3.0.0 5529 2021-09-29T17:04:20Z 2021-09-29T17:04:20Z House H HR 2008-03-04 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-03-04T17:32:35Z 2008-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2008-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E296) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] Edward Markey D MA J. 7 N S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2008-03-04 True D000210 Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] William Delahunt D MA D. 10 2008-03-04 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2008-03-04 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2008-03-04 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2008-03-04 True H001039 Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] John Hall D NY J. 19 2008-03-04 True T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2008-03-04 True H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2008-03-04 True L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2008-03-04 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2008-03-04 True B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2008-03-04 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2008-03-04 True H001043 Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] Paul Hodes D NH W. 2 2008-03-04 True M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 2008-03-13 False M001166 Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] Jerry McNerney D CA 11 2008-03-13 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-03-13 False International Affairs Air pollution control Alternative energy sources Biomass energy Carbon dioxide Climate change and greenhouse gases Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Education Elementary and secondary education Employee training Energy Energy demand Energy efficiency Energy research Environmental Protection Environmental technology Fluorocarbons Foreign Trade and International Finance Geothermal resources Higher education Hydroelectric power International agencies International cooperation Labor and Employment Methane Nitrogen oxides Ocean energy resources Science, Technology, Communications Solar energy Standards Technology transfer United Nations Wind power International Affairs 00 2008-03-04 Introduced in House 2008-05-30T17:55:32Z International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Act of 2008 - Requires the President: (1) acting through the Secretary of State and in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to seek to establish an International Renewable Energy Agency; and (2) to direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States to seek to establish such an agency.

Provides that such agency should: (1) support governments in establishing policies and programs that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency measures; (2) assist in conducting country studies of the potential of renewable energy; (3) provide a global status report for renewable energy; (4) provide long-term projections and scenarios to identify market potential, barriers to deployment, and failures in markets and policies, as well as plan for future demand for renewable energy; (5) organize training programs, information campaigns, and courses relating to renewable energy for civil servants, scientists, businesses, and nongovernment organizations; (6) assist in developing and supplying curricula relating to renewable energy for schools and universities; (7) cooperate with financing institutions to develop and support innovative financing mechanisms to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency measures; (8) facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices gained from successful renewable energy programs; (9) develop common, nondiscriminatory international norms and quality standards including certification relating to renewable energy; and (10) draft and disseminate statistics, technology information, reports on project implementation, and progress of legislation and policy programs relating to renewable energy.

]]> International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Act of 2008 Display Title International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To direct the President to seek to establish an international renewable energy agency to expand the availability and generating capacity of renewable energy to markets around the world in order to increase economic opportunity, drive technological innovation, enhance regional and global security, raise living standards, and reduce global warming pollution. Introduced in House 2008-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5529ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5529ih.xml 2008-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.