YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityWorkers & JobsA new Energy Department study of the parts and workers behind U.S. power — nothing changes for your bill.
Transparency & Accountability
The Energy Department would study what the power system is built from and report to Congress. No such regular check happens today.
The bill names who must be asked: utilities, parts makers, cyber experts, and bill payers' advocates. That last group is written into the text.
Workers & Jobs
The report must cover any risk the department sees from non-citizens working at power plants. The bill orders a study only, and sets no hiring rule.
The report must name what blocks veterans, service members leaving the military, and their spouses from these jobs. It would suggest fixes, but no money comes with it.
More about this bill
You would see no change in your power bill or your daily life from this. The Energy Department would have to study the supply chain behind U.S. electric power. That means the parts, materials, and workers needed to build and run the grid. A first report to Congress would be due one year after it becomes law. More would follow, though the bill does not set a schedule. The study would cover shortages of key parts and reliance on foreign suppliers. It would weigh how those risks could hurt the U.S. lead in artificial intelligence. It would also ask whether hiring non-citizens at power plants creates security risks. A separate part looks at drawing more veterans and military spouses into these jobs. Utilities, equipment makers, and groups that speak for people who pay the bills would be asked for input. No money is set aside, and no new rules apply to companies or homes.
Congressional Summary
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically assess the supply chain that supports the generation and transmission of electricity and report on the assessment to the appropriate congressional committees.Specifically, DOE must periodically assess and report oninformation including trends and vulnerabilities in the supply of components needed for generating or transmitting electricity, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to process critical materials, and domestic policies that deter greater investment into the supply chain;emerging issues in the supply chain; andrecommendations to address these emerging issues and to secure and expand the supply chain.The initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2025-09-19
- Date Added
- 2026-04-14
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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