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Bill· HRH.R. 17247 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Solid Waste Energy Act - Provides that any expenditure, otherwise chargeable to a capital account, for the acquisition and installation of equipment for reduction of solid waste to a form suitable as an energy source shall be treated as a business expense of the current taxable year for purposes of a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits such tax deduction to the lesser of the taxpayer's pre-tax profit or $500,000. Allows a carryover of the undeducted excess to the next taxable year.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1435 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President does not have authority to exempt any crude oil from price controls under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 (except as provided in section 4(e) (2) and 4(g) (1) (B) of such Act); and (2) the regulation under section 4 of that Act should not be amended in a manner which results in an increase in the price of crude oil produced in the United States.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 425 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
States that the United States is committed to: (1) an energy pricing, import, and tax policy; (2) adoption of specific energy legislation; (3) adoption of a national energy conservation policy; (4) adoption of an energy production policy; (5) adoption of an energy research and development program; and (6) adoption of a program of Federal, State, and local cooperation to deal with the critical economic and energy problems facing the Nation. Sets forth goals to be achieved by each policy or program. Declares that by taking the aforesaid actions, many of which can be implemented immediately by the Administration under existing legislative authority and pending amendments to the Export Administration Act, the President and the Nation can combat inflation at home, and with export control authority, and strategic reserves, bargain in cooperation with other oil consuming nations for concessions from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to alleviate a grave international crisis.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 424 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Administration should withdraw its proposed price regulation change and maintain propane gas prices at or below the level established by existing regulation.
Bill· HRH.R. 17197 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Energy Cost Parity Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator to pay 75 percent of the cost of residual fuel oil over the baseline price ($7.50 per barrel for calendar year 1975) to regulated public utilities. States that payments to regulated public utilities under this Act shall not, in any event, exceed $3.00 per barrel of residual oil used to generate electricity. States that only regulated public utilities transferring the cost reductions resulting from payments under this Act shall be eligible to receive such payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 17211 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Establishes an Office for Economic Policy Coordination within the Department of the Treasury and an Office of Energy Policy Coordination within the Federal Energy Administration. States that it shall be the function of each of these Offices to solicit State and local involvement in and to advise States and localities with respect to Federal policy decisions in economic or energy matters.
Bill· HRH.R. 17199 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Provides that United States industries shall have the right of first refusal on nuclear fuels and materials manufactured in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 17152 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
Highway Energy Conservation and Safety Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold funding of Federal-aid highway projects from any State which has a maximum speed limit on any public highway of over 55 miles per hour.
Bill· HRH.R. 17143 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
Allows an income tax deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code, for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment in residential structures. Sets forth standards for qualified insulative materials and qualified heating materials under this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1418 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
States that the United States is committed to an: (1) energy pricing, import, and tax policy; (2) adoption of specific energy legislation; (3) adoption of a national energy conservation policy; (4) adoption of an energy production policy; and (5) adoption of an energy research and development program to deal with the critical economic and energy problems facing the Nation. Sets forth goals to be achieved by each policy or program. Declares that by taking the aforesaid actions, many of which can be implemented immediately by the Administration under existing legislative authority and pending amendments to the Export Administration Act, the President and the Nation can combat inflation at home, and with export control authority, and strategic reserves, bargain in cooperation with other oil consuming nations for concessions from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for concessions to alleviate a grave international crisis.
Bill· HRH.R. 17108 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1974
Increases the national highway speed limit to sixty-five miles per hour (now fifty-five miles per hour) under the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17086 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Prohibits the Federal Energy Administration from imposing any tax, fee, or charge on gasoline, unless approved by Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 17072 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Establishes preferred status for public utilities with respect to bidding for lands to be leased within any geothermal resources area as designated under the provisions of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Provides that in leasing lands within any known geothermal resources area under this Act, bids shall be accepted only from public utility companies during the two-month period immediately following the offering of a parcel of land within any such area of leasing.
Bill· HRH.R. 17060 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Prohibits the imposition of fees or additional taxes on the sale of petroleum products under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act or any other provision of law.
Bill· HRH.R. 17071 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Suspends until the close of June 30, 1977, the input duties on calcined petroleum coke not commercially suitable for use as a fuel.
Bill· HRH.R. 17030 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Prohibits the Federal Energy Administration from imposing any tax, fee, or charge on gasoline, unless approved by Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 17001 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Prohibits the Federal Energy Administration from imposing any tax, fee, or charge on gasoline, unless approved by Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 17000 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Prohibits the Federal Energy Administration from imposing any tax, fee, or charge on gasoline, unless approved by Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 16950 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16912 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to provide financial assistance for 24 months based on fuel price increases resulting from the energy crisis to United States air carriers engaged in overseas and foreign air transportation.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 410 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the well-being of the world and all of its people is gravely threatened by exorbitant or rigged foreign oil prices. States that it is further the sense of the Senate that Congress and the American people support President Ford and Secretary Kissinger in their call to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower the price of petroleum.
Bill· HRH.R. 16845 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Public Utility Tax Act - States that "public utility property", for purposes of determining the investment tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code, does not include property which is used predominantly in a trade or business of the furnishing or sale of electrical energy or water or of gas through a local distribution system; and the construction, reconstruction, or erection of which is completed by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this Act. Redefines depreciation allowance under the Internal Revenue Code for computing earnings and profits to exclude from the provisions of this Act a corporation which is engaged in the sale of electrical energy or gas, if the rates for such sale have been established or approved by a State, local, or national body, or a public utility or public service body.
Bill· HRH.R. 16851 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator to allocate natural gas supplies when a shortage of such supplies threatens the public health, safety, or welfare. Requires such an allocation to be equitable among all geographic areas and economic sectors. Extends the Federal Energy Administration through fiscal year 1978.
Bill· SS. 4033 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Increases the authorizations of appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission (1) from $2,551,533,000 to $2,606,233,000 for operating expenses, and (2) from $208,850,000 to $227,150,000 for capital equipment (not related to construction).
Bill· HRH.R. 16805 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Expands the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act to include the authority to regulate the transportation and sale of natural gas. Excludes local distribution and the facilities thereof from regulation under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16700 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1974
States that the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards shall review safety studies, facility license applications, and site permit applications, and shall advise the Commission with regard to the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities and the adequacy of proposed reactor safety standards. Authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission to cooperate with persons proposing to construct and/or operate atomic power plants in advance planning for the selection of power production sites. Directs the Commission to require approval of the preliminary or final design of a production or utilization facility for industrial or commercial purposes. Directs the Commission to undertake a national survey to locate and designate possible nuclear energy center sites, and specifies the factors to be evaluated in the process of selection of such sites. Provides that the terms and conditions of all licenses and site permits shall be subject to amendment, revision, or modification to conform with rules and regulations issued under this Act. Authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission to take specified measures to expedite the conduct of administrative proceedings under this Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including coordination with State agencies in the overall regulatory decision process.
Bill· HRH.R. 16684 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1974
Electric Power Emergency Fuels Act - Prohibits the Federal Power Commission from abrogating natural gas supply contracts between natural gas suppliers and electric utilities, and directs the Commission to repeal any actions previously taken under which natural gas supply contracts have been previously abrogated or impaired.
Bill· HRH.R. 16683 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1974
Electric Customers Emergency Cost Reimbursement Act - Provides for a surcharge to be paid by any natural gas supplier abrogating a firm contract pursuant to Federal Power Commission rulings, with an electric utility and diverting such natural gas. States that the amounts of the surcharge levied may be collected from natural gas customers of such natural gas supplier on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amount of natural gas used by each such customer. States that all sums collected as a result of the levying of the surcharge shall be distributed for the use and benefit of the electric customers of the electric utilities whose natural gas supply contracts have been abrogated under Federal Power Commission rulings.
Bill· HRH.R. 16638 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Electric Power Emergency Fuels Act - Prohibits the Federal Power Commission from abrogating natural gas supply contracts between natural gas suppliers and electric utilities, and directs the Commission to repeal any actions previously taken under which natural gas supply contracts have been previously abrogated or impaired.
Bill· HRH.R. 16639 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Electric Customers Emergency Cost Reimbursement Act - Provides for a surcharge to be paid by any natural gas supplier abrogating a firm contract pursuant to Federal Power Commission rulings, with an electric utility and diverting such natural gas. States that the amounts of the surcharge levied may be collected from natural gas customers of such natural gas supplier on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amount of natural gas used by each such customer. States that all sums collected as a result of the levying of the surcharge shall be distributed for the use and benefit of the electric customers of the electric utilities whose natural gas supply contracts have been abrogated under Federal Power Commission rulings.
Bill· SS. 3988 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
State Energy Conservation Programs Act - Declares the findings and policy of Congress. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to encourage States to prepare long-term and emergency energy conservation programs. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States for such programs. Specifies what may be encompassed by such energy programs including: (1) actions by the State to manage the distribution of gasoline, home heating fuels, and other energy sources; (2) programs to reduce or encourage the reduction of the use of electric power, natural gas, fuel oil, or other fuels in homes and in commercial and industrial establishments; (3) transportation plans to promote a reduction in the use of motor vehicle fuels; and (4) programs or facilities for recycling or reuse of materials, where feasible, or the use of solid wastes for energy production. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the 1975 fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 16609 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Increases the authorizations of appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission (1) from $2,551,533,000 to $2,606,233,000 for operating expenses, and (2) from $208,850,000 to $227,150,000 for capital equipment (not related to construction).
Bill· HRH.R. 16605 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
Bill· SS. 3973 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1974
Authorizes the President, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, to reduce the price of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products if it is determined, after taking specified factors into account, that a person's petroleum related taxable income is excessive.
Bill· SS. 3954 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Resource Conservation and Energy Recovery Act - Declares the findings of Congress and purposes of this Act, including to promote the use of materials that can be used again through recovery, reuse, and recycling and to discourage the unnecessary use and depletion of virgin natural resource materials. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate rates charged by common carriers to move recycled materials and, where such rate structure is found to be unreasonable or discriminatory, to issue orders altering such rates to remove the unreasonableness of the discrimination. Provides, with regard to such rates, for the filing of complaints, investigation, proceedings, and review of orders issued by the Commission. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission, to establish a research, development, and demonstration program to develop and improve transport terminal operations, transport service characteristics, transport equipment, and collection and processing methods for the purpose of facilitating the competitive and efficient transportation of recycled materials. Provides that, with respect to procurement items purchased through advertisements for bids, no procurement shall be made of any item unless it is, by comparison with competing items offered for sale by suppliers, composed of the greatest percentage of reclaimed materials and is, to the greatest extent possible, recyclable or reusable following the use for which it is designed or used, whenever a significant difference exists between such item and competing items with respect to such characteristics. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) prepare guidelines for the use of procuring agencies, setting forth recommended practices with respect to the procurement of reclaimed, recyclable, and reusable materials; (2) promulgate standards regulating the manufacture and distribution of products in commerce which he has identified as major items of solid waste to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment against unreasonable burdens or risks associated with the disposal of such products or to prevent the unreasonable depletion of any virgin natural resource; and (3) issue final regulations establishing (a) standards for the regulation and elimination of unsafe waste management practices, (b) permit requirements for certain generators of hazardous waste and operators of waste treatment or disposal sites or facilties, and (c) standards for State programs designed to regulate and eliminate unsafe waste management practices. Requires each State to develop a program for the regulation and elimination of unsafe waste management practices. Directs the Administrator to consult with regional, State, and local government agencies and other Federal agencies concerned with waste management, resource recovery, conservation of natural resources, energy production, and human health and the environment for the purpose of developing guidelines for waste management and resource recovery systems (including systems for private use). Requires each State, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, to prepare a waste management and resource and energy recovery plan, in cooperation with the Administrator and in accordance with the final guidelines promulgated under this Act. Prescribes the procedures for the submission and maintenance of such plans. Directs the Administrator to encourage cooperative and joint activities among and between various States and various political subdivisions within the States with respect to hazardous waste management and other waste practices. Provides that the Administrator shall conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and give financial and other assistance (including loan-guarantee assistance as authorized by this Act subject to the conditions of this Act) to appropriate persons in the conduct of programs, demonstrations, and investigations relating to the production of usable forms of energy from waste and to new or improved systems of waste management. Empowers the Administrator to guarantee the payment of interest on, and the principal balance of, a loan or other obligation incurred by any State, regional, or local government agency, or any other institution, organization, or individual for the purpose of financing (1) construction of full-scale operational facilities for energy recovery, resource recovery, and waste management or (2) demonstrations of energy recovery, resource recovery and waste management systems. Sets forth the criteria governing the making of such guarantees. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to carry out specified objectives of this Act, setting out the conditions and terms of such grants. States that the Administrator shall establish a central reference library for performance and cost effectiveness records and other data with respect to the methods of energy and resource recovery. Creates a National Commission on Environmental Costs to conduct studies and make recommendations on enumerated disposal operation aspects of this Act. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to issue regulations with respect to recycled oil. Requires each manufacturer, producer, or importer of any product which is governed by any standard under a regulation issued under this Act to maintain records, detailing the information to be collected. Requires any person who stores, treats, transports disposes of, or otherwise handles waste to admit any duly designated officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency, an involved regional authority, or a State or local agency having jurisdiction to any site or facility and to furnish access to all records relating to such waste for purpose of examination and copying. Imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act, and grants, in specified instances, any person authority to commence a civil action on his own behalf for violations of this Act. Provides for: (1) judicial review of any final regulation issued under this Act; and (2) public availability of information obtained under this Act, with trade secret exemptions. Authorizes specific amounts of appropriations for general purposes, State programs, comprehensive State planning, recovery demonstrations, loan guarantees, and grants for carrying out the various provisions of this Act. Authorizes $2,000,000 to be appropriated to the National Commission on Environmental Costs to finance its activities under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16582 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Nuclear Energy Reappraisal Act - Terminates the granting of construction licenses of nuclear fission powerplants in the United States pending action by the Congress following a comprehensive five-year study of the nuclear fuel cycle, with particular reference to its safety and environmental hazards, to be conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment. Empowers the Office to compel delivery of any information in the possession of the National Laboratories which the Office deems necessary for conducting its study. Specifies that all Government agencies shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Office. States that the recommendations of the study shall employ a cost benefit analysis of the safety and environmental hazards associated with the entire fuel cycle, the long-term economic effect of a commitment to nuclear fission powerplants, and the central question of proliferation of nuclear fission powerplants in relation to the possible alternatives. Specifies topics to be included in the comprehensive study of the office of Technology Assessment, in addition to those previously stated. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000 for each of five fiscal years to carry out the study authorized by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16560 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Truth In Energy - Federal Trade Commission Act - Provides for the disclosure of the annual operating cost of major energy consuming products and systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing those which unnecessarily waste energy. Requires the National Bureau of Standards to identify those products which are major energy consuming household products and to devise a procedure for estimating the annual operating costs of such products. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to establish model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the estimated annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems. Provides that the disclosure of the annual operating cost estimate must appear in the same place as the purchase price on the article. Title II: Automobile Fuel Economy Standards - Automobile Fuel Economy Act - Declares it to be the purpose of the Congress to encourage the development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles which are more economical to operate in terms of the amount of fuel consumed per mile traveled, and increase the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles by at least 75 percent by 1984 in comparison to the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles in 1974. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum fuel economy standard for new automobiles introduced into commerce during and after the 1978 model year. States that such a standard shall represent the first step in a progression toward achievement of the national purpose stated in this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this title a plan for achieving the national purpose set forth in this Act. Provides for judicial review in a United States Court of Appeals of regulations promulgated in furtherance of such a plan by any person who may be adversely affected by such a regulation. States that, no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this title, each manufacturer shall cause to be affixed and each dealer shall cause to be maintained on each new automobile, in a prominent place, a sticker indicating the fuel economy and the estimated average annual fuel costs associated with the operation of such automobile. Requires the information regarding fuel economy and average annual fuel cost be a conspicuous part of any advertisement for new automobiles which mentions purchase price or acquisition cost of such automobiles. Defines prohibited conduct and unfair trade practices under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title not more than $3,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Title III: Automotive Research and Development - Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for, and support through loan guarantees, research and development leading to production prototypes of an advanced automobile or automobiles within four years from the date of enactment of this title and to secure the certification after testing of those prototypes which are likely to meet the Nation's long-term goals with respect to fuel economy, environmental protection, motor vehicle safety, and other objectives; and to interpret and carry out this title to preserve, enhance, and facilitate competition in research, development, and production of existing and alternative automobiles and automobile components. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than $50,000,000 to pay the interest on, and the principal balance of, any obligation guaranteed by the Secretary as to which the obligor has defaulted. Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall test each production prototype of an automobile developed in whole or in part with Federal assistance under this Act. States that the Low-Emission Vehicle Certification Board shall, upon application by a developer or by the Secretary and the receipt of test data and test results, issue or deny certification as an advanced automobile. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title not more than $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
Bill· SS. 3938 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Truth in Energy Act - Title I: Truth in Energy - Declares it to be the intent of Congress to assure, through a uniform national system, noncompliance with which shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice, meaningful disclosure of the estimated annual operating cost of climate conditioning systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing or leasing buildings equipped with climate conditioning systems which unnecessarily waste energy. Directs the Federal Trade Commission, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with the National Bureau of Standards, to establish: (1) model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the estimated annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems; and (2) procedures for suppliers to disclose such estimates to their clients. States that, beginning 6 months after the date of adoption of procedures for determining and disclosing annual operating costs in accordance with this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or lease, or to offer for sale or lease, any previously unoccupied building for which a climate conditioning system has been designed subsequent to the adoption of such procedures; unless the estimated annual operating cost of such system is disclosed by the person prior to any such sale or lease. Stipulates that violation of any disclosure provision of this Act shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice and shall be subject to proceedings thereunder. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $2,000,000 for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 to carry out the above provisions. Title II: Renovation and Retrofitting of Existing Federal Buildings - Provides that, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, shall establish procedures for identifying existing buildings as candidates for renovation and retrofitting with energy conservation equipment and systems for the purpose of decreasing the cost of supplying such buildings with energy for climate-conditioning, water heating, lighting, and other major uses of energy. Directs the Administrator to solicit proposals for renovation and retrofitting each identified building with energy conservation equipment and systems. Authorizes the Administrator to award contracts for the design and installation of energy conservation equipment in the federally owned buildings identified above. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title, not to exceed $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.
Bill· SS. 3916 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Terminates the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974 (presently April 1975.)
Bill· HRH.R. 16450 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Provides that during the period from the last Sunday in October, 1974, through the last Sunday in February, 1975 the provisions of the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act shall not be applicable. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 260)
Bill· HRH.R. 16446 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the finding of Congress that it is in the national interest to encourage the construction and improvement of highways on the Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System) providing access to rural areas where mining and extraction of mineral resources, including power production activities, to meet the Nation's growing energy needs have been accelerated and thereby have created new transportation demands exceeding existing highway capabilities. Authorizes the making of grants to States for the construction and improvement of such highways. Directs each State highway department to designate substantial energy mining impact areas in the State. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 16451 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1976, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
Bill· HRH.R. 16439 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Requires the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy to make continuing studies of the development, use, and control of Atomic Energy. Require the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense to keep the Committee fully informed of their activities with respect to the development and application of atomic energy. States that through members of the Joint Committee who are members of each respective House of Congress, the Joint Committee, twice in each session of Congress, shall cause to be made to the House and Senate a report on the development, use, and control of atomic energy for the common defense and security and for peaceful purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 16435 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1976, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1325 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 13565) to establish a national program for research and development in nonnuclear energy sources. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Requires that it shall also be in order to consider the text of the amendment printed on pages H8414-8418 of the Congressional Record of August 14, 1974, if offered as a substitute for said committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Provides that, at the conclusion of the consideration of H.R. 13565 for amendment, Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote in the House or to the comment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. States that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Stipulates that after the passage of H.R. 13565, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs shall be discharged from the further consideration of the bill S. 1283, and it shall then be in order in the House to move to strike out all after the enacting clause of the said Senate bill and insert in lieu thereof the provisions contained in H.R. 13565 as passed by the House.
Bill· HRH.R. 16433 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to promote the efficient use of energy by directing the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, to prepare building insulation standards to be used by those interested in establishing energy conservation requirements for new construction. Specifies the types of standards to be set. Provides for the dissemination of such building insulation standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 16432 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Provides under the Federal Energy Administration Act that the Federal Energy Administration conduct a national media campaign promoting increased residential insulation.
Bill· SS. 3902 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Terminates the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974 (now April 1975). Provides that daylight saving time, as provided for under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, shall be from the last Sunday in February until the last Sunday in October of each year.
Bill· SS. 3904 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Transfers the authority of the Federal Power Commission to the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to establish wellhead prices for new or "exempt natural gas." Extends Federal Power Commission jurisdiction to direct sales of natural gas by pipelines to major industrial customers. Alphabetizes the existing definitions in the Natural Gas Act and adds four new terms including the definition of "exempt natural gas." Revises FPC jurisdiction over natural gas pipelines. Requires the FPC to permit pipelines to pass through the full price of flowing natural gas charged by producers affiliated with the pipeline so long as the rates do not exceed area ceilings or the charges of independent natural gas companies to that pipeline in the applicable area. Authorizes the FPC to prohibit a pipeline from charging its customers more for natural gas produced by its affiliates than it is permitted to pass through when it purchases natural gas from an independent producer. Requires the Commission to deny any increase in the wellhead price for old or "flowing natural gas" except to the extent that such increases are necessary to assure sound conservation practices by the producer, to prevent premature abandonment of flowing gas reservoirs or to meet actual increases in costs for advanced recovery techniques. Requires the FPC to establish a uniform accounting system for natural gas producers, as well as for pipelines. States that after an ajudicative hearing the FPC is directed to declare any natural gas company to be ineligible to bid or participate in any bidding on leases on Federal lands if such company willfully fails to reveal its natural gas reserves to the Commission, until such information is satisfactorily supplied. Provides for the disclosure of information obtained under the Natural Gas Act, with confidentiality exceptions. Directs the FPC to conduct comprehensive studies of natural gas transportation and sale including an independent study of proved and potential reserves of natural gas. Requires the FPC to concurrently submit all budget request and legislative recommendations to the Congress and the President. Prohibits new FPC members and senior FPC employees from receiving any compensation or employment from any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission for a period of one year following the termination of service with the Commission. Extends the FPC's enforcement authority to area ceilings established by the FEA. Requires the FPC to assure that residential and small commercial users receive the benefit of lower priced "flowing natural gas", and that there is no discrimination in transportation charges among classes of customers nor quantity discounts. Directs the Federal Energy Administration to establish area ceilings governing the wellhead price of exempt natural gas. States that the Administrator may at any time propose the termination of area ceilings for "exempt natural gas." Establishes a limited term emergency allocation authority within the Federal Power Commission when shortages become so severe that either public health and safety or agricultural production are seriously threatened.
Bill· HRH.R. 16371 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Instructs the Chairman of the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program. emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Chairman of the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technological means for securing and utilizing the solar energy resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.