House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lowering Energy Costs through Grid Modernization Act
Official title: To accelerate the modernization of the national electric grid by supporting advanced conductors and related systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. George Whitesides D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 9945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITESIDES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5199):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9945, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 6, 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 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9945, last updated August 6, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Pat Harrigan (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Whitesides.
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- H.R. 9534 (119th) Wildfire Response Modernization Act
- H.R. 4907 (119th) Statistical Agency Integrity and Independence Act of 2025
- H.R. 5615 (119th) To amend title 32, United States Code, to establish the FireGuard Program as a program of record of the National Guard.
- H.Res. 1557 (119th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rollout of Space Shuttle Enterprise from the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California.
- H.R. 10719 (119th) Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots 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.