US Congress House Bill 706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospital Energy Independence Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals, including academic facilities that specialize in scientific research, provide patient care, and serve as health and medical education centers, during FY2011-FY2012 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency; and (2) encouraging on-site power generation and energy storage, capable of operating independent of the grid, and providing sufficient on-site emergency backup power for essential hospital functions.

Hospital Energy Independence Act

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2011-02-15	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2011-02-15	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/706/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr706/BILLS-112hr706ih.pdf