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H. Res. 550 96th Congress House

A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing committee on energy.

Introduced: January 30, 1980 See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Rules.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Energy to investigate and report on: (1) national energy policy generally; (2) measures relating to the production, supply, marketing, pricing, regulation, or conservation of energy resources, except on the public lands; (3) the transmission and marketing of all electrical energy, except by or through federally chartered regional or national power authorities and for rural electrification; and (4) all interstate energy compacts, except on the public lands.

Specifies that such committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 550: A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing committee on energy.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HRES-550/
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"H. Res. 550: A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing committee on energy.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HRES-550/.
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