PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] · D–FL
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would cancel four specified presidential orders and prohibit federal agencies from spending federal money to carry them out. These changes would take effect on the date the bill became law. The bill also says it would not impair authority granted to the President, which qualifies how its cancellation of the orders should be interpreted.
Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Orders described in subsection (b) shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out those Executive Orders.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair any authority granted to the President.
Starting on enactment, the four listed orders would lose legal effect. The funding prohibition would cover implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out those orders.
Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Orders described in subsection (b) shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out those Executive Orders.
Three of the orders the bill would cancel are “Unleashing American Energy,” “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements,” and “Declaring a National Energy Emergency.” The bill identifies all three as issued January 20, 2025.
(b) Executive Orders described The Executive Orders referred to in subsection (a) are the following: (1) Executive Order entitled Unleashing American Energy issued January 20, 2025. (2) Executive Order entitled Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements issued January 20, 2025. (3) Executive Order entitled Declaring a National Energy Emergency issued January 20, 2025.
The fourth order the bill would cancel concerns withdrawing offshore areas from wind leasing and reviewing federal leasing and permitting practices for wind projects. The bill identifies this order as issued January 20, 2025.
the Executive Orders described in subsection (b) shall have no force or effect
(4) Executive Order entitled Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects issued January 20, 2025.
Section 2 preserves authority granted to the President: the bill could not be interpreted as impairing that authority. It does not identify particular presidential powers covered by this protection.
2. Savings provision Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair any authority granted to the President.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 6, 2025, records introduction in the House on March 3, 2025, and referral that day to nine committees for consideration of provisions within their respective responsibilities.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-06T07:10:19Z.
2025-03-03: Introduced in House
2025-03-03: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced-text version. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced-text version. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced-text version. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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