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What is House Committee on Energy and Commerce working on?

Recent hearings

  • Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities in the United States

    Jun 4, 2026

    Hearing
  • Rules of the Road: Examining Legislation to Modernize the Clean Air Act's Mobile Source Requirements

    Jun 3, 2026

    Hearing
  • Corrosion, Collapse, and Clean-Up: Examining the Potomac Interceptor Collapse.

    May 20, 2026

    Hearing
  • Winter Storm Fern Lessons: Supplying Reliable Power to Meet Peak Demand

    Mar 17, 2026

    Hearing
  • The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget.

    Apr 16, 2026

    Hearing

As of Jun 3, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has one of the broadest jurisdictions of any congressional committee, covering: Interstate and foreign commerce generally; National energy policy generally; Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources; Conservation of energy resources; Energy information generally; Generation and marketing of power; Reliability and interstate transmission of electricity; Public health and quarantine; Hospital construction; Biomedical research and development; Health information technology, privacy, and cybersecurity; Consumer affairs and consumer protection; Interstate and foreign communications; Travel and tourism; Motor vehicle safety.

Committee activity data from Congress.gov. Full methodology

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