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HR 6212 114th Congress House

SCORE Act of 2016

Official title: To authorize the Department of Energy to assess and score new and existing homes for the cost-effective reduction in the energy use, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 28, 2016
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 Latest action September 28, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 15, 2016
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 28, 2016
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 28, 2016
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 28, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6212: SCORE Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6212/
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"H.R. 6212: SCORE Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6212/.
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H.R. 6212, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6212/.
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