U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10402: Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 15, 2026
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy to promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and investments in small and disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy to promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and investments in small and disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 15, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy to promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and investments in small and disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Good energy jobs (a) Department of energy organization act Part C of title VI of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7251 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: SECTION 664. Prevailing wages and apprenticeships (a) Prevailing wages (1) In general The Secretary shall require that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair work assisted, in whole or in part, by financial assistance, including a grant, loan, loan guarantee, cooperative agreement, or prize competitions, for covered projects provided by the Department shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards in this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in …
Sponsors
- Paul Tonko (D, HD-020) · primary sponsor
- Nikki Budzinski (D, 13)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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
Subjects: Energy
Common questions
- What is HB10402?
- HB10402 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026.
- What does HB10402 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy to promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and investments in small and disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10402?
- In committee as of September 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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. (September 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10402?
- Paul Tonko (D, HD-020), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10402?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10402
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