S. 4721

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4721

To prevent certain executive actions and repeal certain executive 
documents, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 9, 2026

Mr. Merkley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Finance

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A BILL

To prevent certain executive actions and repeal certain executive 
documents, and for other purposes.

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 ``Restoring Renewable Energy Parity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AND REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE 
DOCUMENTS.

(a) Prevention and Repeal.--
(1) In general.--Effective beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act--
(A) the Secretary of Commerce shall discontinue the 
investigation into imports of wind turbines and their 
parts and components initiated under section 232 of the 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), as 
described in the notice of the Bureau of Industry and 
Security entitled ``Notice of Request for Public 
Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation 
of Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and 
Components'' (90 Fed. Reg 41380 (August 25, 2025));
(B) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not take 
any action that hinders any wind, solar, or geothermal 
development; and
(C) the Executive documents described in paragraph 
(2) (referred to in this subsection as the ``Executive 
documents'') shall have no force or effect and no 
Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or carry out the Executive documents.
(2) Executive documents described.--The Executive documents 
referred to in paragraph (1)(C) are the following:
(A) Executive Order 14315 (90 Fed. Reg. 30821; 
relating to ending market distorting subsidies for 
unreliable, foreign-controlled energy sources).
(B) The Presidential memorandum 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 on January 20, 
2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 8363).
(C) Secretarial Order 3417, issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior on February 3, 2025 (relating to 
addressing the national energy emergency).
(D) Secretarial Order 3418, issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior on February 3, 2025 (relating to 
unleashing American energy).
(E) Secretarial Order 3437, issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior on July 29, 2025 (relating to ending 
preferential treatment for unreliable, foreign-
controlled energy sources in Department decision 
making).
(F) Secretarial Order 3438, issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior on August 1, 2025 (relating to managing 
Federal energy resources and protecting the 
environment).
(G) The memorandum of the Secretary of the Interior 
issued on July 15, 2025, entitled ``Departmental Review 
Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and 
Other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy 
Facilities''.
(H) The memorandum of the Secretary of Agriculture 
issued on August 21, 2025, numbered 1078-016 and 
entitled ``Efficiency Screening Criteria for Proposals 
Concerning Power Generation on National Forest System 
Lands''.
(I) Internal Revenue Service Notice 2025-42 
(relating to beginning of construction requirements for 
purposes of the termination of clean electricity 
production credits and clean electricity investment 
credits for applicable wind and solar facilities).
(J) The guidance of the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works, described in the news release 
published on the website of the Corps of Engineers on 
September 22, 2025, entitled ``Army Corps of Engineers 
begins implementing policy to increase America's energy 
generation efficiency''.
(3) Substantially similar documents.--The President or the 
head of the applicable Federal department or agency may not 
reissue an Executive document in substantially the same form, 
and a new order, memorandum, notice, or guidance document that 
is substantially the same as an Executive document may not be 
issued, unless the order, memorandum, notice, or guidance 
document is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress 
enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.
(4) Required action by secretary of defense.--Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall approve and sign any mitigation 
agreement relating to a wind energy facility, solar energy 
facility, transmission line, or distribution line that was 
initiated before January 1, 2026.
(b) IPaC Portal.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall not 
prohibit any person requesting a permit for a wind, solar, geothermal, 
or storage project from using the Information for Planning and 
Consultation Portal (commonly known as the ``IPaC Portal'') of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service to process the project.
(c) Financial Assistance.--
(1) Definition of continuation application.--In this 
subsection, the term ``continuation application'' means an 
application to secure continuing distribution of a Federal 
financial assistance award that was designated to be 
distributed over multiple fiscal years.
(2) Continuation application.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which a continuation application is submitted 
by an applicant, the head of the applicable Federal 
department or agency shall--
(i) grant or deny that continuation 
application; and
(ii) notify the applicant of the 
determination made under clause (i).
(B) Continuation application.--A continuation 
application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be 
in such form and contain such information as the head 
of the applicable Federal department or agency may 
require.
(C) Terms and conditions.--A continuation 
application granted under subparagraph (A) shall 
contain the same terms and conditions as the original 
application, as applicable.
(D) Deadline.--A continuation application that is 
not responded to by the deadline required under 
subparagraph (A) shall be considered granted.
(d) Rescission Limitation.--No amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts provided under any appropriation Act (as defined in section 3 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622)) for fiscal years 2026 or 2027, unless the rescission is 
made through an appropriation Act.
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