H.R. 4447: Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

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H.R. 4447: Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-20 · Energy · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

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Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act This bill addresses provisions related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, carbon pollution reduction, nuclear energy, electric grid modernization and cybersecurity, and otherwise makes changes to provisions related to the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies. Among other provisions, the bill establishes a Federal Smart Building Program to implement smart building technologies among several specified federal agencies; awards grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, designing, and demonstrating energy storage and microgrid projects that utilize energy from renewable energy sources; adds energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using their utility ratemaking authority; expands DOE research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy; establishes a program to develop and deploy high-assay low-enriched uranium for domestic commercial use and to develop a schedule for recovering costs associated with such development; requires DOE to provide financial assistance to carry out projects related to the modernization of the electric grid, including projects related to transmission system planning and operation; provides incentives for the nonpower industrial sector to reduce nonwater greenhouse gas emission to the atmosphere; and directs the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment of DOE to provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.

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Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of Rules Committee Print 116-63, H.R. 4447, The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, Including Manager’s Amendment (Pallone 170) (2020-09-23); CBO cost estimate: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of Rules Committee Print 116-63, H.R. 4447, The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, Including Manager’s Amendment (Pallone 170) (2020-09-23)

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Ralph Norman (R-SC), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tom Cole (R-OK)

Recorded votes

• House roll call 202 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4447 (2020-09-24): Agreed to
• House roll call 203 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4447 (2020-09-24): Agreed to
• House roll call 204 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4447 (2020-09-24): Agreed to
• House roll call 205 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR4447 (2020-09-24): Failed
• House roll call 206 (2020): On Passage, HR4447 (2020-09-24): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4447.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4447 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116