S. 4557 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress

Outage Refund Protection Act

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Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-08

Introduced: 2026-05-18

Latest action (2026-05-18): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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