HRES 1182
Agreed to
Expresses the House's support for rural communities, citing House-passed energy, health, manufacturing, and broadband measures as policies that strengthen them.
Official title: Expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy resources, critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic stability, and recognizing the work of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress in support of those vital communities.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Referred
16-APR-2026
On the calendar
20-APR-2026
Passed
22-APR-2026
- States that rural areas produce over 80 percent of the nation's renewable energy and over 60 percent of its coal-generated electricity.
- Lists House-approved measures on Clean Air Act permitting, natural gas pipelines, grid reliability, LNG exports, Medicaid, telehealth, opioids, manufacturing, and broadband spectrum and permitting.
- Cites the $50,000,000,000 Rural Health Transformation Program funded through Medicaid changes.
- Its operative clause only states the House's view that these policies support rural prosperity and economic growth.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (16-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 22-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
Commerce
No cosponsors.