Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D LipinskiSponsor

12 cosponsors · 6 D, 6 R

9 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 5, 2019

Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019

Latest action (Jun 5, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 5, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.