HR 5174 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Introduced Mar 6, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Tim Walberg R-MI

Latest action · Jun 28, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 613.

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.

IntroducedMar 6, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Energy Emergency Leadership Act

This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to require the Secretary of the Department of Energy to assign energy emergency and energy security functions to an Assistant Secretary, including responsibilities with respect to infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 6, 2018.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 6, 2018

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 Mar 6, 2018Markup May 9, 2018Reported Jun 28, 2018
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred Mar 9, 2018Markup Apr 18, 2018Reported Apr 18, 2018

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 28, 2018Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-793.
Jun 28, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 613.
May 9, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 9, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Apr 18, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 18, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Mar 9, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Mar 6, 2018Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2018Referred 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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 115-793

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 18, 2018H.R. 5174, Energy Emergency Leadership ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power 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. 164, no. 39, March 6, 2018, page H1441.

Printed hearings 3

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. 115-170	DOE MODERNIZATION: THE OFFICE OF CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE68 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 27, 2018
Serial No. 115-117	THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET136 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Apr 12, 2018
Serial No. 115-108	DOE MODERNIZATION: LEGISLATION ADDRESSING CYBERSECURITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE187 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Mar 14, 2018

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IF10874	DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability: Organization and FY2019 Budget Request Archived	Resource	Apr 20, 2018
R45135	NERC Standards for Bulk Power Physical Security: Is the Grid More Secure? Archived	Report	Mar 19, 2018

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act with respect to functions assigned to Assistant Secretaries, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Energy Emergency Leadership Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 28, 2018Reported in House
Mar 6, 2018Introduced in House

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