# 114-hr-3626: Ensuring Affordable Energy Act

114-hr-3626, Ensuring Affordable Energy Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] (R-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3626
- Congress: 114
- Title: Ensuring Affordable Energy Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Introduced: 2015-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Affordable Energy Act This bill prohibits funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program, or (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued or becomes applicable or effective after the date of enactment of this bill. A cap-and-trade program is any regulatory program established after enactment of this bill that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas (caused by human activity).

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] (R-GA), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] (R-AL), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX), 2015-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2015-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM JOHNSON (R-TX), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT GOODLATTE (R-VA), 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
- 114-hr-36: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- 114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
- 114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015
- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- 114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-3626 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3626)

## Related
- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [114-hr-36: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-36)
- [114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-24)
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3880)
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