Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026

This bill would add new rules for grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other financial help from the U.S. Department of Energy. Workers on construction and repair projects funded by the Department would have to be paid local prevailing wages, and at least 15 percent of labor hours would have to be done by registered apprentices. Funding recipients would have to stay neutral on employees' union organizing, applicants would have to submit community benefits plans, and Department facility projects over $1 million would require project labor agreements. Research funding recipients would have to agree to manufacture resulting products substantially in the United States and could not move that manufacturing overseas without approval for 5 years after funding ends. The Department would aim to direct at least 40 percent of funding in listed programs to recipients committed to benefiting small or disadvantaged communities, and would report on compliance publicly and to Congress.

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Sponsors

• Martin Heinrich Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors