Power for the People Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Power for the People Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Environment, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators 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, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Power for the People Act of 2026.
- Section idbb759dd3e5054c4b8882301ddc6830d0: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— because of current energy policies and electricity market structures, households and businesses are...
- Section id362c942a1e2b4f3297bd4ae36b77c12f: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term covered interconnection entity means— an Independent...
- Section id192e921c6f844e309612c3a56e644866: 4. Data center load queues Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a rule requiring all covered...
- Section id728c4a9ed7264c3598149fa15880d8ea: 5. Local transmission cost allocation Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall direct each public utility (as...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Power for the People Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Environment, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Power for the People Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. …
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663
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