HR 3231 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

American Energy Act

Introduced May 7, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Lauren Boebert R-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 7, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2025 to May 21, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-VABen ClineOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-COJeff CrankOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-COJeff HurdOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-NDJulie FedorchakOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MNMichelle FischbachOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-NCPat HarriganOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MNPete StauberOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeMay 21, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerMay 21, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 7, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 7, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 76, May 7, 2025, page H1910.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to clarify the effect of a pending civil action on the processing of an application for a permit to drill, to require courts to remand lease sale Environmental Impact Statements to agencies to remedy when necessary, and to establish a term limit for permits to drill.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
American Energy Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2025Introduced in House

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