Bill would cut home energy costs and restore clean-energy tax credits
In committeeH.R. 7977Latest action
Sponsor: Sean Casten · Representative · IL
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Official title: Energy Bills Relief Act
119th Congress
Topics: Environment & energy
Introduced:
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HR 7977 would change energy , heating aid, home rebates, and permitting rules to affect household energy costs.
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What does this do?
This bill would restore clean energy that were recently removed and create rebates for home improvements like weatherization and reflective roofing. It would expand programs that help lower-income households pay heating and cooling bills. It would also require wind, solar, and storage projects to follow the same federal permitting process as oil, gas, and coal projects, and would invest in modernizing the electricity grid.
Who does it affect?
Lower-income families who rely on heating and cooling assistance, homeowners seeking energy efficiency help, and energy companies and utilities would all be affected. Federal agencies overseeing energy and environmental rules and communities near public lands where energy projects are developed would also be impacted.
Why does it matter?
Restoring and expanding assistance programs could change how much households pay for energy. Applying the same permitting rules to all energy sources could affect how quickly different types of energy projects move forward.
What does it cost, and who pays?
- Increases funding for energy assistance
- Helps low-income households
- Exact amounts unspecified
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedMar 18, 2026
- House committeeYou are here · Mar 18, 2026
- House vote
- Senate
- The president's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.