Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act

3.0.0 8487 2023-01-11T13:44:36Z 2023-01-11T13:44:36Z House HR 2020-10-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma:H.R. 8487.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H5640]]]> hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:01:40Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:01:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:01:30Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:01:25Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:01:20Z 2020-10-01 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, and Rules, 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. 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00 2020-10-01 Introduced in House 2021-05-20T18:31:31Z Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act

This bill addresses energy poverty (i.e., insufficient access to affordable energy) in at-risk communities. An at-risk community is a community that is low-income, minority, rural, elderly, or Native American.

The Department of the Interior must submit to Congress a report that (1) identifies barriers to the ability of at-risk communities that live on or near federal land or tribal land to access reliable and affordable energy, including how the presence of adequate energy transmission infrastructure affects such access; and (2) recommends actions that it and the Forest Service may take to reduce such barriers.

The Congressional Budget Office must report how a bill or resolution will affect the cost of energy for at-risk communities.

The Government Accountability Office must (1) analyze federal energy and environmental laws and regulations, and state renewable portfolio standards, to determine how such laws, regulations, and standards affect electricity prices, home heating prices, gasoline prices, motor vehicle prices, natural gas prices, and household appliance prices in at-risk communities; and (2) develop criteria to determine whether an at-risk community is experiencing energy poverty.

The Office of Management and Budget must review each applicable energy regulation to determine if any regulation imposes, relative to the general population, disproportionate costs on at-risk communities.

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Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act Display Title Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To prevent energy poverty in at-risk communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8487ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8487ih.xml 2020-10-01 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, and Rules, 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. 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.