Energy

Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Administration Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Administration Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Declaration of Purpose - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to undertake a national commitment to resolve the energy shortages and provide the means for achieving a national capability for energy self-sufficiency through socially and environmentally acceptable methods for producing, conserving, and utilizing all forms of energy. Title II: Establishment and Organization of Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Administration - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch, the Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "Administration" or "ERDDA"). Provides that the management of ERDDA shall be vested in a Board of Governors composed of 15 members. Sets forth the composition of such Board, including Government officials and seven Governors appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for an Administrator and Deputy Administrator, a General Counsel, and Assistant Administrator of ERDDA. Title III: Functions - Enumerates the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator. States that the Administration shall have all the authority incidental, necessary, or appropriate to implementing its responsibilities, including without limitations, authorization: (1) to ensure that full consideration and adequate support is given to advancing energy research and development of efficient and environmentally acceptable energy sources, technologies, and techniques, including coal gasification, shale oil development, solar energy, and cryogenic transmission of electric power; (2) to prescribe policies, procedures, and regulations; (3) to enter into contracts and grant agreements with public agencies and private organizations and persons; (4) to engage in joint projects of a research, developmental, and demonstration nature with public agencies and private organizations or individuals; (5) to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by the Administration: (a) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; (b) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; (c) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights; and (d) use of Federal lands; (6) to make special studies, and (7) to exercise any authority available by law, including appropriations Acts, to the official or agency from which functions were transferred. Title IV: Transfers - Transfers to the Administration such Federal energy research and development functions and programs as are essential to ERDDA's fulfilling its obligations under this Act, including energy research programs of the Atomic Energy Commission, of the Departments of Interior, Commerce, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and of independent agencies such as the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: Savings Provisions - Provides that specified orders, permits, contracts, licenses, and privileges issued, in the performance of functions which are transferred by this Act shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside or revoked. Enumerates the circumstances under which the provisions of this Act shall not have effect. Title VI: Funding - Establishes in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Trust Fund. Provides that, commencing with fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each fiscal year thereafter, all revenues from Federal lease sales of all energy sources, as well as royalties, shall, up to $2,000,000,000, be credited to the fund. Provides that in addition to such funds there is authorized to be appropriated to the fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each fiscal year thereafter, such amount as is necessary to make the income of the fund $2,000,000,000 for each such fiscal year. Title VII: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission shall retain its functions pertaining to uranium and thorium reserve assessment, and its functions pertaining to the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Commission. Renames the Atomic Energy Commission the Nuclear Energy Commission. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointment - States that the provisions of this Act dealing with title II shall take effect on the day of enactment and that all other provisions shall take effect thirty days thereafter. Title IX: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title X: Separability - Provides that if any provision of this Act, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, and to amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that the standard time shall be advanced 1 hour during the period beginning on the first Sunday in June and ending on the last Sunday in August of each year.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Eliminates daylight saving time under the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Provides that the standard time, under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, shall be advanced one hour during the period beginning on the first Sunday in June and ending on the last Sunday in August of each year. (Repeals Pub.L. No. 93-182; Amends 15 U.S.C. 260a(a))

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, and to provide for daylight saving time from March into November during each calendar year.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Eliminates daylight saving time under the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Provides for daylight saving time, under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, from the third Sunday in March to the third Sunday in November. (Repeals P.L. 93-182; Amends 15 U.S.C. 260a(a))

Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish a corporation to be known as the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation, administered by a Board of Directors consisting of five qualified individuals who shall be selected by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires that all members of the Board shall be individuals who believe and profess a demonstrable belief in environmental protection and the purposes of the antitrust and consumer protection laws of the United States. Requires that no member of the Board shall, during his term in office, be engaged in any other business, nor may he have any financial interest in any business entity which is engaged in the exploration, development, production, transportation, or sale of natural gas or oil. Grants the Corporation power to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, foreign, or private lands; (2) develop and sell natural gas or oil discovered by exploration, or otherwise obtained by sale, lease, purchase, exchange, or contract, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources; and (3) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy, from whatever source. Requires any Federal agency or department having authority to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Federal lands, or rights to natural gas or oil which is or may be located on Federal lands, including offshore rights, shall, upon receipt of a request of the Corporation under this Act, grant the Corporation such right to develop without payment within 90 days after the receipt of such request. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to make sales of such oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of crude oil; and to build, lease, or purchase transportation facilities for the natural gas or oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for delivery of such natural gas or oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of natural gas or oil. Requires that sales of natural gas or oil by the Corporation shall be made at fair and reasonable prices designed to promote competition among suppliers of these energy resources. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next ten succeeding fiscal years $50,000,000 to carry out its activities under this Act. Provides that all funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, to provide that the advanced standard time requirement of such act shall not be in effect during periods which have a small number of daylight hours.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Provides that the advanced standard time requirement of the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 shall not be in effect during the period November 1, 1974, to February 28, 1975.

Resolves that it is the sense of the Senate that the Washington Energy Conference should consider conservation measures in major oil consuming countries.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Makes it the sense of the Senate that the Washington Energy Conference should consider: (1) conservation measures in major oil consuming countries which are necessary to reduce demand, and should be a major part of the policy adopted in concert by the oil consuming nations; (2) an effective plan for the emergency sharing of oil resources which could be acted on subject to the constitutional processes of each country; (3) guidelines for bilateral agreements between individual oil consuming and oil producing countries, which in the present situation of embargo and skyrocketing prices could prove very harmful to the interests of the major oil consuming nations, and could incur the danger of introducing excessive and sophisticated arms into the oil producing nations beyond their legitimate needs for their own security; (4) coordination of research efforts in developing conservation practices and alternative sources of energy; (5) the responsibility for and the means to help to alleviate the plight of the developing countries in the oil crisis; and (6) closer coordination of fiscal and monetary policies to prevent excessive strain on the international monetary systems and the currencies of oil importing countries.

Emergency Energy Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Emergency Energy Control Act - Establishes until May 15, 1975, unless superceded prior to that date by law, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration which shall be temporary and shall be headed by a Federal Energy Emergency Administrator. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties of the President under this Act, and of any officer, department, agency, or State under this Act to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to promptly publish for public comment a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States, who, on the effective date of this Act, are engaged in exploring, developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, any petroleum product, natural gas, or coal, shall provide detailed reports to the Administrator every sixty calendar days. Requires the Administrator to furnish promptly such documents to the Congress as it may request. States that upon the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue an order to establish a ceiling on prices of crude oil and petroleum products at levels not greater than the highest levels pertaining to a substantial volume of actual transactions by each business enterprise or other person during the fourteen-day period ending January 19, 1974. Requires that, not later than thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall roll back prices for crude oil and petroleum products to levels no higher than those prevailing in the seven-day period ending November 1, 1973, in order to reduce inflation. Allows specific exceptions from the rollback to compensate for increased costs for crude oil and petroleum products produced and refined outside the United States, but in no event shall such exceptions allow more than a passthrough for increases in the costs. Disallows any profit margins on any crude petroleum or petroleum products in excess of the margin applicable in the seven-day period ending November 1, 1973. Allows the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, to promulgate, by rule, standards, and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of producing, refining, marketing, or distributing crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action to carry out such agreements which the Administrator determines are necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Act. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to monitor the development, implementation and carrying out of plans of action and voluntary agreements authorized under this section to assure the protection and fostering of competition and the prevention of anticompetitive practices and effects.

Energy Information Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.

Energy Information Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.

Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to take certain action so as to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable food, including fruit, vegetables, meats, and all seafood items.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable food, including fruit, vegetables, meats, and all seafood items by allocating such operations 100 percent of their current fuel needs.

A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to take certain action so as to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable produce.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to insure that trucks involved in the transportation of perishable produce receive 100 percent of their current fuel requirements.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for an energy conservation tax and an increase in the tax on gasoline, to establish the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Establishes the Energy Development and Supply Commission to be composed of five members. Prohibits service on the Commission of any individual who has at any time been affiliated with or has held pecuniary interest in any energy production or distribution industry or transportation industry. Requires members to have experience and competence regarding the environment and its protection, consumer protection and energy-related research and development. Directs the Commission to maintain research and development programs to: (1) develop low-cost, environmentally sound energy sources and energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes for transportation, industrial, and residential use, and other areas, with primary emphasis on the development of all aspects of solar energy sources; (2) develop processes and techniques of energy conservation for use in construction, transportation, and in the manufacture of consumer and capital goods; and (3) develop new fuels for self-propelled vehicles, and, with respect to such vehicles, alternatives to the internal combusion engine. Orders the Commission to establish and maintain national defense petroleum reserves on public lands of the United States which shall have a petroleum-producing capacity sufficient to protect the United States against a continuous one-year interruption of importation of petroleum. Directs the Commission to prepare annually an inventory of mineral deposits in the Nation and to submit such inventory to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior in order to promote coordination among them regarding energy planning. States that any prospector, mine operator, or well operator who makes any discovery of any substantial mineral deposit shall file a report with the Commission setting forth: (1) the type of mineral, the estimated volume of the deposit, and the estimated quality of the unprocessed mineral; and (2) the location of the deposit. Directs the Commission to prepare: (1) a report, from time to time for submission to the Attorney General of the United States, recommending action to preserve competition among businesses engaged in the production of coal, oil, natural gas, or uranium; and (2) a report, to be submitted annually to the Congress, setting forth information regarding the supply of mineral deposits discovered during the preceding calendar year, and the estimate of the Commission of the total remaining mineral reserves of the Nation by categories. Imposes taxes of 1/10 of 1 cent per kilowatt of electricity; 10 cents per thousand cubic feet of natural gas; and 1/2 cent per gallon of special distillate and residual fuel sold or otherwise transferred to any person for his own consumption. Increases the gas tax from 4 to 8 cents per gallon. Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums to the fund to carry out this Act. States that this Act shall cease to have effect on September 30, 1986.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to restructure the hearing process with respect to licenses to construct or operate utilization or production facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Provides that, in any proceeding relating to licenses or the payment of compensation, awards or royalties under the Atomic Energy Act, the Atomic Energy Commission shall grant a hearing upon the request of any person whose interest may be affected by the proceeding, and shall admit any such person as a party to such proceeding. Provides that in connection with the application for a construction permit, the Commission may divide the proceeding in separate parts covering environmental matters and radiological safety. Enumerates the circumstances under which the Commission may issue an operating license or an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license without a hearing, and the exceptions to those circumstances. Provides that the Commission may, upon determination that such action is necessary in the public interest to avoid unnecessary delay, issue an operating license or an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license in advance of completion of the hearing involving radiological safety.

A bill to impose an excess profits tax on the income of corporations engaged in the production of distribution of energy during the present energy crises.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Imposes on the income of every corporation engaged in energy production or distribution, for each taxable year which ends or begins during the energy emergency period, a tax equal to 37 percent of the excess profits taxable income such corporation for such taxable year. Defines the term excess profits taxable income as taxable income reduced by the higher of $25,000 or the excess profits deduction for the taxable year. States that the term energy emergency period means the period beginning on January 1, 1974, and continuing until the last day of the calendar month during which a joint resolution of the Congress is approved by the President which states in substance that an energy emergency no longer exists. Establishes a formula for determining the excess profits deduction for any taxable year.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for an energy conservation tax and increase in the tax on gasoline, to establish the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Establishes the Energy Development and Supply Commission to be composed of five members. Prohibits service on the Commission of any individual who has at any time been affiliated with or has held pecuniary interest in any energy production or distribution industry or transportation industry. Requires members to have experience and competence regarding the environment and its protection, consumer protection and energy-related research and development. Directs the Commission to maintain research and development programs to: (1) develop low-cost, environmentally sound energy sources and energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes for transportation, industrial, and residential use, and other areas, with primary emphasis on the development of all aspects of solar energy sources; (2) develop processes and techniques of energy conservation for use in construction, transportation, and in the manufacture of consumer and capital goods; and (3) develop new fuels for self-propelled vehicles, and, with respect to such vehicles, alternatives to the internal combusion engine. Orders the Commission to establish and maintain national defense petroleum reserves on public lands of the United States which shall have a petroleum-producing capacity sufficient to protect the United States against a continuous one-year interruption of importation of petroleum. Directs the Commission to prepare annually an inventory of mineral deposits in the Nation and to submit such inventory to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior in order to promote coordination among them regarding energy planning. States that any prospector, mine operator, or well operator who makes any discovery of any substantial mineral deposit shall file a report with the Commission setting forth: (1) the type of mineral, the estimated volume of the deposit, and the estimated quality of the unprocessed mineral; and (2) the location of the deposit. Directs the Commission to prepare: (1) a report, from time to time for submission to the Attorney General of the United States, recommending action to preserve competition among businesses engaged in the production of coal, oil, natural gas, or uranium; and (2) a report, to be submitted annually to the Congress, setting forth information regarding the supply of mineral deposits discovered during the preceding calendar year, and the estimate of the Commission of the total remaining mineral reserves of the Nation by categories. Imposes taxes of 1/10 of 1 cent per kilowatt of electricity; 10 cents per thousand cubic feet of natural gas; and 1/2 cent per gallon of special distillate and residual fuel sold or otherwise transferred to any person for his own consumption. Increases the gas tax from 4 to 8 cents per gallon. Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums to the fund to carry out this Act. States that this Act shall cease to have effect on September 30, 1986.

Energy Information Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, and to provide for daylight saving time for 8 months during each calendar year.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Savings Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Provides for the observance of daylight saving time for eight months during each calendar year. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 260a(a))

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act to provide for a maximum national speed limit of 60 miles per hour.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Increases the maximum national speed limit from 55 to 60 miles per hour as provided by the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act.

A bill to repeal the emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to terminate the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Terminates the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974 (presently April 1975).

A bill to terminate the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Provides for the termination of the provisions of the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the first Sunday which occurs after the enactment of this Act.

Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation Act - Creates the "Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation" to establish and administer on Federal land a national program of oil shale exploration and development. Provides that the Corporation shall have a Board of Directors appointed by the President with Senate approval, such board to direct the exercise of all the powers of the Corporation. Provides that the Corporation: (1) may make contracts to carry out its functions under this Act: (2) may purchase, lease, or dispose of such property as it deems necessary; (3) shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain; (4) shall have such power as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers specifically conferred in this Act; (5) shall have the power to acquire or dispose of real property except for oil or gas exploration and development; (6) shall have the power to explore for oil shale on Federal lands, to develop and sell oil and gas and other oil shale products produced on Federal lands, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources, as authorized by this Act; (7) shall have the power to explore, develop, acquire or sell oil and gas and other oil shale products alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or public entity; (8) shall have the power to engage in research directed toward the development and utilization of oil shale deposits on Federal lands, and may build, own, and operate research testing, or demonstration facilities, alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or other public entity; (9) shall have the power to obtain and operate facilities necessary for the production, sale, transportation, or delivery of oil, gas, or other shale products; and (10) shall have the power to sell commercially valuable minerals which may be obtained incidental to the production of oil shale products on Federal lands. Authorizes the President of the United States to transfer to the Corporation the use, possession, and control of such other Federal land or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary. Specifies, with respect to the Corporation, procedures for maintaining accounts, entering into contracts, and providing annual financial statements and reports. Provides for audit, by the Comptroller General, of the transactions of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to lease, purchase, or construct transmission pipelines within transmission distance from the place where oil and gas products from oil shale on Federal lands are produced and to interconnect with other systems. Authorizes and directs the Board of Directors of the Corporation,, in order to render financial assistance to States and local governments within whose jurisdiction the Corporation has acquired properties previously subject to State and local taxation, to pay to such State and local governments percentages of the gross proceeds derived from the operation of the Corporation. Provides that such payments are in lieu of taxation and that the Corporation, its property, franchises, and income are expressly exempted from taxation in any manner by any State or local government. Authorizes the Corporation to issue and sell bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness in order to assist in financing its oil shale resources exploration and development program and to fund such bonds. Provides criteria for setting of rates for sale of oil shale products by the Corporation. Provides that all net proceeds (over expenses) of the Corporation for each fiscal year shall be deposited in the American Indian Fund, such Fund to be created in the Treasury of the United States. Provides for the allocation of such Fund to eligible Indian tribes by the Secretary of Interior under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act. Directs that, prior to the initiation of any program of exploration or the construction of any major facility under this Act, the Corporation shall prepare an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, such statement to be made public. Provides that hearings be held to allow interested persons to submit comments on the statement. Prohibits the Corporation from using surface mining techniques for the exploration or development of oil shale resources. Authorizes the appropriation to the Corporation for each fiscal year of all sums necessary to carry out this Act.

A bill to repeal the emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to require oil producers, refiners, and distributors to provide certain information as requested by the Federal Energy Administration, to authorize auditing of such information by the General Accounting Office, and to provide for enforcement.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Requires producers of petroleum, natural gas, and refined petroleum products to provide to the Federal Energy Administration all information requested regarding the location and volume of crude oil and natural gas reserves, the location and volume of refined petroleum products, and the existing and potential rates of production of refineries and oil and gas wells. Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit and verify the accuracy of all such information. Provides a fine of not less than $2500 and not more than $5000 for each violation of this Act.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, and to provide for daylight saving time for 8 months during each calendar year.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Provides, under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1973, for equitable allocation of costs among different petroleum products. Requires that rules under this Act shall require that only those costs directly related to the production of liquefied petroleum gas may be allocated by any producer to any gas for purposes of establishing any price for such gas.

Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish as a standing committee of the House the Committee on Energy.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

Establishes as a standing committee of the House the Committee on Energy. States that the Committee on Energy shall conduct investigations and studies into the development, application, use, and control of all forms of energy and power and shall report to the House the results of each investigation and study, together with such recommendations an the committee considers advisable.

Federal Energy Production Corporation Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Federal Energy Production Corporation Act - States that for the purpose of developing a program to make available to American consumers our large domestic energy reserves, including energy produced by environmentally acceptable processes from under-utilized or unconventional energy sources, there is hereby established the Federal Energy Production Corporation. States that the Corporation shall have a Board of Directors. Specifies the membership composition of such Board. Makes it the function of the Corporation, within twelve-months, to determine which of the under-utilized or unconventional energy sources are currently capable of being developed into energy on a commercial basis, and which of such sources are likely to be so capable of being developed into energy on a commercial basis, within the twenty-four-month period following the date of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Board to: (1) enter into contracts pursuant to which the Board shall, by means of grants, loan guarantees, price supports, guaranteed purchases, and low-interest loans, financially assist entities constructing commercial facilities to produce energy from under-utilized or unconventional energy sources, and (2) enter into contracts with any entity engaged in the prospecting, exploration, development, production, or transportation of crude oil, natural gas, and coal resources to assist such entity in carrying out development. Requires that for each project for which a guarantee of a loan is sought, there shall be submitted to the Board an application by any such person, firm, association, corporation, or entity seeking such guarantee. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Energy Production Trust Fund. Provides that for fiscal yeat 1975, and each of the next following four fiscal years, there is authorized to be appropriated to the trust fund such sums as may be necessary to enable the Corporation to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that the Chairman of the Corporation shall keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all the activities of the Corporation and shall submit to the Congress an annual report.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

National Resource and Energy Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

National Resource and Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Formal Provisions - Declares it to be the purpose of the Congress to reduce the wasteful allocation of scarce resources by recovering materials and producing energy from waste through an intensive research and development program in the Environmental Protection Agency (with the assistance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and a program of technical assistance and support to Government agencies and persons producing or using such energy. Title II: Product Standards and Regulation - States that it shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction in commerce any product which does not conform to the standards or regulations prescribed by the Administrator under this title. Provides that any person, other than a person who commits a criminal violation, who is found by the Administrator after notice and an opportunity for an adjudicative hearing to have committed an act prohibited by this title, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of a sum which is not more than $20,000 for each day of violation. Requires that, within one year after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate and shall, from time to time, revise such standards regulating the manufacture and distribution of certain products in commerce as he determines necessary to protect health or the environment against unreasonable burdens and risks associated with the disposal of such products. Permits the Administrator or the Attorney General to file an action against any product which constitutes an imminent hazard as prescribed by this title or any product which the Administrator finds is manufactured or distributed in violation of this title for seizure of such product. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of possible methods of regulating the design, use, reuse, and recycling of certain products to reduce the generation of solid waste, reduce the consumption of virgin materials resources, or to reduce burdens on the environment associated with the manufacture, utilization, or disposal of such products. Directs the Administrator to conduct research, investigations, experiments, surveys, studies and demonstrations of means of reducing waste generation and increasing the recovery of materials and the production of energy from solid, liquid, and semisolid wastes from residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sources. Title III: Unsafe Disposal Practices - Provides that, within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this title and from time to time thereafter, the Administrator shall issue regulations in accordance with this title and after consultation with representatives of other appropriate agencies: (1) identifying unsafe disposal practices; (2) identifying hazardous wastes; and (3) establishing standards for the control of unsafe disposal practices, including requirement of a permit for persons generating hazardous wastes and establishment of requirements for permit holders. Provides that, within eighteen months after promulgation of final regulations and in accordance with this title, each State shall establish a State implementation plan to regulate disposal practices and submit such plan to the Administrator for approval. Establishes a $25,000 fine for each day of noncompliance by a violator of this title. Provides that for the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, any person who stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles hazardous wastes shall, upon request of any officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or of any State or political subdivision, duly designated by the Administrator, furnish or permit such person at all reasonable times to have access to, and to copy all records relating to such wastes. Requires that, within eighteen months following the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct, and upon completion, report to the Congress and the President the results of, a study of the feasibility of designing a national resource recovery plan to be implemented by the States individually or in cooperation with other States which will encourage the maximum recovery of resources from wastes and the subsequent recovery of energy from those wastes which are not otherwise recoverable. Permits the Administrator to make grants to appropriate State and interstate agencies and general purpose local governments, or combinations thereof, in an amount not to exceed 60 percent of the reasonable costs of such programs, to assist them in the administration, enforcement, planning, implementation, training, manpower development, technical assistance, public information, basic data collection, or analytical services relating to the collection, transport, processing, recovery, and disposal of hazardous waste. Requires the Administrator to conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and render financial, technical, and other assistance to appropriate authorities, agencies, an institutions, in the conduct of, research, development, investigations, experiments, surveys, and studies relating to: (1) any adverse effects on human health or the environment upon the release into the environment of material present in the land disposal solid, liquid, and semisolid waste, and methods to eliminate such effects; and (2) the development and application of new and improved methods of collecting and disposing of solid waste and processing and recovering materials and energy from solid, liquid, and semisolid wastes. Title IV: Federal Procurement and Measurement - Requires that with respect to each purchase and contract for property, the aggregate amount of which exceeds $5,000, no procurement shall be made by any procuring agency in the case of procurement items purchased through advertisement for bids, of any procurement item which in comparison with other competing items offered for sale by suppliers is not composed of the greatest percentage of recovered materials and is not to the greatest extent recyclable or reusable following the use for which it was purchased, whenever a significant difference as to these characteristics exists between such items and competing items. Title V: Material Recovery and Energy Production - Directs the Administrator, alone or in conjunction with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to conduct research, development, investigations, experiments, surveys, studies, and demonstrations of means of increasing the recovery of materials and the production of energy in usable forms, or both, from solid, liquid, and semisolid waste, from residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sources; and to develop, within three years from the date of enactment of this title, not less than three major facilities to demonstrate, substantiate, and validate any determinations made pursuant to this title. Directs the Administrator to provide funds by grant or contract to initiate, continue, supplement, and maintain research and development programs or activities which, in his judgment, appear likely to lead to the development of a facility for the recovery of materials or production of energy from waste, or both. Authorizes the Administrator to guarantee and to make commitments to guarantee the payment of interest on and the principal balance of an obligation to initiate, continue, supplement, and maintain research and development of programs leading to a facility for recovery of material or production of energy from waste. Authorizes appropration to the Administrator not to exceed $50,000,000 to pay interest on, and the principal balance of, any obligation guaranteed by the Administrator as to which the obligor has defaulted. Requires each recipient of financial assistance or guarantees under this title, whether in the form of grants, subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, loans, loan or other obligation guarantees, or other arrangements, to keep such records as the Administrator shall prescribe, and that they shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller General. Title VI: Council on Environmental Representation - Environmental Representation Act - Establishes an independent agency to be known as the Council on Environmental Representation for the purpose of providing support for legal representation and assistance in proceedings, for matters relating to the quality of the environment as described in this title. States that the functions of the Council shall be to establish programs, including local offices if necessary, to provide direct legal and other assistance to eligible clients and to make grants to eligible clients for the purpose of securing adequate representation and assistance to such clients before Federal, State, and local legislative bodies, administrative agencies, and courts in matters dealing with the environment of such clients. Authorizes the Chairman of the Council to intervene as a party or otherwise participate for the purpose of representing the interests of eligible clients in any proceeding before any Federal agency in matters affecting the environment of eligible clients, regardless of whether an agreement has been reached between the Council and an eligible client with respect to representing such eligible client's interests. Directs the Chairman to establish a program for disseminating information to eligible clients with respect to the type of services which may be available under this title. Authorizes appropration for the purpose of carrying out the activities of the Council under this title, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Title VII: National Commission on Environmental Costs - Establishes the National Commission on Environmental Costs to conduct a comprehensive study, including field testing and controlled experimentation to the extent possible, of the feasibility, practicality, and value of the establishment of a system of national disposal cost charges on all products, other than consumables; and to examine all feasible methods of environmental disclosure including notices regarding the damage done by polluters, labeling of products to indicate their environmental costs, and other means of effectively informing the public of pollution sources and alternative nonpolluting modes of public and private action. Authorizes appropriation to the Commission of such sums as may be necessary not to exceed a total of $1,500,000. Title VIII: General Provisions - Allows any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf, whenever such action constitutes a case or controversy: (1) against any person (including the United States or any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) alleged to be in violation of any regulation, order, or permit requirement promulgated pursuant to this Act; or (2) against the Administrator where there is alleged a failure of the Administrator to perform any act or duty under any title of this Act which is not discretionary with the Administrator. Requires each manufacturer of a product to which title II of this Act is applicable to establish and maintain such records, make such reports, provide such information, and make such tests as the Administrator or the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, reasonably require to enable him to determine whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with such title II. Provides that in addition to specific authorizations for appropriations contained herein, there are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of carrying out this Act such additional sums as are necessary.

Energy Information Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Energy Inventory Act - Establishes in the office of the Comptroller General the Office of Energy Information with a Director to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Director to prepare an inventory of energy resources in the United States, to include resources, supplies, processing facilities, consumption, and transportation. Requires a report on such inventory within 90 days of enactment and every 60 days thereafter. Grants the Director authority to gather whatever data he deems necessary and to determine whether it should be kept confidential. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums to implement this Act.

A bill to regulate commerce prohibiting certain combinations among persons engaged in commerce relating to energy.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Limits the ownership and control of assets related to the business of producing, transporting, refining, and marketing of energy resource products. States that it shall be unlawful after the date of enactment of this Act for any person engaged in commerce in the business of: (1) extracting energy resource products to acquire any energy pipeline asset, energy refinery asset, or energy marketing asset; (2) transporting energy resource products by pipeline to acquire any resource product extraction asset, energy refinery asset, or energy marketing asset; (3) refining energy resource products to acquire any energy resource product extraction asset, energy pipeline asset, or energy marketing asset; or (4) marketing energy resource products to acquire any energy resource product extraction asset, energy pipeline asset, or energy refinery asset. Requires reports of persons engaged in commerce owning or controlling, on the date of enactment of this Act, assets covered by this Act. Provides that any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished, in the case of an individual, by a fine of not to exceed $500,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ten years, or both, or in the case of a corporation, by a fine of not to exceed $5,000,000 or by suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for a period not to exceed ten years, or both. Provides that a violation by a corporation shall be deemed to be also a violation by the individual directors, officers, receivers, trustees, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized, ordered, or done any of the acts constituting the violation in whole or in part, or who shall have omitted to authorize, order, or do any acts which would terminate, prevent, or correct conduct violative of this Act. Provides that failure to obey any order of the court pursuant to this Act shall be punishable by such court as a contempt of court.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

Energy Information Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

A bill to amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize and direct the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct research and to develop ground propulsion systems which would serve to reduce the current level of energy consumption.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop ground propulsion systems which are energy conserving, have clean emission characteristics, and are capable of being produced in large numbers at a reasonable mass production per unit cost. Requires that such ground propulsion systems must meet or better all air quality standards set by or under the National Emission Standards Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Air Quality Act of 1967, while substantially reducing per mile energy consumption. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate for the fiscal years 1974 through 1977.

A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.

A bill to amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize and direct the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct research and to develop ground propulsion systems which would serve to reduce the current level of energy consumption.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop ground propulsion systems which are energy conserving, have clean emission characteristics, and are capable of being produced in large numbers at a reasonable mass production per unit cost. Requires that such ground propulsion systems must meet or better all air quality standards set by or under the National Emission Standards Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Air Quality Act of 1967, while substantially reducing per mile energy consumption. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate for the fiscal years 1974 through 1977.

National Energy Research and Development Policy Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - States that the purpose of this Act is the development, within ten years, of the option and the capability for the United States to become energy self-sufficient through the use of domestic energy resources by socially and environmentally acceptable means. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project headed by a Chairman who shall serve as the Staff Director. States that the Management Project shall review the full range of Federal activities in, and financial support for, fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies. Directs the Chairman, in consultation with the Management Project, to: (1) identify opportunities to accelerate the commercial applications of new energy technologies in energy production by providing plants; and (2) conduct preliminary investigations and to explore potential cooperative agreements which may be entered into with non-Federal entities in order to develop recommendations for Federal participation or assistance in demonstrations of the technical feasibility and economic potential of energy technologies on a prototype or full-scale basis. States that in developing proposals pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall consider various forms of Federal assistance and participation which may include but are not limited to: (1) joint Federal-industry corporations; (2) Federal assistance through contractual arrangements with non-Federal participants including corporations, consortia, universities, governmental entities, nonprofit institutions; (3) contracts for the construction and operation of Federally owned facilities; (4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of the products of demonstration plants or activities; and (5) Federal loans to non-Federal entities conducting demonstrations of new technologies. Requires the Chairman, within ninety days of enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for submitting proposals for the purpose of implementing this Act. Establishes standards for the joint Federal-industry corporations proposed under this Act and sets forth a formula for determining the Federal share of the cost of each corporation. States that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall assign priority to those undertakings in which the urgency of public need for the potential results of the research, development, or demonstration effort is high, and it is unlikely that similar results would be achieved in a timely manner in the absence of Federal assistance. Provides that all research, development, or demonstration contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Government pursuant to this Act, shall require as a condition of Federal participation that all information resulting from Federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest practicable date to the general public, including non-governmental United States interests capable of bringing about further development, utilization, and commercial applications of such results. Authorizes the appropriation of certain specified amounts for the fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title II: Geothermal Energy - Geothermal Energy Act - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the commercial development of means to produce energy from geothermal resources and to facilitate such development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans made for the purposes of acquiring rights in geothermal resources and performing exploration, development, and construction and operation of facilities for the commercial production of energy from geothermal resources. Specifies the terms and conditions such loans must meet prior to guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract to pay the lender the interest charges which become due and payable on the unpaid balance of any such loan if the Secretary finds that enumerated circumstances occur. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States, a Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated (1) to the fund not to exceed $50,000,000 annually, and (2) such amounts as may be required for the administrative cost of carrying out the provisions of this title. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Geological Survey, to: (1) carry out a plan for the orderly exploration of all forms of geothermal resources of the Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys that will lead to a national inventory of geothermal resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other documents developed from such exploration to facilitate the commercial development of geothermal resources; (4) make such recommendations for legislation; and (5) participate with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation in research. Enumerates the activities in which the Atomic Energy Commission is directed to participate in furtherance of the purpose of this Act. Directs the Commission to coordinate such activities with the Department of the Interior. States the conditions precedent to entering into agreements under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to investigate potential agreements for the cooperative development of major facilities to demonstrate the production of energy from geothermal resources and to submit engineering and financial proposals to the Congress for consideration of authorization to proceed with implementation. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title: (1) $10 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) $35 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Atomic Energy Commission; and (3) such amounts as may be required in fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to NASA.

A bill to authorize and direct the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to establish an inventory of the total aggregate amount of crude oil, and other petroleum products currently held by certain oil producers, refiners, distributors, and pipeline corporations, and users.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974