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A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a State's authority to establish or enforce any energy efficiency standard or similar requirement if a Federal energy…

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A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a State's authority to establish or enforce any energy efficiency standard or similar requirement if a Federal energy efficiency standard has not been established.

Introduced: June 7, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 1983
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.357 Reported to House.
Nov 2, 1983
Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.
Aug 9, 1983
Placed on Union Calendar No: 219.
Aug 9, 1983
Reported to House by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-351.
Jul 26, 1983
Ordered to be Reported.
Jul 26, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Jul 20, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 27, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 13, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power.
Jun 7, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 7, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate provisions which: (1) permit petitions to the Secretary of Energy for prescription of rules which supersede State energy efficiency standards; and (2) provide for supersedure of State energy efficiency standards prescribed after January 1, 1978.

What's happening now November 2, 1983

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.357 Reported to House.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2124 Identical bill A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a States's authority to establish or …
  • HRES 357 Procedurally related A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3244) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to…
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Aug 3, 1983
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Aug 3, 1983
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Aug 3, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3244: A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a State's authority to establish or enforce any energy efficiency standard or similar requirement if a Federal energy efficiency standard has not been established.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-3244/
MLA
"H.R. 3244: A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a State's authority to establish or enforce any energy efficiency standard or similar requirement if a Federal energy efficiency standard has not been established.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-3244/.
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H.R. 3244, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-3244/.
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[H.R. 3244: A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate preemption of a State's authority to establish or enforce any energy efficiency standard or similar requirement if a Federal energy efficiency standard has not been established.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-3244/)
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