The bill responds directly to DOE’s Oct. 1 action, which terminated funding for projects across 16 states — including grid reliability and modernization initiatives, solar energy development, advanced battery technologies, major hydrogen hubs, and university-led research and innovation programs.

Across the nation, young people are trailblazing today, from school classrooms to the halls of state legislatures and even the US Supreme Court. These young changemakers want a seat at the table and are not waiting around as book bans ravage their schools and communities in an effort to erase certain ideas and identities. Student advocates are speaking above the floodline of censorship to defend their freedom to read, learn, and access information.