Appliance makers must tell buyers how long things last.
H.R. 10892 — Performance Life Disclosure Act of 2026 · Filed by Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) · Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes appliance makers put labels on products. Labels must show how long the appliance will last. Labels must show yearly fix costs and which features need the internet. Labels must show how long the maker will update the software. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will pick which appliances get labels. It will set the test rules. The Federal Trade Commission will check that makers follow the rules.
Who it affects
People who buy appliances will see new labels. The labels tell how long things last and what they cost to fix. Appliance makers must write and print these labels.
One thing to notice
The bill lets people report when an appliance breaks. This creates a public list of which models fail most often.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — a federal agency that sets rules for how to test things
- Federal Trade Commission — a federal agency that makes sure companies follow the law
- labels — tags on products that show important facts about them
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,954 characters) on Oct 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-31.
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