Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
USA116th CongressHR-4447| House
| Updated: 10/19/2020
Tom O'Halleran
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (9)
Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Energy Subcommittee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act This bill addresses provisions related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, carbon pollution reduction, nuclear energy, electric grid modernization and cybersecurity, and otherwise makes changes to provisions related to the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies. Among other provisions, the bill establishes a Federal Smart Building Program to implement smart building technologies among several specified federal agencies; awards grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, designing, and demonstrating energy storage and microgrid projects that utilize energy from renewable energy sources; adds energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using their utility ratemaking authority; expands DOE research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy; establishes a program to develop and deploy high-assay low-enriched uranium for domestic commercial use and to develop a schedule for recovering costs associated with such development; requires DOE to provide financial assistance to carry out projects related to the modernization of the electric grid, including projects related to transmission system planning and operation; provides incentives for the nonpower industrial sector to reduce nonwater greenhouse gas emission to the atmosphere; and directs the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment of DOE to provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-504, Part I.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1129 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, H.R. 6270 and H.R. 8319. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4447 under a structured rulee with 90 minutes of general debate. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6270, under closed rule and H.R. 8319 under a closed rule.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1129. (consideration: CR H4774-4877; text: CR H4774-4865)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, H.R. 6270 and H.R. 8319. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4447 under a structured rulee with 90 minutes of general debate. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6270, under closed rule and H.R. 8319 under a closed rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on H.R. 4447.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 4447 would be postponed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on H.R. 4447, which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4898-4949)
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Stevens amendment en bloc No. 1.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stevens amendment en bloc No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Stevens demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Degette amendment en bloc No. 2
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Pallone amendment en bloc. No. 3.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Haaland amendment No. 32.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Haaland amendment No. 32, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Haaland demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Levin(CA)amendment en bloc No. 4.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Levin (CA) amendment en bloc No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Levin (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Mr. Lucas moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H4947)
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lucas motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for entities that fail to certify that they will not transfer intellectual properties, technologies or data to other entities deemed to be of risk by the Secretary of Energy or the United States Trade Representative.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 214 (Roll no. 205).
View VoteOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 185 (Roll no. 206).
View VoteMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4447.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
USA116th CongressHR-4447| House
| Updated: 10/19/2020
Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act This bill addresses provisions related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, carbon pollution reduction, nuclear energy, electric grid modernization and cybersecurity, and otherwise makes changes to provisions related to the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies. Among other provisions, the bill establishes a Federal Smart Building Program to implement smart building technologies among several specified federal agencies; awards grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, designing, and demonstrating energy storage and microgrid projects that utilize energy from renewable energy sources; adds energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using their utility ratemaking authority; expands DOE research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy; establishes a program to develop and deploy high-assay low-enriched uranium for domestic commercial use and to develop a schedule for recovering costs associated with such development; requires DOE to provide financial assistance to carry out projects related to the modernization of the electric grid, including projects related to transmission system planning and operation; provides incentives for the nonpower industrial sector to reduce nonwater greenhouse gas emission to the atmosphere; and directs the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment of DOE to provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-504, Part I.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1129 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, H.R. 6270 and H.R. 8319. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4447 under a structured rulee with 90 minutes of general debate. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6270, under closed rule and H.R. 8319 under a closed rule.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1129. (consideration: CR H4774-4877; text: CR H4774-4865)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, H.R. 6270 and H.R. 8319. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4447 under a structured rulee with 90 minutes of general debate. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6270, under closed rule and H.R. 8319 under a closed rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on H.R. 4447.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 4447 would be postponed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on H.R. 4447, which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4898-4949)
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Stevens amendment en bloc No. 1.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stevens amendment en bloc No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Stevens demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Degette amendment en bloc No. 2
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Pallone amendment en bloc. No. 3.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Haaland amendment No. 32.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Haaland amendment No. 32, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Haaland demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1129, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Levin(CA)amendment en bloc No. 4.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Levin (CA) amendment en bloc No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Levin (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Mr. Lucas moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H4947)
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lucas motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for entities that fail to certify that they will not transfer intellectual properties, technologies or data to other entities deemed to be of risk by the Secretary of Energy or the United States Trade Representative.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 214 (Roll no. 205).
View VoteOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 185 (Roll no. 206).
View VoteMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4447.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Tom O'Halleran
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (9)
Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Energy Subcommittee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
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