House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Future Generations Protection Act

H.R. 5489Introduced Sep 18, 2025Policy area: Energy

Official title: To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Janice Schakowsky D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 18, 2025
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Latest action: Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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. 5489.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):
Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
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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

11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats

0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-9 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.