HR 117 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2017

Introduced Jan 3, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Michael C. Burgess R-TX

Latest action · Jan 25, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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 3, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2016

This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate the Department of Energy's authority to set energy efficiency and water conservation standards for consumer and commercial appliances. All existing standards are repealed.

Additionally, the bill prohibits states from setting their own energy efficiency and water conservation standards. All existing state standards are nullified.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2017
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred Jan 25, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

Constitutional authority

Mr. BURGESS: H.R. 117. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This legislation would repeal existing federal law, which was passed under the claimed constitutional authority of Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, often referred to as the ``Commerce Clause.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H49.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 105	Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2019	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 25, 2019
HR 4504	Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2016	Reintroduction of	Feb 12, 2016

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal Federal energy conservation standards, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House

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