Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
Latest action · Oct 23, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 263.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, and the federal government, including by encouraging
- energy efficiency in residential, commercial, federal, or school buildings;
- energy-efficient technologies and processes for industrial applications;
- sustainable manufacturing;
- energy-efficient electric motors or transformers; or
- federal use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2019 to Sep 26, 2019; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Sep 26, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2019Markup Sep 25, 2019Reported Oct 23, 2019 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Sep 11, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-143.
- Oct 23, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 263.
- Sep 25, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Sep 11, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-335.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-340 | INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE UNITED STATES114 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-11 | SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: CLEANER, STRONGER BUILDINGS135 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-10 | SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: REDUCING INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS THROUGH U.S. INNOVATION86 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Sep 26, 2019 |
| S. Hrg. 116-335 | PENDING LEGISLATION102 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 11, 2019 |
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46372 | Summary and Analysis of S. 2657, the American Energy Innovation Act Archived | Report | May 27, 2020 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 253 | Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act | Related bill | Sep 19, 2019 |
| S 1245 | All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 25, 2019 |
| HR 1420 | Energy Efficient Government Technology Act | Related bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
| S 1857 | Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 25, 2019 |
| HR 2664 | All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 13, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Architecture
- Building construction
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Energy
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Industrial facilities
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Manufacturing
- Oil and gas
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Small business
- Solid waste and recycling
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Reported to Senate
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
