1HOUSE · DEC 17, 2025
Passed the House
225–203PASSED
R 218–0 D 7–203
On Passage · roll 347 · 5 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Reliable Power Act
Official title: To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Balderson R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2025 · 225–203
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3616.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3616, Reliable Power Act” on August 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61680
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 119-302,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 119-302 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 25, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/302
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/302 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BALDERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 91, May 29, 2025, Page H2377):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3616. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), H. Griffith (R-VA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Tim Moore (R-NC), Robert Onder (R-MO), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Balderson.
- H.R. 3747 (119th) Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act
- H.R. 1047 (119th) GRID Power Act
- H.R. 9332 (119th) Load Forecasting Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1182 (119th) Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025
- H.R. 1767 (119th) Awning Safety Act of 2025
- H.R. 1651 (119th) To nullify the final rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas…
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Sponsor’s state and district
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