Energy Efficiency Cornerstone Act of 2005
Latest action · Jul 13, 2005 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 13, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy Efficiency Cornerstone Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to expand the scope of products encompassed within the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles, including testing requirements and energy conservation standards for additional consumer and commercial products.
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to set forth additional funding incentives for state building energy efficiency codes.
Amends the National Manufacturing Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to subject its energy conservation standards to the most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code.
Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to subject energy efficiency standards and a model energy code to the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code.
Amends EPCA to establish within the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency a voluntary program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communication about, products and buildings that meet the highest energy efficiency standards.
Amends the ECPA to: (1) subject federal building performance standards to the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code; and (2) require all housing constructed under the military housing privatization initiative of the Department of Defense to be Energy Star qualified and equipped with Energy Star appliances and FEMP designated appliances, including Energy Star lighting.
Amends EPCA and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to modify compliance requirements governing alternative fuel use by light duty federal vehicles.
Amends federal transportation law to modify standards for executive agency automobiles.
Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to enter into voluntary agreements with entities in industrial sectors that consume significant quantities of primary energy for each unit of physical output to reduce the energy intensity of their production activities.
Instructs the Secretary to establish a financial assistance pilot program for state implementation of pilot projects for energy efficiency programs and reduction of consumption of electricity or natural gas.
Amends the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 to require a state regulatory authority or non-regulated utility to implement an energy efficiency resource program to reduce consumer electricity or gas consumption.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth business related credits for: (1) construction of new energy efficient homes; (2) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; and (3) energy efficient appliances.
Allows as a deduction from gross income: (1) an amount equal to the cost of energy efficient commercial building property placed in service during the taxable year; and (2) certain energy efficient property used in business and residential rental property.
Establishes a tax credit for: (1) energy efficient building property expenditures; (2) installation of qualified fuel cells; and (3) qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and hybrid motor vehicle.
Revises requirements for the energy credit for combined heat and power system property.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2005 to May 23, 2006, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Jul 13, 2005 |
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jul 25, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Air conditioning
- Alternative energy sources
- Building construction
- Building laws
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Computer software
- Condominium (Housing)
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Cooperative housing
- Cost effectiveness
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric appliances
- Electric power
- Electric utilities
- Electric utility rates
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental Protection
- Federal office buildings
- Fuel cells
- Fuel consumption
- Gas companies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government vehicles
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Heat pumps
- Heating
- Home repair and improvement
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Industrial buildings
- Infrastructure
- Labeling
- Law
- Lighting
- Minimum tax
- Mobile homes
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Motor vehicle safety
- Natural gas
- Natural gas vehicles
- Performance measurement
- Petroleum
- Pollution control
- Prefabricated buildings
- Refrigeration
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Standards
- State laws
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Traffic signs and signals
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water conservation
- Water Resources Development
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- Jul 13, 2005Introduced in House
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