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HR 9659 117th Congress House

Building Technologies Research and Development Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to building technologies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 21, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Dec 21, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Dec 21, 2022
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 Latest action December 21, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Building Technologies Research and Development Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to develop cost-effective tools, technologies, and practices that reduce emissions from, increase productivity and well-being of occupants in, and increase the energy efficiency and beneficial electrification of new and existing commercial and residential buildings.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9659: Building Technologies Research and Development Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9659/
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"H.R. 9659: Building Technologies Research and Development Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9659/.
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H.R. 9659, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9659/.
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