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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: 05/06/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo amend the Clean Air Act to extend the compliance period for persons subject to the renewable fuel mandate in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. 5/5/2008--Introduced. Amends the Clean Air Act to allow any person that is unable to generate or purchase sufficient credits to meet renewable fuel requirements to carry forward a renewable fuel deficit in calendar year 2008, 2009, or 2010 for three years in lieu of the one calendar year currently allowed.
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Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextRecognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world. 9/9/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) in emergency situations children have different needs than those of adults, and nutritional deficiencies disproportionately affect children; (2) in the current global food crisis children's nutritional needs must be a humanitarian priority; and (3) the United States and the other G8 member states should continue to monitor the global food crisis' impact on children and commit to increasing their assistance to children's needs.
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Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the eligibility for certain fuels credits for fuel with insufficient nexus to the United States. 4/4/2008--Introduced. Splash and Dash Correction Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow income and excise tax credits for alcohol and biodiesel used as fuel and other alternative fuels or mixtures unless such fuels are produced in or imported into the United States for consumption.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 2/27/2008--Passed House without amendment. (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.)Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy sources and energy conservation. Title I: Production Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2011 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 2009 in lieu of the current phaseout provisions for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and bio-diesel, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the term "renewable fuel" to mean ethanol produced from renewable biomass. Increases the volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2009-2012. Prescribes the volume of: (1) renewable fuel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2013-2022; and (2) biomass-based diesel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2008-2012. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the volume of renewable fuel and biomass-based diesel that fuel sold in the United States must contain for other calendar years.Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that by 2009 each covered owner installs one or more pumps that dispense ethanol-blend fuel and bio-diesel blend fuel [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Advice and consent of the Senate, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Aquatic ecology, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Chesapeake Bay, Climate change, Coal, Coastal zone, Community development, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer discounts, Cost accounting, Data banks, Developing countries, Dislocated workers, Droughts, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Ecosystem management, Electric power plants, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Emergency management, Emissions trading, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental technology, Estuaries, Everglades, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farm lands, Federal aid to air pollution control, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Fines (Penalties), Fisheries, Floods, Fluorocarbons, Foreign policy, Forest conservation, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publications, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Greenhouse gases, Habitat conservation, Health policy, Housing, Identification devices, Imports, Industrial pollution, Infrastructure, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Law, Long Island Sound, Marine resources, Medical care, Meteorology, Methane, Motor vehicle pollution control, Natural resources, Negotiations, Nitrogen oxides, Nonprofit organizations, Oceanography, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Pollution measurement, Poverty, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Public health, Real estate development, Rebates, Reforestation, Restoration ecology, Revolving funds, Sea level, Social services, Solid wastes, State and local government, Storage, Storms, Subsidies, Technology, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Treaties, United Nations, Waste reduction, Water resources, Weather, Welfare, Wildlife conservation, Wind power
Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Bill TextTo accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances that will limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Climate Stewardship and Economic Security Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a National Greenhouse Gas Database consisting of: (1) an inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by covered entities (specified entities that own or control a source of GHG emissions in the electric power, industrial, and commercial sectors of the U.S. economy that emit more than 10,000 metric tons of GHGs per year); and (2) a registry of GHG emission reductions and increased sequestration, applicable to all entities.Establishes a program for the market-driven [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural labor, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Ammonia, Animal diseases, Animals, Aquifers, Arid regions, Biomass energy, Biotechnology, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Chesapeake Bay, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Collection of accounts, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Consumer education, Consumers, Contracts, Cotton, Crop insurance, Customs unions, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Day care, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Disabled, Disaster relief, Discrimination, Dispute settlement, Droughts, Drug abuse, Economic policy, Electric power production, Electric power transmission, Electrification, Emergency management, Energy, Energy demand, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm income, Farm lands, Farmers, Federal aid to health facilities, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Fertilizers, Finance, Floods, Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Forced labor, Foreclosure, Foreign policy, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Foundations, Fraud, Free trade, Fruit, Germplasm resources, Goats, Government information, Government lending, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grading (Agricultural products), Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hawaiians, Health education, Higher education, Historic sites, Honey, Horticulture, Hospitals, Human rights, Hunger, Identification devices, Income, Indian education, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Infrastructure, Insurance premiums, International affairs, Internet, Job training, Labeling, Labor, Labor supply, Lakes, Landscape protection, Latin America, Law, Limitation of actions, Livestock, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Meat inspection, Methamphetamine, Mexico, Migrant labor, Milk, Minorities, Natural resources, Non-native species, Nongovernmental organizations, Nutrition, Organic farming, Parasitic diseases, Peanuts, Performance measurement, Pest control, Plant breeding, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Potatoes, Poultry, Propane, Puerto Rico, Rabies, Railroad freight operations, Range management, Reinsurance, Research and development, Restoration ecology, Rice, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Sales tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, Science policy, Seasonal labor, Seeds, Sheep, Small business, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, State and local government, Storage, Sugar, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Territories (U.S.), Texas, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Unemployment, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wells, Wetlands, Wheat, Working poor
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Harkin. With written report No. 110-220. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 11/2/2007--Introduced. Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Revises agricultural and related programs and provisions respecting: (1) producer income; (2) conservation; (3) trade; (4) nutrition; (5) credit; (6) rural development and investment; (7) research and related matters; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) livestock marketing; and (11) agricultural security.
Also tagged in: Agricultural conservation, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alternative energy sources, Aquaculture, Biomass energy, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Chesapeake Bay, Child nutrition, Children, College costs, Consumers, Crop insurance, Department of Agriculture, Diet, Economic policy, Education, Education savings accounts, Elementary and secondary education, Employment of the disadvantaged, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Finance, Food, Food industry, Food relief, Food safety, Food service, Food stamps, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Forest conservation, Forest health, Fruit, Government procurement, Grants-in-aid, Grassland ecology, Grazing, Higher education, Hunger, Income, Individual retirement accounts, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Integrated pest management, Job training, Labor, Land use, Marketing of farm produce, Military pay, Natural resources, Non-native species, Nutrition, Organic farming, Pensions, Pest control, Public contracts, Research and development, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, School lunch program, Science policy, Sediment control, Small business, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Trade, Unemployment, Vegetables, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wetlands, WIC program
Latest Action: 10/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to extend and improve agricultural programs, and for other purposes. 10/24/2007--Introduced. Farm, Ranch, Equity, Stewardship, and Health Act of 2007 - Amends the federal crop insurance program. Establishes: (1) a risk management account contract program; (2) a conservation planning pilot program; (3) a nutrient reduction and sediment control pilot program for the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (4) a national clean plant network; (5) an Office of Pest Management Policy; and (6) a program of hunger-free community collaborative and infrastructure grants. Extends and revises specified programs for: (1) commodity assistance; (2) conservation; (3) specialty crops; (4) food programs and nutrition, (5) agricultural trade; (6) rural development; (7) forestry; and (8) energy, including biobased products. Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2007 or FEED Act of 2007 - Establishes the food employment empowerment and development program to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Business, Carbon dioxide, Caribbean area, Cellulose, Civil liberties, Coal, Coal liquefaction, Coastal zone, Consumers, Continental shelf, Cuba, Energy, Energy development, Energy research, Energy security, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Equipment and supplies, Executive departments, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Exports, Florida, Foreign policy, Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Governmental investigations, Gulf of Mexico, Hydrocarbons, Income tax, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), International affairs, Labeling, Latin America, Law, Marine resources, Municipal solid waste, Natural gas, Natural resources, Oil and gas leases, Oil shales, Oils and fats, Petroleum, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Prospecting, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Right to travel, Sanctions (International law), Science policy, Service stations, Solid wastes, Standards, Strategic materials, Tax credits, Taxation, Territorial waters, Trade
Latest Action: 09/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Bill TextTo improve energy security of the United States through a reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States and expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by 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. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007, or the SAFE Energy Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) revise renewable fuel standards for calendar years 2006-2020; (2) instruct the Secretary of Energy to assess the progress made toward creation of adequate infrastructure for the production and distribution of ethanol-blend fuel; and (3) require the Secretary to establish an incentives program for production of cellulosic ethanol and other emerging biofuels derived from renewable sources (including municipal solid waste). Directs the Administrator of [...] 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 efficiency, Energy research, Energy storage, Energy transportation, 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
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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
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