HR 5482 United States House · 118th Congress

Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act of 2024

This bill requires federal agencies to assess whether energy policies and rules disproportionately affect at-risk communities, including low-income, minority, rural, elderly, and Native American communities. Agencies must conduct studies before actions like leasing federal land or issuing new energy rules, and include an "energy poverty statement" certifying the policy won't cause energy poverty. Within one year, the Comptroller General and OMB must jointly report to Congress on how current policies impact these communities and recommend solutions to reduce energy poverty. The law aims to prevent energy poverty by mandating concrete evaluations of policy impacts on vulnerable groups.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 14, 2023 Last action Dec 18, 2024
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Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Dec 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Rules discharged.
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on the Budget discharged.
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
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Dec 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-923, Part I.
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 17.
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
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Dec 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Dec 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
lower
Sep 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
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Sep 15, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
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Sep 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, the Budget, and Rules, 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.
lower
Sep 14, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

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