HR 5544 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2020

Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 9 .

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. IntroducedJan 7, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2020

This bill addresses the use and regulation of fluorinated compounds in products and manufacturing, including by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish specified production and consumption baselines for the phase-down of specified fluorinated compounds.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2020 to Mar 5, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalJan 7, 2020
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalJan 7, 2020
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJan 7, 2020
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickJan 28, 2020
D-COJoe NeguseJan 28, 2020
D-IAAbby FinkenauerJan 29, 2020
R-FLFrancis RooneyJan 29, 2020
R-TNDavid KustoffFeb 6, 2020
D-CADoris O. MatsuiFeb 6, 2020
R-NEDon BaconFeb 10, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterFeb 10, 2020
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiFeb 10, 2020
R-GARob WoodallFeb 10, 2020
R-NYJohn KatkoFeb 12, 2020
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyFeb 12, 2020
D-VAA. Donald McEachinFeb 18, 2020
R-PALloyd SmuckerFeb 18, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánFeb 18, 2020
R-NYPeter T. KingFeb 18, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyFeb 25, 2020
R-ILRodney DavisFeb 25, 2020
D-IACynthia AxneFeb 27, 2020
R-OKTom ColeFeb 27, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushMar 3, 2020
R-NYTom ReedMar 3, 2020
R-TXMichael T. McCaulMar 5, 2020
D-TXVeronica EscobarMar 5, 2020

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 Jan 7, 2020
Environment Subcommittee
Referred Jan 8, 2020Markup Mar 12, 2020Reported Mar 12, 2020

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  2. Mar 12, 2020Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 9 .
  3. Jan 8, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  4. Jan 7, 2020Introduced in House
  5. Jan 7, 2020Referred 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. 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. 166, no. 3, January 7, 2020, page H12.

Printed hearings 1

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-88PROMOTING AMERICAN INNOVATION AND JOBS: LEGISLATION TO PHASE DOWN HYDROFLUOROCARBONS158 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeJan 14, 2020

CRS reports 1

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

Cite it 1

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

ProductTitleKindPublished
IF11541Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs): EPA and State Actions ArchivedResourceMay 7, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To create jobs and drive innovation and economic growth in the United States by supporting and promoting the manufacture of next generation technologies, including refrigerants, solvents, fire suppressants, foam blowing agents, aerosols, and propellants, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2020Introduced in House

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