{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4593","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4593","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"SHOWER Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SHOWER Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"SHOWER Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"SHOWER Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"SHOWER Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SHOWER Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-07-22","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-01-13","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h23","question":"On Passage","title":"SHOWER Act","result":"Passed","yea":226,"nay":197,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll023.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","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":"2026-01-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-01-13","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"SHOWER Act","result":"Failed","yea":209,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll022.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-30","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act or the SHOWER Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill provides statutory authority for a revised definition of showerhead for the purpose of federal water efficiency regulations. Specifically, the bill adopts the definition of showerhead established by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The bill also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to revise existing regulations to reflect the new definition."},{"k":"p","t":"Executive Order 14264 (titled Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads and issued on April 9, 2025) directed DOE to rescind its regulatory definition of showerhead. This bill provides statutory authority for a new definition that replaces the rescinded regulations."}],"words":105},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the definition of showerhead in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and requires the Secretary of Energy to revise regulations to match it.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh#H1C1395F33F9A4AD6ADD5B77AD0AE8D5C"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of showerhead in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act","Department of Energy regulations on showerheads"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Rewrites Section 321(31)(D) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act so that the term showerhead has the meaning given in ASME A112.18.1–2024.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh#H1C1395F33F9A4AD6ADD5B77AD0AE8D5C"}},{"text":"Excludes safety shower showerheads from the term showerhead as defined in that section of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh#H1C1395F33F9A4AD6ADD5B77AD0AE8D5C"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate revisions to regulations, as necessary, to conform them to the amended definition of showerhead, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh#H1C1395F33F9A4AD6ADD5B77AD0AE8D5C"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act\" or the \"SHOWER Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh#HA42CA59682B04CA093B3218C361EC85B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-01-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4593.png","v":"761f9e7aed77","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4593, 119th Congress: SHOWER Act. House: 226 Yea, 197 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Jan 2026."}}