Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act is a one-section codification bill. It provides that Executive Order 14260, published at 90 Federal Register 15647 and titled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach, shall have the force and effect of law. The bill does not restate the executive order's underlying provisions. Its concrete legal effect is to convert the existing order from ordinary executive policy into a congressionally enacted command, making it harder for a later administration to revoke or change the order without congressional action. The affected policy terrain is federal energy policy, state energy restrictions or litigation targeted by the order, and federal agencies responsible for implementing the order.
Who Benefits and How
Energy producers covered by Executive Order 14260 benefit if the order's protections against state overreach become statutory. Federal energy policy agencies benefit from a clearer legal mandate to implement the order. Supporters of fossil energy development benefit from codification of an order framed around American energy protection. Congressional supporters of codification benefit from locking the order into law rather than relying on executive discretion.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Future presidents lose flexibility to rescind or revise Executive Order 14260 as ordinary executive policy. State governments pursuing energy restrictions may face a codified federal policy against the state actions targeted by the order. Federal agencies implementing Executive Order 14260 must treat it as having statutory force. Energy regulation challengers must litigate against a codified order rather than a revocable executive directive.
Key Provisions
- Provides that Executive Order 14260 has the force and effect of law.
- Strengthens the order by converting it from executive policy into statutory command.
- Protects continuity of the order across administrations unless Congress changes the law.
- Uses a one-sentence codification rather than restating the executive order's underlying requirements.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Gives Executive Order 14260, titled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach, the force and effect of law, turning the order's existing energy-state-overreach directives into a statutory command.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Executive Orders, Federal Preemption
Primary Purpose
Gives Executive Order 14260, titled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach, the force and effect of law, turning the order's existing energy-state-overreach directives into a statutory command.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Energy producers covered by Executive Order 14260
- Federal energy policy agencies
- Supporters of fossil energy development
- Congressional supporters of codification
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Future presidents
- State governments pursuing energy restrictions
- Federal agencies implementing Executive Order 14260
- Energy regulation challengers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Balderson (for himself and Ms. Hageman) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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