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H.R. 6739: United States Climate Action Now Act

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H.R. 6739: United States Climate Action Now Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-31 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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

United States Climate Action Now Act

Plain summary

United States Climate Action Now Act - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise provisions that require states to update their building energy efficiency codes. Modifies the duties of the Secretary of Energy under such Act relating to: (1) updating the national model building energy codes and standards for residential and commercial buildings; (2) reporting requirements; (3) providing technical assistance to model code-setting and standard development organizations; and (4) providing incentive funding to states for implementing updates of building energy efficiency codes. Requires states to certify to the Secretary that they have reviewed and updated the provisions of their residential and commercial building energy efficiency codes and to certify compliance with such codes. Imposes additional requirements on states that fail to meet compliance deadlines. Amends the Federal Power Act to require the President to: (1) report to Congress on barriers to constructing new transmission lines for increasing renewable electric power generation capacity; (2) designate areas as a National Renewable Energy Zone; and (3) identify, and provide public notice of, new transmission facilities that could substantially increase the generation of electricity from renewable entities. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to establish interconnection standards for state electric utilities not subject to the Federal Power Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Bioenergy Partnership to coordinate efforts between governmental entities and the private sector to promote the deployment of sustainable biomass fuels and bioenergy technologies. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a study of black carbon emissions.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

United States Climate Action Now Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Peter Welch (D-VT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6739 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110