[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1182 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1182
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 16, 2026
Mr. Fuller submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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RESOLUTION
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.
Whereas over 70 percent of lands in the United States are considered rural and
nearly 20 percent of the population of the United States lives in rural
communities;
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes that a clean environment and a
strong economy are not mutually exclusive;
Whereas rural communities are a critical source of energy production in the
United States, producing over 80 percent of the renewable energy
produced in the United States and over 60 percent of the coal-generated
electricity produced in the United States;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to reform processes
under the Clean Air Act for establishing and implementing air quality
standards, and for permitting stationary sources of emissions, so that
rural areas that experience wildfires or foreign sources of pollution
are not disadvantaged and are allowed to continue to grow and create
jobs;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to streamline the
process for building interstate natural gas pipelines, which will lower
the costs of energy for rural communities when it comes to powering
their homes and businesses;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to provide reliable
and affordable electricity for rural communities by ensuring that any
proposed regulation that impacts the electric grid is addressed
appropriately through the Federal regulatory process in order to prevent
any compromise of grid reliability;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to prioritize on-
demand, dispatchable baseload electricity generation in the
interconnection queue, which will strengthen the reliability of the
electric grid for rural communities;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to reduce the costs
of home and commercial appliances by rolling back burdensome Biden-
Harris regulations;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to remove
restrictions on exporting United States liquified natural gas, which
will increase economic and employment opportunities for rural
communities;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to preserve
hydropower resources for rural communities by requiring transparency in
relicensing processes, in order to continue to provide such communities
with affordable, baseload electric generation;
Whereas the House of Representatives is committed to building a healthier
America and advancing policies that bolster health resources for rural
communities, incentivize disease research and prevention efforts, and
increase access to care across the United States;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to provide resources
to rural communities devastated by the opioid crisis and to crack down
on deadly fentanyl analogues;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to work to improve
access to health care by expanding telehealth coverage for seniors and
providing resources for telehealth in rural communities;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to lower patients'
insurance premiums by over 11 percent;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed an historic investment in rural
health care through the Rural Health Transformation Program, delivering
$50,000,000,000 to efficiently transform rural health care access, and
through cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid and reinvesting
those funds directly into the historic Rural Health Transformation
Program;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts (Public Law 119-21) created new
opportunities for States to expand home and community-based services and
improve access to care in rural communities;
Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75)
streamlined enrollment processes for eligible out-of-State Medicaid and
CHIP providers and improved access to care in rural and underserved
communities;
Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75) extended
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments, preserving access to
hospital care in rural and underserved communities;
Whereas rural communities are experiencing a resurgence of manufacturing
investment and capacity and are the backbone of supply chain resilience
across many industries in the United States;
Whereas the House of Representatives is committed to strengthening the domestic
manufacturing industry and generating economic investment;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation strengthening
domestic manufacturing and growth to provide significant economic
benefit and job creation for rural communities;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to keep users safe
online as more rural communities get connected to high-speed internet
and to provide consumers in rural communities significant protections
from unsafe products and deceptive practices;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed legislation to provide rural
Americans with choice in the vehicles they purchase and drive by
eliminating costly and impracticable electric vehicle mandates;
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes rural communities are
experiencing significant demographic and economic shifts, creating new
challenges in an increasingly technologically connected world;
Whereas the House of Representatives unleashed an 800-megahertz spectrum
pipeline and reauthorized the spectrum auction authority of the Federal
Communications Commission, which will ensure rural communities can get
access to new spectrum necessary for 5G and 6G connections; and
Whereas the House of Representatives expedited the process for deploying
broadband in rural communities by directing government agencies to
prioritize broadband permitting applications: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives, through policies that
unleash domestic energy production, enhance health care quality and
access, bolster manufacturing capacity, and increase broadband
connectedness, has demonstrated support for the prosperity and economic
growth of the United States, including especially strengthening rural
communities.
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