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H.R. 4407: Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014

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H.R. 4407: Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-04 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014

Plain summary

Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for an eight-year period, from finalizing, issuing, implementing, or enforcing rules under the Clean Air Act applicable to any new source of air pollutants that is a residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater unless the rules comply with this Act. Prohibits the Administrator from setting particulate matter emission limits below a specified threshold for adjustable rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters, pellet heaters/stoves, residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces. Phases in requirements for complying with emission limits. Sets forth provisions requiring third-party testing of compliance with emission limits.

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Official text

Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ann Wagner (R-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jason Smith (R-MO), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Andy Barr (R-KY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4407 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113