,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjbe,mr4  
,langworthy 7for himself1 ,mr4          
,baumgartner1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,bost1
 ,mr4 ,bresnahan1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4   
,carey1 ,mr4 ,crank1 ,mr4 ,edwards1 ,mr4
 ,ellzey1 ,mr4 ,finstad1 ,mr4 ,vicente  
,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gooden1 ,mr4 
,harrigan1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 
,mr4 ,hurd of ,colorado1 ,mr4 ,lawler1  
,mr4 ,mackenzie1 ,ms4 ,malliotakis1 ,mr4
 ,mc,dowell1 ,mr4 ,messmer1 ,mr4        
,meuser1 ,mr4 ,moolenaar1 ,mr4 ,moore of
 ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1 ,mr4 
,pfluger1 ,mr4 ,rose1 ,mr4 ,rulli1 ,mr4 
,shreve1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,ms4 ,tenney1  
,mr4 ,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4   
,valadao1 ,mr4 ,wied1 ,mr4 ,williams of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,zinke1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,ms4
 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 and    
,mr4 ,mann7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,states or local   

governments from prohibiting or limiting
 the connection1 reconnection1          
modification1 installation1             
transportation1 distribution1 or        
expansion of an energy service based on 
the type or source of energy to be      
delivered1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,energy ,choice ,act4  #b4          
,limitations on regulation of energy    
choice  7a7 ,in general ,a ,state or    
local government1 or instrumentality or 
regulatory agency thereof1 may not      
adopt1 implement1 or enforce a law1     
regulation1 ordinance1 building code1   
standard1 or policy that prohibits or   
limits1 or has the effect of directly or
 indirectly prohibiting or limiting the 
connection1 reconnection1 modification1 
installation1 transportation1           
distribution1 expansion1 or access to an
 energy service based on the type or    
source of energy that is sold in        
interstate commerce to be delivered to  
an end-user of such energy service4  7b7

 ,definitions ,in this section1 the term
 energy includes-- 7#a7 natural gas2    
7#b7 renewable natural gas2  7#c7       
hydrogen2  7#d7 liquified petroleum gas2
  7#e7 renewable liquified petroleum    
gas2  7#f7 other liquid petroleum       
products2  7#g7 biomass-based diesel    
fuels and renewable fuels2 and  7#h7    
electricity4