Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act

This bill, titled the Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act, would take Executive Order 14260, which concerns protecting American energy from state overreach, and render it binding as federal law. In other words, rather than remaining an administrative directive from the President, the order would be elevated to statutory status and treated as law enacted by Congress. The bill does not appear to change the content of the executive order itself; it simply ensures the order has the same enforceable force as other statutes. Because the bill codifies the executive order, any changes to its directives in the future would require additional legislative action to amend the statute, rather than only updating the executive order. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Judiciary Committee; it would need to pass both chambers and be signed into law to take effect.