American Legislation

Designates the Calumet National Heritage Area across parts of Indiana and Illinois; sets a local coordinating body, management plan deadline, and 15-year federal assistance limit.

Directs a federal study of the Upper Raritan watershed in New Jersey for possible Wild and Scenic Rivers designation; study due within three years after funds provided.

Allows aggregators to bid pooled customer demand flexibility into wholesale markets for utilities above a size threshold; FERC to issue a rule within one year.

Requires GAO and DOE studies on liquid cooling and heat-reuse for AI and high-performance computing facilities to inform federal decisions.

Clarifies federal ownership and funding for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel and federal responsibility to protect pallid sturgeon.

Reauthorizes and expands water power R&D, raises funding, and adds manufacturing and workforce support.

Provides planning grants for voluntary water-sharing and water-saving agricultural projects to prepare for drought, with funding, cost-share limits, and application priorities.

Authorizes Interior grants to support the National Law Enforcement Museum's outreach, education, and officer-wellness programs for seven years with required reports.

Creates a federal Strategic Resilience Reserve to buy, finance, store, and sell critical minerals, and to support domestic and partner-country supply chains and standards.

Extends and increases annual funding for the West Valley Demonstration Project from 2027 through 2037.

Directs FERC to manage data center grid connections, require data-center rate classes, and allocate local transmission upgrade costs to data centers.

Creates islanded electric systems exempt from federal regulation if established after enactment.

Senate resolution saying solar, wind, and battery storage can quickly, cheaply meet rising U.S. electricity demand and supports increasing renewable energy production.

Senate resolution says renewables have lowest operating costs and fossil reliance raises wholesale electricity prices.

Requires DOE to assess and report on electricity supply chains, risks, workforce, and reliance on foreign entities.

Creates a DOE Office to coordinate and accelerate commercial fusion energy development, public-private partnerships, and a Fusion Innovation Center.

Requires specific yearly fee-free days at federal recreational lands to encourage volunteerism and align with national dates.

Creates a salt-cavern fuel reserve for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to serve eight Western States within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Requires FERC to assess greenhouse gas and environmental justice impacts for natural gas certificates and to require mitigation or explain why not.

Recreates an advisory council at the Energy Department to advise the Secretary about coal and the coal industry.

Prevents charging customers in one State for transmission built to implement another State's policy unless the customer's State consents.

Pauses electric and natural gas shut-offs during HHS funding lapses and limits reconnection charges, fees, and cost recovery.

Requests the Interior Secretary to allow one-time displays, including projections on the Washington Monument, on the National Mall from Dec 31, 2025 to Jan 5, 2026.

Cancels a BSEE rule restoring the name "Gulf of America" by declaring that rule void if Congress approves.