Powering Productivity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7606 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7606 To study and accelerate the more productive use of energy resources within the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 20, 2026 Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To study and accelerate the more productive use of energy resources within the United States, 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 ``Powering Productivity Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to improve the energy performance, transparency, and decision-making of the United States by modernizing how the United States measures and accounts for energy productivity and related impacts. SEC. 3. ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENTS. (a) National Energy Productivity Baseline.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Task Force, shall publish a comprehensive baseline assessment of energy productivity in the United States, which shall, at a minimum-- (1) define a framework and methodology for measuring energy productivity as the relationship between energy inputs and the economic or societal value of the work performed by those inputs, at the national, regional, and sectoral levels; (2) evaluate current energy productivity performance at the national, regional, and sectoral levels; (3) identify barriers to improved energy productivity across economic sectors; and (4) highlight opportunities for improvement through tec