House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Connect the Grid Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7348.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 29, February 14, 2024, Page H638):Article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To interconnect the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7348, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7348
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c65881422634780667ee41aa0eca9d5ac8688914059936baff6863818d8854b5
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7348, last updated January 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Troy Carter (D-LA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Greg Casar.
- H.R. 4978 (118th) Agricultural Worker Justice Act
- H.R. 2822 (118th) Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act
- H.Res. 1525 (118th) Calling for comprehensive legislation that addresses United States policies contributing to forced migration and displacement, promotes an…
- H.R. 4979 (118th) Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act
- H.R. 9557 (118th) American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2024
- H.R. 5701 (118th) No Photo for Food Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.