S. 448 · 119th Congress

CIRCUIT Act

Introduced on Feb 6, 2025 by Jerry Moran (R-KS). One cosponsor. Latest action (Feb 6, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the advanced manufacturing production credit to include distribution transformers.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Feb 6, 2025). Public domain.

Credit Incentives for Resilient Critical Utility Infrastructure and Transformers Act or the CIRCUIT Act

This bill expands the advanced manufacturing production tax credit to include up to 10% of the cost to produce transformers that have an input voltage of 34.5 kilovolts or less, have an output voltage of 600 volts or less, and are rated for operation at a frequency of 60 hertz (i.e., distribution transformers).

As background, the advanced manufacturing production tax credit (part of the general business tax credit) allows a tax credit for certain component parts (e.g., battery cells, solar modules, and inverters) and critical minerals (e.g., aluminum, lithium, and nickel) that are produced in the United States or a U.S. possession and sold generally to an unrelated third party for use in clean energy equipment. (Some exceptions apply.)

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jerry MoranR-KSSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 6, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE13 reports
    $13.7M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS12 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION12 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  4. Hitachi Energy USA Inc8 reports
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.$269.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION6 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  6. DATA CENTER COALITION6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  7. FIRSTENERGY CORP.6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FIRSTENERGY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY$5.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)6 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  9. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.6 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. XCEL ENERGY6 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  11. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS4 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  12. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  13. Open Space Institute, Inc.4 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  14. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.4 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.3 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP.AI match · 100%
  16. Northeast Public Power Association3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  17. PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION3 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  18. Sacramento Municipal Utility District3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT$163.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. Tennessee Valley Public Power Association3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  20. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems3 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  21. Xignux SA de CV3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  22. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER2 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  23. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)
  24. CORE Electric Cooperative2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  25. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)2 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  26. PPL Corporation2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  27. Schneider Electric1 report
    $220K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.$6.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.