House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
POWER Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the use of electric energy and water by certain data centers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chip Roy R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9019.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 88, May 22, 2026, Page H3731):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9019, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9019
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 11, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy.
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- H.Res. 1189 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…
- H.Res. 354 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 60) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 405 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against…
- H.R. 22 (119th) SAVE 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.