House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that agree that the funds will be used to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce energy use, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Clyburn D-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2010
- Committee actionSep 14, 2010
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2010 · 240–172
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4785.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4785, Rural Energy Savings Program Act” on September 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 14, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21822
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4785, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4785, Rural Energy Savings Program Act” on September 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 14, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21822
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4785, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d1a6d9ab25ecb0653bb63f33272a866bb51e4fb6c2a622d5a6ebed30347859e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-585 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 14, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/585
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4785, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d1a6d9ab25ecb0653bb63f33272a866bb51e4fb6c2a622d5a6ebed30347859e
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 44 Democrats
12 of 56 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boccieri (D-OH), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Bobby Bright (D-AL), Henry Brown (R-SC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), John Dingell (D-MI), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Baron Hill (D-IN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Frank Kratovil (D-MD), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betsy Markey (D-CO) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Clyburn.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.