House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Small Modular Reactor Commercialization Act of 2025

H.R. 2813Introduced Apr 10, 2025Policy area: Energy

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a working group on the commercialization and industrialization of small modular reactors and to modernize thresholds for electrical output of small modular reactors.

Sponsor: Rep. James Baird R-IN

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 10, 2025
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Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2813.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1600):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof. 11
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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

2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans

0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Baird.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-4 district

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.