Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 19, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2134)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2005 - Declares it shall be policy of the United States that its research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications programs be designed to enable 20 percent of domestic energy generated from stationary sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable energy sources by the year 2020.
Prescribes research and development program goals to implement such policy in connection with enhanced: (1) renewable energy; (2) energy efficiency; and (3) aeronautical system energy.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) submit to Congress an assessment of renewable energy resources available for commercial application; and (2) implement a Next Generation Lighting Initiative for advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes.
Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish: (1) an interagency group to develop a National Building Performance Initiative; and (2) an advisory committee to analyze and provide recommendations on potential private sector roles and participation in the Initiative.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) commission an independent assessment of innovative financing techniques to facilitate construction of new renewable energy and energy efficiency facilities; (2) establish a demonstration program for innovative technologies for renewable energy sources in buildings owned or operated by a State or local government; (3) provide assistance to small businesses and startup companies for the commercial application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies developed by or with support from the Department of Energy; (4) establish an education and outreach program on renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; and (5) establish a competitive matching grant pilot program for voluntary local government programs that seek to promote innovative energy efficiency technologies and processes to reduce the industrial use of water and the discharge of wastewater from commercial and industrial entities.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2005 to Sep 12, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 17, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 17, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 17, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 19, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2134)
- Feb 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Aeronautics
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Aircraft engines
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Aquatic ecology
- Aquatic plants
- Auditing
- Biomass energy
- Brownfields
- Building construction
- Building materials
- Capital investments
- Cellulose
- Chemical industries
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Consumer education
- Cost effectiveness
- Dams
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy crops
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Farm manure
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Federal aid to research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fibers
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishery management
- Fossil fuels
- Fuel cells
- Fuel consumption
- Geothermal resources
- Glass and glass industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government regulation
- Housing and Community Development
- Hydroelectric power
- Hydrogen
- Industrial buildings
- Industrial pollution
- Intellectual property
- Investments
- Iron and steel industry
- Joint ventures
- Laboratories
- Law
- Lighting
- Lumber trade
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Materials
- Mercury
- Metal trade
- Motor buses
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Municipal solid waste
- Natural gas
- Nitrogen oxides
- Patents
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum refineries
- Planning
- Plants
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Regulatory impact statements
- Research and development
- Residential rehabilitation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Semiconductors
- Small business
- Solar energy
- Subsidies
- Sunset legislation
- Tax incentives
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trees
- Trucks
- Waste reduction
- Waste water
- Water conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Water use
- Wind power
- Wood
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House
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