H.R. 543: POWER Act
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H.R. 543: POWER Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-28 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
POWER Act
Plain summary
Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources Act or the POWER Act This bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases. In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2] · 55 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Steve Scalise (R-LA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), James R. Baird (R-IN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Scott Perry (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC), David P. Joyce (R-OH)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr543.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr543 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117