I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6336 
To prohibit the allocation of costs for a certain transmission facility to 
consumers of a State the public officials of which did not expressly 
consent to such transmission facility, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2025 
Ms. FEDORCHAK (for herself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the allocation of costs for a certain transmission 
facility to consumers of a State the public officials of 
which did not expressly consent to such transmission 
facility, 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 ‘‘Fair Allocation of 
Interstate Rates Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RATE AND CHARGES. 
Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824d) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(h) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no transmission provider providing elec-
tric service to consumers in two or more States may 
allocate costs for a covered transmission facility to 
any consumer of such transmission provider if— 
‘‘(A) the basis for construction or imple-
mentation of such covered transmission facility 
is, in whole or in part, to implement a covered 
policy of a State; and 
‘‘(B) such consumer is not a resident of 
the State the covered policy of which is the 
basis for constructing or implementing such 
covered transmission facility. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—A transmission provider 
providing electric service to consumers in two or 
more States may allocate costs for a covered trans-
mission facility to a consumer described in para-
graph (1)(B) if the State of such consumer, or a 
designated public official of such State, expressly 
consents to such allocation of costs. 
‘‘(3) PRESUMPTIONS.—It shall be presumed 
that— 
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‘‘(A) the benefits of a covered transmission 
facility accrue solely to the cost causers of such 
covered transmission facility; 
‘‘(B) only a consumer that resides in a 
State that implemented a covered policy that is, 
in whole or in part, the basis for constructing 
or implementing such covered transmission fa-
cility is a cost causer for purposes of subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) a consumer that does not reside in 
the State described in subparagraph (B) is not 
a cost causer for purposes of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than six 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, the Commission shall issue such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to implement this 
subsection. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COVERED
POLICY.—The term ‘cov-
ered policy’ means a policy of a State, including 
policies of the local political entities of such 
State. 
‘‘(B) COVERED TRANSMISSION FACILITY.— 
The term ‘covered transmission facility’ means 
any facility, line, equipment, or system used for 
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the transmission of electric energy in interstate 
commerce that is planned, constructed, or oper-
ated in whole or in part to implement a covered 
policy.’’. 
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