HCONRES 26 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Expressing the sense of Congress relating to nuclear power being a necessary clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid.

Introduced Mar 17, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Byron Donalds R-FL

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Latest action · Mar 24, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedMar 17, 2023
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This concurrent resolution expresses Congress' commitment to embracing and accepting nuclear power as a clean baseload energy source that is easily compatible with other intermittent energy sources and necessary to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaOriginalMar 17, 2023
D-ILBill FosterOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-NYBrandon WilliamsOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalMar 17, 2023
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-NCChuck EdwardsOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-CODoug LambornOriginalMar 17, 2023
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-NJThomas H. Kean, Jr.OriginalMar 17, 2023
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalMar 17, 2023
R-FLBill PoseyMar 21, 2023
R-CADoug LaMalfaMar 21, 2023
R-CAJay ObernolteApr 10, 2023
D-MNAngie CraigApr 18, 2023
R-NYGeorge SantosApr 18, 2023
R-VABen ClineMay 15, 2023
R-VARobert J. WittmanJun 30, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarDec 6, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 17, 2023
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Mar 24, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
  2. Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 17, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R42853Nuclear Energy: Overview of Congressional IssuesReportOct 22, 2026

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing the sense of Congress relating to nuclear power being a necessary clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House

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