Environment & Energy Congressional Round-Up | April 28 - May 2, 2025

Highlights:

The House passed the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025 (H.R.2444). Rep. John James (R-Mich.), alongside Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Erin Houchin (R-Ind.), and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), reintroduced the bill to strengthen domestic supply chains through improved mapping and monitoring—including for the critical minerals required for clean energy technologies. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed a companion bill (S.257), led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.). 

Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) introduced the Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act (H.R.3048). The bill aims to increase grant-funded job training, research and development, and partnerships to bolster ocean-based economies and coastal communities across the country. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced a companion bill in early April. 

Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), and Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) introduced the PFAS-Free Procurement Act (H.R.3110). The bill would prohibit the procurement of products containing perfluorooctane sulfonate or perfluorooctanoic acid—commonly known as PFAS—and facilitate the procurement of PFAS-free products. Read more about PFAS, their harmful health impacts, and the everyday products that contain them in EESI’s issue brief, the State of PFAS Forever Chemicals in America.

Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Preventing Power Outages Act (S1566) to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. electric grid. Specifically, the bill would reauthorize and update two U.S. Department of Energy grant programs that support grid infrastructure modernization.