Connect the Grid Act
Latest action · Feb 16, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2024 to Apr 9, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Apr 9, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2024 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
- Feb 14, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H666 | Greg Casar D-TX | Feb 15, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 29, February 14, 2024, page H638.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3855 | Connect the Grid Act of 2024 | Related bill | Feb 29, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To interconnect the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Connect the Grid Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
