# 119-hr-8715: Make DTE Pay Act

119-hr-8715, Make DTE Pay Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8715
- As of: 2026-09-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8715
- Congress: 119
- Title: Make DTE Pay Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Targets investor‑owned electric and gas utilities by increasing Clean Air Act penalties when those utilities get rate increases around a penalty assessment.** It would require the State or the EPA Administrator to raise a penalty by an amount equal to the original penalty for every rate increase a utility received in the two years before the original penalty assessment and for every rate increase the utility seeks in the two years after that assessment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher fines for investor-owned utilities: cost, medium. This bill would require the State or the EPA Administrator to increase penalties for certain utility violations. It would apply when a noncomplying stationary source is owned or run by an investor-owned electric or gas utility. For each rate increase the utility received in the two years before the…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8715 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8715)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8715 (as of 2026-09-21).