SHOWER Act
Latest action (Jan 15, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Energy and Natural Resources.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Dec 30, 2025Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act or the SHOWER Act
This bill provides statutory authority for a revised definition of showerhead for the purpose of federal water efficiency regulations. Specifically, the bill adopts the definition of showerhead established by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The bill also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to revise existing regulations to reflect the new definition.
Executive Order 14264 (titled Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads and issued on April 9, 2025) directed DOE to rescind its regulatory definition of showerhead. This bill provides statutory authority for a new definition that replaces the rescinded regulations.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
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What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Jan 13, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Jan 13, 2026
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Chemistry Councilno position stated
“…Act - H.R. 5184, Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (Affordable HOMES) Act - H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act - H.R. 4593, Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing (SHOWER) Act - H.R. 4758, Homeowner Energy Freedom Act - H.R. 4626, Dont…” filing ↗
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