Clean Energy Future Through Innovation Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 29, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedDec 28, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clean Energy Future Through Innovation Act of 2020
This bill establishes a variety of incentives and programs to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector, including incentives and programs to (1) develop low- and zero-carbon power technologies (e.g., technologies to capture, use, and store carbon from coal and natural gas); (2) support certain renewable energy, energy-efficiency, energy storage, and clean electricity technologies; and (3) support nuclear energy.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 28, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Original | Dec 28, 2020 |
Committees 6
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 Dec 28, 2020 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Dec 28, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 28, 2020 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 28, 2020 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Dec 28, 2020 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Dec 29, 2020 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Dec 29, 2020 | |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Dec 29, 2020 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Dec 29, 2020 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Dec 28, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Dec 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Dec 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Dec 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Dec 28, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 28, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 220, December 28, 2020, page H9166.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46691 | Clean Energy Standards: Selected Issues for the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Nov 2, 2021 |
| R45913 | Electricity Portfolio Standards: Background, Design Elements, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2314 | Nuclear Powers America Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 12, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To advance clean power technology development and use through innovation and clean energy standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Clean Energy Future Through Innovation Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 28, 2020Introduced 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.
