# H.R. 3638 (119th): Electric Supply Chain Act

Electric Supply Chain Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically assess the supply chain that supports the generation and transmission of electricity and report on the assessment to the appropriate congressional committees. Specifically, DOE must periodically assess and report on information including trends and vulnerabilities in the supply of components needed for generating or transmitting electricity, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to process critical materials, and domestic policies that deter greater investment into the supply chain; emerging issues in the supply chain; and recommendations to address these emerging issues and to secure and expand the supply chain. The initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: critical_minerals. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: electric_supply_chain. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: supply_chain_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 324: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a generic federal reporting and assessment mandate on energy supply chains. It carries a prudential good of informed planning and infrastructure resilience but no direct restraint of evil or direct advancement of moral harm. The basic policy dispute, how much federal assessment and recommendation is warranted, is prudential, so 'mixed' fits better than 'unclear'.
Theological note: Ordinary government assessment and reporting on energy infrastructure is a prudential matter of stewardship and public order. Scripture's concern for faithful stewardship and for protecting the community from foreseeable scarcity gives some relevance, but the bill does not directly advance or restrain a named moral harm. Its issue relevance is administrative and prudential, not a final moral verdict.

## Recorded votes

Roll 324: On Passage. Yea 267 · Nay 159 · Other 7.

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