HR 40 (LSB 2671YH (3) 86)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 40

BY  SALMON

A Resolution urging the United States Congress to repeal legislation impacting and limiting the use of incandescent light bulbs.

   WHEREAS, incandescent light bulbs have proven to be a safe, dependable, and efficient source of lighting for decades; and
   WHEREAS, consumer choice and consumer freedom is an important component of our free market system; and
   WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007; and
   WHEREAS, the Act imposed regulations that, for all practical purposes, banned the use of standard incandescent light bulbs by establishing increased minimum energy efficiency standards for general lamps; and
   WHEREAS, too often the federal government overregulates industry, resulting in increased costs to businesses, causing the loss of jobs and shifting of those jobs overseas, hindering market efficiencies, and hampering the economy; and
   WHEREAS, too frequently the federal government overreaches and intrudes into citizens’ lives and imposes its will and ideas about what is deemed best upon citizens, thus eroding their freedom; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives urges Congress to repeal provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 which impacted and limited the use of incandescent light bulbs.