H.R. 1420: Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
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H.R. 1420: Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-28 · Energy · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 515 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1420 (2019-09-09), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
Plain summary
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act This bill sets forth requirements with respect to increasing the energy efficiency of information technologies and data centers within the federal government. Specifically, this bill requires each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies at or for federally owned and operated facilities. DOE must (1) maintain a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federally owned and operated data centers; and (2) establish an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.
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Official text
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · 5 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1420, Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (2019-10-22)
Cosponsors on this site
Peter Welch (D-VT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 515 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1420 (2019-09-09): Passed
Words on this page, explained (2)
- 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.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1420.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr1420 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116