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Bill· HRH.R. 5527 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
21st Century Power Grid Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects designed to improve the resiliency, performance, or efficiency of the electric grid, while ensuring the provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable power. The projects must demonstrate (1) secure integration and management of energy resources, or (2) secure integration and interoperability of communications and information technologies related to the electric grid. Each project must include the development of a cybersecurity plan and a privacy effects analysis that evaluates the project in accordance with DOE's Voluntary Code of Conduct, commonly known as the DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program. The projects may be designed to deploy a new product or technology that could be used by customers of an electric utility.
Bill· HRH.R. 5518 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Clean Cities Coalition Program. Under the program, DOE must make awards to clean city coalitions for projects and activities that reduce petroleum consumption, improve air quality, promote energy and economic security, and encourage deployment of a diverse, domestic supply of alternative fuels in the transportation sector. In addition, DOE must provide technical assistance and training to the coalitions, provide opportunities for communication and sharing of best practices among the coalitions, and maintain and publish a centralized database of information about the activities and accomplishments of the coalitions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5530 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Rebate Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a rebate program to encourage investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Specifically, the bill requires the program to promote the purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle supply equipment that will be installed at a multi-family housing unit, a workplace, or a publicly accessible parking lot.
Bill· HRH.R. 5514 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a grant program for states and Indian tribes to provide loans to consumers and communities that want to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
Bill· HRH.R. 5511 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies that reflect the multiple benefits provided by interregional solutions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5505 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that produce energy from renewable energy sources; transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; enable the development of a Smart Grid; produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; improve energy efficiency for transportation; or enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications.
Bill· HRH.R. 5523 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2019 This bill allows new tax credits for investment in emerging energy technology and for the production of electricity from such technology. The bill also allows an energy tax credit for energy storage technologies, including equipment which receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies.
Bill· SS. 3135 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that produce energy from renewable energy sources; transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; enable the development of a Smart Grid; produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; improve energy efficiency for transportation; or enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications.
Bill· SS. 3109 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies that reflect the multiple benefits provided by interregional solutions.
Bill· SS. 3107 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2019
Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act This bill allows a tax credit for investment in a qualifying electric power transmission line property. The bill defines qualifying electric power transmission line property as (1) any overhead, submarine, or underground transmission facility that is capable of transmitting electricity at a voltage of not less than 345 kilovolts, has a transmission capacity of not less than 1,000 megawatts, is an alternating current or direct transmission line, and delivers power produced in either a rural area or offshore; and (2) conductors or cables, or other specified equipment, necessary for the proper operation of the facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 5454 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 2019
Fairness for Landowners Facing Eminent Domain Act This bill addresses the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of eminent domain unless the holder (1) obtains all federal and state permits required by law for the construction and operation of pipeline facilities, and (2) complies with all environmental conditions appended to the certificate order; suspends eminent domain authority if (1) the holder requests a material amendment to the certificate, or (2) a federal or state permit held by the holder is vacated or remanded; and prohibits the use of eminent domain if the pipeline, land, or other property necessary for the construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline is attached to any facility that imports or exports natural gas from or to a foreign country.
Bill· HRH.R. 5435 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2019
American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands. The bill increases royalties on fossil fuels produced from public lands and creates annual, per-acre fees for federal oil and gas leases. The bill prohibits Interior from holding new lease sales for coal, oil, or gas for one year and until Interior (1) certifies that additional fossil fuel leasing on public lands is not inconsistent with achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from public lands by 2040, and (2) releases a Public Lands Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy. Interior and the Forest Service shall reduce net emissions associated with the extraction and end-use combustion of fossil fuels produced from public lands to meet specified targets. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) must determine if the emission reduction targets have been met. If net emissions from public lands have exceeded the targets, Interior must not approve new fossil fuel permits and not hold new fossil fuel lease sales until the USGS has certified and issued a notice that net emissions are below the target level. Interior shall make available on a public website (1) information regarding fossil fuel operations, including the aggregate amount of each fossil fuel produced on federal leases; and (2) information that describes the amount and sources of renewable energy produced from public lands. The bill sets forth how revenue raised by the bill is to be distributed.
Bill· HRH.R. 5428 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2019
Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019 This bill expands research programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) related to the electric grid and hybrid energy systems, including by directing DOE to award competitive grants for certain entities to conduct research and development to improve the resilience and reliability of the electric grid.
Bill· HRH.R. 5416 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2019
National Climate Bank Act This bill establishes the nonprofit National Climate Bank to finance renewable energy projects, industrial decarbonization, climate resilient infrastructure, zero-emission fleets, and similar projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 5409 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2019
Incentivizing New and Valuable Energy Storage Technology (INVEST) Act of 2019 This bill provides for tax credits for energy storage technologies, including a residential energy efficient property credit for battery storage technology expenditures.
Bill· SS. 3047 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2019
Creating Opportunities And Leveraging Technologies for Coal Carbon Act of 2019 or the COAL TeCC Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish two programs concerning coal-derived carbon products. First, DOE must establish a program of research, development, and demonstration for carbon engineering solutions to enable new uses for coal-derived carbon for a variety of purposes, such as commercial, military, or medical purposes. Second, DOE must establish a pilot and demonstration program to accelerate the commercial deployment of coal-carbon products.
Bill· SS. 3046 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2019
Wastewater Efficiency and Treatment Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Water and Energy Efficiency Program. Under the program, DOE must award grants to certain small public wastewater treatment facilities that serve disadvantaged communities or populations that do not exceed 10,000. The facilities must use the grants to conduct energy efficiency audits of the facilities and update equipment based on the audits. In addition, DOE must provide loan guarantees to eligible municipalities and Indian tribes for (1) projects that convert waste in the treatment process of wastewater treatment facilities into renewable fuels, biosolids, or other byproducts; and (2) projects that will assist in transitioning facilities towards the use of energy-efficient technologies. In carrying out the program, DOE must establish a small-scale extension services program to provide assistance to rural communities through grants, outreach, training, and technical assistance regarding energy-efficient technologies at wastewater treatment facilities in eligible municipalities and tribes.
Bill· SS. 3032 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2019
Renewable Energy Transferability Act This bill allows tax credits for renewable energy to be transferred to project partners. The bill applies to the tax credits for (1) renewable electricity production, (2) investments in renewable energy property, and (3) carbon oxide sequestration.
Bill· HRH.R. 5374 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2019
Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019 This bill revises provisions related to hydrothermal and geothermal research and development programs at the Department of Energy.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 758 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2019
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare program from excessive price increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5038) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 1790) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 5375 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2019
E. Cooper Brown Ocean Clean Energy Act of 2019 This bill allows an energy tax credit for the cost of ocean thermal energy equipment. The bill defines "ocean thermal energy equipment" as equipment that converts ocean thermal energy to usable energy or that uses ocean water as a thermal energy sink to cool a structure.
Bill· HRH.R. 5335 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2019
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 This bill establishes a process for expediting and standardizing the permitting process for certain distributed energy systems. The bill defines such systems as equipment or materials installed in, on, or near a building to support onsite or local energy use, such as solar energy, batteries, and charging systems for electrical vehicles. Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish or designate a Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a program to (1) expedite the process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, and (2) facilitate the certification of distributed energy system installers. In addition, DOE must recognize and certify communities as Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities if they adopt and implement a permit-to-build protocol that is established by the board. DOE may award grants to encourage communities to adopt the protocol and standardized inspection processes established by the board.
Bill· HRH.R. 5303 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2019
California Central Coast Conservation Act This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from administering an oil and gas leasing and development program on the Central Coast of California (e.g., Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito Counties) until it completes and publishes a supplemental environmental impact statement assessing the environmental effects of such leasing and development, including the effects on air quality, seismicity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency must review and publish comments regarding the environmental impact statement, including (1) identification of any significant environmental impacts of oil and gas leasing and development on the Central Coast of California that should be avoided to adequately protect the region's natural resources, or (2) a determination that such statement does not contain sufficient information to assess the impacts.
Bill· SS. 2978 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2019
Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate water considerations into its energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects. Specifically, the DOE must develop and implement a strategic plan that advances energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices to minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption, seismic impacts, and deleterious impacts on water bodies, groundwater, and waterways; increase water use efficiency; and utilize nontraditional water sources. Further, the strategic plan must (1) consider the effects climate variability may have on water supplies and quality for energy generation and fuel production, and (2) improve the understanding of the energy required to provide reliable water supplies as well as the water required to provide reliable energy supplies. The plan must be updated every five years. In addition, DOE must establish an Energy-Water Committee to promote and enable improved energy and water resource data collection, reporting, and technological innovation.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 737 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2019
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Environmental Protection Agency should take all necessary steps to ensure that cleanup actions for all abandoned uranium mines and related environmental pollution on the Navajo Nation and other tribal lands are implemented expeditiously.
Bill· SS. 2951 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2019
Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings; states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing; very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing; Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services; nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development; state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities; private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing. The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency. In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
Bill· SS. 2935 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2019
Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL Cabinet Act This bill prohibits the appointment of an individual to specified high-level federal positions if that individual has served as an executive officer of a fossil fuel entity, a fossil fuel lobbyist, or an employee of a fossil fuel trade association in the previous 10 years. The applicable federal positions include the Chief of Staff to the President, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 5187 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2019
Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings; states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing; very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing; Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services; nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development; state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities; private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing. The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency. In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5186 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2019
Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico to any person who does not renegotiate certain existing leases to require royalty payments if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified price thresholds. Interior must also, upon request, agree to amend any lease issued for any Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract during the period of January 1, 1996, through November 28, 2000, to incorporate specified price thresholds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5188 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2019
Exporting Clean Energy Act This bill revises the powers and functions of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, including to require the bank to focus on energy financing when an international strategic competitor is bidding for a contract against the United States that deals with energy technology or natural resources or when the United States is capable of providing lower emissions than a competitor.
Bill· SS. 2917 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2019
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 This bill addresses the storage and disposal of nuclear waste. Among other things, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercial spent nuclear fuel during the development, construction, and operation of a permanent nuclear waste repository; addresses federal land withdrawal and related management issues, including the permanent withdrawal of specific federal land for repository use by DOE; updates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process and conditions for the permanent repository; limits activities relating to developing a separate defense waste repository used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE; authorizes DOE to enter into agreements to provide benefits to state, local, and tribal governments that might host or be affected by facilities related to storing nuclear waste; revises the method by which DOE funds its nuclear waste management activities though the collection and usage of the Nuclear Waste Fund; creates an Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel within DOE; and requires DOE to establish a Stranded Nuclear Waste Task Force to study existing resources and funding for communities that contain stranded nuclear waste and develop economic adjustment plans for such communities.
Bill· SS. 2906 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2019
Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico to any person who does not renegotiate certain existing leases to require royalty payments if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified price thresholds. Interior must also, upon request, agree to amend any lease issued for any Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract during the period of January 1, 1996, through November 28, 2000, to incorporate specified price thresholds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5185 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act This bill addresses energy efficiency and workforce development in the context of public housing. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must award grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other eligible entities under a variety of new programs, including programs for facilitating workforce development and high-income employment transition; conducting physical needs assessments and subsequent energy efficiency retrofits; and making upgrades, replacements, and improvements for energy efficiency, building electrification, and water quality upgrades. Recipients of these grants must provide relocation assistance for residents who are displaced during construction and must ensure that they can return to their homes once retrofitting is completed. A certain percentage of the employment positions generated by these grant programs and other specified federal grant programs must be filled by low-income individuals, and a specified percentage of certain contracts associated with these programs must be awarded to businesses owned by residents of public housing. The bill also repeals a provision that prohibits a PHA from using HUD funds to construct or operate new public housing units if doing so would result in the PHA owning or operating more units than it did on October 1, 1999.
Bill· HRH.R. 5165 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Innovative Energy Manufacturing Act of 2019 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for additional annual allocations, in 2020 through 2024, of the qualifying advanced energy project tax credit. The Department of the Treasury must report to Congress by the end of 2025, on domestic job creation attributable to the credit allocations made by this bill.
Bill· HRH.R. 5164 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Electric Vehicle Charging Helps Access to Renewable Green Energy Act of 2019 or the EV CHARGE Act of 2019 This bill reinstates and extends through 2024, the 30% tax credit for the cost of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. The bill allows an additional 20% credit for excess costs attributable to refueling property that is intended for general public use or for use exclusively by fleets of commercial or government vehicles.
Bill· HRH.R. 5163 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Green Bus Tax Credit Act of 2019 This bill allows a manufacturer a zero-emission bus tax credit. The credit is equal to 10% of the sales price of a zero-emission heavy vehicle. The credit only applies to the first $1 million of a vehicle's sales price. The bill defines "zero-emission heavy vehicle" as a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of not less than 14,000 pounds, is not powered or charged by an internal combustion engine, and is propelled solely by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery or fuel cell.
Bill· HRH.R. 5162 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Green Vehicle Adoption Nationwide Act of 2019 or the Green VAN Act of 2019 This bill allows a manufacturer a 10% tax credit of the sales price of a zero-emission heavy vehicle. The credit only applies to the first $1 million of a vehicle's sales price. The bill defines "zero-emission heavy vehicle" as a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of not less than 14,000 pounds, is not powered or charged by an internal combustion engine, and is propelled solely by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery or fuel cell.
Bill· HRH.R. 5160 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Act of 2019 This bill reinstates and extends that tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings through 2024. It also increases the maximum allowable amount of such deduction. The bill modifies American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineer (ASHRAE) standards and other efficiency standards for commercial buildings.
Bill· HRH.R. 5159 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Empowering Homeowners Energy Efficiency Act of 2019 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property to include a credit for home energy audits. The amount of such credit is 30% of the cost of a home energy audit, not to exceed $150. The bill defines "home energy audit" to mean an inspection and written report for a dwelling owned and used by a taxpayer as the taxpayer's principal residence. The audit must identify the most significant and cost-effective energy efficiency improvements for such dwelling, including an estimate of the energy and cost savings for each improvement, and be conducted and prepared by a certified home energy auditor.
Bill· HRH.R. 5158 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Promoting Sustainable Energy Projects for Tribal Communities Act of 2019 This bill allows Indian tribal governments to elect to receive payments, in lieu of tax credits, for energy property and electricity produced from certain renewable resources.
Bill· HRH.R. 5157 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2019 This bill allows Indian tribal governments and other taxpayers to elect to receive tax excludable payments in lieu of credit amounts attributable to the tax credits for energy property and for electricity produced from certain renewable resources. The payments to such other taxpayers are limited to 85% of the credit amounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 5155 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act of 2019 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include waste energy recovery property in the 30% energy tax credit, subject to a phaseout. The bill defines "waste energy recovery property" as property that generates electricity solely from heat from buildings or equipment if the primary purpose of such buildings or equipment is not the generation of electricity. Such property may not have a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts.
Bill· HRH.R. 5154 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2019
Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 or the GEO Act of 2019 This bill provides for a 30% energy tax credit for geothermal resources, subject to a phased reduction in the credit in 2025 and 2026.
Bill· HRH.R. 5142 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2019
Green Energy for Federal Buildings Act This bill requires the federal government to increase the amount of renewable energy it consumes to 35% of its total electricity share by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050. In carrying out the requirement, the Department of Energy must seek to ensure that the federal government consumes renewable energy produced on-site at federal facilities, on federal lands, or on Native American lands.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.116published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 14 November 2019
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 74 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2019
This concurrent resolution encourages the Architect of the Capitol to transition to the exclusive use of electricity derived from renewable energy sources to power the U.S. Capitol Complex by 2032.
Bill· HRH.R. 5113 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2019
Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act or the GREENER Fuels Act This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including to eliminate the volume standards applicable to corn-starch ethanol and extend the volume standards applicable to cellulosic biofuel.
Bill· SS. 2876 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2019
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act This bill addresses energy efficiency and workforce development in the context of public housing. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must award grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other eligible entities under a variety of new programs, including programs for facilitating workforce development and high-income employment transition; conducting physical needs assessments and subsequent energy efficiency retrofits; and making upgrades, replacements, and improvements for energy efficiency, building electrification, and water quality upgrades. Recipients of these grants must provide relocation assistance for residents who are displaced during construction and must ensure that they can return to their homes once retrofitting is completed. A certain percentage of the employment positions generated by these grant programs and other specified federal grant programs must be filled by low-income individuals, and a specified percentage of certain contracts associated with these programs must be awarded to businesses owned by residents of public housing. The bill also repeals a provision that prohibits a PHA from using HUD funds to construct or operate new public housing units if doing so would result in the PHA owning or operating more units than it did on October 1, 1999.
Bill· SS. 2873 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2019
Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act or the GREENER Fuels Act This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including to eliminate the volume standards applicable to corn-starch ethanol and extend the volume standards applicable to cellulosic biofuel.
Bill· SS. 2854 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2019
Dry Cask Storage Act of 2019 This bill requires each licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a plan for (1) transfer (including on-going additional transfers) to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel stored by the licensee for at least seven years in spent nuclear fuel pools, and (2) configuration of the remaining spent nuclear fuel in the pool in a manner that minimizes the chance of a fire if there is a loss of water in the pool. Among other requirements, the bill requires the NRC to approve or disapprove the plan within 90 days after its submission, authorizes the NRC to provide grants to any licensee with an approved plan to assist in the cost of transferring spent nuclear fuel to dry casks under the plan, directs the emergency planning zone applicable to each civilian nuclear power reactor to be at least 10 miles in radius until all spent nuclear fuel at the reactor has been transferred to dry casks, and requires the NRC to expand to 50 miles in radius the emergency planning zone applicable to each reactor not in compliance with an approved plan.