H.R. 3119 · 117th Congress

Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Introduced on May 11, 2021 by Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1). 10 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 1, 2022): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 11, 2021
Cosponsors
10
7 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act with respect to functions assigned to Assistant Secretaries, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Department of Energy
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed House, Jul 19, 2021). Public domain.

Energy Emergency Leadership Act

This bill requires the Secretary of Energy to assign energy emergency and energy security functions to an Assistant Secretary, including responsibilities with respect to infrastructure and cybersecurity.

The Department of Energy must ensure that such functions are performed in coordination with relevant federal agencies.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Bobby L. RushD-IL-1Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 11, 2021Introduced in House
  2. May 11, 2021Introduced in House
  3. May 11, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. May 12, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  5. Jun 9, 2021 · HouseSubcommittee on Energy Discharged.
  6. Jun 10, 2021 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. Jun 10, 2021 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  8. Jul 19, 2021Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-94.
  9. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-94.
  10. Jul 19, 2021 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 68.
  11. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseMr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  12. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3638-3639)
  13. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3119.
  14. Jul 19, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3638)
  15. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3638)
  16. Jul 19, 2021 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. Jul 20, 2021 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  18. Mar 1, 2022 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.