S. 3499: Electric Supply Chain Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-16 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2025-12-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Electric Supply Chain Act

Plain summary

Electric Supply Chain Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically assess the supply chain that supports the generation and transmission of electricity and report on the assessment to the appropriate congressional committees. Specifically, DOE must periodically assess and report on information including trends and vulnerabilities in the supply of components needed for generating or transmitting electricity, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to process critical materials, and domestic policies that deter greater investment into the supply chain; emerging issues in the supply chain; and recommendations to address these emerging issues and to secure and expand the supply chain. The initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.

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Official text

Electric Supply Chain Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3499.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s3499 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills