1HOUSE · FEB 24, 2026
Passed the House
217–190PASSED
R 210–0 D 7–190
On Passage · roll 76 · 25 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
Official title: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 2026 · 217–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4626.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4626, Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act” on February 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 30, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62096
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-470 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 30, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/470
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3647):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 4626. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Feb 24, 2026 · roll 75R 0–208 D 197–0197–208Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
- H.R. 2988 (119th) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
- H.R. 4122 (119th) Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 4214 (119th) Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 5169 (119th) Retire through Ownership Act
- H.R. 7895 (119th) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
- H.R. 5509 (119th) Safe Step Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 12, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.