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H.R. 5042: Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

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H.R. 5042: Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-02-15 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-02-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. 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

Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

Plain summary

Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program that provides grants for projects that: (1) improve the energy efficiency of small- or medium-sized manufacturers that employ no more than 750 employees, and (2) develop technologies to reduce electricity or natural gas use by the manufacturers. The bill establishes labor requirements for projects that receive grant funding under this bill. In addition, the bill establishes a requirement that grant projects only use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States, unless DOE grants a waiver of the requirement.

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Official text

Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 26 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Paul Tonko (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr5042 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115