Bills About Energy Sponsored by Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

Sen. Cantwell sponsored 33 bills about energy in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
July 30, 2019	S.2332	A bill to provide for the modernization of the electric grid, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
July 30, 2019	S.2335	A bill to accelerate smart building development, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 272.
July 30, 2019	S.2333	A bill to provide for enhanced energy grid security.	1	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 264.
April 19, 2018	S.2720	A bill to codify the outer Continental Shelf blowout preventer systems and well control rule and the Arctic drilling rule.	17	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 15, 2018	S.2444	A bill to provide for enhanced energy grid security.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 15, 2018	S.2445	A bill to provide for the modernization of the electric grid, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 15, 2018	S.2447	A bill to accelerate smart building development, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sept. 28, 2015	S.2089	A bill to provide for investment in clean energy, to empower and protect consumers, to modernize energy infrastructure, to cut pollution and waste, to invest in research and development, and for other purposes.	31	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
May 7, 2015	S.1241	A bill to provide for the modernization, security, and resiliency of the electric grid, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs for research, development, demonstration, and information-sharing for cybersecurity for the energy sector, and for other purposes.	0		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
May 21, 2015	S.1420	A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to provide for the collection of information on critical energy supplies, to establish a Working Group on Energy Markets, and for other purposes.	0		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
May 21, 2015	S.1432	A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the technology, potential lifecycle energy savings, and economic impact of recycled carbon fiber, and for other purposes.	0		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
May 7, 2015	S.1243	A bill to facilitate modernizing the electric grid, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
April 22, 2015	S.1046	A bill to accelerate the adoption of smart building technologies in the private sector and key Federal agencies.	1	All Republicans	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
June 3, 2009	S.1175	A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loans to electric utilities to carry out projects to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
March 24, 2009	S.672	A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and the Federal Power Act to modify provisions relating to enforcement and judicial review and to modify the procedures for proposing changes in natural gas rates.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 2, 2007	S.1263	A bill to protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging with respect to gasoline and petroleum distillates during natural disasters and abnormal market disruptions, and for other purposes.	24	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 17, 2006	S.2829	A bill to reduce the addiction of the United States to oil, to ensure near-term energy affordability and empower American families, to accelerate clean fuels and electricity, to provide government leadership for clean and secure energy, to secure a reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future, and for other purposes.	24	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 29, 2005	S.RES.228	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil	0	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9539)
July 29, 2005	S.1596	A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to provide net metering service.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
July 29, 2005	S.1609	A bill to increase the production and use of biofuels and diversify biofuel feedstock as key elements to achieving energy independence for the United States.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 12, 2005	S.1031	A bill to enhance the reliability of the electric system.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
April 21, 2005	S.870	A bill to prohibit energy market manipulation.	0	All Democrats	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 87.
April 18, 2005	S.836	A bill to require accurate fuel economy testing procedures.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan. 24, 2005	S.33	A bill to prohibit energy market manipulation.	6	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S225)
March 25, 2004	S.2236	A bill to enhance the reliability of the electric system.	30	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465.
Jan. 21, 2004	S.2014	A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish reliability standards.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan. 21, 2004	S.2015	A bill to prohibit energy market manipulation.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
July 28, 2003	S.1471	A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to provide net metering service.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
March 21, 2003	S.681	A bill to provide for the enhanced protection of electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 14, 2003	S.421	A bill to reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive program, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sept. 5, 2001	S.1403	A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to promote energy independence and diversity by providing for the use of net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
July 20, 2001	S.1211	A bill to reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive program, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
July 20, 2001	S.1213	A bill to authorize a short-term program of grants to certain electric utilities to be passed through, in the form of credits toward electric bills, to consumers that reduce electric energy consumption and to establish an Electric Energy Conservation Fund to provide loans to utilities and nonprofit organizations to fund energy productivity projects.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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