HR 3100
116th 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 2019
Introduced: June 5, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Jun 5, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Climate Solutions Challenges program. Under the program, DOE must carry 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, or
- providing data analytics on the climate and related phenomena.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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