HR9771-118

Introduced

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support research into the effects of extreme weather on the subsurface natural and built environment, to support engineering standards and building codes for resilient designs against multihazards, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 24, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support research into the effects of extreme weather on the subsurface natural and built environment, to support engineering standards and building codes for resilient designs against multihazards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE3C8FF929D5D4544B68B3C1F5CDB2184: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for the Long Term Act or the BUILT Act.
  • Section HC22DAF0D7B4A4011865C7DC00C2C9D71: 2. Subsurface environment research and development Subtitle B of title II of division B of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act...
  • Section H50864E309F844BD99F25996889142722: 10236. Subsurface environment research and development Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director shall support measurement research and...
  • Section H8C9B2203E5864613AB54C1A25E478C65: 10237. Climate resilience research and development Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director shall support measurement research and testing...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support research into the effects of extreme weather on the subsurface natural and built environment, to support engineering standards and building codes for resilient designs against multihazards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support research into the effects of extreme weather on the subsurface natural and built environment, to support engineering standards and building codes for resilient designs against multihazards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Environment Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 24, 2024

Ms. McClellan introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
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