To prevent energy poverty and ensure that at-risk communities have access to affordable energy.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires federal agencies to study and report on how their energy regulations affect vulnerable communities, including low-income, minority, rural, elderly, and tribal populations. It mandates that before the President can halt oil, gas, coal, or mineral activities on federal lands, the Interior Secretary must first study whether such actions would harm these at-risk communities.
Who Benefits and How
Oil and gas companies, coal mining companies, and mineral extraction industries benefit from new procedural requirements that make it harder for federal agencies to restrict energy production on federal lands. Energy project developers can request studies showing how their projects will alleviate energy poverty, potentially expediting approvals. At-risk communities may benefit from increased focus on energy affordability in federal policy-making.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal agencies (EPA, Interior, Agriculture, Energy) face new reporting requirements and must certify that rules will not cause energy poverty. The Congressional Budget Office must estimate energy cost impacts on at-risk communities for relevant legislation. Environmental regulators face additional procedural hurdles before implementing new energy rules. The GAO must conduct comprehensive studies of energy laws and their impacts.
Key Provisions
- Requires GAO to study how federal energy laws and state renewable standards affect at-risk communities
- Mandates Interior Department studies before any presidential moratorium on federal land energy development
- Requires agencies to certify that energy rules will not cause energy poverty and include prominent energy poverty statements
- Establishes definitions for at-risk communities including low-income, minority, rural, elderly, and tribal populations
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires federal agencies to assess and report on how energy regulations and federal land management decisions affect energy poverty in low-income, minority, rural, elderly, and tribal communities.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Environmental Regulation, Public Lands, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
Requires federal agencies to assess and report on how energy regulations and federal land management decisions affect energy poverty in low-income, minority, rural, elderly, and tribal communities.
Policy Domains
Whole Bill - Energy Poverty Prevention
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Oil & Gas Extraction
- Coal Mining
- Mining (except Oil & Gas)
- Energy project developers
- At-risk communities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Energy
- Department of Agriculture
- Government Accountability Office
- Congressional Budget Office
- Environmental advocacy groups
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Babin, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Moylan, …
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, the Budget, and Rules …
Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Boebert, …
Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Boebert, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional Budget Office, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy
Mineral extraction companies on federal lands, Oil and gas companies on federal lands, Pipeline project developers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "director_cbo"
- → Director of the Congressional Budget Office
- "director_omb"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General of the United States (GAO)
- "the_secretary_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "the_secretary_interior"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_secretary_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A low-income community, minority community, rural community, elderly community, or American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian community
A rule promulgated by EPA, Interior, Agriculture, Energy, or other agency that may affect energy poverty and result in changes to electricity, heating, gasoline, oil, natural gas, motor vehicle, or appliance prices
National Forest System land, BLM public lands, outer Continental Shelf, and DOE-managed land, including land with non-federal surface/subsurface rights
A condition in which individuals do not have access to affordable and reliable energy to maintain economic security
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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