{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fleischmann.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fleischmann-chairman-of-the-energy-and-water-appropriations-subcommittee-releases-fy27-legislation", "Rep. Fleischmann, Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, Releases FY27 Legislation", "2026-05-15", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Charles J. \"Chuck\" Fleischmann", "F000459", "fleischmann.house.gov", "fleischmann", "https://fleischmann.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "May 15, 2026\n\nWashington, DC \u2013 The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, written by Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) provides a total discretionary allocation of $58.5 billion, which is $461 million above the Fiscal Year 2026 enacted level. The defense portion of the allocation is $35 billion, and the non-defense portion of the allocation is $23.5 billion.\n\nThe bill prioritizes funding for agencies and programs that safeguard U.S. national security, unleash American energy dominance, and advance economic prosperity.\n\nBill Text\n\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\n\nChampions America\u2019s nuclear deterrent and strengthens national security by:\n\nModernizing the nuclear weapons stockpile, strengthening production capabilities, and ensuring a safe, secure, and reliable deterrent to counter growing threats from our adversaries.\n\nSustaining and modernizing the U.S. Navy\u2019s nuclear propulsion program, ensuring a safe, reliable fleet and maintaining America\u2019s strategic advantage.\n\nTargeting resources to deny, detect, and defeat nuclear threats by securing nuclear materials, countering proliferation, and strengthening rapid-response capabilities to protect the American people and our allies.\n\nProhibiting the sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nProhibiting access to U.S. nuclear weapons production facilities by citizens of China and Russia.\n\nProhibiting the Department of Energy from providing financial assistance to any foreign entity of concern.\n\nSupports the Trump Administration and mandate of the American people by:\n\nAdvancing the Trump Administration\u2019s goal to quadruple nuclear energy capacity by 2050 and regain international dominance in the nuclear market.\n\nProtecting 2nd Amendment rights to allow for the lawful carry of firearms on Corps of Engineers land.\n\nPreventing costly regulatory mandates on federal buildings that would require the use of unreliable energy sources at taxpayer expense.\n\nFurthering President Trump\u2019s executive order on the Genesis Mission, a coordinated national effort to leverage artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery, strengthen national security, and drive energy innovation.\n\nRestores American energy dominance and bolsters the national economy by:\n\nIncreasing investments focused on mining production technologies for critical minerals extraction, which will build the domestic supply chain and reduce reliance on foreign sources.\n\nPrioritizes research and development efforts on baseload energy sources and maintains funding for programs that deliver affordable energy prices for Americans.\n\nAccelerating research, testing, and demonstration of advanced nuclear technologies to strengthen U.S. energy security, industrial competitiveness, and global leadership.\n\nFacilitating the efficient transport of goods and commodities through improvements and maintenance of America\u2019s ports and waterways.\n\nMaintaining funding for cybersecurity efforts that enable a resilient, reliable, and secure electric grid.\n\nSafeguards American taxpayer dollars and preserves core functions by:\n\nEliminating funds for the Department of Energy Biden-era Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations or Office of Energy Justice and Equity.\n\nRefocusing applied energy technology program funding to ensure taxpayer resources are directed to the highest priority research and development efforts.\n\nReducing global dependency on the U.S. for foreign nuclear reactor conversions.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:21:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fleischmann.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fleischmann-chairman-of-the-energy-and-water-appropriations-subcommittee-releases-fy27-legislation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0310132056474686, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}