HR 5031
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Technology transfer and commercialization
Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018
Introduced: February 15, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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