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Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

119th CongressIntroduced May 29, 2025Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]· VA-09
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
December 17, 2025

Summary

Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 This bill modifies the process that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) uses to determine, upon a complaint from a state commission, whether a public

Committees

  • PrimaryEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
  • AlsoEnergy and Commerce Committee

CRS subjects

Alternative and renewable resourcesCongressional oversightDams and canals

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 by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 14.
  7. June 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. June 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 21.
  9. September 23, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-307.
  10. September 23, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-307.
  11. September 23, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 261.
  12. November 25, 2025Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 119-307, Part II.
  13. November 25, 2025Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 119-307, 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 16, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H5927-5933)
  16. December 16, 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 16, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3632.
  18. December 16, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  19. December 16, 2025Ms. Scholten moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H5933)
  20. December 16, 2025The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  21. December 16, 2025POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate H.R. 3632, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Scholten demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  22. December 16, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5934-5935)
  23. December 16, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 218 (Roll no. 341).
  24. December 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 202 (Roll no. 342). (text: CR H5927-5928)
  25. December 16, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 202 (Roll no. 342). (text: CR H5927-5928)
  26. December 16, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  27. December 17, 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.