# 115-hr-4788: Hospital Energy Conservation Act

115-hr-4788, Hospital Energy Conservation Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4788
- Congress: 115
- Title: Hospital Energy Conservation Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Introduced: 2018-01-12
- Sponsor: ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Hospital Energy Conservation Act This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals during FY2019-FY2020 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency; and (2) encouraging on-site power generation and energy storage, capable of operating independent of the grid, and providing sufficient on-site emergency backup power for essential hospital functions.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7291: GLOBE Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7290: Global Health Security Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the "Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office".
- 115-hr-7285: Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7108: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in New City, New York, as the "Jerry Donnellan VA Community Clinic".

## Sources
- [115-hr-4788 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4788)

## Related
- [115-hr-7291: GLOBE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7291)
- [115-hr-7290: Global Health Security Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7290)
- [115-hr-7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ay…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7293)
- [115-hr-7285: Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7285)
- [115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7228)
- [115-hr-7108: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in New City, N…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4788 (as of 2025-11-18).