House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SHINE Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Secretary of Energy to further develop and support the adoption of a voluntary streamlined permitting and inspection process for authorities having jurisdiction over the permitting of qualifying distributed energy systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Susie Lee D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6981.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 5, January 8, 2026, Page H252):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6981, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 6, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee.
- H.R. 1077 (119th) STEAM Act
- H.R. 869 (119th) Keep Our PACT Act
- H.R. 1573 (119th) Military and Educational Data Integration Act
- H.R. 3981 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.
- H.R. 2205 (119th) NEDD Act
- H.R. 3158 (119th) Help Hoover Dam Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7977 (119th) Energy Bills Relief ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.