The record

LegislationLegislation· Jul 2026
HR 7258 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Laurel M. Lee (R)

Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Requires the Energy Secretary to assign energy emergency and cybersecurity duties to an assistant secretary.

Tradeoff

Creates a new energy emergency leadership role within the Department of Energy. No direct spending or revenue impact stated.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal budget impact over any timeframe.

The bill reassigns energy emergency and security functions among existing DOE assistant secretaries and adds a duty to provide technical support to state and local governments, but CBO found these duties can be performed within DOE's current budget, so there is no new federal cost.

H.R. 7258, Energy Emergency Leadership Act · Apr 2026

Passed the House by on June 29, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 27, 2026)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Jan 27, 2026)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(May 11, 2026)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-645.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 29, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Jul 13, 2026)