House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-345

To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.

H.R. 1733Introduced Mar 27, 2017Policy area: Energy

Became law on Dec 21, 2018.

Sponsor: Rep. Susan Brooks R-IN

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 27, 2017
Committee actionDec 6, 2017
Passed HouseDec 12, 2017 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 20, 2018 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 21, 2018
Became lawDec 21, 2018

Latest action: Dec 21, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-345.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1733.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1733, a bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil” on December 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1733, 115th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-457 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 11, 2017.
Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2017 ↗
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H.R. 1733, 115th Congress
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 53, March 27, 2017, Page H2464):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
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H.R. 1733, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

14 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats

8 of 14 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susan Brooks.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-5 district

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