H.R. 4593 (119th): Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act or the SHOWER Act

The bill, the Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act (SHOWER Act), gives statutory authority to a definition of showerhead adopted from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for federal water efficiency regulations. It directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to revise its existing regulations to match that definition. It follows Executive Order 14264, which directed DOE to rescind its prior showerhead definition, and replaces the rescinded regulatory definition with a statutory one.

Theological note: Ordinary regulatory definitions of consumer products such as showerheads raise stewardship and prudence questions about water use, household burden, and proper governmental authority. The measure does not directly address a named moral evil or a direct defense of justice, so it is best understood as a prudential matter of ordinary governance.

• Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Lane: energy_efficiency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: regulatory_reform. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
• Roll 22: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
• Roll 23: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a technical regulatory measure that combines a plausible household-burden concern about water-efficiency rules with a water-conservation purpose. It does not directly advance moral harm or directly restrain a named evil, so it falls in the prudential area rather than a clear good or evil classification.
• Theological note: Ordinary regulatory definitions of consumer products such as showerheads raise stewardship and prudence questions about water use, household burden, and proper governmental authority. The measure does not directly address a named moral evil or a direct defense of justice, so it is best understood as a prudential matter of ordinary governance.

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