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HR1281119th CongressWALLET

Natural GAS Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]

Introduced

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.

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  • 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.

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New labeling and rules for gas appliances

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 follow the National Academies 2009 report "Review of Site (Point-of-Use) and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to DOE/EERE Building Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standards." The results and the energy descriptor would have to appear on any FTC energy-efficiency label and be visible to consumers at the point of sale. The Secretary would have to certify that a final rule is not likely to cause a significant shift from gas to electric for new construction or appliance replacement. Final rules could not apply to small major household appliance manufacturers as defined in 13 C.F.R. § 121.201. For residential gas cooktops, ranges, and ovens, finalized rules could not limit quick-to-boil times, the number or size of burners (including simmer and high-input burners), or grate design (including continuous grates).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]

OK • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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