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Reliable Power Act

119th CongressIntroduced May 29, 2025Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]· OH-12
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
December 18, 2025

Summary

Reliable Power Act This bill directs the electric reliability organization (i.e., the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) to conduct annual long-term assessments of the reliability of

Committees

  • PrimaryEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
  • AlsoEnergy and Commerce Committee

CRS subjects

Congressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservation

Action history

  1. May 29, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 29, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 29, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. June 3, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  5. June 5, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. June 5, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.
  7. June 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. June 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
  9. September 17, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-302.
  10. September 17, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-302.
  11. September 17, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 256.
  12. November 25, 2025Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 119-302, Part II.
  13. November 25, 2025Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 119-302, Part II.
  14. December 16, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 951 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.
  15. December 17, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H6000-6004)
  16. December 17, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.
  17. December 17, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3616.
  18. December 17, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  19. December 17, 2025At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3616, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Weber (TX) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  20. December 17, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6006)
  21. December 17, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 225 - 203 (Roll no. 347).
  22. December 17, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 225 - 203 (Roll no. 347). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6000)
  23. December 17, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  24. December 18, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  • H.Res. 951related
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4371) to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.