Res. 75","result":"Motion to Proceed Agreed to","yea":52,"nay":46,"present":0,"not_voting":2,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00224.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 commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. Under the joint resolution, such equipment is 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 Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers and published by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on January 21, 2025. Under the rule, the office adopted new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. The rule required the equipment to comply with the those standards by January 22, 2029."}],"words":114},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Department of Energy rule on energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, so that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/75/text/enr#H4D58402092EB4A8793735285A9AD1DDF"}]},"core_areas":["Energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, titled \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/75/text/enr#H4D58402092EB4A8793735285A9AD1DDF"}},{"text":"Identifies the rule as published at 90 Fed. Reg. 7464 on January 21, 2025.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/75/text/enr#H4D58402092EB4A8793735285A9AD1DDF"}},{"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/75/text/enr#H4D58402092EB4A8793735285A9AD1DDF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/75/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/75","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/75/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hjres-75.png","v":"e213db64e48f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.J.Res. 75, 119th Congress: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers\". House: 214 Yea, 193 Nay. Senate: 52 Yea, 45 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 9 May 2025."}}