HR8648-119

In Committee

FORGE Act

119th Congress Introduced May 4, 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, FORGE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Energy.

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 HD5615E1566324879A66B1B4293A7F8A4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Framework for Oversight of Responsible Global Energy Act or the FORGE Act.
  • Section HFAE4B4950980454BA6AE66C112732695: 2. Establishment of Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology program There is established within the Department of...

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, FORGE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Energy

Primary Purpose

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

Policy Domains

Government Operations Foreign Policy Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 4, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

May 4, 2026

Introduced in House

May 4, 2026

Mr. Baird (for himself and Mr. Keating) introduced the following …

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 Foreign Policy Energy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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