Industrial Energy Conservation Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Industrial Energy Conservation Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a research, development, and demonstration program concerning energy-conserving industrial technologies, including the making of grants to facilitate incorporation of such technologies into ongoing commercially conducted industrial enterprises and processes. Sets forth priorities in determining the activities of such program and in selecting contract and grant recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and loan guarantees for the purchase, construction, operation, or maintenance of energy-efficient equipment or facilities. Sets forth priorities for selecting recipients for such loans and loan guarantees and states requirements for regulations to be issued by the Secretary concerning such loans and loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to private industrial concerns to help establish and implement industrial energy conservation projects. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the research, development, and demonstration program and technical assistance provisions of this Act, and up to $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the loan provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $500,000,000 in the aggregate for the loan guarantee provisions of this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 8, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 8, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
ROBERT DRINAN (D-MA) introduced it on June 8, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 8, 1979, 17261 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17261 days ago, on June 8, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers