{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-6633","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":6633,"title":"High-Capacity Grid Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-12-11","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"F000482","fullName":"Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large]","party":"R","state":"ND","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":4,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-09-16","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources."},"policyArea":"Energy","subjects":["Advisory bodies","Electric power generation and transmission","Energy efficiency and conservation","Energy prices","Energy storage, supplies, demand","Technology assessment"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-09-16","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5662)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6633.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5662-5663)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-21","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-21","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-20","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-06-24","text":"Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-06-24","text":"Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>High-Capacity Grid Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires&nbsp;public electric utilities to use the best-available transmission conductor for certain interstate transmission lines (i.e., power lines) in order to recover the costs of the conductor through consumers' electric bills.</p><p>Specifically, in any filing seeking to recover the costs of a transmission conductor for the transmission line and in any proceeding to determine if the costs may be recovered through rates, the bill&nbsp;directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  to presume that&nbsp;(1) the use of a best-available transmission conductor is a prudent practice and that the associated costs are just and reasonable, and (2) the use of a transmission conductor that is not a best-available transmission conductor is not prudent and that the associated costs are not just and reasonable.</p><p>A <em>best-available transmission conductor</em> is a conductor that (1) provides the greatest feasible and commercially available energy-carrying capacity at a given voltage level, (2) provides the highest feasible and commercially available electrical efficiency at that voltage level, and (3) mitigates thermal sag (drooping of power lines) at the maximum rated transmission-carrying capacity of the facility.</p><p>The bill applies to projects to (1) construct new transmission facilities; or (2) modify, upgrade, or replace an existing transmission line.</p>","updateDate":"2026-09-23T20:50:09Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8028,"ts":"2026-10-14T08:11:36.313Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=High-Capacity%20Grid%20Act"}]}}