US Congress House Bill 3761 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on December 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt decorative hearth products from consideration as direct heating equipment subject to the Act's energy efficiency standards. Defines a "decorative hearth product" as a vented gas fireplace, stove, gas fireplace insert, or gas log set that: (1) is not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard and, in the case of vented gas fireplaces, fireplace inserts, or stoves, is certified to the ANSI Z21.50 standard; (2) is sold without a thermostat and with a warranty provision expressly voiding manufacturer warranties in the event the product is used with a thermostat; and (3) contains no energy efficiency representations other than P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada. Adds the product category "vented hearth heater," defined as a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, or stove: (1) for which any AFUE (annual fuel utilization efficiency) representation, or representation with respect to P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada, is made in any manufacturer advertising or literature; (2) certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard or identified in any manufacturer literature or advertising as a "heater-rated" product; or (3) equipped by the manufacturer with a thermostatic control. Deems a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, stove, or gas log set that is not a decorative hearth product to be direct heating equipment for purposes of the Act.

To properly define and distinguish between decorative hearth products and vented hearth heaters.

Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2013-12-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3761/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3761/BILLS-113hr3761ih.pdf