Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2021
Latest action · Oct 1, 2021 Executive Comment Requested from Def Nuc Agcy.
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 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2021
This bill sets forth provisions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by establishing (1) a Clean Energy Deployment Administration within the Department of Energy; (2) a zero-emission electricity standard; and (3) incentives, such as tax credits and grants, to power companies for the accelerated deployment of 80% and 100% zero-emission electricity systems. It also reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Weatherization Assistance Program.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 1, 2021 to Nov 16, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jul 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 16, 2022 |
Committees 5
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 Jul 1, 2021 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2021 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2021 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2021 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2021 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2021 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2021Executive Comment Requested from Def Nuc Agcy.
- Jul 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jul 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jul 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Jul 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 1, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, 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. 167, no. 115, July 1, 2021, page H3601.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46418 | The Weatherization Assistance Program Formula | Report | Sep 23, 2025 |
| R46691 | Clean Energy Standards: Selected Issues for the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Nov 2, 2021 |
| R46947 | U.S. Climate Change Policy Archived | Report | Oct 28, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To advance innovation in and deployment of zero-emission electricity technology, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Aviation and airports
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Congressional oversight
- Credit and credit markets
- Debt collection
- Department of Energy
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Energy
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Floods and storm protection
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Income tax credits
- Infrastructure development
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Land use and conservation
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Manufacturing
- Motor vehicles
- Nuclear power
- Oil and gas
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Research and development
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Science and engineering education
- Securities
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Water quality
- Wetlands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2021Introduced 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.
