Comprehensive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001
Latest action · Jul 31, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) provide private sector commercialization assistance for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; (2) establish a fuel cell technologies demonstration program; and (3) establish a National Electric System Public Benefits Board to administer a National Electric System Public Benefits Fund.
Establishes the High Performance Schools grant program.
Amends Federal transportation law to mandate: (1) increased vehicle fuel economy standards; and (2) a national tire fuel efficiency program.
Establishes the Energy Star program to promote cost-effective energy-efficient products and buildings.
Prescribes requirements for: (1) Federal electric power purchases; (2) Federal buildings energy efficiency; (3) guaranteed energy savings; and (4) Federal use of Energy Star standards.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) certain energy efficient business property; (2) the manufacture of energy efficient appliances; (3) construction of a new energy-efficient home; (4) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (5) residential solar, wind, and fuel cell energy property; and (6) purchase of Energy Star products. Allows a deduction for energy-efficient commercial building property expenditures.
Prescribes depreciation requirements for: (1) distributed power property; and (2) property used in electricity transmission. Increases the credit rate for electricity produced from renewable and waste products. Treats facilities using bagasse to produce energy as solid waste disposal facilities eligible for tax-exempt financing. Grants an investment tax credit for additional plant capacity for existing renewable resources facilities producing electricity.
Allows tax credits for: (1) alternative motor vehicles placed in service; (2) retail sales of alternative fuels for motor vehicles; and (3) installation of alternative fueling stations. Extends the deduction for certain refueling property.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2001 to Dec 18, 2001; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-ME | John Elias Baldacci | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jul 12, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Jul 12, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 20, 2001 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 20, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jul 26, 2001 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 18, 2001 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2001 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 23, 2001 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 31, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Jul 23, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jul 11, 2001Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3933 | Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA | Jul 11, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45913 | Electricity Portfolio Standards: Background, Design Elements, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a balanced energy program for the United States that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Comprehensive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Aeronautics
- Air pollution control
- Aircraft engines
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Alternative fuels
- Aquatic ecology
- Automobile fuel consumption
- Biomass energy
- Building materials
- Capital investments
- Cellulose
- Chemical industries
- Chemical research
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Dams
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power plant sites
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Federal aid to research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Feedstock
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishery management
- Fuel cells
- Geothermal power plants
- Geothermal resources
- Glass and glass industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government regulation
- Housing and Community Development
- Hydroelectric power
- Hydrogen as fuel
- Industrial energy conservation
- Industrial pollution
- Investments
- Iron and steel industry
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Materials research
- Metal trade
- Motor buses
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Natural gas
- Nitrogen oxides
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum refineries
- Photovoltaic power systems
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Regulatory impact statements
- Renewable natural resources
- Research and development
- Residential energy conservation
- Risk management
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Solar energy
- Solar power plants
- Solar thermal power generation
- Subsidies
- Tax incentives
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trucks
- Water Resources Development
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
