House Bills on the Floor

This bill removes rules that were set to stop the use of fossil fuels like oil and gas in new federal buildings and major building renovations by 2030. It tells the Department of Energy to go back to following the older standards as if the fossil fuel phase-out rules never existed, until new rules are created. The bill also says that programs that rate buildings as "green" or environmentally friendly cannot refuse to give federal buildings a green certification just because those buildings use fossil fuels.

4 votes · 4/22/2026

This bill changes the rules about how certain air pollution events are handled under the Clean Air Act. Right now, states can ask the EPA to ignore air pollution data caused by unusual events like wildfires so those events don't count against them when measuring air quality. This bill expands what counts as an unusual event to include things like extreme heat, lack of rain, and human activities meant to prevent wildfires, such as controlled burns. It also requires the EPA to update its rules on handling air quality data affected by wildfire prevention efforts and to do broader regional studies when multiple states report the same event.

5 votes · 1 comment · 4/22/2026

This joint resolution would cancel a government order from 2023 that blocked mining and energy drilling on about 225,504 acres of national forest land in three Minnesota counties for 20 years. That order was put in place to protect nearby waterways, wilderness areas, and tribal lands from possible damage caused by mining and energy exploration. If this resolution passes, the land would once again be open for companies to lease for mining minerals and developing geothermal energy.

1 vote · 1/21/2026

This bill would make it easier to do geothermal energy drilling on state and private land (but not on Indian lands) by removing certain federal permit and review requirements. If the federal government owns less than half of the underground geothermal resources being accessed, operators would not need a federal drilling permit as long as they have a state permit. The bill also says these drilling activities would not require federal environmental reviews, endangered species consultations, or historic preservation reviews, though the historic preservation exemption only applies if the state already has its own law protecting historic properties.

3 votes · 1 comment · 4/23/2026

This bill renews the Endangered Species Act through 2031 and generally reduces the protections it provides. It creates a five-year plan for deciding which species should be listed as endangered or threatened, gives government agencies more time to respond to requests to list species, and limits which land can be set aside as critical habitat. The bill also allows states to manage the recovery of threatened species in some cases, lets private landowners make voluntary agreements to help at-risk species while continuing their operations, and removes some environmental review requirements for certain permits that allow harm to protected species. Additionally, it limits some requirements around government consultations, court challenges, and attorney fee payments in certain legal cases.

2 votes

This bill changes rules under the Clean Air Act so that states are not punished for air pollution that comes from sources they cannot control, like wildfires or pollution drifting in from other countries. If a state can show that it would have met air quality standards except for these outside emissions, it would not have to pay certain fees or face penalties. States would need to prove this again at least every five years to keep the protection. The bill also says that an area cannot be labeled as having unhealthy air levels if the state can show the problem is caused by pollution coming from outside the country, including pollution caused by human activity in other nations.

2 votes · 4/16/2026

This bill would stop the Environmental Protection Agency from having to review and comment on new federal construction projects and other major federal actions that already get reviewed under a different environmental law called the National Environmental Policy Act. It would also stop the EPA from reviewing proposed federal regulations in these cases.

3 votes · 2 comments · 4/16/2026

This bill creates a commission made up of representatives from federal attorneys' offices and agencies to make recommendations about enforcing immigration law and reducing crime in Washington D.C., and to help with hiring and keeping police officers. It also requires the Department of the Interior to set up a program to clean and maintain popular areas in D.C. like monuments, parks, and roads, and to fix damaged federal monuments. The bill's requirements end on January 2, 2029.

4 votes · 3/25/2026

This bill stops three federal agencies — the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service — from banning or creating rules about using lead ammunition or fishing tackle on federal land or water. However, there are exceptions: these agencies can still regulate lead ammunition or tackle if they have field data showing that lead use is the main reason a wildlife population is declining in a specific area, and the state also agrees to the regulations.

3 votes · 3/18/2026

This bill lets mining companies use federal land for activities related to mining — like disposing of waste rock — even if the land itself doesn't contain valuable minerals worth mining. It responds to a court decision that had limited where mining companies could set up waste disposal sites on public land. The bill also allows miners to claim as many sites for waste disposal as they reasonably need, as long as it's part of an approved plan. Finally, it creates a fund, paid for by fees on these claims, that the Department of the Interior must use to clean up old, abandoned mines.

2 votes · 12/18/2025

This bill gets rid of several government programs run by the Department of Energy, including a rebate program that helped lower- and middle-income households pay for electric home upgrades, a grant program that trained home energy efficiency contractors, and a program that helped state and local governments adopt certain building energy codes. It also takes back any leftover money that was set aside for the rebate program and the building energy codes program.

33 votes · 4 comments · 2/25/2026

This bill changes the rules for how the Department of Energy (DOE) sets energy-saving standards for household appliances like gas stoves, clothes washers, and dishwashers. It gives DOE more flexibility on timing for updating standards and allows standards to be changed or removed if they raise costs for consumers, don't save much energy or water, aren't technically practical, or make certain products unavailable to buyers. The bill also requires DOE to publicly disclose certain meetings with groups that have ties to China, have pushed for limits on energy use, or have received federal money. Additionally, it stops DOE from setting new energy standards for distribution transformers, which are devices used to deliver electricity.

27 votes · 4 comments · 2/24/2026

This bill stops the Department of Commerce from requiring special permits for work on undersea fiber optic cables — like installing, fixing, or maintaining them — inside national marine sanctuaries, as long as another state or federal agency has already given permission for that work. It also allows Commerce to have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work with other federal agencies when cable-related activities might damage resources in a national marine sanctuary.

29 votes · 6 comments · 2/11/2026

This bill requires the Department of Energy to protect the supply of energy resources that are important to keeping the country's energy systems running, especially those whose supply chains could be easily disrupted. The Department would have to regularly study these resources, looking at things like weaknesses in supply chains, limits on producing them in the U.S., government rules that affect their production, and how depending on imports or actions by hostile countries could threaten U.S. energy security. The bill also directs the Department to come up with plans to strengthen supply chains, find alternatives to these critical resources, and improve ways to reuse and recycle them.

27 votes · 4 comments · 2/11/2026

This bill tells the Department of the Interior to speed up and expand mining of important minerals on federal land. It requires the department to find mining projects that can be approved quickly, identify federal land with mining potential, and remove rules or actions that create unnecessary obstacles for mining projects. The department must also review state and local laws that get in the way of mining, suggest changes to current laws to increase U.S. mineral production, and report on the economic impact of depending on mineral imports from other countries. Additionally, it directs the department to speed up the mapping of geological resources across the country.

2 votes · 2/4/2026

This bill creates a new legal definition of "showerhead" for use in federal water efficiency rules. The new definition is based on one developed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The bill also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to update its existing regulations to match this new definition. It follows a presidential executive order from April 2025 that directed DOE to remove its old definition of showerhead, and this bill puts a new definition into law to take its place.

1 vote · 1/13/2026

This bill cancels energy efficiency rules that the Department of Energy (DOE) created for manufactured (factory-built) homes and takes away DOE's power to make similar rules in the future. Instead, DOE would only be allowed to suggest changes to energy-saving standards for manufactured homes to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Any suggestions DOE makes would have to meet certain requirements set by the bill, including showing that the changes are cost-effective.

1 vote · 1/9/2026

This bill would require the Department of the Interior to remove gray wolves in the lower 48 states (except for the Mexican wolf subspecies) from the endangered and threatened species list under the Endangered Species Act. A similar rule was issued in 2020 but was struck down by a federal court in 2022, which gave gray wolves back their previous protections. This bill would bring that rule back and would prevent courts from being able to review or challenge it.

0 votes · 12/18/2025

This bill changes the rules for how the federal government reviews the environmental effects of major projects and actions. It narrows which federal actions require an environmental review — for example, a project wouldn't automatically need a review just because it receives federal money, and projects already reviewed under other environmental laws could skip the federal review. The bill also limits what kinds of environmental effects agencies can consider, saying they can only look at effects directly caused by the project itself and cannot consider effects that are indirect, speculative, or distant in time or location. Additionally, the bill places limits on how people can challenge environmental review decisions in court.

0 votes · 12/18/2025

This bill requires the organization in charge of keeping the nation's electric grid reliable (the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) to check every year whether there will be enough electricity generated to keep the power system running dependably. If that organization finds there isn't enough power generation, it must alert the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which then notifies other government agencies like the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. After that alert, any federal agency working on new rules that affect power plants must send those rules to FERC for review before making them final. Those agencies cannot finalize their rules unless FERC determines the rules won't seriously hurt the power system's ability to keep the lights on.

0 votes · 12/17/2025

This bill changes the rules for when a power plant wants to shut down. It allows energy organizations and state commissions to file complaints with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) if closing a power plant could make the electricity system unreliable, and FERC can order the plant to stay open for up to five years, with the possibility of extensions. Power plant owners would be required to give at least five years' notice before planning to shut down a facility. The bill also says that any power plant ordered to stay open would be paid for the extra costs of doing so and would not have to follow federal, state, or local environmental laws while carrying out the order.

1 vote · 12/16/2025

This bill speeds up the environmental review process for natural gas pipeline projects and facilities that import or export liquefied natural gas (LNG). It puts the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in charge of leading all environmental reviews for these projects, meaning other government agencies must follow FERC's plan for the review. The bill also removes the requirement for pipeline applicants to get water quality approval from states under the Clean Water Act, sets a 90-day deadline for project approval after the environmental review is done, and requires that when multiple agencies are involved, their reviews happen at the same time rather than one after another. Additionally, agencies must accept data collected by aircraft or other remote methods from applicants, and FERC must work with the Transportation Security Administration on pipeline security.

1 vote · 12/12/2025

This bill, called the PERMIT Act, changes the Clean Water Act by narrowing what counts as "navigable waters" under the law. Specifically, it removes certain things from that definition, including waste treatment systems, streams or channels that only flow when it rains, farmland that was previously converted from wetlands, groundwater, and any other features that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides to exclude. By narrowing this definition, fewer waterways and water features would be covered by the Clean Water Act's rules.

0 votes · 12/11/2025

This bill requires the Department of Energy to regularly study the supply chain that supports electricity generation and transmission in the United States. The study would look at weaknesses in the supply of parts needed to make and deliver electricity, obstacles to processing important minerals in the U.S., and domestic policies that discourage investment in the supply chain. The Department of Energy would also need to identify new problems in the supply chain and suggest ways to fix them. The first report on these findings must be sent to Congress within one year of the bill becoming law.

1 vote · 12/11/2025

This bill says that state agencies overseeing electric utilities must think about adopting rules to make sure there is enough electricity available over the next 10 years. It applies to utilities that plan ahead by estimating future electricity needs, rather than those that rely on market prices to guide their planning. Under the bill, these utilities would need to consider keeping or buying power from "reliable generation facilities," which are power plants that can run nonstop for at least 30 days, have enough fuel or energy on-site (or contracts guaranteeing it) to keep running that long, can operate during emergencies and severe weather, and provide technical services that help keep the electric grid stable.

0 votes · 12/11/2025

This resolution would cancel a land management plan that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved on January 8, 2025, for its North Dakota Field Office. That plan updated an older 1988 plan and included new limits on oil and gas development in areas with low potential and restricted new coal mining leases to areas within four miles of mines that already exist. If this resolution passes, that 2025 plan would no longer be in effect.

1 vote · 9/3/2025

This resolution would cancel a plan created by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for managing public lands in Alaska's Central Yukon area, which was issued on November 12, 2024. That plan updated the previous management rules for the area, including setting aside about 3.6 million acres as areas of critical environmental concern or natural research areas. A Resource Management Plan is a document that guides how government-managed lands are used and cared for.

0 votes · 9/3/2025

This resolution would cancel a decision made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) about how to manage public lands overseen by its Miles City Field Office in Montana. That decision, issued on November 20, 2024, changed the land management plan so that no acres in the area would be available for coal leasing, and about 1.7 million acres would be off-limits for future coal leasing. If this resolution passes, that decision would be wiped out.

0 votes · 9/3/2025

This resolution cancels a rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made in December 2024 about oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The 2024 rule had replaced an earlier 2020 rule that opened up about 1.6 million acres for oil and gas leasing. The 2024 rule blocked off about 1.2 million of those acres to protect natural resources, while still keeping 400,000 acres available for oil and gas leasing as required by law. By canceling the 2024 rule, this resolution would undo those protections and restrictions.

0 votes · 11/18/2025

This resolution cancels a 2024 rule by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that stopped making federal coal in a part of Wyoming available for companies to lease and mine. The BLM had created that rule after a court said the agency needed to study how coal leasing affects the climate and consider options like limiting or ending coal leasing in that area. By canceling the rule, this resolution would go back to the original 2015 plan, which allowed coal to be leased in that area.

1 vote · 11/18/2025

This bill removes current rules that require the Department of Energy (DOE) to approve the import and export of natural gas, including rules related to free trade agreements. Instead, it gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) full control over approving or rejecting requests to build, expand, or operate facilities—like liquefied natural gas terminals—used to send natural gas to or bring it from other countries. When making these decisions, FERC would have to determine that the import or export of natural gas serves the public interest.

1 vote · 11/20/2025

This bill tells the Department of Energy to have the National Petroleum Council put together a report about oil refineries in the United States. The report would cover how these refineries help with the country's energy security, look at chances to grow their capacity and risks they face, identify any federal or state government actions that may have led to reduced capacity, and offer suggestions for increasing their capacity.

0 votes · 11/20/2025

This bill tells the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to change the rules for how power plants that can produce electricity on demand — meaning they can be turned on or off as needed to keep the power grid running reliably — get connected to the electrical grid. The new rules would make it faster and cheaper for these types of power projects to get approved and connected. The bill also allows companies that run power lines to ask FERC for permission to move these on-demand power projects ahead of others on the waiting list, and FERC would have 60 days to approve or deny such requests.

0 votes · 9/18/2025

This bill officially brings back the National Coal Council, a group first created in 1984 that gives advice to the Department of Energy about coal and the coal industry. It puts the council into law and tells the Department of Energy to set it back up based on the rules it was following as of November 19, 2021. The bill also removes a rule that required the council to be officially renewed every two years.

0 votes · 9/18/2025

This bill creates a new system for approving permits to build and run energy infrastructure—like oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, and electric power lines—that cross the U.S. border with Canada or Mexico. Instead of the old process set up by presidential executive orders, people would now need to get a "certificate of crossing" from either the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for oil and natural gas pipelines, or the Department of Energy (DOE) for electric power lines. The bill also sets deadlines for these agencies to make their decisions and requires FERC to meet deadlines on approving applications to import or export natural gas with Canada or Mexico. Additionally, the President would need Congress's approval before revoking any existing permits for border-crossing energy projects.

0 votes · 9/18/2025

This resolution would cancel a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allowed California to move forward with its Advanced Clean Cars II rules for vehicle pollution standards. Under current law, states are generally not allowed to set their own vehicle emission rules, but California can ask for special permission called a "waiver" to do so. This resolution would take away that permission, effectively blocking California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulations.

0 votes · 5/1/2025

This resolution would cancel a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that was published on January 6, 2025. That decision gave California permission to set its own stricter pollution rules for heavy-duty vehicles and engines, specifically to reduce a type of pollution called NOX. Under current law, states generally can't create their own vehicle emission rules, but California can ask for special permission (called a waiver) to do so — and this resolution would undo the EPA's approval of that waiver.

0 votes · 4/30/2025

This joint resolution would cancel an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice from April 2023 that approved California's request for special permission to set its own rules on pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines. Under current law, states generally can't create their own vehicle emission standards, but California can ask the federal government for an exception to that rule. This resolution would undo the EPA's decision to grant that exception for several California regulations, including rules about heavy-duty vehicle emissions and related requirements like zero-emission trucks and airport shuttles.

0 votes · 4/30/2025

This resolution would cancel a rule made by the National Park Service about the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which is in parts of Arizona and Utah. That rule, published on January 13, 2025, changed regulations for the recreation area, including putting limits on where off-road vehicles like ATVs could be used in certain areas. If this resolution passes, that rule would no longer be in effect.

0 votes · 4/29/2025

This resolution would cancel an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that set pollution limits on dangerous chemicals released by rubber tire manufacturing plants. The EPA rule was created in response to a court decision and was meant to make sure all harmful air pollution from the rubber tire manufacturing industry is regulated. If this resolution passes, that EPA rule would no longer be in effect.

0 votes · 3/5/2025

This bill changes the official name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It also requires federal government agencies to update their documents and maps to use the new name.

0 votes · 5/8/2025

This resolution would cancel a rule put out by the Department of Energy on January 21, 2025, that set new energy-saving standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers — the kind used in businesses, not homes. The rule was designed to make this equipment as energy-efficient as possible while still being practical and affordable. If this resolution passes, that rule would no longer be in effect.

0 votes · 3/27/2025

This joint resolution would cancel a rule from the Department of Energy that was submitted in December 2024. The rule set updated energy-saving standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, requiring them to be as energy-efficient as the Department determined was technically possible and made financial sense. If this resolution passes, that rule would no longer be in effect.

0 votes · 3/27/2025

This resolution would cancel a rule from the Department of Energy that updated regulations about the energy efficiency of certain household products (like washing machines and dishwashers) and commercial equipment (like computer room air conditioners). The rule had changed requirements around certification, labeling, and enforcement for these products to match current energy-saving standards and testing methods. It also aimed to give the Department of Energy the information it needs to properly classify these products when applying standards.

0 votes · 3/5/2025

This act cancels a rule from the Department of Energy that was submitted in late 2024. That rule set new energy-saving standards for a type of gas-powered water heater (called instantaneous or tankless water heaters), requiring them to be more energy efficient. By canceling the rule, those new efficiency standards would no longer be in effect.

0 votes · 2/27/2025

This resolution would cancel a government rule that listed a specific group of longfin smelt — a small fish found in the San Francisco Bay-Delta area — as an endangered species. The rule was created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published on July 30, 2024. By canceling this rule, the resolution would remove the protections that the fish currently receives under the Endangered Species Act.

0 votes · 5/1/2025

This resolution would cancel an EPA rule published on November 18, 2024, that set up procedures for charging oil and gas companies a fee when they release too much methane and other greenhouse gases into the air. The canceled rule was part of a program designed to reduce methane emissions by requiring companies to pay an annual charge if their emissions go above certain limits.

0 votes · 2/26/2025

This bill sets up new rules for managing forests on federal land to deal with wildfire threats. It identifies areas at high risk for wildfires, creates a new center to track and predict fires, and speeds up the approval process for forest management projects by reducing some environmental review requirements. The bill also limits lawsuits and court actions related to certain wildfire management projects. In addition, it supports activities like restoring forests and watersheds, testing new technologies to fight wildfires, and helping wildland firefighters and their families.

0 votes · 1/23/2025

This bill says the President cannot ban hydraulic fracturing (also known as "fracking") unless Congress agrees to it. Fracking is a process where water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground at high pressure to break apart rock and release oil or gas. The bill also says Congress believes that state governments, not the federal government, should be the main authority over fracking on state and private land.

0 votes · 2/7/2025