# 119-hr-1281: Natural GAS Act of 2025

119-hr-1281, Natural GAS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1281
- Congress: 119
- Title: Natural GAS Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

**lifecycle analysis and energy labeling** would be added to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act for gas water heaters, furnaces and boilers, and gas cooktops, ranges, and ovens to shape future federal efficiency rules. The bill would also force rulemakers to certify that any standard is not likely to push consumers from gas to electric and to put a full fuel-cycle energy descriptor where shoppers can see it at the point of sale. - Families and shoppers would see a full fuel-cycle energy descriptor on labels at the point of sale, based on a National Academies approach, to help compare long-run energy impacts of gas appliances. - Appliance makers would face new lifecycle-analysis and labeling requirements, but small major household appliance manufacturers as defined in 13 C.F.R. § 121.201 would be excluded from those rule applications. - For cooktops, ranges, and ovens the bill bars limits on certain gas features like quick-to-boil performance, burner count and size, and continuous grate design while keeping the same lifecycle-analysis and labeling rules.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New labeling and rules for gas appliances: mixed, high. This bill would require the Department of Energy to do a full fuel-cycle analysis and create a full fuel-cycle energy descriptor for any new rules about gas furnaces, boilers, water heaters, and residential gas cooktops, ranges, and ovens finalized after enactment. The analysis and descriptor would…

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- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2756: National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9342: GPO Modernization Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-1281 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1281)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-2756: National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2756)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5351)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-9342: GPO Modernization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9342)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1281 (as of 2026-07-25).