HR7635-119

In Committee

CHARGE Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 20, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, CHARGE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Trade, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HC680D66A340741348AA22A8374CCB9DE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Countering Harmful Adversarial Rechargeable and Generative Energy Act or the CHARGE Act.
  • Section HAE544E252FC0475BA45C7439291B1333: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) presents an incredible risk in infiltrating the energy grid of the United...
  • Section H5948D559362C46ABADC9A85107C36ACF: 3. Prohibition No person may import, or cause to be imported to the United States, any energy storage system containing remote monitoring capabilities...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, CHARGE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Trade, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, CHARGE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Trade Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 20, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Feb 20, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 20, 2026

Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Trade Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"energy storage system" §H5948D559362C46ABADC9A85107C36ACF

any device, module, or product that is capable of storing an electric current to discharge such current for use at a later time

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