Bill changes the rule for shower heads to allow more water flow.
H.R. 4593 — SHOWER Act · Filed by Russell Fry (R-SC) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill adopts a new industry standard for shower heads. It tells the Department of Energy to update its rules within 180 days. It leaves out safety shower heads from the federal rule. The change may let shower heads use more water than current rules allow.
Who it affects
People may get higher water pressure in their showers. Over time, homes may use more water and pay higher bills. Shower head makers and plumbing suppliers can sell more types.
One thing to notice
The bill adopts a new standard that may let shower heads use more water than current rules allow. The Department of Energy has only 180 days to write new rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Dec 3, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 20”
- Jan 13, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 23). (text: CR 1/7/2026 H127)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
6 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 7 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $404,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 11 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 82% of bills with any report.
Russell Fry, who sponsored the bill, received $843,999 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Sierra Club — $180,000 in 2 reports
- Santa Clara Valley Water District — $130,000 in 1 report
- American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy — $50,000 in 1 report
- American Chemistry Council — $20,000 in 1 report
- Plumbing Manufacturers International — $14,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- shower heads — The part of a shower that sprays water on a person.
- safety shower heads — Special shower heads used in emergencies to rinse eyes or skin.
- Department of Energy — The agency that sets rules for energy and water use.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (849 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,938 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-05.
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