| Also tagged in: Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Budgets, Business, Business cycles, Cabinet officers, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Depressed areas, Disabled, Economic policy, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy security, Entrepreneurs, Executive departments Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Bill Text
A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the owners of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 21, 2008.
| | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Biomass energy, Business, Consumer education, Consumers, Diesel motor, Energy, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Federal preemption, Labeling, Law, Local laws, Motor vehicle pollution control Latest Action: 10/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Bill TextTo amend the Clean Air Act to promote and assure the quality of biodiesel fuel, and for other purposes. 10/9/2007--Introduced. Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel fuel sold in the United States contains the volume of biodiesel specified for 2008 through 2012. Requires the Administrator to determine the volume for 2013 and thereafter based on a review of the program. Requires at least 80% of the minimum applicable volume for each of 2008 through 2012 to be biodiesel.Requires the biodiesel fuel standards to contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers. Prohibits such standards from restricting geographic areas in which biodiesel may be used or imposing any per-gallon obligation for the use of biodiesel.Authorizes the Administrator to reduce the quantity [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Car pools, Commuting, Costs, Energy, Gasoline, Income tax, Rural affairs, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds $3 per gallon. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Rural Commuters Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who reside in a rural area of not more than 30,000 people a $100 tax credit for commuting costs in any month in which the cost of gasoline is at least $3 per gallon (high gasoline price month). Allows an additional $100 credit for carpooling during a high gasoline price month. Allows individual taxpayers to claim such deduction whether or not they itemize their other deductions. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Commodity exchanges, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Electric power, Energy, Executive departments, Finance, Fraud, Futures trading, Gasoline, Government information, Government paperwork, Heating, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Methane Latest Action: 09/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11596-11597, S11600-11603)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to close the Enron loophole, prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities, and for other purposes. 9/17/2007--Introduced. Close the Enron Loophole Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to provide that it applies to an agreement, contract, or transaction in an exempt commodity that is executed or traded on an electronic trading facility that is an energy trading center.Prohibits any person from entering into an agreement, contract, or transaction for future delivery of an energy commodity that is not a spot sale of cash commodity or a sale of a cash commodity for deferred shipment or delivery on or through an energy trading facility that is not registered as such with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Sets forth registration criteria.Requires CFTC to ensure that the position limits and accountability levels applicable to contracts in an energy commodity [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Afghanistan, Aged, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Air pollution, Air travel, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Algae, Alternative energy sources, American investments, Animals, Apartment houses, Appropriations Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Mr. Frank (MA) moved that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H3204-3308; text as House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments: CR H3219-3282)
Bill TextA bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. 4/10/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Title I: FHA Modernization Act of 2008 - FHA Modernization Act of 2008 - Subtitle A: Building American Homeownership - Building American Homeownership Act of 2008 - (Sec. 112) Amends the National Housing Act (NHA) to revise mortgage insurance eligibility requirements. Alters the respective formulas to increase the percentages of the maximum principal loan obligations applicable to family residences located in: (1) the United States; and (2) Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, or the Virgin Islands. Prohibits the maximum principal loan obligation from exceeding 100% of the appraised value of the property. (Sec. 113) Increases from 3% to 3.5% of the appraised value of a property the mortgagor's required cash (or equivalent) investment (downpayment). Prohibits any funds for such [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Air pollution, Air travel, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Algae, Alternative energy sources, American investments, Animals, Auditing, Authorization, Automobile engines, Automobile industry Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Bill TextMoving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure. 7/30/2007--Introduced. New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act - Incorporates various legislative initiatives for energy conservation, independence, and security.Green Jobs Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program; (2) collect and analyze labor market data to track workforce trends resulting from energy-related initiatives under this Act; and (3) award National Energy Training Partnerships Grants to community based nonprofit organizations to carry out training programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and develop an [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Advertising, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Commercialization, Communications, Consumer credit, Consumer education, Consumers, Corn, Credit cards, Diesel motor Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Bill TextTo promote the production and use of ethanol. 7/19/2007--Introduced. Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit a franchisor from restricting a franchisee from: (1) installing on the marketing premises a renewable fuel pump or tank; (2) converting an existing tank or pump for renewable fuel use; (3) advertising the sale of renewable fuel; (4) selling renewable fuel; (5) purchasing renewable fuel from sources other than the franchisor if the franchisor does not offer its own renewable fuel for sale by the franchisee; (6) listing renewable fuel availability or prices; or (7) allowing for payment of renewable fuel with a credit card. Allows such franchisee activities so long as they do not constitute willful adulteration, mislabeling, or misbranding of motor fuels or other trademark violations.Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a grants program for universities to demonstrate supplementing corn as an ethanol feedstock with sweet sorghum.Amends [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Authorization, Budgets, California, Concessions, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Energy, Environmental protection, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Fees, Gas in submerged lands, Gulf of Mexico, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Bill TextTo amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Public Land Communities Transition Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for the making of payments to units of general local government in which entitlement lands are located. Provides for 80% funding in FY2008, 90% funding in FY2009, and the making of full payments in FY2010 and FY2011. (Sec. 3) Sets forth provisions for the making of transition payments for FY2008-FY2011 to eligible states, U.S. territories, and counties previously receiving [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to airports, Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Airports, Aviation fuels, Budgets, Business, Charter airlines, Energy, Federal aid to transportation, Infrastructure, Rural affairs, Subsidies, Transportation Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Bill TextTo reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes. 7/11/2007--Introduced. Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Repeals the Essential Air Service Local Participation Program. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from compensating an air carrier for providing essential air service to an eligible community in the 48 contiguous states if such community: (1) is located fewer than 70 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport; or (2) is fewer than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport and requires a per passenger subsidy for such service in excess of $200 for calendar year 2008, including any increase for each ensuing calendar year. Authorizes a state or local government to submit a proposal to the Secretary to: (1) compensate an air carrier for essential air service to an eligible community above the $200 per passenger subsidy cap; (2) compensate a preferred air carrier for providing such service (i.e., an air carrier preferred [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Antitrust law, Automobile engines, Automobile tires, Automobiles, Biological research, Biomass energy, Budgets Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Bill TextTo reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes. 6/28/2007--Introduced. Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 - Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007 - Directs the President to: (1) promulgate regulations establishing a renewable fuel standard; and (2) provide a credit to the owner of any facility that uses renewable energy to displace over 90% of the fossil fuel normally used in renewable fuel production. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a competitive infrastructure pilot grant program for renewable fuels; (2) at least 11 bioresearch centers for systems biology; (3) grants for renewable fuel production research and development in certain [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Advertising, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Commercialization, Communications, Consumer credit, Consumer education, Consumers, Corn, Credit cards, Diesel motor Latest Action: 07/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Bill TextTo promote the production and use of ethanol. 6/26/2007--Introduced. Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit a franchisor from restricting a franchisee from: (1) installing on the marketing premises a renewable fuel pump or tank; (2) converting an existing tank or pump for renewable fuel use; (3) advertising the sale of renewable fuel; (4) selling renewable fuel; (5) purchasing renewable fuel from sources other than the franchisor if the franchisor does not offer its own renewable fuel for sale by the franchisee; (6) listing renewable fuel availability or prices; or (7) allowing for payment of renewable fuel with a credit card. Allows such franchisee activities so long as they do not constitute willful adulteration, mislabeling, or misbranding of motor fuels or other trademark violations. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a grants program for universities to demonstrate replacing corn as an ethanol feedstock with sweet sorghum. [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Automobiles, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Bonds, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Climate change, Communications, Commuting Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3221 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is op
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 8/4/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy sources and energy conservation. Title I: Production Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2012 the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and qualified hydropower). Imposes a limit on such tax credit based upon investment in renewable resource facilities placed in service after 2008 in lieu of the current phaseout provisions for such credit.(Sec. 102) Includes marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy as a renewable resource for purposes of the tax credit for producing electricity [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agricultural machinery, Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Emergency management, Energy supplies, Farms, Gasoline, Grants-in-aid, Petroleum, Presidents, Small business, War and emergency powers Latest Action: 06/14/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7748-7749)
Bill TextA bill to establish an emergency fuel assistance grant program for small businesses during energy emergencies 6/14/2007--Introduced. Small Business Emergency Fuel Assistance Act of 2007 - Establishes within the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce an emergency assistance program for small businesses and small farms dependent on fuel. Authorizes the President to declare a federal energy emergency if the health, safety, welfare, or economic well-being of U.S. citizens is at risk because of an imminent or actual shortage of adequate supplies of crude oil, gasoline or petroleum distillates owing to: (1) a disruption in the national distribution system for such distillates (including a shortage related to a major disaster); or (2) significant pricing anomalies in national energy markets for them. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states under a presidential declaration of fuel supply interruption. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Biomass energy, Business, Consumer education, Consumers, Diesel motor, Energy, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Federal preemption, Labeling, Law, Local laws, Motor vehicle pollution control Latest Action: 06/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7652-7653)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Clean Air Act to promote and assure the quality of biodiesel fuel, and for other purposes. 6/13/2007--Introduced. Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel fuel sold in the United States contains the volume of biodiesel specified for 2008 through 2012. Requires the Administrator to determine the volume for 2013 and thereafter based on a review of the program. Requires at least 80% of the minimum applicable volume for each of 2008 through 2012 to be biodiesel.Requires the biodiesel fuel standards to contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers. Prohibits such standards from restricting geographic areas in which biodiesel may be used or imposing any per-gallon obligation for the use of biodiesel.Authorizes the Administrator to reduce the [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to airports, Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Airports, Aviation fuels, Budgets, Business, Charter airlines, Energy, Federal aid to transportation, Infrastructure, Rural affairs, Subsidies, Transportation Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7344)
Bill TextA bill to reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Repeals the Essential Air Service Local Participation Program. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from compensating an air carrier for providing essential air service to an eligible community in the 48 contiguous states if such community: (1) is located fewer than 70 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport; or (2) is fewer than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport and requires a per passenger subsidy for such service in excess of $200 for calendar year 2008, including any increase for each ensuing calendar year. Authorizes a state or local government to submit a proposal to the Secretary to: (1) compensate an air carrier for essential air service to an eligible community above the $200 per passenger subsidy cap; (2) compensate a preferred air carrier for providing such service (i.e., an air carrier [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Afghanistan, Arab countries, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Arms control, Arms sales, Auditing, Border patrols, Boundaries, Budgets, Business, Civil liberties, Civil-military relations, Communications, Conferences Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12428)
Bill TextA bill to implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Iraq Study Group Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) that the President should formulate a comprehensive plan to implement the Iraq Study Group recommendations; (2) respecting diplomatic efforts in Iraq; and (3) respecting redeployment of U.S. combat brigades not necessary for force protection and other specified duties by the first quarter of 2008. States U.S. policy respecting: (1) security and military forces in Iraq; (2) strengthening the U.S. military; (3) police and criminal justice in Iraq; (4) the oil sector in Iraq; (5) improving assistance programs in Iraq; (6) budgetary preparation; and (7) conditions for continued U.S. assistance to Iraq based upon the government of Iraq meeting specified milestones. Requires the President to report to Congress every 90 days respecting such policies' implementation. | | Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Afghanistan, Arab countries, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Arms control, Arms sales, Auditing, Border patrols, Boundaries, Budgets, Business, Civil liberties, Civil-military relations, Communications, Conferences Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7712)
Bill TextTo implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Iraq Study Group Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) that the President should formulate a comprehensive plan to implement the Iraq Study Group recommendations; (2) respecting diplomatic efforts in Iraq; and (3) respecting redeployment of U.S. combat brigades not necessary for force protection and other specified duties by the first quarter of 2008. States U.S. policy respecting: (1) security and military forces in Iraq; (2) strengthening the U.S. military; (3) police and criminal justice in Iraq; (4) the oil sector in Iraq; (5) improving assistance programs in Iraq; (6) budgetary preparation; and (7) conditions for continued U.S. assistance to Iraq based upon the government of Iraq meeting specified milestones. Requires the President to report to Congress every 90 days respecting such policies' implementation. | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Criminal justice, Damages, Diesel motor, Disasters, Emergency management, Energy, Fines (Penalties), Gasoline, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hurricane aftermath legislation Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Bill TextA bill to prohibit price gouging relating to gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major disasters. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Price Gouging Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after the President declares a major disaster, to: (1) consult with the Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney for that area, and state and local law enforcement officials to determine whether any supplier is charging unconscionably excessive prices for gasoline or diesel fuel; (2) establish a toll-free hotline for a consumer to report price gouging; and (3) establish a program to develop and distribute public informational materials in English and Spanish to assist consumers in detecting and avoiding price gouging. Makes is unlawful to charge unconscionably excessive prices for any gasoline or diesel fuel during the 180-day period after the President declares a major disaster. Requires the FTC, if it determines a supplier [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Alcohol as fuel, Budgets, Business, Compressed natural gas, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional investigations, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Economic policy, Energy, Excise tax, Federal advisory bodies, Government trust funds Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the commi
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the Federal motor fuel excise taxes until the average price of unleaded gasoline is below $3 per gallon for at least 6 months. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Gas Price Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend certain federal motor fuel excise taxes until the average price of unleaded regular gasoline is less than $3.00 per gallon for a period of six consecutive months (suspension period). Provides for adjustments to such excise taxes for floor stocks of motor fuels held by dealers prior to or after the suspension period.Repeals provisions allowing a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified refinery property. Transfers to the Highway Trust Fund increased tax revenues resulting from such repeal.Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to monitor gasoline prices in the United States and to report to Congress on its findings.Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Armed forces, Budgets, Business, Communications, Consumer protection, Consumers, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy shortages, Energy supplies, Energy transportation, Environmental protection Latest Action: 06/28/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Bill TextTo protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging with respect to road transportation fuel or domestic heating fuel during certain abnormal market disruptions. 5/24/2007--Introduced. The Motorist's Bill of Rights: Increasing Gas Supply, Reducing Demand, and Protecting Consumers from Gouging - Makes it unlawful, with specified exceptions, for a supplier to increase the price for road transportation fuel or domestic heating fuel by an unconscionable amount in an area during a period covered by a presidential proclamation that an abnormal market disruption has occurred. States that a violation of this Act shall be: (1) treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice as defined under the Federal Trade Commission Act; and (2) subject to civil and criminal penalties. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon the request of a state governor or tribal organization, to provide financial assistance to hire additional personnel [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Budgets, Business, Cogeneration of electric power and heat, Cost effectiveness, Department of Energy, Earnings, Electric utilities, Electric utility rates, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Executive departments, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Finance Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo establish efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other purposes. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas distributors. Requires each retail electricity or natural gas distributor to undertake electricity and natural gas savings measures in each calendar year, beginning with 2009, that produce electricity and natural gas savings as a percentage of the distributor's base quantity at a specified applicable rate. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to issue rules establishing a nationwide credit and credit trading system for electricity and natural gas savings. Authorizes any person to apply to the Secretary for the establishment and certification of a not-for-profit Electric and Natural Gas Savings Corporation. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels when the weekly United States retail gasoline price, regular grade, is greater than $3.00 per gallon. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Emergency Gas Price Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce highway motor fuel excise taxes by 10 cents per gallon, beginning on the date when the retail price for gasoline is greater than $3.00 per gallon and ending when such price is less than $2.50 per gallon (reduction period). Allows a tax credit or refund of such excise tax to a taxpayer for floor stocks of highway motor fuels held by dealers prior to the reduction period. | | Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Consumer protection, Consumers, Criminal justice, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy demand, Energy shortages, Fines (Penalties), Gasoline, Government trust funds, Law, Petroleum industry, Presidential messages, Presidents Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Bill TextTo protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging by merchants with respect to gasoline and other fuels during certain abnormal market disruptions. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Federal Energy Price Protection Act - Prohibits a supplier from increasing the price for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates by an unconscionable amount in an area during the period covered by a Presidential proclamation that an abnormal market disruption has occurred. States that such prohibition does not apply to the extent that the price increase is substantially attributable to: (1) an increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a supplier; (2) an increase in the replacement costs for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillate sold; (3) an increase in operational costs; or (4) local, regional, national, or international market conditions. States that a violation of this Act shall: (1) be treated as a violation of a rule defining [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Alaska, Animals, Appropriations, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Central Asia, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Depreciation and amortization, Economic policy, Energy, Energy development, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Excise tax Latest Action: 05/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bill TextTo reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminating Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and providing incentives for investment in refineries, suspending Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promoting free trade. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Affordable Gas Price Act - Declares without force or effect all provisions of existing federal law that prohibit spending appropriated funds to conduct oil or natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf. Revokes all existing withdrawals by the President under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal: (1) the withdrawal of public lands within the Coastal Plain from entry or appropriation under federal mining or mineral leasing laws; and (2) the prohibition against the production, leasing, and development of oil and gas from the Arctic [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Automobiles, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Climate change, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Diplomacy, Electric batteries, Electric power distribution Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6272-6301)
Bill TextA bill to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy 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. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 - Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007 - Sets forth a schedule for motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel to contain specified volumes of renewable fuel by calendar year 2022. Prescribes a pilot program to establish refueling infrastructure corridors for gasoline blends containing renewable fuel.Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) increase funding for bioenergy research and development; (2) establish bioresearch [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Congress, Corporation taxes, Economic policy, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Excess profits tax, Excise tax Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the co
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil, to make the revenues from such tax available for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Windfall Energy Alternatives for the Nation (WEAN) Off of Oil Act of 2007 or the WEAN Off of Oil Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon major integrated oil companies an excise tax of 50 percent of their net windfall profits from the production of taxable crude oil in a taxable year. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal price (sales price) of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the adjusted base price of such barrel (i.e., $50 per barrel, adjusted for inflation). Terminates such tax three years after the enactment of this Act. Allows a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax.Establishes a separate account to be funded by windfall profit tax receipts [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Business, Consumer protection, Consumers, Criminal justice, Diesel motor, Energy, Energy crops, Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Fines (Penalties) Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, and for other purposes. 5/15/2007--Introduced. Federal Energy Price Protection Act of 2007 - Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person to sell crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, or any biofuel at a price that constitutes price gouging. Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate enforcement rules within six months after enactment of this Act. Grants enforcement authority exclusively to: (1) the FTC; (2) the Attorney General of the United States; or (3) state attorneys general. Prescribes guidelines for enforcement of civil actions by state attorneys general. Preempts state action while federal action is pending. Subjects violations of this Act to specified civil and criminal penalties. | | Also tagged in: Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Energy, Energy supplies, Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Gasoline, Government information, Governmental investigations, Independent regulatory commissions, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Public meetings, Restrictive trade practices Latest Action: 05/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Bill TextA bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances. 5/14/2007--Introduced. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the retail price of gasoline in a state in which the average price of regular grade gasoline has increased 20 percent or more for at least seven days during any three-month period in order to determine if the price is being artificially manipulated by reducing refinery capacity or by any other form of manipulation. Requires the FTC to: (1) report to Congress within 30 days after initiating an investigation; and (2) present investigation results, within 14 days after reporting to Congress, at a public hearing in the state in which the retail price of gasoline was investigated. Requires the FTC, in cooperation with the Attorney General of the relevant state, to take appropriate action if it determines that the increase in gasoline prices in a state is a result [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Aviation fuels, Budgets, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Energy, Energy supplies, Gasoline, Natural gas, Petroleum reserves, Petroleum storage, Revolving funds, Strategic materials, Transportation Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S5934-5936)
Bill TextA bill to establish a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve. 5/10/2007--Introduced. Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and operate a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve of gasoline and jet fuel. Instructs the Secretary to determine between three and five regionally strategic Reserve sites throughout the United States. Permits the Secretary to release gasoline or fuel from the Reserve only if: (1) the President finds that there is a severe fuel supply disruption; or (2) the governor of a state requests a release from the Reserve, accompanied by specified findings. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Fund. | | Also tagged in: Antitrust law, Business, Cartels, Criminal justice, Energy, Energy supplies, Foreign policy, Government liability (International law), International affairs, Law, Natural gas prices, OPEC countries, Petroleum industry, Privileges and immunities, Restrictive trade practices, Trade Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
Bill TextTo amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. 5/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 21, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Accounting, Aged, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Americans in foreign countries, Appropriations, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business education, Commercialization, Department of Commerce, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Economic policy, Energy Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Bill TextTo provide support for small business concerns, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Small Business Investment and Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide to small business owners and operators of farming or commercial fishing businesses a temporary credit for excessive fuel costs paid or incurred in the operation of such business; (2) make permanent the credit for increasing research activities; and (3) treat as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction qualified restaurant property, qualified retail improvement property, and certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for: (1) the Advanced Technology Program; (2) the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE); (3) small business development centers; (4) the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program; and (5) the Women's Business Centers program. Expresses the sense of Congress calling for appropriate [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Criminal justice, Economic policy, Economic statistics, Emergency management, Energy, Energy shortages, Energy supplies, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Gasoline, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Law, Parties to actions Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Bill TextA bill to protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging with respect to gasoline and petroleum distillates during natural disasters and abnormal market disruptions, and for other purposes. 5/2/2007--Introduced. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares it unlawful for a supplier to sell crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates at an unconscionably excessive price in an area the President declares an energy emergency area. States it is unlawful for any person to employ, in connection with the wholesale purchase or sale of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in contravention of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules. States it is unlawful for any person to report information to the FTC related to the wholesale price of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates if the person: (1) knows, or reasonably should know, the information to be false or misleading; and [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Cellulose, Coal gasification, Coal liquefaction, Cost effectiveness, Defense policy, Droughts, Economic policy, Electric vehicles, Emergency management, Energy, Energy security Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4753)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the use of renewable and alternative fuel, and for other purposes. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Alternative Fuel Standard Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to replace the renewable fuel program with an alternative fuel program. Includes within in the meaning of "alternative fuel" alcohols, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal-derived liquid fuels, fuels derived from biological materials, electricity, and other fuels that are not derived from crude oil and would yield energy security or environmental benefits.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an alternative fuel program that: (1) ensures that motor vehicle and nonroad fuel sold or introduced into U.S. commerce contains a specified volume of alternative fuel; (2) establishes compliance provisions for refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers; and (3) provides for the generation, banking, trading,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Armed forces, Business, Competition, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Disasters, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Emergency management, Energy, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4300)
Bill TextA bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a strategic refinery reserve, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Strategic Refinery Reserve Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish and operate a Strategic Refinery Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for: (1) the construction or operation of new refineries; or (2) the acquisition or reopening of closed refineries. Instructs the Secretary to operate the Reserve to provide petroleum products to: (1) the federal government (including the Department of Defense); (2) any state governments and their political subdivisions that opt to purchase refined petroleum products from the Reserve; and (3) the general public during certain emergency periods. Directs the Secretary to ensure that refineries in the Reserve are designed to provide a rapid increase in production capacity during such emergency periods. Requires a refinery owner or operator to notify the Secretary,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Authorization, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Data banks, Diesel motor, Electric vehicles Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 10:00 a.m.
Bill TextA bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels and for other purposes. 3/26/2007--Introduced. Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007 - Directs the President to: (1) promulgate regulations to ensure that motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce contains prescribed volumes of renewable fuel for calendar years 2008-2022; and (2) publish in the Federal Register the renewable fuel obligation that ensures that such requirements are met. Exempts small refineries until calendar year 2013 from renewable fuel program requirements. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program administered through the Department of Energy's Vehicle Technology Deployment Program to provide up to 10 geographically-dispersed project grants to governmental entities and metropolitan transportation authorities to establish refueling infrastructure corridors for gasoline blends [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Energy, Ecological research, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Emissions trading, Energy, Energy efficiency, Environmental law enforcement Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Bill TextTo reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate. 3/20/2007--Introduced. Safe Climate Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate: (1) targets for a 2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions each year from 2010-2050; and (2) regulations requiring reductions to meet such targets, including by setting caps on emissions of sources and sectors with the largest emissions or the best opportunities to reduce them, by issuing and authorizing trading of emission allowances, and by imposing penalties for excess emissions.Requires relevant federal agencies to finalize a rule to carry out the National Academies' recommendations for regulatory action needed to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations or explain their reasons for declining to act.Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for the distribution of emission allowances (including through auctions) and the use of proceeds (to [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the excise tax on highway motor fuels when average United States retail gasoline prices exceed $2.75 per gallon. 3/19/2007--Introduced. Gasoline Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend excise taxes on diesel and other highway motor fuels during specified periods when weekly retail gasoline prices as published by the Department of Energy exceed $2.75 per gallon. | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Automobile engines, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Balance of trade, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cartels, Cellulose, Cost effectiveness, Defense budgets, Defense economics Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7508-7511)
Bill TextA bill to improve energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007 or the SAFE Energy Act of 2007 - Amends corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) provisions to revise the definition of: (1) "automobile" to mean any vehicle that is propelled by fuel, or by alternative fuel, and is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (currently, four-wheeled vehicles that are so propelled and manufactured for such use and that are up to 6,000 pounds and certain [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Antitrust law, Business, Cartels, Criminal justice, Energy, Energy supplies, Foreign policy, Government liability (International law), International affairs, Law, Natural gas prices, OPEC countries, Petroleum industry, Privileges and immunities, Restrictive trade practices, Trade Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-68.
Bill TextA bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. 3/14/2007--Introduced. No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States. Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Antitrust law, Automobiles, Business, Cartels, Competition, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporate mergers, Corporation taxes, Economic concentration, Economic impact statements Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bill TextTo provide for the stabilization of prices for gasoline, and for other purposes. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Gasoline Price Stabilization Act of 2007 - Sets forth circumstances under which the President may issue orders and regulations to stabilize prices for wholesale and retail gasoline at certain levels. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include, among prerequisites to a drawdown and sale from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a presidential determination that a severe price increase resulting from an emergency situation is likely to cause a major adverse impact upon a state or regional economy. Expands the scope of "severe energy supply interruption" to encompass a reduction in supply that is substantially caused by conduct that either lessens competition, or tends to create a monopoly, by: (1) at least one foreign country or international entity; or (2) at least one producer, refiner, or marketer of petroleum products. Directs the [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost effectiveness, Department of Transportation, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy demand, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Finance Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Bill TextTo increase fuel economy standards for automobiles, and for other purposes. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definition of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition); and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2011, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of 4% per year in such standard for model years 2009 through 2011. Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 2012, and an average fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 2018, with a minimum increase of 4% in the average fuel [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Balance of trade, Business, Cartels, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Defense policy, Economic policy, Energy, Energy demand, Energy efficiency, Energy security Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2700-2701)
Bill TextA bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definitions of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition) and passenger automobiles to eliminate the exclusion for automobiles capable of off-highway operation; and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2012, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of four percent per year in such standard for model years 2010 through 2012. Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for all automobiles manufactured by all manufacturers for model year 2013, with an increase of four percent in the average fuel [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Armed forces, Automobile engines, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Business, Cartels, Congress, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense policy, Department of Transportation, Economic policy Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2700-2701)
Bill TextA bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definitions of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition) and passenger automobile to eliminate the exclusion of automobiles capable of off-highway operation; and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2012, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of four percent per year in such standard for model years 2010 through 2012. Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for all automobiles manufactured by all manufacturers for model year 2013, with an increase of four percent in the average fuel economy [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Automobile industry, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Bonds, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Capital investments, Cellulose Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Bill TextTo strengthen national security and promote energy independence by reducing the Nation's reliance on foreign oil, improving vehicle technology and efficiency, increasing the distribution of alternative fuels, bolstering rail infrastructure, and expanding access to public transit. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Program for Real Energy Security Act or the PROGRESS Act - Establishes the National Commission on Energy Security and Transition to New Fuels. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including to make recommendations to Congress and the President for: (1) preserving the national energy security in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster; and (2) reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil over a specified period. Establishes: (1) the New Manhattan Center for High Efficiency Vehicles; and (2) the Advisory Council on Federal Participation. Requires the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of grants to federal and private sector researchers (including the Center) [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bill TextTo amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize discounted sales of royalty oil and gas taken in-kind from a Federal oil or gas lease to provide additional resources to Federal low-income energy assistance programs. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Royalty In-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with respect to federal low-income energy assistance programs, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to sell at a discounted price any royalty oil or gas taken in-kind. Requires the discounted price to be at least 50% of the fair market value of the oil or gas. | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Budgets, Business, Children, Covert operations, Defense budgets, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Development credit institutions, Economic policy, Economic stabilization, Energy, Food Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5638-5644, H5684)
Bill TextTo end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Requires that all U.S. Armed Forces be completely withdrawn from Iraq and returned to the United States or redeployed outside of the Middle East within three months of enactment of this Act. Prohibits fund use under any provision of law to deploy or continue to deploy members or units of the U.S. Armed Forces to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Exempts from such prohibition fund use to: (1) provide for the Armed Forces' safe and orderly withdrawal from Iraq; (2) ensure the security of Iraq by carrying out consultations with the government of Iraq, other foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations; or (3) ensure the security of Iraq by funding the U.N.-led peacekeeping mission. | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Automobiles, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Clean coal technology, Climate change, Department of Energy, Depreciation and amortization, Electric power production, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary oil profit fee and to use the proceeds of the fee collected to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and expand certain energy tax incentives, and for other purposes. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Strategic Energy Fund Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Strategic Energy Fund to finance the energy conservation and research initiatives set forth by this Act. Increases the tax credits for: (1) investment in alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; (2) small ethanol producers of sucrose or cellulosic ethanol; and (3) investment in advanced coal projects.Extends tax credits for: (1) alcohol used as fuel through 2012; (2) electricity produced from certain renewable resources through 2013; and (3) solar energy property through 2014. Increases the number of hybrid and advanced lean burn technology vehicles eligible for the full amount of the tax credit for alternative [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Business, Consumer education, Consumers, Criminal justice, Electronic government information, Emergency management, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy supplies, Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Gas industry Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Bill TextTo protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act - (Sec. 2) Makes it unlawful during a period proclaimed by the President as an energy emergency to sell gasoline or any other petroleum distillate at a price that: (1) is unconscionably excessive; or (2) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances of an emergency to increase prices unreasonably. Authorizes the President to issue an energy emergency proclamation and to cite the geographic area covered, the gasoline or other petroleum distillate covered, and the time period that it shall be in effect. Limits such proclamation to a period of up to 30 consecutive days, but authorizes renewals of up to 30 days. Authorizes a proclamation to include a period of up to one week preceding a reasonably foreseeable emergency. [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alternative energy sources, Automobiles, Budgets, Business, Condominium (Housing), Conservation of natural resources, Continental shelf, Cooperative housing, Department of Transportation, Depletion allowances, Depreciation and amortization, Education, Electric power production, Electric utilities Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bill TextTo provide for the energy independence of the United States. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Freedom through Renewable Energy Expansion (FREE) Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal provisions regarding: (1) the next generation nuclear plant project; (2) standby support for certain nuclear plant delays; and (3) incentives for oil and gas production from federal lands. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal: (1) the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; (2) the election to expense certain refineries; (3) treatment of natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property; (4) treatment of natural gas gathering lines as seven-year property; (5) the rule for determining the small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction; and (6) the amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to repeal the suspension of: (1) [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alternative energy sources, Aquatic plants, Auditing, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Cooperative societies, Cost effectiveness, Economic impact statements, Economic policy Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Bill TextTo amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other pu |
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