S 5 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009

Introduced Jan 6, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

Latest action · Jan 7, 2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.

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.

IntroducedJan 6, 2009
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009 - Calls for the enactment of legislation to improve the economy and the security of the United States by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming by: (1) making and encouraging significant investments in green job creation and clean energy across the economy; (2) diversifying and rapidly expanding the use of secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly energy supplies and technologies; (3) transforming U.S. infrastructure to make the infrastructure sustainable and the United States more competitive globally, including transmission grid modernization and transportation sector electrification; (4) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the United States and achieving reductions in emissions of GHGs abroad; (5) protecting consumers from volatile energy prices through better market oversight and enhanced energy efficiency standards and incentives; and (6) eliminating wasteful and unnecessary tax breaks and giveaways that fail to move the United States toward a more competitive and cleaner energy future.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Jan 7, 2009; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MO	Claire McCaskill	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-AK	Mark Begich	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr.	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jan 7, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 7, 2009Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Jan 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
Jan 6, 2009Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)

In the Congressional Record 2

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S153	Harry Reid D-NV	Jan 7, 2009
Senate	Debate and remarks S45Text printed S45	Harry Reid D-NV (text)	Jan 6, 2009

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 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 111-1068	NHTSA OVERSIGHT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROVISIONS OF SAFETEA-LU121 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Sep 28, 2010
Serial No. 111-44	STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF AMERICAN WORKERS69 pages	Education and Workforce Committee	Feb 3, 2010

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to improve the economy and security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 7, 2009Placed on Calendar Senate

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