H.R. 5751

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5751 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5751

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add a 
standard related to State consideration of public disclosure of 
meetings with lobbyists for, or representatives of, electric utilities.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 14, 2025

Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add a 
standard related to State consideration of public disclosure of 
meetings with lobbyists for, or representatives of, electric utilities.

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 ``Curb Private Utilities Corruption 
Act'' or the ``CPUC Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF MEETINGS.

Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(22) Public disclosure of meetings.--
``(A) Standard.--Each State shall consider 
requiring public disclosure, on the website of the 
applicable State regulatory authority, of each meeting 
between--
``(i) an employee or member of the board of 
the State regulatory authority; and
``(ii) a lobbyist, executive, or other 
representative of an electric utility.
``(B) Prior state actions.--Notwithstanding section 
124 and paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 112(a), each 
State regulatory authority shall consider and make a 
determination concerning the standard set out in 
subparagraph (A) in accordance with the requirements of 
subsections (a) and (b) of this section, without regard 
to any proceedings commenced prior to the date of 
enactment of this paragraph.
``(C) Time limitation.--Notwithstanding subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 112, each State regulatory 
authority shall consider and make a determination 
concerning whether it is appropriate to implement the 
standard set out in subparagraph (A) not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this paragraph.''.
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