118th Congress (2023–2025) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
This page covers HR1 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR1 in another Congress is a different bill. Other bills numbered HR1 are listed below.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 2 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2023-03-30: Passed |
| Latest action | 2023-03-30: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H. R. 1. |
| Policy area | Energy |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Lower Energy Costs Act DIVISION A–INCREASING AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CRITICAL MINERALS PROCESSING (Sec. 10001) In carrying out the Department of Energy Organization Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) must assess the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States, facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen the supply chains for those resources, develop substitutes and alternatives to those resources, and improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources. (Sec. 10002) This section prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation. This section also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands. (Sec. 10003) DOE must direct the National Petroleum Council to publish a report on petrochemical refineries located in the United States. The report must include information concerning (1) the contributions of such refineries to U. S. energy security, (2) a projection for expanding the capacities of the refineries, (3) any federal or state executive actions that have contributed to a decline in their…
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Advisory bodies, Air quality, Alaska, Alternative and renewable resources, Asia, Canada, China, Civil actions and liability, Coal
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-30 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 186 | 172 | 5 | Official tally |
| 2023-03-30 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 175 | 183 | 5 | Official tally |
HR1 in the 119th Congress (2025–2027): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR1 in the 117th Congress (2021–2023): For the People Act of 2021
HR1 in the 115th Congress (2017–2019): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent…
HR1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1].
On 2023-03-30: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
2 recorded votes in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2023-03-30, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.
No. Bill numbers restart each Congress. HR1 was also used in the 119th, 117th, 115th Congress for different legislation.