H.R. 3638House bill · 119th CongressIn the SenateEnergy

Electric Supply Chain Act

Sponsored byRobert E. LattaR-OH-5Introduced May 29, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Dec 15, 2025) Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Energy and Natural Resources.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Sep 19, 2025

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically assess the supply chain that supports the generation and transmission of electricity and report on the assessment to the appropriate congressional committees.

Specifically, DOE must periodically assess and report on

information including trends and vulnerabilities in the supply of components needed for generating or transmitting electricity, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to process critical materials, and domestic policies that deter greater investment into the supply chain;emerging issues in the supply chain; andrecommendations to address these emerging issues and to secure and expand the supply chain.The initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.

Face Value

as passed the House
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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What Congress did

1 recorded
  • decisive vote

    House · Dec 11, 2025

    Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.

    267159

    Passed

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Who lobbied on this

5 organizations

These organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.

  • Edison Electric Instituteno position stated
    …H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain… filing ↗
  • Firstenergy Corp.no position stated
    …H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain Act (all… filing ↗
  • Honeywell Internationalno position stated
    …Act, issues related to grid reliability Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act (S.881/H.R.1896) BESS Act, H.R. 8706 Electric Supply Chain Act, H.R. 3638/S. 3499 SPEED Act, H.R. 4776 CERTAIN Act, H.R. 8308 Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act, H.R. 1949 LNG Export Security Act, S. 4520… filing ↗
  • Itc Holdings Corp.no position stated
    …H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain Act, provisions relating to assessing and strengthening the supply chains for electricity generation and… filing ↗
  • Xcel Energyno position stated
    …H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain… filing ↗

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