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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the incentives for alternative fuel vehicles and refueling property and to repeal the oil and gas production incentives added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Oil and Gas-to-Alternatives Swap (OGAS) Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the tax credit for facilities producing coke or coke gas-related fuel; (2) the classification of the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source as a business-related credit; (3) accelerated amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures; and (4) the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for the tax credit for alternative motor vehicles. Extends through 2012 the alternative motor vehicles tax credit for: (1) advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles; (2) qualified hybrid motor vehicles; and (3) qualified alternative fuel vehicles. Increases [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo require the identification of companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes. 7/31/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure the publication every six months in the Federal Register of a list of all persons (as defined by this Act) who have a direct investment in or are conducting business operations in Sudan's power production, mineral extraction, oil-related, or military equipment industries. Sets forth excluded business operations, including operations with: (1) the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) maginalized populations of Sudan; and (3) peacekeeping or humanitarian organizations. (Sec. 4) States that it is U.S. policy to support state and local efforts to divest funds from, or restrict investments in, companies [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to suspend royalty relief, to repeal certain provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain tax incentives for the oil and gas industry. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Oil Subsidy Elimination for New Strategies on Energy Act or the Oil SENSE Act - Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) incentives for production from marginal oil wells; (2) incentives for natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico; (3) royalty relief for deep water production; (4) Alaska offshore royalty suspension; (5) the inventory of Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas resources; (6) management of federal oil and gas leasing programs; and (7) ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) suspend royalty relief for producers of oil or natural gas on federal lands during periods in which oil and natural gas production is [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-140. Bill TextAn Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 – Title I: Energy Security Through Improved Vehicle Fuel Economy - Subtitle A: Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards - Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act - (Sec. 102) Amends federal transportation law to instruct the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary in this title) to prescribe separate average fuel economy standards for passenger and for non-passenger automobiles for model years 2011-2030. Repeals the current requirement that the average fuel economy [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate. Bill TextAn original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. 5/16/2007--Conference report filed in House. (There are 4 other summaries) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2007 and FY2009-FY2012. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2007-FY2012, with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY2007-FY2012. Title II: Budget Process [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf whose oil and natural gas resources the Secretary of Energy is required to inventory and analyze.
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Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. 1/25/2007--Introduced. Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.
Also tagged in: Business, Depletion allowances, Depreciation and amortization, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy research, Energy transportation, Fuel cells, Gas industry, Geology, Geophysical prediction, Government procurement, Government vehicles, Hydrogen, Income tax, Natural gas, Natural gas vehicles, Natural resources, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Pipelines, Public contracts, Science policy, Small business, Tax deductions, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Transportation
Latest Action: 03/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the oil and gas tax subsidies enacted in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes. 1/16/2007--Introduced. Energy Policy Reinvestment Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the expensing allowance for liquid fuel refineries; (2) accelerated depreciation for natural gas distribution and gathering lines; (3) expanded eligibility of small petroleum refiners for the exception to limitations on the oil and gas depletion allowance; and (4) accelerated amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. Directs that any revenues resulting from these repeals be made available for certain hydrogen and fuel cell technology programs.
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Arizona, Budgets, California, Colorado, Congressional reporting requirements, Energy, Energy development, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal aid to water resources development, Geothermal resources, Governmental investigations, Groundwater, Infrastructure, Irrigation, Methane, Mining engineering, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nevada, New Mexico, Oil well drilling, Texas, Utah, Water pollution, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Wyoming
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Bill TextTo facilitate the use for irrigation and other purposes of water produced in connection with development of energy resources. 6/28/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) More Water, More Energy, and Less Waste Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) obstacles to reducing the quantity of produced water (water that is brought to the surface as part of the process of exploration for or development of oil, natural gas, coal-bed methane, or any other substance to be used as an energy source) and to increasing the extent to which produced water can be used for irrigation and other purposes without adversely affecting water quality or the environment; (2) actions that could reduce or eliminate such obstacles; and (3) the costs and benefits associated with reducing or eliminating such obstacles.Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10328-10330) Bill Text
A bill to reduce gas prices by promoting domestic energy production, alternative energy, and conservation, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: 09/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo greatly enhance the Nation's path toward energy independence and environmental, energy, economic, and national security, by amending Federal policy to increase the production of domestic energy sources, to dedicate fixed percentages of the royalties received for conservation programs, environmental restoration projects, renewable energy research and development, clean energy technology research and development, increased development of existing energy sources, and energy assistance for those in need, and to share a portion of such royalties with producing States, and for other purposes. 7/31/2008--Introduced. National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act - Terminates all federal prohibitions on expenditures of funds to conduct natural gas, oil, oil shale, and energy production leasing and preleasing activities for federal lands. Revokes withdrawals of federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from leasing for natural gas and oil exploration,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to require, for the benefit of shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow such shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require specified annual reports of an issuer to disclose the total payments made to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government: (1) for natural resources in a foreign country; or (2) in connection with the extraction of natural resources from a foreign country. Requires compilation of such information so that it is accessible by the public directly from the SEC website without separately accessing the annual reports of each issuer filing the information on the EDGAR system.
Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Authorization, Biomass energy, Budgets, Cellulose, Coal, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Energy, Energy research, Environmental protection, Federally-guaranteed loans, Fuel cells, Government vehicles, Income tax, Legislation, Legislative resolutions, Liquefied natural gas, Livestock, Methane, Natural gas, Natural gas vehicles, Natural resources, Petroleum, Public contracts, Public lands, Refuse as fuel, Research and development tax credit, Science policy, Service stations, Solid wastes, Tax credits, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology
Latest Action: 07/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo provide incentives for the reduction of green house gases. 7/17/2008--Introduced. Incentivizing Renewable Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow loan guarantees for closed-loop ethanol plants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for the production of livestock-derived renewable energy; (2) allow an increased tax credit for research expenses relating to any clean-burning fuel and closed-loop system (including any anaerobic digester); (3) allow a tax credit for the production of biomaterials from certain renewable resources; and (4) increase the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures.Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to: (1) require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to support development in biofuel technologies; and (2) authorize appropriations through FY2019 for the grant program for the production of advanced biofuels.Directs [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6564-6565) Bill TextA bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the land subject to the existing leases or relinquish the leases, and for other purposes. 7/10/2008--Introduced. Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed. Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the original term of the lease; and (2) require each [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Bill TextTo prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed. Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the five-year original term of the lease; and (2) require [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Committee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo require, for the benefit of shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow such shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks. 5/15/2008--Introduced. Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require specified annual reports of an issuer to disclose the total payments made to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government: (1) for natural resources in a foreign country; or (2) in connection with the extraction of natural resources from a foreign country. Requires compilation of such information so that it is accessible by the public directly from the SEC website without separately accessing the annual reports of each issuer filing the information on the EDGAR system.
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Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo leverage market forces to bring greater efficiency and capacity to domestic refineries, to bring new sources of domestic energy to market, and for other purposes. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Affordable Fuel for Consumers Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the price of petroleum no longer has a major adverse impact upon the national economy. Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give preference to approval of state implementation plan provisions if they require the use of either: (1) certain reformulated gasoline; or (2) gasoline having a specified Reid Vapor Pressure for the high ozone season. Amends the Sherman Act to prohibit actions of a foreign entity that impact upon the market, supply, price, or distribution in the United States of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product. Amends the [...] show full description
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