# 115-hr-5031: Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018

115-hr-5031, Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5031
- Congress: 115
- Title: Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Introduced: 2018-02-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a Climate Solutions Challenges program for carrying out competitions that award cash and other incentives for climate and energy solutions, such as: capturing carbon and converting the carbon into a beneficial use, achieving transformative increases in energy efficiency, achieving implementation or grid integration of advanced energy storage technology, providing approaches to mitigating or adapting to the effects of climate change, and providing data analytics on the climate and related phenomena.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] (D-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2018-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2018-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2018-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2018-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2018-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- FRANK LOBIONDO (R-NJ), 2018-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-5031 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5031)

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