Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn a final rule issued by an executive agency. If both chambers approve the joint resolution and the President signs it, the named rule is void and the agency is blocked from issuing a substantially similar rule without new legislation. The CRA also imposes a limited time window for Congress to act after a rule is submitted to Congress.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers (90 Fed. Reg. 7464, January 21, 2025).
Department of Energy (DOE)
Under the Congressional Review Act, disapproval resolutions are privileged for expedited consideration in the Senate and are not subject to a filibuster; they require a simple majority in both chambers and the President's signature to take effect.
This joint resolution, submitted under the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8 of title 5, U.S.C.), disapproves the Department of Energy rule titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers" (90 Fed.
Reg. 7464, Jan 21, 2025), stating that the rule "shall have no force or effect." It would nullify that DOE rule if enacted by both chambers and signed.
Single-rule CRA disapproval is administratively simple but politically polarizing; passage hinges on chamber coalitions and executive response.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this joint resolution is a concise, conventional Congressional Review Act disapproval measure that clearly identifies the targeted rule and states the operative effect (no force or effect). It relies on the statutory mechanics of chapter 8 of title 5 rather than adding implementation detail.
Progressives emphasize climate and long-term energy savings.
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Progressives emphasize climate and long-term energy savings.
Likely opposes the disapproval because energy-efficiency standards reduce emissions and save operating costs over time.
Views congressional nullification of an executive rule as undermining climate and consumer-protection policy.
Mixed view: concerned about regulatory costs and process, but also aware of energy savings and climate goals.
Would prefer better cost-benefit analysis or fixes instead of outright repeal.
Likely supports the resolution as a check on executive regulatory overreach and to avoid imposing additional costs on businesses and manufacturers.
Sees disapproval as protecting economic freedom and competitive markets.
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Single-rule CRA disapproval is administratively simple but politically polarizing; passage hinges on chamber coalitions and executive response.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize climate and long-term energy savings.
Single-rule CRA disapproval is administratively simple but politically polarizing; passage hinges on chamber coalitions and executive respo…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this joint resolution is a concise, conventional Congressional Review Act disapproval measure that clearly identifies the targeted rule and states the operative effect (no forc…
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