A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House voice vote
- In Senate committee
The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Department of Energy Nuclear Transparency Act. It requires the Secretary of Energy to publicly announce and share specific information regarding nuclear facilities on a website. These announcements must happen within 72 hours of certain actions taking place. The actions include changing safety standards, issuing safety analyses, or entering into agreements to authorize a covered facility. Additionally, an annual report must be submitted to specific congressional committees detailing facility authorizations from the previous year.
Yes
- Scored +7
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill mandates rapid public posting of safety standard changes, safety analyses, and authorization agreements.
- Scored +4
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill increases transparency regarding changes to safety standards and directives for nuclear facilities.
- Scored +3
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?
The bill enhances public access to information regarding safety standards and analyses for nuclear facilities.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
How the text last changed
Reported in House (11/5/2026), compared with Introduced in House. Each change is on the Text tab.
The newer version of the bill changes several timelines and rules for the Secretary of Energy regarding public announcements about nuclear facilities. Specifically, the deadline for the Secretary of Energy to post certain announcements online is extended from 24 hours to 72 hours. Additionally, the rules for modifying documents to remove sensitive details before online publication now include a broader set of restricted information categories. These rules apply to alterations of directives and safety standards, the issuance of safety analyses, and agreements to authorize a covered Department of Energy nuclear facility.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
-
Section 2(a): The Secretary of Energy must post an announcement and a summary of how any directive or safety standard was altered within 72 hours on a public website. This is positive because it holds officials accountable by letting the public know quickly when safety rules for nuclear facilities are changed.
-
Section 2(b): The Secretary must post announcements and the actual safety analyses or preliminary safety analyses for covered nuclear facilities within 72 hours. This provides everyday people with direct access to important safety documents regarding nuclear facilities in their areas.
-
Section 2(c): The Secretary must post an announcement and any conditions applying to the agreement within 72 hours after entering into an agreement to authorize a covered nuclear facility. This ensures that the public stays informed about new facility authorizations and any rules attached to them.
-
Section 2(d): The Secretary must submit an annual report by January 31 detailing authorization activities from the previous calendar year to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This gives the officials we voted for a clear record to oversee what the Department of Energy did over the year.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Section 2(b)(2)(B): The Secretary of Energy is allowed to modify preliminary documented safety analyses or documented safety analyses before posting them to ensure they do not include commercially sensitive information, classified information, unclassified controlled nuclear information, or controlled unclassified information. This could be viewed as a negative burden because it prevents the public from seeing complete, unedited safety documents.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates rapid public posting of safety standard changes, safety analyses, and authorization agreements.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill increases transparency regarding changes to safety standards and directives for nuclear facilities.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices? — The bill enhances public access to information regarding safety standards and analyses for nuclear facilities.
The version one chamber actually passed
What changed from Reported in House: No change to the wording. Only the printed details that record the bill’s progress, such as the heading and dates, are different.
A committee approved it and sent it to the floor
What changed from Introduced in House
The newer version of the bill changes several timelines and rules for the Secretary of Energy regarding public announcements about nuclear facilities. Specifically, the deadline for the Secretary of Energy to post certain announcements online is extended from 24 hours to 72 hours. Additionally, the rules for modifying documents to remove sensitive details before online publication now include a broader set of restricted information categories. These rules apply to alterations of directives and safety standards, the issuance of safety analyses, and agreements to authorize a covered Department of Energy nuclear facility.
Each change
- In Section 2, subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c), the deadline for the Secretary of Energy to post public announcements on a Department of Energy website after altering a safety standard or directive, issuing a safety analysis, or entering an authorization agreement moved from 24 hours to 72 hours.
- In Section 2, subsection (b)(2)(B), the rules allowing the Secretary of Energy to modify a safety analysis to exclude certain details were changed to apply when ensuring the document does not include commercially sensitive information, classified information, unclassified controlled nuclear information, or controlled unclassified information, replacing the previous allowance limited only to commercially sensitive information.
Written by an AI model from a comparison of this version’s text with the one before it, not by a person. .
- 11/12/2026
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 11/11/2026
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6171)
- 11/9/2026
- At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Latta objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9084.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6099-6100; text: CR H6099)
- Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 11/5/2026
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-874.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 771.
- 7/16/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/14/2026
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- 6/2/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Introduced in House
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican · Iowa