Bill > HR4092

Introduced Session

Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs and assistance that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a review of existing programs and financing mechanisms available in or from appropriate federal agencies with jurisdiction over energy financing and facilitation that are currently used or may be used for such purposes; (2) establish a federal cross-departmental collaborative coordination, education, and outreach effort to streamline communication and promote available federal opportunities and assistance for such projects that enables states, local educational agencies, and schools to use existing federal opportunities more effectively and to form partnerships with governors, state energy programs, local educational, financial, and energy officials, state and local officials, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to support project initiation; (3) provide technical assistance for states, local educational agencies, and schools to help develop and finance projects that meet specified requirements; (4) develop and maintain a single online resource website with contact information for relevant technical assistance and support staff in the Office for states, local educational agencies, and schools to effectively access and use federal opportunities and assistance to develop such projects; and (5) establish a process for recognition of schools that have successfully implemented such projects and are willing to serve as resources for other local educational agencies and schools to assist initiation of similar efforts.

Committee Categories

Matt Cartwright (D)*,  Sanford Bishop (D),  Donna Christensen (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  John Delaney (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Bill Foster (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Joe Garcia (D),  Alan Grayson (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Rush Holt (D),  Michael Honda (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  John Larson (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Jim McDermott (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Gloria Negrete McLeod (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  David Price (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Niki Tsongas (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (on 06/24/2014)

Official Document