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Latest Action: 11/18/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1118 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. Bill TextTo advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes. 9/15/2008--Introduced. Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act - Prohibits oil and gas preleasing or leasing of any area of the Outer Continental Shelf that was not available for oil and gas leasing as of July 1, 2008, unless that action is expressly authorized by this Act or a statute enacted by Congress after the date of enactment of this Act. [...] 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: 03/01/2007 - By Senator Inouye from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 110-29. Bill TextA bill to provide improved rail and surface transportation security. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Improved Rail Security - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other appropriate agencies, to establish a task force to complete a risk assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, based on the assessment, to develop specific prioritized recommendations for improving rail security. Requires the development of plans for: (1) the federal government to provide adequate security support for freight and intercity passenger railroads at high threat levels of alert; (2) coordinating existing and planned rail security initiatives undertaken [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alaska, Business, Corporation taxes, Depletion allowances, Electric power transmission, Energy, Foreign tax credit, Gas in submerged lands, Geology, Geophysical prediction, Gulf of Mexico, Income tax, Inventories, Marine resources, Natural gas, Oil and gas royalties, Oil well drilling, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Pipelines, Submarine oil well drilling, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Transportation
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Energy Fairness for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the tax deduction for oil and gas intangible drilling and development costs; (2) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (3) the tax credit for enhanced oil recovery costs. Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) oil and gas royalties in-kind; (2) marginal property production incentives; (3) incentives for natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico; (4) royalty suspension for deep water production; (5) the inventory of Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas resources; (6) Alaska offshore royalty suspension; (7) accelerated depreciation of electric transmission property, natural gas distribution lines, and natural gas gathering lines and expensing of liquid fuel refinery property; (8) the exemption [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo provide for a study by the National Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands, and for other purposes. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Study of Ways to Improve the Accuracy of the Collection of Federal Oil, Condensate, and Natural Gas Royalties Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with the National Academy of Engineering to study and report to the Secretary regarding whether the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of federal lands (including submerged, deep water, and Indian lands) would be improved by implementing certain prescribed measures. Requires the Secretary to award a contract under which the contractor shall: (1) compare royalty payments made under federal oil and gas lease provisions for covered lands against data supplied to the Federal [...] show full description
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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: 07/11/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives in opposition to efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to the world market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and nonmarket price or as an instrument of political pressure. 7/11/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) make clear to the governments of major natural gas exporting countries that it regards efforts to establish a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to the world market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and nonmarket price, or as an instrument of political pressure, to be prejudicial to the security of the United States and of the world as a whole; (2) develop a joint strategy with its allies and all countries that are importers of natural gas, as well as [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/17/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextTo facilitate the development of markets for biofuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research and development and data collection. 2/8/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act - Instructs the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a program of research and development of materials to be added to biofuels to make them more compatible with existing infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels to the point of final sale. Cites problem areas to be addressed, including microbial contamination. Directs the Assistant Administrator to: (1) implement a research, development, demonstration program on portable, low-cost, and accurate methods and technologies for testing sulfur content in fuel, including Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and Low Sulfur Diesel; and (2) begin [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production, and for other purposes. 1/19/2007--Introduced. Energy Fairness for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the tax deduction for oil and gas intangible drilling and development costs; (2) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (3) the tax credit for enhanced oil recovery costs. Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) oil and gas royalties in-kind; (2) marginal property production incentives; (3) incentives for natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico; (4) royalty suspension for deep water production; (5) the inventory of Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas resources; (6) Alaska offshore royalty suspension; (7) accelerated depreciation of electric transmission property, natural gas distribution lines, and natural gas gathering lines and expensing of liquid fuel refinery property; (8) the exemption of small [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain incentives for oil and gas. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Oil Industry Tax Break Repeal Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amortization period for the geological and geophysical expenditures of certain large integrated oil companies (defined as having an average daily worldwide crude oil production level of at least 500,000 barrels and more than $1 billion in gross receipts) from five to seven years; (2) limit the oil depletion allowance; (3) terminate accelerated depreciation of natural gas distribution lines and Alaska natural gas pipelines, expensing of equipment used in refining of liquid fuels, the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, and the tax credits for enhanced oil recovery and for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (4) classify natural gas gathering lines as 15-year property for depreciation purposes; and (5) deny large integrated oil [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Apartment houses, Armed forces, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Block grants, Bonds, Budgets, Building laws, Business, Business ethics, Buy American, Car pools, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Coal, Coastal zone, Cogeneration of electric power and heat, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Corporation taxes, Defense economics, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Economic policy, Education, Electric appliances, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy crops, Energy development, Energy efficiency, Energy prices, Energy research, Energy security, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Export controls, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Fees, Fringe benefits, Fuel cells, Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Gifts, Government information, Government lending, Government procurement, Government publicity, Green products, Hawaiians, Heat pumps, Higher education, Housing, Housing finance, Housing subsidies, Hydroelectric power, Hydrogen, Income tax, Indian housing, Indians, Inspectors general, Investment tax credit, Labor, Labor contracts, Law, Low-income housing, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Mass rapid transit, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgages, Motor vehicle pollution control, Natural gas, Natural resources, New York City, Ocean energy resources, Office buildings, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil pollution, Oil shales, Oil well drilling, Oils and fats, Petroleum, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Petroleum reserves, Pipelines, Politics and government, Property insurance, Public contracts, Public housing, Real estate appraisal, Refuse as fuel, Rental housing, Research grants, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural housing, Science policy, Service stations, Small business, Solar energy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Strategic materials, Subpoena, Sustainable development, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax incentives, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Tidal power, Trade, Transportation, Trucks, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Welfare, Wind power, Women, Women in business
Latest Action: 11/18/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1118 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. Bill TextTo advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes. 9/15/2008--Introduced. Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act - Prohibits oil and gas preleasing or leasing of any area of the Outer Continental Shelf that was not available for oil and gas leasing as of July 1, 2008, unless that action is expressly authorized by this Act or a statute enacted by Congress after the date of enactment of this Act. [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships. 8/1/2008--Introduced. Biofuels Pipeline Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships to include income and gains from the transportation, storage, or marketing of any fuel which meets certain registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Aquifers, Bonds, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Coal, Energy, Energy prices, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Finance, Geology, Government corporations, Government lending, Greenhouse gases, Income tax, Industrial buildings, Interstate compacts, Investment tax credit, Methane, Natural resources, Pipelines, State and local government, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Transportation, Water resources
Latest Action: 07/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7531-7533) Bill Text
A bill to promote the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide, to promote the use of energy produced from coal, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Budgets, Business, Corporation taxes, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Finance, Gas industry, Heating, Housing, Income tax, Natural gas, Oil well drilling, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation, Valuation, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to provide weatherization and home heating assistance to low income households, and to provide a heating oil tax credit for middle income households. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Weatherization, Assistance, and Relief for Middle-Income Households Act of 2008 or the WARM Act of 2008 - Makes additional appropriations in FY2008 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a income-based tax credit for 50% of home heating oil expenditures made on or after June 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2009, up to $1,000 ($2,000 for joint returns); (2) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; and (3) establish a fair market value standard for determining foreign oil and gas extraction income.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Business, Corporation taxes, Energy, Energy storage, Environmental protection, Fuel, Income tax, Motor vehicle pollution control, Partnerships, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 07/21/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6973-6974) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships. 7/21/2008--Introduced. Biofuels Pipeline Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships to include income and gains from the transportation, storage, or marketing of any fuel which meets certain registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Bonds, Business, Carbon dioxide, Department of Transportation, Electric power transmission, Energy, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Finance, Income tax, Law, Local taxation, Natural gas, Petroleum, Pipelines, Property tax, Restrictive trade practices, State and local government, State taxation, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain tax-exempt financing of energy transportation infrastructure from the private business use tests, and for other purposes. 6/19/2008--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify tax-exempt bond financing rules to exclude from the private business use and private loan financing tests certain property used to transmit electricity or carbon dioxide or to transport crude oil and other petroleum products; and (2) reduce the state volume cap for tax-exempt bonds by the amount of bonds issued for such property.Describes the following as acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce, and prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction;[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Bill TextTo promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, to increase American energy independence, and for other purposes. 2/14/2008--Introduced. American-Made Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify and set forth provisions concerning tax credits for alternative and renewable energy, nuclear power facility construction, and an advanced coal project and deductions for energy efficient commercial buildings, qualified refinery property, and oil and gas well depletion. Establishes the American-Made Energy Trust Fund.Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal a provision that prohibits federal agencies from procuring alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use unless its life cycle greenhouse gas emissions are less than those for fuel from conventional petroleum sources.Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the effects of state guaranteed profit [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Authorization, Automobile industry, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Commercialization, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Energy, Diesel motor, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Energy storage, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to research, Foreign policy, Franchises (Retail trade), Fuel consumption, Government information, Government vehicles, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), International affairs, International finance, Israel, Job training, Joint ventures, Labor, Law, Marketing, Middle East and North Africa, Motor vehicle pollution control, Occupational retraining, Oils and fats, Petroleum industry, Pipelines, Public contracts, Public service advertising, Railroad freight operations, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Restrictive trade practices, Science policy, Service stations, Skilled labor, Solid wastes, Subsidies, Technology, Transportation
Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - For Further Action See Public Law 110-140 (H.R. 6). Bill TextTo promote the development of renewable fuels infrastructure, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to House without amendment, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Title I: Renewable Fuel Infrastructure - (Sec. 101) Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish an infrastructure development grants program to assist motor fuel dealers to implement motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure for renewable fuel; (2) enter into contracts with entities to install and market renewable fuels; and (3) establish requirements for grant recipients to provide renewable fuel to the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2014. Prohibits grants to a large, vertically integrated oil company.(Sec. 102) Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit franchise agreement [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Animals, Bonds, Budgets, Carbon dioxide, Coastal zone, Continental shelf, Department of the Treasury, Depreciation and amortization, Easements, Electric power production, Energy, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal-state relations, Finance, Gas in submerged lands, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Income tax, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Land transfers, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nuclear energy, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum refineries, Public lands, Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive wastes, Right-of-way, Solid wastes, State and local government, State finance, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation, Wildlife refuges, Wind power
Latest Action: 06/10/2008 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walberg. Petition No: 110-8. (Discharge petition text with signatures.) Bill TextTo secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. 7/18/2007--Introduced. No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for the taxpayer election to expense the cost of certain refinery property not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow the issuance of tax exempt facility bonds for the financing of domestic use oil refinery facilities; (2) extend through 2018 the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities; and (3) allow tax credits for the production of electricity from nuclear energy, natural gas production, and carbon dioxide tertiary injectant processes.Requires the President to designate at least 10 sites for oil or natural gas refineries on federal lands and make such sites available to the private sector for construction of refineries. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from denying [...] show full description
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