Congress·In Committee·H.R. 4136

NRC Office of Public Engagement and Participation Act of 2025

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: New Office for Public Participation

Jun 25, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 12 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. No action has been taken on the proposal since June 2025, which means it has been stalled for 12 months. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills do not receive a vote at this stage.

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Unlikely to pass

This bill was just introduced and has not moved past the first committee. Similar ideas to pay for public legal fees often face political pushback.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 4530 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4530 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a new independent office within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Its main job is to help regular people and community groups have a say in how nuclear power plants and materials are regulated.
The office would provide legal and technical help to people who want to speak up during government meetings. This includes teaching people how to submit comments or request formal hearings about nuclear safety or environmental issues.
To make it easier for people to participate, the agency could pay for lawyer fees and expert witnesses. This money would go to people who make a big difference in a case but would struggle to pay for these costs on their own.
The head of this new office would serve a five-year term and must report to Congress every year. They would track what kind of help people are asking for and what problems the public faces when trying to deal with the agency.

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Milestones

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Jun 25, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jun 25, 2025

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

NRC Office of Public Engagement and Participation Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 4136

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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