No Big Fossil Bailouts on Your Power Bill Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4337 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4337 To prohibit the use of certain emergency authority to keep a fossil fuel-powered electric generating facility or fossil fuel power plant online, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the use of certain emergency authority to keep a fossil fuel-powered electric generating facility or fossil fuel power plant online, 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 ``No Big Fossil Bailouts on Your Power Bill Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EMERGENCY AUTHORITY UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT. Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(c)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence-- (A) by striking ``or other causes,''; and (B) by striking ``with or without notice, hearing, or report,''; (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: ``Before issuing such an order, the Commission, to the maximum extent practicable, shall consider alternatives to meet the emergency, including alternatives that both meet the emergency and minimize adverse environmental impacts.''; (3) in paragraph (4)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking ``that may result in a conflict with a requirement of any Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation''; (B) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence-- (i) by i