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H.R. 1126: To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.

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H.R. 1126: To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-16 · Commerce · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2012. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in reviewing research and development activities for possible inclusion in the research plan to expand the steel research and development initiative, to consider among steel project priorities the development of technologies which reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Revises the requirement for consideration of the development of advanced coatings for sheet steels to specify sheet and bar steels.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1126, A bill to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (2007-03-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1126, A bill to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (2007-03-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1126, An act to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (2007-08-14); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1126, An act to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (2007-08-14)

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1126 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110