Also tagged in: Arms sales, Business, Cartels, Diesel motor, Economic assistance, Energy, Energy prices, Export controls, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Gasoline, Income tax, International affairs, Middle East and North Africa, Military assistance, OPEC countries, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Sanctions (International law), Tax credits, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Weapons systems
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 TextTo 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.
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Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5472-5517) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Antitrust law, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cartels, Climate change, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Derivative securities, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Energy prices, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Excess profits tax, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Futures trading, Gasoline, Government information, Government liability (International law), Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Income tax, International affairs, Iraq compilation, Law, Losses, Margins (Security trading), Natural gas, Oil and gas royalties, Parties to actions, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum reserves, Profit, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Strategic materials, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation of foreign income, Telecommunication, Telephone, Trade
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3988-3989) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/7/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Business, Cartels, Dispute settlement, East Asia, Ecuador, Energy, Energy prices, Energy supplies, Export controls, Foreign policy, Free trade, Indonesia, International affairs, International agencies, Kuwait, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, Natural gas, Natural gas prices, Nigeria, Nontariff trade barriers, OPEC countries, Petroleum, Qatar, Restrictive trade practices, Saudi Arabia, Trade, Trade negotiations, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. 5/6/2008--Introduced. OPEC Accountability Act - Requires the President to initiate consultations with Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Saudi Arabia to seek their elimination of any action that: (1) limits the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product; (2) sets or maintains the price of any such product; or (3) otherwise is an action in restraint of trade with respect to such products when such action constitutes an act, policy, or practice that is unjustifiable and burdens and restricts U.S. commerce. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to: (1) initiate World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute proceedings if the consultation is not successful with respect to any such country; and (2) take appropriate action regarding the country under [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Business, Cartels, Dispute settlement, East Asia, Ecuador, Energy, Energy prices, Energy supplies, Export controls, Foreign policy, Free trade, Indonesia, International affairs, International agencies, Kuwait, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, Natural gas, Natural gas prices, Nigeria, Nontariff trade barriers, OPEC countries, Petroleum, Qatar, Restrictive trade practices, Saudi Arabia, Trade, Trade negotiations, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. 5/1/2008--Introduced. OPEC Accountability Act - Requires the President to initiate consultations with Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Saudi Arabia to seek their elimination of any action that: (1) limits the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product; (2) sets or maintains the price of any such product; or (3) otherwise is an action in restraint of trade with respect to such products when such action constitutes an act, policy, or practice that is unjustifiable and burdens and restricts U.S. commerce. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to: (1) initiate World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute proceedings if the consultation is not successful with respect to any such country; and (2) take appropriate action regarding the country under [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13582-13583) Bill TextA bill to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act. 10/30/2007--Introduced. Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Sherman Act to declare that any contract, combination, conspiracy, or agreement setting a minimum price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Act.
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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
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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Actions and defenses, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Affordable housing, Africa, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Antitrust law, Armed forces, Australia, Automobile engines, Automobile industry, Automobile tires, Automobiles, Awards, medals, prizes, Balanced budgets, Bicycles, Biological research, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Building construction, Building laws, Business, Capital investments, Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cartels, Cellulose, Child safety, Children, China, Climate change, Coal, Cogeneration of electric power and heat, Commemorations, Commercialization, Compensation (Law), Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional office buildings, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Consumer 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liability (International law), Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government spending reductions, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Graduate education, Grants-in-aid, Green products, Greenhouse gases, Gulf of Mexico, Heat pumps, Heating, Highway finance, House of Representatives, Housing, Hydroelectric power, Hydrology, Iceland, Income tax, Independent regulatory commissions, India, Indians, Indoor air pollution, Industrial buildings, Information technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Injunctions, International affairs, International competitiveness, International cooperation, International environmental cooperation, Investment guaranty insurance, Israel, Japan, Job training, Labeling, Labor, Labor supply, Laboratories, Law, Legislation, Liability for nuclear damages, Liability insurance, Licenses, Lighting, Livestock, Manufacturing industries, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Marine transportation, 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Western Hemisphere, Wind power
Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-140. Bill TextAn Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Title I: Energy Security Through Improved Vehicle Fuel Economy - Subtitle A: Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards - Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act - (Sec. 102) Amends federal transportation law to instruct the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary in this title) to prescribe separate average fuel economy standards for passenger and for non-passenger automobiles for model years 2011-2030. Repeals the current requirement that the average fuel economy [...] show full description
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