{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4626","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4626","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-07-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-02-24","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h76","question":"On Passage","title":"Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":190,"present":0,"not_voting":25,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll076.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":"2026-02-25"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-02-24","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act","result":"Failed","yea":197,"nay":208,"present":0,"not_voting":27,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll075.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-01-30","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies the process by which the Department of Energy (DOE) issues or revises energy conservation standards for consumer products such as household appliances, including by requiring DOE to consider additional factors related to the cost and availability of such products."},{"k":"p","t":"First, the bill allows DOE to amend an energy conservation standard for a consumer product when needed rather than by a deadline."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also allows DOE to grant a petition to revoke or amend energy conservation standards if the standards (1) result in additional costs to consumers, (2) do not result in significant conservation of energy or water, (3) are not technologically feasible, and (4) result in a product (e.g., gas stoves) not being commercially available in the United States to all consumers."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill modifies the criteria used to prescribe new or amended energy conservation standards, including by establishing new criteria for determining whether a standard is economically justified."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill establishes disclosure requirements for DOE meetings with entities that have (1) ties to China or the Chinese Communist Party; (2) produced studies regarding, or advocated for, regulations or policy to limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type of energy; and (3) applied for or received federal funds."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits DOE from prescribing new or revised energy conservation standards for distribution transformers."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill allows DOE to prescribe certain new or amended energy and water conservation standards for clothes washers and dishwashers."}],"words":249},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to change the conditions and process under which the Secretary of Energy prescribes, amends, or revokes energy conservation standards for covered products.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"}]},"core_areas":["Criteria for prescribing energy conservation standards for covered products","Petitions to amend or revoke energy conservation standards","Disclosure of Department of Energy meetings before standards are prescribed","Distribution transformer standards","Clothes washer and dishwasher standards"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing a new or amended energy conservation standard unless it is technologically feasible and economically justified, or if it will not result in significant conservation of energy or water.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from finding a standard economically justified unless it is not likely to result in additional net costs to the consumer and the first 3 years of energy and water savings exceed the increased costs to the consumer.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to grant a petition to amend or revoke standards if it contains evidence that the standards add costs to consumers, do not save significant energy or water, are not technologically feasible, and leave a product not commercially available to all consumers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing a new or amended standard unless the Secretary publicly discloses each meeting in the preceding 5 years with certain entities, including those with ties to the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for distribution transformers beginning on the date of enactment, and leaves standards prescribed before that date unaffected.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#HAD1563A8445347D6AF0E308E96F36763"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to prescribe new or amended standards for clothes washers and for dishwashers, including a design requirement and a performance standard on energy or water efficiency or use.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#HE3C37505511D44729BDF944AA1864DF8"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"rule_delay","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#HAD1563A8445347D6AF0E308E96F36763"},"heading":"Distribution transformers","effect":"Starting on enactment, bars the Secretary from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for distribution transformers, while leaving standards already prescribed in place.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary may not prescribe any new or amended energy conservation standard under part B or this part for distribution transformers"}]},{"category":"unnamed_target","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text/eh#H8F4F063D966C49F28B5C617333AA0579"},"heading":"Prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards","effect":"Bars the Secretary from prescribing a new or amended standard unless the Secretary publicly discloses meetings in the prior 5 years with entities that meet three listed criteria, including ties to the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.","amount":null,"quote":"has ties to the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; (ii) has produced studies regarding, or advocated for, regulations or policy to limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type of energy"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-02-24","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/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/4626","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4626/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4626.png","v":"7e5b80029ed8","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4626, 119th Congress: Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act. House: 217 Yea, 190 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 24 Feb 2026."}}