Bill Sponsor
House Bill 306
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
Active
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Passed House on Jan 10, 2017
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Jan 5, 2017
Latest Action
Jan 11, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
306
Congress
115
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
California
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on January 10, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H266-267)
Summary

Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.

DOE must: (1) maintain a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federal data centers; and (2) establish an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.

Text (3)
January 11, 2017
January 10, 2017
January 5, 2017
Actions (9)
01/11/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
01/10/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
01/10/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H266-267)
01/10/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H266-267)
01/10/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 306.
01/10/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H266-268)
01/10/2017
Mr. Olson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
01/05/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
01/05/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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