Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7516
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Debt collection
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Land use and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Research and development
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Science and engineering education
Securities
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses provisions related to clean energy and zero-emission electricity technology.
 
Among these provisions, the bill (1) implements measures to deploy clean energy technologies and make them commercially available, including through the activities of a Clean Energy Deployment Administration within the Department of Energy; (2) sets forth requirements for a zero-emission electricity standard; (3) provides incentives to power companies for the accelerated deployment of a zero-emission electricity system, including tax credits and grants; (4) reauthorizes through FY2030 and revises the Weatherization Assistance Program; and (5) establishes a nationwide program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries with existing or expected worker shortages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House