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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5487

Keep the Lights Local Act

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Introduced 2025-09-18Topic: infrastructure utilities · energy

Summary

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This bill would add a new section to federal law covering public utility holding companies, which are companies that own or control utilities such as electric or gas providers. It would bar any foreign corporation or foreign government from being a public utility holding company. The ban would take effect 180 days after the law takes effect.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-18. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.