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House Bill 3699
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Energy Choice Act
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Introduced in House on Jun 4, 2025
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H. R. 3699 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3699


To prohibit States or local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2025

Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Bost, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Carey, Mr. Crank, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Mackenzie, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Rose, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Shreve, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Wied, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Zinke, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To prohibit States or local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Energy Choice Act”.

SEC. 2. Limitations on regulation of energy choice.

(a) In general.—A State or local government, or instrumentality or regulatory agency thereof, may not adopt, implement, or enforce a law, regulation, ordinance, building code, standard, or policy that prohibits or limits, or has the effect of directly or indirectly prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, expansion, or access to an energy service based on the type or source of energy that is sold in interstate commerce to be delivered to an end-user of such energy service.

(b) Definitions.—In this section, the term “energy” includes—

(1) natural gas;

(2) renewable natural gas;

(3) hydrogen;

(4) liquified petroleum gas;

(5) renewable liquified petroleum gas;

(6) other liquid petroleum products;

(7) biomass-based diesel fuels and renewable fuels; and

(8) electricity.