H.R. 3638 - Electric Supply Chain Act
H.R. 3638 - Electric Supply Chain Act
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 3383, 3668, 3638, 3628, 3898, S. 1071
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 119-304 Part IPDF
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to accompany H.R. 3638
H. Rept. 119-304 Part IIPDF
Supplemental report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to accompany H.R. 3638
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 119-399PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-3 on December, 9, 2025.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 936:
Agreed to by a record vote of 215-211, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 216-210, on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
MANAGERS: Scott/Leger Fernández
1.Structured rule for H.R. 3898.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure or their respective designees.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Makes in order only the further amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit.
9. Structured rule for H.R. 3383.
10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
11. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective designees.
12. Provides that, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-15 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
14. Makes in order only the further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
15. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report.
16. Provides one motion to recommit.
17. Structured rule for H.R. 3638.
18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
19. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
20. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
21. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
22. Makes in order only the further amendments printed in part C of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
23. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part C of the Rules Committee report.
24. Provides one motion to recommit.
25. Structured rule for H.R. 3628.
26. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
27. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
28. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
29. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
30. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
31. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report.
32. Provides one motion to recommit.
33. Closed rule for H.R. 3668.
34. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
35. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
36. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
37. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
38. Provides one motion to recommit.
39. Closed rule for S. 1071.
40. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
41. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-16 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
42. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
43. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees.
44. Provides one motion to commit.
45. Provides that the chair of the Committee on Armed Services and the chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence may insert in the Congressional Record not later than December 12, 2025, such material as they may deem explanatory of S. 1071.
46. Provides that on any legislative day of the second session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress before January 6, 2026, the Speaker may dispense with organizational and legislative business and that the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved if applicable.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Tlaib (MI) | Democrat | Adds requirements to include information on disparate impacts, cumulative impacts, and recommendations for addressing them in assessments prepared under the Act. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ), Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Revised Requires the Secretary to report on any vulnerabilities due to the employment of noncitizens at facilities in the U.S. that generate or transmit electricity. | Made in Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | McGuire (VA) | Republican | Includes a new line about foreign entities of concern disrupting supply chains to undermine United States leadership in artificial intelligence development. | Made in Order |
| 4 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Adds findings related to President Trump's energy affordability crisis. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Houlahan (PA) | Democrat | Requires DOE to evaluate how veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and military spouses can support workforce needs in the electricity supply chain, including barriers they face and opportunities for improved federal coordination. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Revises the required supply-chain assessment to evaluate barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to manufacture, deliver, and install components for generating or transmitting electricity, rather than only manufacturing. | Made in Order |
| 7 | Version 1 | Min (CA) | Democrat | Expands the proposed study to assess opportunities to deploy advanced transmission technologies, including advanced conductors. | Made in Order |
| 8 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Prohibits the bill from taking effect until the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains is established by an Act of Congress and the Secretary certifies that there is sufficient staffing to carry out the studies and reports that the bill proposes. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Prohibits the bill from taking effect until the Department of Energy reinstates funding awards terminated on or after January 20, 2025. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Explicitly include the impact of the Trump tariffs as one of the policies that DOE must consider in its study. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Includes impacts of OBBBA cuts as one of the policies that DOE must consider in its study. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 2 | Crane (AZ), Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Late Revised Direct Department of Energy’s (DOE) office of Waterpower Technologies Office to work with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) under the Department of the Interior to offer technical assistance and research partnerships to tribal energy projects to assist with identifying issues with the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP) and develop a plan to fix the issue. Within this partnerships DOE and BIA will work to identify: 1. Issue a report on the reasons for SCIP repeated service disruptions, 2. Updates that can be made to the SCIP grid using existing funds or grants, 3. Timeline for the completion of proposed upgrades to the SCIP grid, 4. The development of a notification system that will text, email, and publish outages for all SCIP customers in real time so that they are informed of issues with SCIP grid, and 4. Submit a plan to correct the issues identified in the SCIP report with a cost estimate 1 year after the enactment of this act. | Revised |
| 13 | Version 1 | Casten (IL) | Democrat | Late Adds authorization for $2.1 billion for the President, acting through the Secretary of Energy, under the authority of the Defense Production Act of 1950, to expand domestic manufacturing of transformers and grid components. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Gillen (NY) | Democrat | Late Requires the Secretary to issue recommendations to increase affordability for ratepayers. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Pou (NJ) | Democrat | Late Adds government to the list of relevant stakeholders | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 217
Motion by Mr. McGovern to add a new section to the rule providing for immediate consideration of H.R. 6074, to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits for three years, through 2028, under a closed rule, debatable for one hour equally divided between the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means. Defeated: 3–8
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 219
Motion by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3