Energy and Environment Block Grant Act of 2007

To establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.

5/23/2007--Introduced.
Energy and Environment Block Grant Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program to make block grants to state or local governments for:
(1) energy efficiency and climate protection strategy;
(2) technical consultant services to assist in the development of such strategy;
(3) energy audits;
(4) weatherization programs;
(5) financial incentives for energy efficiency retrofits; and
(6) grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies for energy retrofits. Declares the purchase or leasing of equipment or vehicles for the private sector, or of pollution control equipment for private electric utilities, ineligible for funds under this Act. Requires a local government unit that is a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary a proposed Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection Strategy establishing goals for increased energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Requires a state that is a grant recipient to use at least 70% of the funds received to provide subgrants to otherwise ineligible local government units. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Energy and Environmental Block Grants, which shall in turn establish and implement a Research, Technical Assistance, and Education Program.

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Sponsor

• Albert Wynn
• and 24 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Julia Carson
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • William Jefferson
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
  • Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Science and Technology
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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May 23, 2007

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• May 31, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• Introduced on May 23, 2007.
• May 23, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• May 23, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• May 23, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
• May 23, 2007: Referred to House Science and Technology

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• Energy
• Air pollution
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• Budgets
• Building laws
• Car pools
• Carbon dioxide
• Climate change
• Commuting
• Consultants
• Department of Energy
• Energy conservation
• Energy conservation in buildings
• Energy efficiency
• Energy research
• Environmental protection
• Environmental technology
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal aid to air pollution control
• Fluorocarbons
• Fuel cells
• Geothermal resources
• Government procurement
• Government vehicles
• Greenhouse gases
• Home repair and improvement
• Hours of labor
• Housing
• Labor
• Land use
• Mass rapid transit
• Methane
• Motor buses
• Natural gas vehicles
• Natural resources
• Nitrogen oxides
• Nonprofit organizations
• Pollution measurement
• Public buildings
• Public contracts
• Recycling of waste products
• Revolving funds
• Science policy
• Service stations
• Solar energy
• Solid wastes
• State and local government
• Technological innovations
• Technology
• Traffic congestion
• Traffic engineering
• Transportation
• Waste reduction
• Wind power

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