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HR 4626 — Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act

Congress 119 · introduced 2025-07-23

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Sponsors

No sponsorships on file.

Lobbied by (8)

LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.

FilingPeriodRegistrant (lobbying firm)ClientIncomeMatched
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterBASF CORPORATIONBASF CORPORATION—H.R.4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterFORBES-TATEA.O. SMITH CORPORATION$40,000H.R. 4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterSIERRA CLUBSIERRA CLUB—H.R. 4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERSASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS—H.R. 4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterTHE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLCMASCO CORPORATION$40,000HR4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterLONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLCSIFF & ASSOCIATES, PLLC (OBO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)$40,000H.R. 4626
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterAIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAAIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA—H.R.4626
Registration2026 first_quarterPEDRO PEDROZA RODRIGUEZALLIANCE FOR WATER EFFICIENCY—H.R. 4626

Action timeline

  1. — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  2. · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  3. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  4. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  5. — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 14.
  6. — Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 22.
  8. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 401.
  10. · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-470.
  11. · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-470.
  12. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. · H37100 — On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 76). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4679-4681)
  14. · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 76). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4679-4681)
  15. · H36210 — On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 208 (Roll no. 75). (CR H2285)
  16. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2279-2286)
  17. · H8D000 — POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 4626, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Suozzi demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  18. · H8A000 — The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  19. · H36200 — Mr. Suozzi moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (CR H2285)
  20. · H35000 — The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  21. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4626.
  22. · H8D000 — Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758 under a closed rule with one motion to recommit for each bill. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on each bill.
  23. · H30000 — Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1075. (consideration: CR H2269-2276)
  24. · H1L210 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1075 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758 under a closed rule with one motion to recommit for each bill. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on each bill.
  25. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Inbound (8)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-01SIFF & ASSOCIATES, PLLC (OBO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)lobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01MASCO CORPORATIONlobbies_on_bill—HR4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01ALLIANCE FOR WATER EFFICIENCYlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01SIERRA CLUBlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01BASF CORPORATIONlobbies_on_bill—H.R.4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAlobbies_on_bill—H.R.4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01ASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERSlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4626lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01A. O. SMITH CORPORATIONlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4626lobbying_bill_mention

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1A.O. SMITH CORPORATION1$40,0000$0$40,000
2MASCO CORPORATION1$40,0000$0$40,000
3SIFF & ASSOCIATES, PLLC (OBO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)1$40,0000$0$40,000

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

414 predicted yes (42%) · 509 predicted no (52%) · 52 unknown (6%)

By party: · R: 209 yes / 267 no / 18 unknown · D: 204 yes / 239 no / 34 unknown · I: 1 yes / 3 no

50 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor) — showing top 50

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA (h.r.4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  2. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by A. O. SMITH CORPORATION (h.r. 4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  3. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by MASCO CORPORATION (hr4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  4. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BASF CORPORATION (h.r.4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  5. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS (h.r. 4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  6. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ALLIANCE FOR WATER EFFICIENCY (h.r. 4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  7. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SIFF & ASSOCIATES, PLLC (OBO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) (h.r. 4626) · lobbying_bill_mention
  8. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SIERRA CLUB (h.r. 4626) · lobbying_bill_mention

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