H.R. 7977 (IH) - Energy Bills Relief Act - BILLS-119hr7977ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
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Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

March 18, 2026

Action

Mr. Casten (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Case, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Menefee, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Bill Number

H.R. 7977

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Energy Bills Relief Act

Full Title

To provide relief from high energy bills, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sean Casten(IL)

Cosponsors

Mike Levin (CA); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Becca Balint (VT); Wesley Bell (MO); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Janelle S. Bynum (OR); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Ed Case (HI); Kathy Castor (FL); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Judy Chu (CA); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (CA); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); James E. Clyburn (SC); Steve Cohen (TN); Angie Craig (MN); Madeleine Dean (PA); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Dwight Evans (PA); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Maxwell Frost (FL); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Steven Horsford (NV); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Jared Huffman (CA); Sara Jacobs (CA); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); George Latimer (NY); Summer L. Lee (PA); Susie Lee (NV); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); Morgan McGarvey (KY); James P. McGovern (MA); Christian D. Menefee (TX); Grace Meng (NY); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Dave Min (CA); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Kelly Morrison (MN); Seth Moulton (MA); Frank J. Mrvan (IN); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Joe Neguse (CO); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Ilhan Omar (MN); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Chellie Pingree (ME); Mark Pocan (WI); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Luz M. Rivas (CA); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Raul Ruiz (CA); Andrea Salinas (OR); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); David Scott (GA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Eric Sorensen (IL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Ritchie Torres (NY); Lori Trahan (MA); Derek Tran (CA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Gabe Vasquez (NM); Eugene Simon Vindman (VA); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Maxine Waters (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); George Whitesides (CA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL)

Committees

Committee on Agriculture (Standing), Committee on Financial Services (Standing), Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Natural Resources (Standing), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Standing), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

Public and Private Law References

Public Law 116-260, Public Law 117-58, Public Law 117-169, Public Law 118-5, Public Law 119-21

United States Code References

5 U.S.C. 1013, 2301, 3304, 551, 552a, 5703 and Chapters 10 and 7
7 U.S.C. 2011, 8101 and 8107a
8 U.S.C. 1601 and 1611
10 U.S.C. 2801(c)
15 U.S.C. 717, 717b, 717n, 717s and 717t-1
16 U.S.C. 1431, 1451, 1531, 1600, 1604, 1609, 2621, 2622, 2634, 796, 824, 824a, 824d, 824o, 824o-1, 824p, 824s, 825c, 825m, 825o-1, 825q-1, 825q-l and 972
18 U.S.C. 1151
25 U.S.C. 324, 3501 and 5304
26 U.S.C. 45(b)(11) and Chapter 1
29 U.S.C. 152, 158 and 50
30 U.S.C. 1002, 1005, 1014 and 191
31 U.S.C. Chapter 69
33 U.S.C. 1251et seq.
40 U.S.C. 3145, 501 and Chapter 31
42 U.S.C. 1381, 1396, 1437a, 1437f, 15801, 247d, 4321, 4332, 4336a, 4336d, 4336e, 4336f, 4370m, 4370m-1, 4370m-2, 4370m-8, 5170, 5187, 5191, 6864d, 6864e, 6865, 6872, 7171, 7178, 7401, 8621, 8622, 8623, 8624, 8626a, 8626b and 8629
43 U.S.C. 1331, 1331, 1332, 1337, 1341, 1349, 1701, 1702, 1712, 1732, 1734, 3002 and 3004
44 U.S.C. 3502, 3506, 3608 and Chapter 35
50 U.S.C. 4531et seq.

Statutes at Large References

50 Stat. 664
62 Stat. 18
64 Stat. 1267