House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026
Official title: To require public disclosure of electricity and water use, infrastructure costs, rate impacts, public financial assistance, and related commitments associated with large data centers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10139.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 135, August 24, 2026, Page H5252):US Const. Art. 1. Sec. 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 25 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10139, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10139
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 25, 2026). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.