H.R. 3628 - State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
H.R. 3628 - State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Announcement
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. 119-306 PDF
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to accompany H.R. 3628
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 119-399 PDF
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 | Amends the definition of a reliable generation facility to require that such facilities have no disparate impacts on any minority, rural, disadvantaged, or Tribal communities, including impacts to human health, environmental quality, and local economies. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Friedman (CA) | Democrat | Allows a generation facility to qualify as a “reliable generation facility” if it uses energy storage technologies to ensure reliable availability. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Budzinski (IL) | Democrat | Prohibits the bill from taking effect until FERC publishes a certification that implementation of the bill will not increase the price of electricity or natural gas in any state. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Biggs (SC) | Republican | Withdrawn Directs GAO to conduct a study on how state renewable portfolio standards or clean energy standards affect the cost of electricity for ratepayers, both within the enacting state and in neighboring states. | Withdrawn |
| 5 | Version 1 | Takano (CA) | Democrat | Requires electric utilities that use integrated resource planning to evaluate potential investments in energy storage systems, considering factors like cost, reliability, security, and system performance. Further directs state regulatory authorities and nonregulated utilities to formally consider and decide on this new standard within set deadlines. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Requires a report on increased prices due to project cancellations and tariffs. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Friedman (CA) | Democrat | Requires states to postpone consideration of the new standard until they determine that implementing it would not increase electricity costs for ratepayers. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Moore (WV) | Republican | Late Withdrawn The amendment requires GAO to report on the number of power plant retirements that have occurred over the last 15 years due to renewable portfolio standards. | Withdrawn |
| 9 | Version 1 | Lieu (CA) | Democrat | Late Withdrawn Requires an annual report for 5 years on unused or underutilized data centers and provides information to improve planning for the rapidly developing technology and its impact on the grid. | Withdrawn |
| 10 | Version 1 | Casten (IL) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Late Strikes current text and replaces with a requirement that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission require each pair of neighboring transmission planning regions to develop jointly, and file with the Commission, a process by which they will develop an interregional transmission plan to identify and to facilitate the construction or upgrade of onshore and offshore electric transmission facilities that are efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial, rather than relying on fossil fuel generation as the sole means of ensuring electricity reliability and affordability. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Moore (WV) | Republican | Late Asks GAO to conduct a review of existing IRP processes and whether states are considering reliable generation in their portfolios. | Made in Order |
| 12 | Version 1 | Leger Fernández (NM) | Democrat | Late Strikes current text and replaces with requirements for the Department of Energy to develop voluntary guidelines and best practices for states and utilities on integrated resource planning of the electricity system. | 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. 218
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to make in order amendment #12 to H.R. 3628, offered by Representative Leger Fernández, which strikes the current text of the bill and replaces it with requirements for the Department of Energy to develop voluntary guidelines and best practices for states and utilities on integrated resource planning of the electricity system. Defeated: 3–8
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 219
Motion by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3