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Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018

Introduced: February 15, 2018 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Feb 15, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced in House
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Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a Climate Solutions Challenges program for carrying out competitions that award cash and other incentives for climate and energy solutions, such as:

  • capturing carbon and converting the carbon into a beneficial use,
  • achieving transformative increases in energy efficiency,
  • achieving implementation or grid integration of advanced energy storage technology,
  • providing approaches to mitigating or adapting to the effects of climate change, and
  • providing data analytics on the climate and related phenomena.
What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 3 Republican 3
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Sep 7, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 7, 2018
Rooney, Francis
· Sep 7, 2018
Donovan, Daniel
· Jul 10, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· Jun 20, 2018
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Jun 20, 2018
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jun 6, 2018
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 6, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Mar 15, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 6, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 23, 2018
Curbelo, Carlos
· Feb 15, 2018
Faso, John
· Feb 15, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5031: Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5031/
MLA
"H.R. 5031: Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5031/.
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H.R. 5031, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5031/.
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