Bill Sponsor
House Bill 1420
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
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Passed House on Sep 9, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Feb 28, 2019
Latest Action
Oct 23, 2019
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
1420
Congress
116
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
Democrat
New York
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
West Virginia
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on September 9, 2019
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
515
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

This bill sets forth requirements with respect to increasing the energy efficiency of information technologies and data centers within the federal government.

Specifically, this bill requires 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 at or for federally owned and operated facilities.

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 federally owned and operated 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 (4)
October 23, 2019
September 10, 2019
September 9, 2019
February 28, 2019
Actions (15)
10/23/2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
10/23/2019
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-145.
09/25/2019
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
09/10/2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
09/09/2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/09/2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 515). (text: CR H7540-7541)
09/09/2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 515).(text: CR H7540-7541)
09/09/2019
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7546-7547)
09/09/2019
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
09/09/2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1420.
09/09/2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7540-7541)
09/09/2019
Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/01/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
02/28/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
02/28/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:03:31 PM