The House’s new funding bill for federal energy and water programs lays out congressional Republicans’ vision for a retooled Department of Energy — one more focused on nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and computing than ever before.
The fiscal 2027 Energy-Water bill, unveiled Thursday, outlines the GOP majority’s spending plans for DOE, the Army Corps of Engineers and a number of independent agencies and commissions.
The legislation leans into the Trump administration’s budget request, but it rejects some of the steepest cuts the White House proposed last month, including for Democratic priorities like renewable energy.
The proposal comes at a critical moment not only for the Trump administration’s energy agenda — one challenged by soaring electricity costs, the growth of AI and the proliferation of power-intensive data centers — but also for Congress, as lawmakers scramble to address the affordability crunch ahead of the midterm elections.
