Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), including by requiring the Department of Energy to award financial assistance to certain private or nonprofit entities for WAP enhancement and innovation, such as installing renewable energy systems. WAP reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing their energy efficiency.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2019 to Aug 4, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Aug 4, 2020 |
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 Apr 2, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Apr 3, 2019Hearings Apr 10, 2019Markup May 16, 2019Reported May 16, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 16, 2019Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 16, 2019Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Apr 10, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 3, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 2, 2019Referred 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 22, 2019H.R. 2041, Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Resources on July 17, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 57, April 2, 2019, page H2987.
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. 116-11 | SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: CLEANER, STRONGER BUILDINGS135 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-57 | MEMBER DAY HEARING208 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-24 | INVESTING IN AMERICA'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CREATING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE124 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 10, 2019 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
| S 983 | Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 10, 2019 |
| HR 2741 | Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act | Related bill | Jun 4, 2019 |
| HR 7516 | Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the weatherization assistance program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced 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.
