# 114-hr-5640: Electricity Storage Innovation Act

114-hr-5640, Electricity Storage Innovation Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by LAMAR SMITH (R-TX); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5640
- Congress: 114
- Title: Electricity Storage Innovation Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2016-07-06
- Sponsor: LAMAR SMITH (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Electricity Storage Innovation Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative. The initiative is designed to expand knowledge related to the control, storage, and conversion of electrical energy into chemical energy, and chemical energy into electrical energy. DOE must support specific programs within its Office of Science and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as part of the initiative. In addition, DOE must organize activities under the initiative utilizing research teams consisting of experts from the national laboratories, universities, and the private sector.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] (R-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] (R-TX), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] (R-IL), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5640 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5640)

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- [114-hr-2802: First Amendment Defense Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2802)
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-4828: Conscience Protection Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4828)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5640 (as of 2025-11-18).