HR 2197 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program.

Introduced Apr 27, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 28, 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 27, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants for providing nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency materials.

The bill reduces the authorization of appropriations for the zero net energy commercial buildings initiative for FY2018.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2017 to Jun 15, 2018; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalApr 27, 2017
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalApr 27, 2017
R-FLCarlos CurbeloOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalApr 27, 2017
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-WIMark PocanOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 27, 2017
R-PARyan A. CostelloOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalApr 27, 2017
D-PABrendan F. BoyleMay 1, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoMay 1, 2017
I-AZKyrsten SinemaMay 15, 2017
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 15, 2017
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickMay 19, 2017
D-NVJacky RosenMay 19, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanMay 24, 2017
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJun 7, 2017
D-NYGrace MengJun 20, 2017
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciJul 11, 2017
D-NJJosh GottheimerJul 14, 2017
D-CABarbara LeeSep 5, 2017
D-PADwight EvansSep 5, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturSep 5, 2017
D-CARo KhannaSep 7, 2017
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderNov 3, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossJun 7, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJun 15, 2018

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 27, 2017
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Apr 28, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  2. Apr 27, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Apr 27, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 72, April 27, 2017, page H2942.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 981A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program.Identical billApr 27, 2017
S 1460Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017Related billSep 19, 2017

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 27, 2017Introduced in House

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