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Union Calendar No. 412 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3699 
[Report No. 119–482] 
To prohibit States or local governments from prohibiting or limiting the 
connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, dis-
tribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source 
of energy to be delivered, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. BAUMGARTNER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. 
BOST, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAREY, Mr. CRANK, Mr. 
EDWARDS, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
HURD of Colorado, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. MACKENZIE, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, 
Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. MESSMER, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. 
MOORE of North Carolina, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. ROSE, 
Mr. RULLI, Mr. SHREVE, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. THOMPSON 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. WIED, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. 
ZINKE, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. 
MANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. 
FULCHER, Mrs. BICE, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. BENTZ, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mrs. FISCHBACH, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. COMER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHNSON of 
South Dakota, Mr. ONDER, Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, Mr. FONG, Mr. 
HUDSON, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. BAR-
RETT, Mr. BARR, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. 
KEAN, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. GRAY, Mr. 
SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, Mr. HUNT, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
KNOTT, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. GUEST, Mr. FRY, Mr. JACK, Mr. TURNER 
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of Ohio, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FALLON, 
Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mrs. KIM, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. JAMES, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. STEIL, 
Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 
BABIN, Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. LALOTA, 
Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. COLE, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. MILLS, Mr. AMODEI of Nevada, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. 
SMUCKER, Mr. EZELL, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. LOUDERMILK, 
Mr. MCGUIRE, Ms. FEDORCHAK, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 
Mr. MAST, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BURLISON, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Mr. 
AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. 
KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
HILL of Arkansas, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. ESTES, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Ms. 
LETLOW, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. PERRY, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 
HARRIS of North Carolina, Mr. FINE, Mr. PATRONIS, Mr. ROGERS of 
Alabama, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CLINE, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mrs. WAGNER, and Mr. STRONG 
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4, 2025] 
A BILL 
To prohibit States or local governments from prohibiting 
or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, in-
stallation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of 
an energy service based on the type or source of energy 
to be delivered, and for other purposes. 
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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 Choice Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON REGULATION OF ENERGY CHOICE. 
A State or local government, or instrumentality or reg-
ulatory agency thereof, may not adopt, implement, or en-
force a law, regulation, ordinance, building code, standard, 
or policy that prohibits or limits, or has the effect of directly 
or indirectly prohibiting or limiting the connection, re-
connection, modification, installation, transportation, dis-
tribution, expansion, or access to an energy service based 
on the type or source of energy that is sold in interstate 
commerce to be delivered to an end-user of such energy serv-
ice. 
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