H.R. 3699

Summary

H.R. 3699, the Energy Choice Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 4, 2025 by Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R) with 157 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Feb 4, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 412.

Record

Text

H.R. 3699 has 157 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3699 IH: Energy Choice Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3699  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Energy Choice Act  .
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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R) sponsors H.R. 3699, and 157 members have co-sponsored it, 39 of them from the day it was introduced.

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 4, 2025

Michael Baumgartner

Rep. · R–WA-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Mike Bost

Rep. · R–IL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Robert Bresnahan

Rep. · R–PA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Ken Calvert

Rep. · R–CA-41 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Mike Carey

Rep. · R–OH-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Jeff Crank

Rep. · R–CO-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Chuck Edwards

Rep. · R–NC-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Jake Ellzey

Rep. · R–TX-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 3699 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Energy Subcommittee.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Reported By · Feb 4, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Energy Subcommittee

Energy Subcommittee

Reported by · Nov 19, 2025

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 3699, the latest H. Rept. 119-482.

• H. Rept. 119-482 — ENERGY CHOICE ACT

Actions

H.R. 3699 has taken 9 actions since Jun 4, 2025, the latest on Feb 4, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 3699 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3699 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Energy Choice Act — Display Title
• Energy Choice Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Energy Choice Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

43 clients hired 44 firms and 297 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3699 in 137 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Environment/Superfund, Trade (domestic/foreign), Homeland Security, Natural Resources.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 43.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 297.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3699 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3699’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 3699 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Alternative and renewable resources to State and local government operations.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3699, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANGWORTHY:H.R. 3699.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2469]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com