Troy Balderson

Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act

Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act or the AADAPT Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration. This program provides grants to support the use of technology that connects different health care professionals to improve access to health care, including specialty care, for certain rural and medically underserved populations. The bill explicitly adds dementia care to the types of specialty care that the program may address.

Load Forecasting Enhancement Act

The legislation would improve how electric utilities predict future electricity demand by requiring them to use better forecasting methods and technology. This helps power companies plan more efficiently, reduce waste, and maintain reliable electricity service for homes and businesses. The bill affects utility companies, their customers, and grid operators who work to keep the electrical system stable.

Recognizing and honoring the fallen members of the 121st Air Refueling Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard.

This resolution honors and recognizes members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing who have died in service to the country. The measure is a ceremonial action by Congress to pay tribute to these fallen service members and their families, though it does not create new laws or programs.

Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act

This bill would allow companies to recycle used catalysts from oil refineries without treating them as hazardous waste, making it easier and cheaper to recover valuable metals like platinum and palladium from these materials. The change would help reduce mining for new metals while keeping recycling costs down for refineries and chemical manufacturers. The bill aims to support both environmental goals and domestic supply of critical minerals needed for batteries, electronics, and other industries.

Reliable Power Act

Reliable Power Act This bill directs the electric reliability organization (i.e., the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) to conduct annual long-term assessments of the reliability of electric power in the bulk-power system. It also establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review federal regulations before they are finalized if the electric reliability organization finds that the system is at risk of not having sufficient electric generation to maintain reliability. If the electric reliability organization finds that the system does not have sufficient generation to maintain reliability, it must notify FERC that the bulk-power system is in a state of generation inadequacy. FERC must then notify the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other appropriate federal agencies of the generation inadequacy. Upon receiving the notice, the federal agency must provide proposed regulations that affect any generation resource in the bulk-power system to FERC for review and comment. If applicable, FERC must provide recommendations to modify the regulations. Federal agencies may not finalize such a regulation until FERC finds that it will not be likely to have a significant negative impact on the ability of the bulk-power system to supply sufficient electric energy necessary to maintain an adequate level of reliability.

GRID Power Act

Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act or the GRID Power Act This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and periodically review a rule that revises the approval process for interconnection requests of generating units that produce electricity to prioritize dispatchable power projects (e.g., certain fossil fuel projects). Under the bill, dispatchable power generally refers to an electric energy generation resource, such as a generating unit that produces electricity from fossil fuels, capable of providing known and forecastable electric supply in time intervals necessary to ensure grid reliability. Currently, FERC receives interconnection requests from those projects and other generating units, such as units that produce electricity from renewable energy. Interconnection requests are requests from generating units to connect to the high voltage transmission lines of the electric grid. First, the rule must address the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing procedures for processing interconnection requests to ensure that new dispatchable power projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably. Second, the rule must revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, and the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement as appropriate, to authorize transmission providers to submit proposals to FERC to prioritize new dispatchable power projects that will improve grid reliability and resource adequacy by assigning those projects higher positions in the interconnection queue of the provider. FERC must review and approve or deny such proposals within 60 days after the proposal is submitted.

Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act

This bill would prevent states from imposing their own environmental or energy regulations on power plants and energy facilities that operate across state lines, limiting what individual states can require from energy companies. The legislation aims to give the federal government primary authority over energy regulation rather than allowing states to set stricter standards on their own, which supporters argue creates a more uniform national energy market but critics worry could weaken environmental protections. The bill would primarily affect energy companies, state governments, and consumers who depend on electricity from interstate power grids.

Awning Safety Act of 2025

Awning Safety Act of 2025 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a consumer product safety standard for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings. Specifically, the CPSC must issue a standard to protect against the risk of death or serious injury associated with the awnings, including the risk of death or serious injury related to the awning unexpectedly opening and striking a person while removing the bungee tie-downs for the cover of the awning.

Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025

Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025 This bill expands the application, testing, and inspection requirements for a foreign manufacturer of cylinders used for transporting hazardous materials in the United States (e.g., compressed gas cylinders). Current regulations require a foreign manufacturer to apply for approval from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) for testing such cylinders outside of the United States. The bill requires that, to obtain an approval, a foreign manufacturer must answer in their application specified questions, including whether the manufacturer is or has been subject to various civil or criminal penalties. Further, DOT must establish a process for any interested party to request a reevaluation of an approval for a foreign manufacturer's cylinders to review the accuracy and safety of the manufacturer's actions. DOT must also revise the foreign inspection regulations to require that annual inspections of foreign manufacturers be carried out if DOT determines there is good cause; specify that a refusal of inspection shall result in the loss of good standing; allow DOT to request testing and production records and random sample testing; and allow for the recovery of the costs of foreign inspections, including travel and time. The bill limits an approval to one year; however, DOT may extend an approval for five years for a manufacturer who meets certain requirements. On an annual basis, DOT must publish a list of approved foreign manufacturers of cylinders on the PHMSA website.

Transportation Freedom Act

The bill would likely modify environmental rules or regulations affecting transportation, possibly by reducing restrictions on vehicles or fuel standards, or by changing how transportation-related pollution is regulated. The measure has been sent to two congressional committees that handle environmental policy and tax matters, suggesting it may involve changes to environmental laws, tax incentives, or both. Drivers, car manufacturers, and environmental groups would be among those most affected by whatever changes the bill proposes.