House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

H.R. 5019Introduced Apr 14, 2010Policy area: Energy

Sponsor: Rep. Peter Welch D-VT

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 14, 2010
Committee actionApr 15, 2010
Passed HouseMay 6, 2010 · 246–161
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 7, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5019.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5019, Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010” on April 29, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 15, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2010 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21436
CBO publication date
April 29, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5019, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5019
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5019, Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010” on April 29, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 15, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21436
CBO publication date
April 29, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5019, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5019
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d1ebb204e98f590d633ec8155b3838afcc5d95af8d8a78fbff0a40042d28e42
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. 111-469 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 29, 2010.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2010 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/469
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5019, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5019
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d1ebb204e98f590d633ec8155b3838afcc5d95af8d8a78fbff0a40042d28e42
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5019, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

44 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 43 Democrats

1 of 44 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), John Hall (D-NY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Scott Murphy (D-NY) and 14 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Welch.

Sponsor’s state and district

Vermont in Congress · VT at-large district

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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.