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H.J.Res. 24119th CongressEnergy
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".
Sponsored by Rep. Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK) · 10 active : 10 Republicans
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-7.
Where it standsBecame law67 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedMar 27, 2025
- Senate: passedApr 3, 2025
- President: Signed into lawMay 9, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis 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.
Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the
rule
titled
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers
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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.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed203 yea, 182 nayMarch 27, 2025 · Roll call 77
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 48 | 6 | 13% |
| Middle | 216 | 0 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 113 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Food industry and services
- Lighting, heating, cooling
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 23Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the Senate has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.
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Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Scott Perry (R-PA-10)
- Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
