H.R. 5325, the fiscal year 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which recently passed by the House of Representatives, includes a provision–the Burgess (R-TX) Amendment–which prohibits funding for enforcement of national energy efficiency standards for certain lamps created by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
The inability of the Department of Energy to enforce the standards would allow those who do not respect the rule of law to sell inefficient lamps in the United States without fear of enforcement, which threatens U.S. jobs and creates a competitive disadvantage for compliant American manufacturers.
Way to go, Congress. [sarcasm]
Let’s hope this legislation never becomes law.
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