I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8578 
To amend the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act with respect 
to the enforcement of certain provisions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2022 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. BEYER, and Mr. CASTEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas 
Act with respect to the enforcement of certain provisions, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Consumer Pro-
tection Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AND SUSPENSIONS FOR VIOLA-
TIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL POWER ACT.— 
(1) ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.— 
Section 316A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
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825o–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION
OR SUSPENSION
FOR VIOLA-
TIONS.—The Commission may prohibit, conditionally or 
unconditionally, permanently or for such period of time 
as the Commission determines to be appropriate, any per-
son who is engaged or has engaged in practices consti-
tuting a violation of section 221 or 222 (and related rules 
and regulations) from engaging, directly or indirectly, in 
the business of purchasing or selling— 
‘‘(1) electric energy; 
‘‘(2) electric energy products, including finan-
cial transmission rights; or 
‘‘(3) transmission services subject to the juris-
diction of the Commission.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
314(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
825m(d)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘individual’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘person’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or 222’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 221’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘with 
respect to a person who is an individual,’’ be-
fore ‘‘acting’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, directly or indi-
rectly,’’ after ‘‘engaging’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) electric energy products, including fi-
nancial transmission rights; or’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO NATURAL GAS ACT.— 
(1) PROHIBITION ON FILING FALSE INFORMA-
TION.—The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4A the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 4B. PROHIBITION ON FILING FALSE INFORMATION. 
‘‘No person shall willfully and knowingly report to a 
Federal agency or private-sector price-reporting agency, 
with intent to fraudulently affect the data being compiled 
by the Federal agency or private-sector price-reporting 
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