Clothes Dryer Reliability Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clothes Dryer Reliability Act
This bill places limits on the authority of the Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe or enforce energy conservation standards for clothes dryers. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from prescribing or enforcing such standards unless they (1) are technologically feasible and economically justified, (2) are not likely to result in additional net costs to the consumer, and (3) will result in significant conservation of energy.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2024Discharged Mar 19, 2024Markup Mar 20, 2024Reported Apr 10, 2024 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2024 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-453.
- Apr 10, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
- Mar 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 20, 2024Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20.
- Mar 19, 2024Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security Discharged
- Mar 15, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
- Mar 13, 2024Introduced in House
- Mar 13, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 26, 2024H.R. 7645, Clothes Dryer Reliability ActAs reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 10, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 45, March 13, 2024, page H1181.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes dryers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Clothes Dryer Reliability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Clothes Dryer Reliability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 13, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
