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119-hr-6709119th Congress

Office of Fusion Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create an Office of Fusion at the Department of Energy. It would focus on accelerating commercial fusion, aligning federal research with private developers, and targeting early deployment milestones.

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  • Private fusion developers: The Office would manage public-private partnerships and aims to start construction of more than one private-sector fusion power plant by December 31, 2028.
  • Researchers and national labs: It would move fusion programs from the Department's Office of Science into the new Office and coordinate basic research, the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, and the National Nuclear Security Administration toward commercial deployment.
  • Workforce, supply chain, and regulators: The Office would support domestic manufacturing and supply chain capacity, back workforce training, provide technical expertise to regulators, and expand international cooperation to help commercialize fusion energy.

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New Office to Speed Fusion Power

If enacted, the Department of Energy would create an Office of Fusion to lead fusion energy research and commercialization. The office would be led by a Director chosen by the Secretary. The Secretary would transfer programs run by the Fusion Energy Sciences program as of November 19, 2025 into the new office. The office would aim to start construction of more than one private-sector fusion power plant by December 31, 2028. The Secretary and Director would have to send a commercial deployment roadmap to Congress within one year of enactment and update it every four years. The bill would also add fusion energy resources to the Assistant Secretary's duties to clarify DOE oversight.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 12/15/2025

  • Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/17/2026

  • Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 2/20/2026

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2026

Roll Call Votes

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