Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Liberating Incandescent Technology Act of 2025” or the “LIT Act of 2025”.
Liberating Incandescent Technology Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 General services lamps
Covered products—
In general— Section 322(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6292(a)) is amended—
by striking paragraph (14); and
by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (20) as paragraphs (14) through (19), respectively.
Conforming amendments—
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)”.
Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended—
in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i), by striking “322(a)(19)” and inserting “322(a)(18)”;
in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking “(13), and paragraphs (15) through (20)” and inserting “(19)”; and
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (7)—
by striking “product” and inserting “products”; and
by striking “(17), and (18)” and inserting “and (17)”; and
in paragraph (8), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “(15) or (17)” and inserting “(14) or (16)”.
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)”.
Standards—
by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:
“(i) Reserved”
in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).
Conforming amendments—
Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended—
by striking paragraph (6); and
by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (18) as paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively.
Section 324(a)(2)(D) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)(D)) is amended—
in clause (i), in the second sentence, by striking “Except as provided in clause (ii), such rules” and inserting “Such rules”;
by striking clause (ii);
by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and
in subclause (II) of clause (ii) (as so redesignated)—
in item (aa), by striking “; and” and inserting a period;
by striking item (bb); and
in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking “shall—” and all that follows through “complete” in item (aa) and inserting “shall complete”.
Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
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
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
in subsection (c)(1), by striking “, except that” and all that follows through “such lamps”.
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”.
Termination of rules— The following rules shall have no force or effect:
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)).
The rule of the Department of Energy entitled “Energy Conservation Program: Definitions for General Service Lamps” (87 Fed. Reg. 27461 (May 9, 2022)).
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)).