House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Baseload Reliability Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit retirements of baseload electric generating units in any area that is served by a Regional Transmission Organization or an Independent System Operator and that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation categorizes as at elevated risk or high risk of electricity supply shortfalls, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Julie Fedorchak R-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3843.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FEDORCHAK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 20, 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Troy Downing (R-MT), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Craig Goldman (R-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), J. Hill (R-AR), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Miller (R-IL), Robert Onder (R-MO), August Pfluger (R-TX), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julie Fedorchak.
- H.J.Res. 105 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 6633 (119th) High-Capacity Grid Act
- H.R. 3062 (119th) Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
- H.R. 1830 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander…
- H.R. 2252 (119th) North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
- H.R. 6336 (119th) Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act
Sponsor’s state and district
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.