House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donna Christensen D-VIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2014
- Committee actionDec 11, 2014
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2014 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5803.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8868):Article IV; Section 3: the Authority of Congress to make all rules regarding the territories.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5803, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.83, which became Public Law 113-235 on 12/16/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5803, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16e1e03060c2143e7d2eb720fff354383e942f89f64e74fa7b9cf87508c32c46
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Christensen.
- H.R. 83 (113th) Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 85 (113th) To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1966 (113th) Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2013
- H.R. 79 (113th) Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013
- H.R. 89 (113th) To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 91 (113th) To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.