Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1341, I call up the bill (H.R. 7700) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for dishwashers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Meuser). Pursuant to House Resolution 1341, the bill is considered read. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7700 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act''. SEC. 2. PRESCRIBING AND ENFORCING ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR DISHWASHERS. (a) Technologically Feasible and Economically Justified.-- Notwithstanding subsections (m), (n), and (o) of section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.…
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