Who it affects
- Department of Energy funding applicants and recipients
- Contractors and subcontractors
- Workers, apprentices, and labor unions
- Communities affected by funded projects
In committeeEnergyJobsManufacturing
Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026
H.R. 10402 · House bill · Introduced Sept. 15, 2026
The Good Energy Jobs Act of 2026 would set labor, community planning, and U.S. manufacturing requirements for Department of Energy funding recipients and contractors.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- Covered projects would require minimum wages based on local construction rates and at least 15% registered apprentice labor hours.
- Funding recipients and contractors would have to certify neutrality toward workers organizing unions and bargaining.
- Contractors doing department facility work costing over $1,000,000 would have to negotiate or join project-specific labor agreements.
- Applicants seeking construction or repair funding would have to submit community benefits plans based on local needs.
- Recipients would need approval to move funded manufacturing abroad during funding and for five years afterward.
- Selected programs would aim for at least 40% funding for recipients committing benefits to small or disadvantaged communities.
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How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- 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.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Tonko, Paul (D-NY)
- Introduced
- Sept. 15, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Committees
- House Science, Space, and Technology Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Latest action
- Sept. 15, 2026 · 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.
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