H.R. 6212: SCORE Act of 2016
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H.R. 6212: SCORE Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-28 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- 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.
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Official title
SCORE Act of 2016
Plain summary
Scoring Calculations for Our Residential Energy Act of 2016 or the SCORE Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Energy to maintain a Home Energy Score Program that provides for: (1) home energy scores to homeowners and borrowers to enable cost-effective reduction in energy use in homes, and (2) home assessments that collect energy use information for energy scores. The energy scores must include cost-effective recommendations for improving the score and energy efficiency of homes.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 7 cosponsors
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Mike Quigley (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6212.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr6212 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114