Energy for America Act
Latest action · May 31, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy for America Act - Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration of technologies for environmentally sustainable utilization of produced water for agriculture, irrigation, municipal, industrial uses, or other environmentally sustainable purposes
Requires the program to address: (1) produced water recovery, including research for desalination and demineralization; (2) reinjection of produced water into subsurface geological formations; and (3) safety and environmental impacts of such activities.
Biomass Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include specified advanced biofuel technologies within the bioenergy program.
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application on technologies for the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Energy Storage Solutions for America Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to support the ability of the United States to remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution; and (2) establish an Energy Storage Advisory Council.
Energy Efficient Buildings Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to award grants to businesses and organizations for new construction of energy efficient buildings, or major renovations of buildings that will result in energy efficient buildings, to demonstrate innovative energy efficiency technologies, especially those sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Prescribes criteria for mandatory consideration by the Secretary when identifying for support "ARPA-E" projects (that show promise to accelerate efforts to overcome barriers to development of advanced energy technologies).
Green Energy Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds to the National Science Foundation for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support projects that enable graduate education related to DOE research,demonstration, and commercial application activities, especially those related to high performance buildings.
Instructs the Secretary to transmit to Congress the results of a feasibility study of large-scale biological sequestration of carbon dioxide for coal power systems, including the feasibility of creating a closed loop carbon cycle through biological sequestration.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2007 to Jun 12, 2007; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Jun 12, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 31, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in House
- May 24, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
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 H11815 | David G. Reichert R-WA | Oct 22, 2007 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-68 | RESEARCH TO IMPROVE WATER-USE EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION: TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES76 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Oct 30, 2007 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for research, development, and demonstration on energy technologies to ensure the Nation's continued supply and efficient use of affordable, reliable, and clean energy, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Energy for America Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Energy Efficient Buildings Act of 2007
- Energy Storage Solutions for America Act of 2007
- Biomass Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007
- Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007
- Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2007
- Green Energy Education Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Building construction
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Cellulose
- Coal
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Curricula
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power production
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy development
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Graduate education
- Groundwater
- Higher education
- Hydrology
- International competitiveness
- Irrigation
- Research and development
- Saline waters
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Subsidies
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Water pollution control
- Water purification
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water use
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced 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.
