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S 1857 115th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling

A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.

Introduced: September 26, 2017 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2018
By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-422. Minority views filed.
Sep 18, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
Sep 18, 2018
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
Sep 18, 2018
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 14, 2017
Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-127.
Sep 26, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill delays by three years the date by which manufacturers, owners, and operators of new residential wood heaters, including residential hydronic heaters (wood-fired boilers) and forced-air furnaces, must comply with emission standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act.

What's happening now December 6, 2018

By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-422. Minority views filed.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 453 Related bill Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Oct 19, 2017
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Oct 17, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1857: A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1857/
MLA
"S. 1857: A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1857/.
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S. 1857, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1857/.
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