H.R. 4167 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4167 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2023Mr. Hudson (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Allen, Mr. Balderson, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from changing energy conservation standards for distribution transformers for a certain period, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act. 2. Energy conservation standards for distribution transformers Notwithstanding any provision of part B or part C of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy may not, before the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this section, propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule establishing any requirements under such Act for distribution transformers that are different than the requirements for distribution transformers under the final rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers and published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 23336).