House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2746.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4610):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2746, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2746
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2746, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.