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Energy Resilient Communities Act

Introduced: November 16, 2020 Introduced by: Barragán, Nanette Diaz Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Oct 20, 2020
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Energy Resilient Communities Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program that awards grants to make critical energy infrastructure more resilient to climate change hazards, such as grants for developing clean energy microgrids that support critical community infrastructure or customers of electric utilities with special energy needs due to medical conditions.

What's happening now October 20, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 35
All 35 Democratic 24
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 20, 2020
DOYLE, MIKE
· Nov 16, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 16, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 9, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Oct 30, 2020
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Oct 30, 2020
Blumenauer, Earl
· Oct 27, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Oct 27, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Oct 23, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Oct 23, 2020
Lawson, Al
· Oct 23, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Oct 20, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 20, 2020
Lee, Barbara
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 20, 2020
Napolitano, Grace
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 20, 2020
Sires, Albio
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8626: Energy Resilient Communities Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8626/
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"H.R. 8626: Energy Resilient Communities Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8626/.
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H.R. 8626, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8626/.
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