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US Congress · H.R. 359 · Passed the House

Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-01-13
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Energy

What it does

Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to report on the use of its authority to reduce or eliminate the nonfederal cost-sharing requirements for federally-funded projects regarding research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DOE must submit a report within 120 days of the enactment of this bill and at least quarterly thereafter.
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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called the "Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025 .

2Reporting requirements

This section would add a new reporting requirement to Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352). It would require the Secretary, within 120 days after enactment and at least every quarter after that, to submit a report to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and to also make the report publicly available. The report would have to cover how the Department used, during the period the report covers, its authority under subsection (b)(3) or (c)(2) of that section to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements.

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2. Reporting requirements Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16352 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Reporting Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection and at least quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and shall make publicly available, a report on the use by the Department during the period covered by the report of the authority to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements provided by subsection (b)(3) or (c)(2). .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-01-13

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-03-24
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
2
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (2025-03-25).