House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act with respect to the enforcement of certain provisions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Janice Schakowsky D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8423.
- 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. 172, No. 70, April 21, 2026, Page H3046):Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8423, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6818 (119th) Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act
Related bills
- S. 4351 (119th) Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026Identical bill
- H.R. 7977 (119th) Energy Bills Relief ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.