All Energy prices Legislation - Federal Government
S.3689 - A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 11/19/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10607) Bill Text A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 11/17/2008--Introduced. Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for infrastructure, energy, and economic recovery for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (5) the Legal Services Corporation; (6) the Department of Defense (DOD) - Civil for the Department of the Army Corps of Engineer; (7) the Department of Energy (DOE); (8) the Department of the Treasury, including the Office of Inspector General; (9) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (10) the General Services Administration (GSA); (11) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (12) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (13) the Department [...] show full description Comment on Bill S.3577 - A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9494-9496) Bill Text A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. S.3561 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill Text A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs, and for other purposes. 9/24/2008--Introduced. Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2008 or the HEATR Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers an income-based refundable tax credit for residential energy costs. Limits such credit to the lesser of 33% of such costs or $500.Eliminates for major integrated oil companies: (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs in taxable years in which the average price of crude oil is greater than $34.71 per barrel and the average price of natural gas is greater that $4.34 per 1,000 cubic feet; and (2) the tax credit for enhanced oil recovery costs in taxable years in which the average price of crude oil is greater than $34.71 per barrel. Denies such oil companies and certain producers or refiners of crude oil [...] show full description H.R.6899 - To 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.
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 Text To 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. 9/16/2008--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.) Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act - Title I: Federal Oil and Gas Leasing - Subtitle A: Outer Continental [...] show full description H.R.6809 - To award grants to assist public schools with the rising costs of fuel for school buses and energy for school buildings.
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill Text To award grants to assist public schools with the rising costs of fuel for school buses and energy for school buildings. 8/1/2008--Introduced.
Energy for Schools Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) state educational agencies (SEAs) in order to award subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to assist public schools with the increased costs of fuel for school buses and energy for public school buildings; and (2) LEAs that do not receive a subgrant from an SEA. S.3403 - A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration.
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill Text A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to calculate maximum feasible fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and non-passenger automobiles based on the most recent high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).Defines the "applicable high gasoline price projection" as the greatest of a range of estimated gasoline prices that the EIA issues as part of its annual energy outlook, short-term energy outlook, or similar analyses for: (1) the year (or years) corresponding to the model year (or model years) for which the Secretary is prescribing [...] show full description H.R.6687 - To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to calculate the cost of fuel expenses for vehicles of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement according to gasoline prices reported by the Energy Information Administration Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update.
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. Bill Text To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to calculate the cost of fuel expenses for vehicles of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement according to gasoline prices reported by the Energy Information Administration Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. 7/31/2008--Introduced.
Fuel Immigration Enforcement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) calculate the annual fuel expense cost for all United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles according to gasoline prices reported by the Energy Information Administration Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update; and (2) report such information to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R.6648 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow each individual a $500 credit to help with high energy prices.
Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill Text To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow each individual a $500 credit to help with high energy prices. 7/29/2008--Introduced.
Family Energy Relief Act of 2008 or the FERA Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a $500 tax credit ($1,000 in the case of a joint return). Allows an additional $250 tax credit for each dependent of the taxpayer. H.R.6643 - To amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration.
Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill Text To amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration. 7/29/2008--Introduced. Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to calculate maximum feasible fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and non-passenger automobiles based on the most recent high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).Defines the "applicable high gasoline price projection" as the greatest of a range of estimated gasoline prices that the EIA issues as part of its annual energy outlook, short-term energy outlook, or similar analyses for: (1) the year (or years) corresponding to the model year (or model years) for which the Secretary is prescribing [...] show full description S.3353 - A bill to provide temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely impacted by the current energy crisis, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text A bill to provide temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely impacted by the current energy crisis, and for other purposes. 7/29/2008--Introduced.
Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award triennial grants to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) in amounts equal to between 10% to 50% of each grantee's annual total transportation costs for the previous fiscal year. Makes rural LEAs eligible for such grants if they experience: (1) an increase in annual fuel costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; (2) an increase in contract transportation costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; or (3) extreme hardship, as certified by the Secretary, in providing transportation to elementary and secondary students due to increased fuel prices. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such grants on December 31, 2013. S.3345 - A bill to promote the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide, to promote the use of energy produced from coal, and for other purposes.
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. H.R.6604 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill Text To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to define "energy commodity." Prohibits the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from permitting a foreign board of trade to provide its U.S-located members with access to the CFTC electronic trading system and order matching system for energy or agricultural commodities unless such board meets requirements similar to those imposed upon U.S. exchanges. Subjects swap transactions, transactions for agricultural and energy commodities, and large traders in over-the-counter contracts to reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Directs the Commission to: (1) set position limits for any one person with respect to designated contract markets, derivative transaction execution facilities, and electronic [...] show full description S.3282 - A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide assistance to States to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 07/17/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill Text A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide assistance to States to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs, and for other purposes. 7/17/2008--Introduced.
Emergency Energy Response Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to make grants to states to pay the federal share of the cost of establishing and implementing response plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs. H.R.6545 - To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues.
Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Bill Text To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues. 7/23/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) National Energy Security Intelligence Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to rapidly escalating energy costs, including: (1) the short- and long-term outlook for prices, supply, and demand for key forms of energy such as crude oil, natural gas, and alternative fuels; (2) the plans and intentions of key energy-producing and exporting nations with respect to energy production and supply; and (3) the national security implications. H.R.6510 - To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to rapidly escalating energy costs.
Latest Action: 07/16/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select). Bill Text To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to rapidly escalating energy costs. 7/16/2008--Introduced.
Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to rapidly escalating energy costs, including: (1) the short- and long-term outlook for prices, supply, and demand for key forms of energy such as crude oil, natural gas, and alternative fuels; (2) the plans and intentions of key energy-producing and exporting nations with respect to energy production and supply; and (3) the national security implications. S.3268 - A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 07/25/2008 - Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7435-7436) Bill Text A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes. 7/15/2008--Introduced. Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to extend its coverage to energy commodities such as petroleum products and natural gas.Prohibits the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from permitting a foreign board of trade to provide its members or other participants subject to CFTC jurisdiction direct access to its electronic trading and order matching system unless it meets specified requirements.Authorizes the CFTC to require recordkeeping by any person either located within the United States or entering trades directly into the trade matching system of a foreign board of trade from the United States.Subjects such persons to liability for violation of CFTC rules and regulations.Directs the CFTC to convene a working group of international [...] show full description S.3240 - A bill to promote energy production and security in the United States, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill Text A bill to promote energy production and security in the United States, and for other purposes. 7/10/2008--Introduced.
Better Energy Strategy for Tomorrow Act of 2008, or the BEST Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Energy each year to: (1) analyze all federal policies that encourage, or have the potential to encourage, energy production in the United States; and (2) report to specified congressional committees recommendations for the adjustment of such policies to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy, air pollutants in the environment, greenhouse gas emissions, and the cost of energy. Requires the President to develop every four years and report to Congress on an energy security strategy that proposes comprehensive and long-range energy policies to reduce such dependence, air pollutants, emissions, and cost. S.3237 - A bill to assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices.
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561) Bill Text A bill to assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices. 7/10/2008--Introduced. Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine the average annual price per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel for each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts for 2007. Requires: (1) the average annual price per gallon to be based solely on data reported by the Energy Information Administration; and (2) that price to serve as the baseline fuel cost for each District.Requires the Secretary to reimburse a qualified volunteer fire department for 75% of the difference between: (1) the actual expenditures of the department for gasoline and diesel fuel for a year; and (2) the amount that such expenditures would have been using the baseline fuel costs. Directs each qualified volunteer fire department seeking reimbursement to submit to the Secretary [...] show full description S.3234 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary income tax credit for commercial fisherman to offset high fuel costs.
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6505-6506) Bill Text A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary income tax credit for commercial fisherman to offset high fuel costs. 7/9/2008--Introduced.
Fisheries Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow commercial fishermen a tax credit for excessive fuel costs (the excess amount paid for such fuel over an adjusted base price). S.3202 - A bill to address record high gas prices at the pump, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 854. Bill Text A bill to address record high gas prices at the pump, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prescribe procedures for petition, by the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the state's submerged land, to make the new producing area available for oil and gas leasing. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit specified percentages of outer Continental Shelf revenues into: (1) the general fund of the Treasury; and (2) into a special account in the Treasury for disbursal to both new producing states and to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the prohibition against funding: (1) regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public lands; or (2) an oil shale lease [...] show full description H.R.6473 - To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill Text To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other purposes. 7/10/2008--Introduced. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise requirements for the sale by the Secretary of Energy of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary to sell from the Reserve if the President finds that: (1) there is a severe energy supply interruption (as under existing law); or (2) the price of home heating oil threatens the health and safety of residents of the Northeast. Requires the Secretary to sell specified percentages of the quantity of products in the Reserve as of November 1 of a fiscal year if the President finds that, on successive monthly winter dates of the same fiscal year, the average retail price of No.2 heating oil in the Northeast is equal to or more than $4.00 per gallon. Requires the Secretary [...] show full description H.R.6461 - To assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices.
Latest Action: 07/11/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill Text To assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices. 7/10/2008--Introduced. Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the average annual price per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel for each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts for 2007. Requires: (1) the average annual price per gallon to be based solely on data reported by the Energy Information Administration; and (2) that price to serve as the baseline fuel cost for each District.Requires FEMA to reimburse a qualified volunteer fire department for 75% of the difference between: (1) the actual expenditures of the department for gasoline and diesel fuel for a year; and (2) the amount that such expenditures would have been using the baseline fuel costs. Directs each qualified volunteer fire department seeking reimbursement to submit to the FEMA at the end of each [...] show full description H.R.6436 - To combat international oil price fixing and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax of at least $1,000 to offset high 2008 gasoline and diesel fuel prices.
Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 committee Bill Text To combat international oil price fixing and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax of at least $1,000 to offset high 2008 gasoline and diesel fuel prices. 7/8/2008--Introduced.
Oil Price Reduction Act of 2008 - Prohibits U.S. bilateral assistance and arms exports (not including humanitarian assistance) to any country that is a major net oil exporter, including any country that is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), if such country is engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who drive a highway vehicle fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel a $1,000 tax credit in 2008. H.R.6429 - To establish a small business energy emergency disaster loan program.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Bill Text To establish a small business energy emergency disaster loan program. 7/8/2008--Introduced. Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a significant increase in the price of heating fuel occurring on or after October 1, 2007. Prohibits such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the borrower is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to farm operations that qualify as a small business and that have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury on or after October 1, 2007, as the result of a significant increase in energy costs in connection [...] show full description |
