H.R. 10080 — Energy Utility Lobbying Ban Act

This section withholds 10 percent of State energy program financial assistance from a State beginning in the first full fiscal year after enactment unless the State prohibits former officers and employees of its regulatory authority from lobbying electric utilities on matters they handled personally or that were pending under their responsibility in the prior year, and enforces the bans through investigations, penalties, and damages. It requires the Secretary of Energy to determine compliance annually, maintain a public database, issue guidance, provide technical assistance, and report to Congress, with a 90-day cure period and restoration of withheld funds upon later compliance.