House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Energizing Our Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8047.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 67, April 17, 2024, Page H2502):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Interstate Commerce (energy policy).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 110 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8047, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
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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.