US Congress House Bill 2986 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-22)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-07 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses grid-scale energy storage systems. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research and development program for energy storage systems, components, and materials across multiple program offices of DOE, including analyzing the need for various types of energy storage to improve electric grid resilience and reliability; develop a five-year strategic plan that identifies research, development, demonstration, and commercial application goals for the program; support the standardized testing and validation of energy storage systems under the program through collaboration with one or more National Laboratories; provide technical assistance for commercial application of energy storage technologies to eligible entities; create a competitive grant program for the demonstration of energy storage systems that use either a single system or aggregations of multiple systems; and establish a research, development, and demonstration program of recycling of energy storage systems containing critical minerals.

BEST Act Better Energy Storage Technology Act

Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Sen. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]	Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-07	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
2020-08-07	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-472.
2020-02-12	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-02-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-12-19	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2019-12-19	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-05-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1602 (Same As) 2019-10-22 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.
HB7516 (Related) 2020-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2986/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2986/BILLS-116hr2986ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2986/BILLS-116hr2986rh.pdf