US Congress House Bill 7977

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 162)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-03-18 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To provide relief from high energy bills, and for other purposes.

Energy Bills Relief Act

Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Yassamin Ansari [D-AZ]	Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Wesley Bell [D-MO]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL]	Rep. Janelle Bynum [D-OR]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Dexter [D-OR]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Sarah Elfreth [D-MD]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]	Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]
Rep. Adelita Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Pablo Jose Hernandez [D-PR]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Val Hoyle [D-OR]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]
Rep. George Latimer [D-NY]	Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI]
Rep. John Mannion [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Sarah McBride [D-DE]	Rep. April McClain-Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet [D-MI]	Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Christian Menefee [D-TX]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]
Rep. Dave Min [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Kelly Morrison [D-MN]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]	Rep. Kevin Mullin [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Johnny Olszewski [D-MD]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Brittany Pettersen [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]	Rep. Luz Rivas [D-CA]	Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Andrea Salinas [D-OR]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Hillary Scholten [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Eric Sorensen [D-IL]	Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Suhas Subramanyam [D-VA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Tran [D-CA]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Gabe Vasquez [D-NM]
Rep. Eugene Vindman [D-VA]	Rep. James Walkinshaw [D-VA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. George Whitesides [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Emilia Sykes [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Kennedy [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]
Rep. Nellie Pou [D-NJ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Analilia Mejia [D-NJ]	Rep. LaMonica McIver [D-NJ]	Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Gabe Amo [D-RI]	Rep. Herbert Conaway Jr. [D-NJ]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Sam Liccardo [D-CA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Emily Randall [D-WA]	Rep. Laura Gillen [D-NY]	Rep. Shomari Figures [D-AL]
Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-03-18	House	Introduced in House

HB6981 (Related) 2026-01-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HB8423 (Related) 2026-04-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB4351 (Related) 2026-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7977/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr7977/BILLS-119hr7977ih.pdf