House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Renewable Energy Jobs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1005.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1071):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1005, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c8cb59a4fb438b8d048680e65ff9ce829c3728505da4c97f5ea5d23ac735016
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1005, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Albio Sires (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 387 (114th) Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 4150 (114th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act
- H.R. 732 (114th) Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act
- H.R. 388 (114th) Wounded Veterans Recreation Act
- H.R. 1009 (114th) Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015
- H.R. 1006 (114th) Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.