House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Matt Cartwright D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
- Committee actionJun 7, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2017 — 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. 627.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 627, Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017” on June 15, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 7, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52820
- CBO publication date
- June 15, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 627, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-171 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/171
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 627, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H687):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 627, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
50 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 41 Democrats
9 of 50 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Earl Carter (R-GA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Luke Messer (R-IN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pete Olson (R-TX) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
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.