What the document says“Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment" (89 Fed. Reg. 81994 (October 9, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.”
A resolution of disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, the Congressional Review Act. It names the rule by the title the agency gave it and by where the rule was published, and it states no reason. What the rule itself required is not described here, because that rule is not one of the documents this site has indexed.
What the document actually says“Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment" (89 Fed. Reg. 81994 (October 9, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.”
Congress votes down a rule about appliance labels and checks. The rule now has no force.
The Energy Department wrote a rule about appliance labels and checks. Congress voted to undo it. The rule is dead. It binds no one now. Congress used a law that lets it undo a new rule within a set time.
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