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LIT Act of 2025

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 1, 2025

Latest action (May 1, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Summary

This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to remove general service incandescent lamps from federal energy efficiency standards. The bill eliminates Section 325(i) of the law, which previously established energy conservation standards for incandescent lamps, and repeals related labeling and reporting requirements. The bill also terminates three Department of Energy rules issued in 2022 and 2024 that regulated incandescent lamp standards. The changes make various conforming amendments to remove references to incandescent lamp standards throughout the federal law.

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Actions (2)

  1. May 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  2. May 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 1, 2025

Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Justice, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, and for other purposes.

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 “Liberating Incandescent Technology Act of 2025” or the “LIT Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. GENERAL SERVICES LAMPS.

(a) Covered Products.—

(1) In general.—Section 322(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6292(a)) is amended—

(A) by striking paragraph (14); and

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (20) as paragraphs (14) through (19), respectively.

(2) Conforming amendments.—

(A) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by striking “(15), (16), (17), and (20)” and inserting

“(14), (15), (16), and (19)”.

(B) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended—

(i) in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i), by striking “322(a)(19)” and inserting “322(a)(18)”;

(ii) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking

“(13), and paragraphs (15) through (20)” and inserting “(19)”; and

(iii) in subsection (c)—

(I) in paragraph (7)— (aa) by striking “product” and inserting “products”; and (bb) by striking “(17), and (18)” and inserting “and

(17)”; and

(II) in paragraph (8), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “(15) or (17)” and inserting

“(14) or (16)”.

(C) Section 325(n)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(n)(1)) is amended by striking “(11), and in paragraphs (13) and (14)” and inserting “(11) and (13)”.

(b) Standards.—

(1) In general.—Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended—

(A) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:

“(i) Reserved.—”; and

(B) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).

(2) Conforming amendments.—

(A) Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended—

(i) by striking paragraph (6); and

(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (18) as paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively.

(B) Section 324(a)(2)(D) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)(D)) is amended—

(i) in clause (i), in the second sentence, by striking “Except as provided in clause

(ii), such rules” and inserting “Such rules”;

(ii) by striking clause (ii);

(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and

(iv) in subclause (II) of clause (ii) (as so redesignated)—

(I) in item (aa), by striking “; and” and inserting a period;

(II) by striking item (bb); and

(III) in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking “shall—” and all that follows through “complete” in item (aa) and inserting “shall complete”.

(C) Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended—

(i) in subsection (b)—

(I) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “2007” in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting “2007;”; and

(II) in paragraph (4), by striking “or is a regulation (or portion thereof) regulating fluorescent or incandescent lamps other than those to which section 325(i) is applicable,”; and

(ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “, except that” and all that follows through “such lamps”.

(D) Section 334 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6304) is amended in the second sentence by striking “a general service incandescent lamp that does not comply with the applicable standard established under section 325(i) or”.

(c) Termination of Rules.—The following rules shall have no force or effect:

(1) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Services Lamps” (87 Fed. Reg. 27439 (May 9, 2022)).

(2) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled “Energy Conservation Program: Definitions for General Service Lamps” (87 Fed. Reg. 27461 (May 9, 2022)).

(3) The rule of the Department of Energy entitled “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Services Lamps” (89 Fed. Reg. 28856 (April 19, 2024)). <all>

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