Bills · HR 10574
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS
House BillHR 10574
American Leadership in Fusion Act
The bill would expand federal fusion research, supply-chain and demonstration programs, while setting funding levels and rules for milestone awards and intellectual property.AI-written
INTRO SEP 24· LAST ACTION SEP 24
PASSAGE CHANCESLONG SHOT
2%
READING
11MIN
COSPONSORS
4BIPARTISAN
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tl;dr
AI-writtenBillions for fusion research and demonstrations, with federal awards tied to milestones. The bill is still in committee.
LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS
STEP 2 / 8Introduced
In Committee
Reported
Passed House
Passed Senate
Conference
To President
Became Law
WHAT THE BILL DOES
AI-writtenThe bill would direct federal support toward several steps needed to develop fusion power, including testing materials, building supply chains for specialized equipment, and demonstrating technologies that could produce electricity or other forms of energy. It sets a definition for a pilot plant that includes supplying at least 50 megawatts of net electricity to the grid for more than three continuous hours.
The demonstration program would require selected organizations to cover costs until milestones are met and verified; federal awards for a milestone could cover no more than half its total cost. The visible text also protects certain intellectual property from federal claims. The excerpt does not include the full bill, including the details of its listed education and workforce provisions.
KEY PROVISIONS
5AI-extractedPROVISION 01
Directs the Energy Department to research fusion materials, fuel cycles, waste handling, and equipment supply chains, and to support several fusion approaches.
These activities target technical and manufacturing challenges that the bill identifies as relevant to developing fusion power.
PROVISION 02
Creates a milestone-based program to demonstrate fusion power technologies, including technologies that produce electricity, heat, hydrogen, or radioisotopes.
The Energy Department would select eligible organizations, agree on milestones with them, and provide awards after milestones are achieved and verified.
PROVISION 03
Caps federal awards for a successfully achieved demonstration milestone at 50 percent of the recipient’s total cost for that milestone.
The selected organization would be responsible for costs until the milestone is reviewed and verified, and would need to cover at least half of the milestone’s total cost.
PROVISION 04
Protects certain background and newly developed intellectual property of participating organizations from being claimed by the Energy Department or another federal agency, subject to existing laws.
The provision sets rules for ownership of intellectual property connected to the listed programs.
PROVISION 05
The contents page lists additional fusion education and workforce provisions, but their details are not included in the excerpt.
Those provisions may address training and education, but their specific requirements and funding cannot be assessed from the available text.
SPONSORSHIP
1 + 4
D· California
YRS IN OFFICE
31
BILLS LED
25
COSPONSOR BREAKDOWNBIPARTISAN · 100%
DEM 2 REP 2 IND 0
ACTION TIMELINE
2 EVENTSSEP 24
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
SEP 24
Introduced in House
BILL INFO
TypeHouse Bill
NumberHR 10574
Congress119th
StatusIn Committee
IntroducedSep 24, 2026
Last actionSep 24, 2026
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IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED SEP 24, 2026
House BillHR 10574
American Leadership in Fusion Act
The bill would expand federal fusion research, supply-chain and demonstration programs, while setting funding levels and rules for milestone awards and intellectual property.AI-written
INTRODUCED SEP 24, 2026· LAST ACTION SEP 24, 2026
PASSAGE CHANCES
2%
READING
11 min
COSPONSORS
4
COMPLEXITY
Complex