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Bill· HRH.R. 7916 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980
Prohibits the phaseout of any particular energy source for use by electric powerplants which would adversely affect the adequacy of electric power supply in any electric reliability area. Permits the prohibition of an energy source pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974, or public safety requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 7922 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980
Amends the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 to require that the allotment of home energy grant funds be based on the number of heating degree days or cooling degree days, whichever is greater (currently based solely on the number of heating degree days). Repeals the medical need requirement for household cooling grants.
Law· SS. 2995 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Authorizes the Community Services Administration to transfer funds from its Rural Development Loan Fund to its ongoing heat crisis program. Reimburses such Fund from specified unexpended funds appropriated for energy crisis activities. Exempts such heat crisis program funds from prohibitions against awards of such funds after June 30, 1980. Authorizes such funds to assist States which: (1) have experienced extreme heat conditions for a significant period of time; and (2) have significant numbers of low-income individuals whose health is threatened due to such heat.
Law· HRH.R. 7865 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Nuclear Safety Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program for instituting practical improvements in the safety of nuclear powerplants during the next five years. Sets forth the goals of such program, including: (1) the development of cost-effective improvements in the generic design and operation of nuclear powerplants; (2) the identification of aptitude, training, and manning levels which are necessary to assure reliable operator performance; and (3) the analysis of nuclear powerplant fuels, components, and subsystems which offer significant improvements in plant safety. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such activities with those of other Government agencies, foreign governments, and industry. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make recommendations to minimize the complexity of nuclear powerplant systems and operations; (2) use federally owned research facilities and personnel, to the extent feasible; and (3) fully disseminate information concerning projects and activities conducted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to prepare an annual comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of such activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 7873 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Gasohol Competition Act of 1980 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit the direct or indirect restriction by any person engaged in commerce on the use of credit instruments in any transaction concerning the sale, resale, or transfer of gasohol or other synthetic motor fuel of equivalent usability where there is no similar restriction on transactions concerning conventional motor fuel. Allows such person to impose a credit fee for such sale or transfer, provided such fee does not exceed the actual costs of extending the credit. Prohibits any other condition, restriction, agreement, or understanding which otherwise discriminates against or unreasonably limits the sale, resale, or transfer of gasohol or other synthetic motor fuel of equivalent usability. Provides that nothing in this Act: (1) precludes such person from requiring labeling of pumps dispensing gasohol or synthetic fuel to indicate that such fuels are not manufactured, distributed, or sold by such person; (2) precludes such person from issuing disclaimers of product liability for damage resulting from the use of such fuels; (3) requires such person to provide advertising for such fuels; or (4) requires such person to furnish additional pumps or facilities for the sale of such fuels.
Bill· HRH.R. 7885 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Biomass Research and Development Act of 1980 - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to: (1) make the cost of energy produced by biomass systems competitive; (2) increase the efficiency of biomass energy production; (3) encourage the development of biomass energy resources on land unsuited for cultivating food; and (4) assure the production of at least three quadrillion British thermal units of energy per year from biomass by 1986. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish a six-year biomass energy system research and development program to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the program shall consist of: (1) a feedstocks program; (2) a conversion program; and (3) an end uses program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish procedures to permit any public or private entity wishing to install a biomass energy system to apply for and receive assistance in purchasing such a system. Directs the Secretary, after the termination of the six year program, to promulgate by rule voluntary performance standards for biomass energy systems. Directs the Secretary to initiate a three-year national biomass resource assessment program. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of the programs established under this Act. Sets forth criteria for program selection. Directs the Secretary to monitor the performance and operation of biomass energy systems assisted or installed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to study and evaluate specified matters related to the development of biomass energy systems and report the findings to Congress. Establishes a biomass energy utilization program for the accelerated procurement and installation of biomass energy systems for power production for Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to take steps to assure that small business will have adequate opportunities to participate in the programs established under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7869 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a feasibility study of, and report to Congress on, a second lock to the replacement structure for locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois, and Missouri.
Bill· HRH.R. 7884 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Biomass Research and Development Act of 1980 - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to: (1) make the cost of energy produced by biomass systems competitive; (2) increase the efficiency of biomass energy production; (3) encourage the development of biomass energy resources on land unsuited for cultivating food; and (4) assure the production of at least three quadrillion British thermal units of energy per year from biomass by 1986. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish a six-year biomass energy system research and development program to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the program shall consist of: (1) a feedstocks program; (2) a conversion program; and (3) an end uses program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish procedures to permit any public or private entity wishing to install a biomass energy system to apply for and receive assistance in purchasing such a system. Directs the Secretary, after the termination of the six year program, to promulgate by rule voluntary performance standards for biomass energy systems. Directs the Secretary to initiate a three-year national biomass resource assessment program. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of the programs established under this Act. Sets forth criteria for program selection. Directs the Secretary to monitor the performance and operation of biomass energy systems assisted or installed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to study and evaluate specified matters related to the development of biomass energy systems and report the findings to Congress. Establishes a biomass energy utilization program for the accelerated procurement and installation of biomass energy systems for power production for Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to take steps to assure that small business will have adequate opportunities to participate in the programs established under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7866 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require separate metering of the electricity or natural gas used in each new building unit constructed after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to bring actions against electric and gas utilities to require compliance with such requirements. Sets forth penalties for violations of such requirements.
Bill· SS. 2989 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Department of Energy Organization Act Amendment of 1980 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to provide for a proposed remedial order, rather than a remedial order, to be issued for violations of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Directs the Secretary of Energy to stay the effect of any such order if the recipient contests such order, unless the public interest requires immediate compliance with such order. Gives contesting recipients the option to elect to have proposed remedial orders reconsidered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or by the Secretary of Energy, unless the Commission has already issued a recommended decision.
Bill· SS. 2992 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other agency heads, to review and report to Congress on the transportation needs of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in order to ascertain the potential for sail-assisted technology for inter-island transportation. Sets forth matters to be considered and included in such report.
Bill· SS. 2987 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Southern States Energy Compact.
Bill· HRH.R. 7857 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise the authority of the Secretary of Energy to lease lands containing oil shale deposits. Permits such leases to exceed 5120 acres of land if necessary to permit long-term commercial operations. Increases the number of such leases which may be held from one to two in any one State and four nationwide. Permits the acquisition of one additional lease in a State where the holder has achieved commercial production and is within ten years of exhausting the reserves on one of the leases. Authorizes the unlimited issuance of leases to avoid bypass of otherwise uneconomical resources. Authorizes the Secretary to issue oil shale leases allowing the mining of other mineral deposits contained in the lands covered by such lease. Requires consultation with the Attorney General before issuing such leases which also allow coal mining. Authorizes the Secretary to issue additional leases to holders of oil shale leases if necessary for the development of an oil shale operation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7855 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to retain specified lands within the Outer Continental Shelf extending from Point Concepcion in the south to the California-Oregon border in the north and extending seaward as a national reserve for oil or gas production or development. Prohibits the Secretary from leasing such area for oil or gas production or development without the recommendation of the President or the lack of disapproval of the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 7858 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Synthetic Fuel Community Bridge Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans and loan guarantees to provide interim financing to assist local governments in providing public infrastructure and public services which, in the opinion of the applicant and with the concurrence of the Secretary, are necessary to support the increased population which results from the construction and operation of a synthetic fuel facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 7842 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Repeals portions of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 relating to the sale of motor gasoline at retail, effective December 31, 1980. Prohibits a refiner of motor fuel from operating a retail service station within one mile of any retail service station with which such refiner has a franchise relationship for a period of two years if such refiner is shown through adjudication to be unreasonably underselling competitors and for a period of five years for subsequent violations of such prohibition. Requires a refiner to comply with applicable provisions of law relating to franchise protection before such refiner converts a retail service station from a franchise relationship to operation by the refiner.
Bill· SS. 2976 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Repeals the termination of the program awarding energy allowances to applicants needing assistance.
Bill· SS. 2978 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Amends the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 to require that the allotment of home energy grant funds be based on the number of heating and cooling degree days (currently, the number of heating degree days squared) multiplied by the number of low-income households. Authorizes States to make grants to eligible households to meet the rising costs of cooling.
Bill· SS. 2966 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Extends the program of awarding energy allowances to applicants needing assistance from June 30, 1980, until September 30, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7809 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Powerplant Fuel Conservation Act of 1980 - Title I: Accelerated Fuel Conversions of Certain Powerplants - Directs the Secretary of Energy to make a grant to any person who owns or operates any "designated powerplant" (as such term is defined in this Act) for the qualifying costs of converting from petroleum to coal or other alternate fuel, paid or incurred by that person. Requires the amount of the grant to be a certain percentage of the qualifying conversion costs depending upon whether the powerplant has met the average preconversion sulfur dioxide limitation and when the costs were paid or incurred. Requires the filing of a copy of each grant application with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to jointly determine that the operation of a designated powerplant using the fuel proposed in the application would meet the average preconversion sulfur dioxide limitation. Permits the Secretary to make a grant even though the powerplant does not meet such limitation if the plant adopts recommendations for measures which would reduce the sulfur atmospheric pollutants emitted by the powerplant and which would be practicable. Conditions any grant on the Secretary and the Administrator jointly determining that the operator of the powerplant using the fuel proposed in the application will apply measures which reduce the nitrogen oxides emitted by the powerplant and which are practicable. Directs the Secretary to consult with certain State and Federal authorities before taking final action on an application. Requires the Secretary to approve a grant for a designated powerplant unless the Secretary finds that the requirements of this Act have not been met or cost estimates and other information in the application cannot be adequately verified. Requires any grant to be made under such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Sets forth certain requirements to be included in the terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to make payments under any grant according to a schedule established by the Secretary and the applicant which assures that funds are used only for qualifying conversion costs and that the terms and conditions of the grant are being met. Requires each electric utility for which a grant is made to repay any portion of the grant that has been spent by the utility for purposes other than compliance with specified air quality limitations and other applicable environmental requirements. Requires a schedule to be established which provides that the funds for the repayment will emanate from charges for the electricity produced by such electric utility and which will take into account the savings expected because of the use of a fuel other than petroleum as a primary energy source. Allows the Secretary to relieve the electric utility from such repayment at any time after the schedule has been established to the extent that the utility shows that such savings have not been or are not expected to be realized to the extent anticipated. Requires notification of the appropriate Federal and State agencies of grant approvals. Allows the Secretary to make a grant to an electric utility which owns or operates an eligible coal-fired electric powerplant for qualifying sulfur removal system costs (the reasonable costs for facilities which reduce sulfur atmospheric pollutants). Defines eligible coal-fired electric powerplants to be any electric powerplant which: (1) was placed in service before the enactment of this Act and is not a designated powerplant; (2) uses coal as its primary energy sources; and (3) has been identified by the Administrator. Sets forth the application priority, notification, recommendation, environmental standard and monitoring program requirements which must be met before the Secretary can approve such a grant. Allows the Secretary to make a grant for up to 20 percent of the qualifying costs for the design and installation of equipment and facilities for reducing the sulfur content of coal committed for use in a powerplant. Sets forth the application priority, notification, recommendation, and monitoring program requirements which must be met before the Secretary can approve such a grant. Limits recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility powerplant for use of petroleum or natural gas after December 31, 1985 by the use of an automatic adjustment clause to the extent the Secretary allows the utility an exemption. Directs the Secretary to find certain attributes of the automatic adjustment clause before allowing the exemption. Exempts from such limitation a clause approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for an electric utility subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. Title II: Additional Incentives for Reduction of Powerplant Use of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any electric utility for reasonable costs incurred after enactment in carrying out an approved fuel displacement plan. Limits the amount of a utility's grant to its pro rata share of the total appropriation for such grants, determined according to the ratio of: (1) the utility's base period fuel usage to (2) the estimated base period fuel usage of all electric utilities. Keys the obligation of approved grant amounts to any utility to the fuel reduction target established in its fuel displacement plan, depending on the percentage by which such target meets or falls short of such utility's pro rato share of a national fuel reduction goal of 600,000 barrels per day of petroleum and natural gas. Makes available additional grant amounts for any excess of such pro rata share. Sets a maximum grant ceiling of $4.00 per barrel of petroleum or natural gas conserved under the utility's fuel displacement plan. Specifies application and reporting requirements. Sets a minimum funds pay-out schedule. Provides for recapture by the United States of funds paid out to any utility failing to meet the fuel displacement target established in its fuel displacement plan. Sets the period beginning January 1, 1974, and ending December 31, 1978, as the base period for purposes of determining fuel usage. Specifies factors for appropriate adjustments to the base period fuel usage. Specifies general contents of any fuel displacement plan. Requires prior approval of any such plan by the appropriate State regulatory authority in the case of a State regulated electric utility before the Secretary may approve. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State regulatory authorities and non-regulated electric utilities to carry out duties with regard to the implementation of rules for cogeneration and small power production facilities. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any State agency which meets specified requirements of an Office of Consumer Services for the purpose of assisting consumers in making presentations directly related to the development and review of fuel displacement plans. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Specifies circumstances under which funds appropriated for the Economic Regulatory Administration of the Department of Energy may be used for program administration relating to this Act. Limits the making of grants under this Act to capital costs. Requires final action on grant applications within six months after filing.
Bill· HRH.R. 7787 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Extends the program of awarding energy allowances to applicants needing assistance from June 30, 1980, until September 30, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7773 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Petroleum Displacement Act of 1980 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal certain prohibitions and limitations on the use of natural gas as a primary energy source in electric powerplants. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Energy to prohibit the use of petroleum or natural gas or both as a primary energy source in electric powerplants where coal or alternate fuel capability exists. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments.
Bill· SS. 2926 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act, 1980 - Declares it to be the policy of the U.S. to: (1) establish a national goal of demonstrating the engineering feasibility of magnetic fusion by the early 1990's; (2) achieve, no later than the year 1990, operation of a magnetic fusion engineering device based on the best available confinement concept; and (3) establish as a national goal the operation of a magnetic fusion demonstration plant by the year 2005. Directs the Secretary of Energy to initiate activities or accelerate existing activities in research areas in which the lack of knowledge limits magnetic fusion energy systems in order to ensure the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain an aggressive plasma confinement research program on the current lead concept; (2) maintain a broadly based research program on alternate confinement concepts and advanced fuels; (3) ensure that research on properties of materials likely to be required for the construction of fusion engineering devices is adequate to provide timely information for the design of such devices; (4) initiate design activities on a fusion engineering device using the best available confinement concept to ensure operation of such device, no later than 1990; and (5) develop and test the adequacy of the engineering design components to be utilized in the fusion engineering device. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of the research, development, and demonstration activities under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the creation of a national magnetic fusion engineering center to accelerate fusion technology development via the concentration and coordination of major magnetic fusion engineering devices and associated activities at such a national center. Provides for the establishment of a technical panel on magnetic fusion of the Energy Research ADvisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the national magnetic fusion energy program. Requires the technical board to report at least annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board, and requires the Board to report to the Secretary. Requires the director of each magnetic fusion laboratory installation operated for, and funded by, the Federal Government to establish a program advisory committee solely for the purpose of advising such director. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to actively seek to enter into or to strengthen existing international cooperative agreements in magnetic fusion research and development activities of mutual benefit to all parties. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess the adequacy of the supply of manpower in the engineering and scientific disciplines to achieve the purposes of this Act; (2) assure the dissemination of information concerning the national magnetic fusion program; and (3) report annually to Congress concerning activities undertaken pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7759 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend through fiscal year 1983 the authorizations of appropriations for State energy audit grants, energy conservation project grants, and administrative expenses for schools, hospitals, municipal buildings, and public care institutions. Increases the percentage of authorized funds that may be used for technical assistance during fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Provides for a declining percentage for fiscal years thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 7740 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for whoever willfully or maliciously injures any 200 or more kilovolt power transmission line or related substation facility in which the United States has a security interest or interferes in the working of such line or facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 7732 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Title I: Purposes and Definitions - Sets forth the purposes of this Act. Excludes nuclear energy production projects from coverage under this Act. Title II: Priority Projects - Authorizes the President to establish an Energy Mobilization Board to be composed of members appointed by the President. Sets forth the general duties and powers of such Board, including the subpoena power. Directs the Board to keep the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and on Interstate and Foreign Commerce fully informed concerning its activities, including the submission of an annual report. Directs the Board to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for applications for an order designating an energy project as a Priority Energy Project. Requires the Board to publish notice of the application and to allow time after such publication for agencies and interested persons to submit written comments. Requires the Board to order designation as a Priority Energy Project or to refuse to make such an order within a specified time. Sets forth the criteria the Board shall consider in deciding whether to make such a designation. Requires the Board to publish its decision and a report on its findings for each of the criteria. Stipulates that any action by the Board in designating a priority energy project shall not be considered as a "major Federal action" for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to determine whether any Federal action relating to the Priority Energy Project, after it has been so designated and prior to establishing the Project Schedule, will be a "major Federal action" for purposes of compliance with NEPA, and if so, to designate the lead agency. Limits the number of Priority Energy Projects which can be pending certification at any one time to twenty-four. Allows the Board to extend deadlines for receiving comments, for making determinations, and for submitting information. Requires each agency having authority to make any agency decision with respect to any part of a project designated as a Priority Energy Project to transmit to the Board specified information. Directs the Board to publish a Project Decision Schedule to clearly identify the order in which decisions relating to a Priority Energy Project must be obtained. Requires the Schedule to be consistent with tentative schedules submitted to the Board and with the statutory obligations of the agencies governed such schedule. Allows the Board to modify the Schedule and to extend the time period applicable to an agency or applicant if the Board determines that certain conditions exist. Prohibits any deadline or extension from resulting in total time for agency action exceeding nine months. Directs the Board to monitor compliance with the Schedule. Requires the Board to determine the cause of any delay, to notify the appropriate agencies and other persons of its determination, and to publish its findings. Authorizes the Board to establish appropriate procedures to bring any agency responsible for a delay into compliance with the Schedule. Directs the Board, when a Priority Energy Project has failed or refused to take an action necessary for an agency decision, to revise such Schedule or to revoke the Priority Energy Project designation. Requires the President to make the final decision on a project if a Federal agency fails to act. Prohibits the President from making a decision unless there has been notice and an opportunity for public comment on such decision. Allows a Federal agency or a Priority Energy Project to request a deadline extension from the President. Sets forth the factors the President must consider in making the final decision and in deciding whether to grant a deadline extension. Directs the Board to certify that all agency actions and approvals necessary for a Priority Energy Project have been granted. Requires the termination of the Priority Energy Project designation if a negative decision is rendered by a competent authority. Requires the Board to notify the Governor of any State within which any portion of a Priority Energy Project would be located and to request certain information from the Governor. Directs the Board to transmit information received from State and local governments to the Priority Energy Project and to help coordinate Federal, State and local authorities. Requires the Board to notify the appropriate Governor of the unwillingness or inability of the State or local government to implement a schedule for timely review and to transmit to the Congress a description of the delay and a recommendation of action to alleviate or prevent the delay. Authorizes waivers of Federal, State, or local law upon the Board's determination that any Federal, State, or local time requirement for agency action is unreasonable and would impede the making of any agency decision. Specifies the procedure for obtaining such waivers. Title III: Judicial Review and Miscellaneous Provisions - Limits judicial review to cases involving alleged denial of rights under the United States Constitution or violations of statutory jurisdiction, authority, limitations, or rights. Sets time limits for filing claims arising out of actions taken pursuant to this Act, and bars any claims filed thereafter. Requires such claims to be brought in the district court of the district in which the Priority Energy Project would be located, and grants exclusive original jurisdiction to such court in such matters. Directs such court to give precedence to such matters over all other matters on the court's docket, to the greatest extent practicable. Authorizes the Supreme Court, exclusively, to review interlocutory judgments or orders of the district court pursuant to this title. Directs the Supreme Court to give precedence to such matters. Terminates the Board's authority to designate priority projects seven years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7707 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1980
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require an electric utility licensed under the Act to obtain insurance to cover excess energy costs incurred when substitute electric energy is sold to consumers to replace nuclear energy which is unavailable to such utility because of a nuclear incident resulting in the shutdown of a commercial nuclear powerplant owned or operated by such utility. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require each licensed electric utility to participate in an industry retrospective rating plan. Sets forth the terms of such plan. Directs the Commission to enter into an agreement with each electric utility required to have insurance to pay to such utility the amount by which the excess energy costs associated with a nuclear incident exceed the insurance coverage of such utility. Requires an electric utility which suspends or terminates nuclear energy generation following a nuclear incident to calculate for each billing period its excess energy costs. Prohibits electric utilities which sell electric energy to consumers from receiving from such consumers any portion of the excess energy costs of providing substitute electric energy.
Bill· SS. 2891 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a study to determine the feasibility of expanding the Guernsey Dam Power Plant in the State of Wyoming.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 104 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System remains an essential part of securing this Nation's energy future. Supports its expeditious construction and completion.
Bill· HRH.R. 7688 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide homebuilders with an income tax credit for the construction of residences which incorporate a passive solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Housing and Urban Development, to prescribe regulations setting forth a solar construction credit table for purposes of determining the amount of the credit for which the incorporator of the solar energy system is eligible. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $2,000 for calendar years prior to 1986 and phases out the amount of the credit by $500 decrements until 1989 when such credit terminates. Defines "passive solar energy system" as a system which contains a solar collection area, an absorber, a storage mass, a heat distribution method, and heat regulation devices. Requires such system to be installed in a new residence after September 30, 1980 and before January 1, 1989.
Bill· HRH.R. 7690 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide homebuilders with an income tax credit for the construction of residences which incorporate a passive solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Housing and Urban Development, to prescribe regulations setting forth a solar construction credit table for purposes of determining the amount of the credit for which the incorporator of the solar energy system is eligible. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $2,000 for calendar years prior to 1986 and phases out the amount of the credit by $500 decrements until 1989 when such credit terminates. Defines "passive solar energy system" as a system which contains a solar collection area, an absorber, a storage mass, a heat distribution method, and heat regulation devices. Requires such system to be installed in a new residence after September 30, 1980 and before January 1, 1989.
Bill· SS. 2884 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Nuclear Safety Research and Development Act of 1980 - Declares that the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act is to establish a research and development program for developing practical improvements in the safety of nuclear powerplants during the next five years. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish such a program. Sets forth the goals of such program, including: (1) development of cost-beneficial changes in the generic design and operation of nuclear powerplants; (2) the conduct of further experimental investigations; (3) an analysis of nuclear powerplant fuels that offer significant benefits in safety analysis and are available for a nominal cost; and (4) identification of the aptitude, training, and manning levels which are necessary to assure reliable operator performance. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such activities with other Government agencies and industries supporting nuclear safety research and development and to utilize underutilized federally owned research reactors and facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into international agreements in the development and implementation of such program. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of creating a reactor engineering simulator facility. Directs the Secretary to prepare a report identifying the risks associated with the use of all potentially significant electrical energy sources and to submit such report to: (1) the President; (2) the House Committee on Science and Technology; and (3) the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Directs that a summary of such report and a statement of its availability to the public be published in the Federal Register. Directs the Secretary to update such report annually. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of research and development activities under this Act. Directs that such plan be transmitted to Congress annually along with a statement setting forth specified changes in such plan and other pertinent information.
Bill· HRH.R. 7659 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to make the enhancement of the economic and social well-being of people residing or owning property in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins a purpose of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7656 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Ethanol Production Incentive Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to eligible persons for the construction of facilities to produce ethanol for blending with motor fuel. Restricts such loans to facilities with an annual production capacity of 15,000,000 gallons of ethanol or less. Terminates such authority two years after funds are first made available. Sets forth requirements and conditions for such loans.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 577 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Disapproves the gasoline rationing contingency plan transmitted to the Congress on June 12, 1980.
Bill· SS. 2862 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1980
Building Energy Performance Standards Implementation Act of 1980 - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act by requiring the promulgation by August 1, 1981, of final energy conservation performance standards for new residential and new commercial buildings. Directs the President to provide financial and technical assistance for the implementation of such standards to any State which meets certain qualifications. Authorizes appropriations for such aid to qualifying States for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Requires the President to submit final performance standards, as amended to incorporate improvements the Secretary of Energy considers appropriate, to both Houses of Congress on October 1, 1983. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Energy Conservation and Production Act to the Secretary of Energy. Transfers the functions of the Federal Energy Administrator to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and report to Congress on alternative sanctions for noncompliance with final performance standards promulgated in accordance with this Act.
Bill· SS. 2858 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize holders of leases of oil shale lands to lease additional lands for purposes connected with operations pursuant to an oil shale lease. Limits such additional leases to no more than 6,400 acres. Provides that land leased pursuant to this Act may not be used for oil shale mining but may be used for any other purpose authorized by the Secretary of the Interior. Prohibits the Secretary from granting an additional lease unless the Secretary: (1) has consulted with the Governors of the States in which such lands are located; (2) is satisfied that the additional land is needed for proper operations under the oil shale lease; and (3) has determined that the issuance of the additional lease is in the public interest. Establishes guidelines for other lease provisions including rent, duration, and environmental protection requirements.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 103 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
Disapproves the President's decision to export nuclear fuel and related materials to India contrary to the decision of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 575 (96th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Disapproves the gasoline rationing contingency plan transmitted to the Congress on June 12, 1980.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 719 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Waives certain points of order against the bill H.R. 7590 (energy and water development funding).
Bill· HRH.R. 7617 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize additional leases of lands to holders of oil shale leases for purposes connected with operations pursuant to an oil shale lease. Limits such additional leases to no more than 6,400 acres. Provides that such land be used for any purposes, except mining, that the Secretary of Interior allows. Prohibits mining oil shale under such leases. Requires the lessee to show to the Secretary's satisfaction that the lessee needs the additional land and has the ability to conduct environmentally safe operations. Requires the Secretary's determination that the additional lease is in the public interest. Establishes guidelines for other lease provisions including rent and duration.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 185 (96th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Expresses Congressional disapproval of the President's proposed standby gasoline rationing plan transmitted to Congress on June 12, 1980.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 574 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Disapproves the gasoline rationing contingency plan transmitted to the Congress on June 12, 1980.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 184 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Unlocking America's Energy Resources Act - Directs the President to order the removal of administrative restrictions not required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires the President to institute policies which give priority to the expeditious leasing, development, and production of oil, natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sands, and geothermal resources on Federal lands. Requires the President to submit to an advisory panel a list of restrictions required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the panel to review such restrictions and report to Congress and the President on: (1) the reasonableness of such restrictions; and (2) appropriate legislative or administrative actions to reduce impediments to the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to order substantial lease sales, for private development only, within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Bars civil actions challenging any such lease sale which are brought more than 30 days after such lease sale is announced. Exempts any such lease sale from the environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the President to direct that leasing priority be given to areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that have the highest hydrocarbon potential and known hydrocarbon reserves. Sets forth the conditions for the issuance of Outer Continental Shelf leases by the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth the requirements for the appointment by the President of members of the advisory panel.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 460 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other Federal agencies, should establish a program to use energy efficient and viable alternatives to halocarbon based technologies for cooling.
Law· HRH.R. 7590 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981 - Title I: Department of Energy - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1981 within the Department of Energy for the following: (1) operating expenses; (2) plant and capital equipment; (3) power marketing operations; (4) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (5) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Prohibits any funds appropriated from being available for: (1) the issuing of a license to operate the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Delaware Basin, New Mexico; and (2) the storage at such plant of radioactive waste not resulting from the national defense activities of the Department of Energy. Allows up to five percent of any appropriations made available for the current fiscal year for specified activities of the Department to be transferred between such appropriations. Disallows an increase or decrease of such appropriations by more than five percent by any such transfer. Requires that proposed transfers be submitted to the appropriate authorizing committees of Congress for approval. Title II: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations within the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for fiscal year 1981 for the following: (1) general investigations; (2) construction (general); (3) flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries; (4) operation and maintenance (general); (5) revolving fund; (6) general expenses; and (7) special recreation use fees. Stipulates that none of the funds available for the civil works program shall be available, except on a voluntary basis, for the acquisition of land or easements for the impoundment of floodwaters, or for the enlarging of the four Yazoo Basin reservoirs in Mississippi. Title III: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 as follows for the Water and Power Resources Service: (1) general investigations; (2) construction program, including archaeological research and recovery operations; (3) operation and maintenance; (4) loan program; (5) general administrative expenses; and (6) special funds. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1981 to the following: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Delaware River Basin Commission; (3) the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (4) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (5) the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and (6) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: General Provisions - States that no part of any appropriations contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1981 unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to compensate parties intervening in proceedings funded by this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 573 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Unlocking America's Energy Resources Act - Directs the President to order the removal of administrative restrictions not required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires the President to institute policies which will give priority to the expeditious leasing and development and production of oil, natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sands, and geothermal resources on Federal lands. Requires the President to submit to an advisory panel a list of restrictions required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the panel to review the restrictions submitted by the President and submit to Congress and the President a report on: (1) the reasonableness of such restrictions; and (2) appropriate legislative or administrative actions to reduce or eliminate impediments to the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to order substantial lease sales, for private development only, within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Bars civil actions challenging any such lease sale which are brought more than 30 days after the date such lease sale is announced. Exempts any such lease sale from the environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the President to direct that leasing priority be given to areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that have the highest hydrocarbon potential and known hydrocarbon reserves. Sets forth the conditions for the issuance of Outer Continental Shelf leases by the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth the requirements for the appointment by the President of members of the advisory panel.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 709 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should invite the public to participate in a White House Conference on Energy Conservation to: (1) identify obstacles to energy conservation; (2) identify ways to achieve more wide-spread implementation of energy conservation measures; and (3) prepare a list of recommended action to be taken.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 571 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1980
Disapproves the gasoline rationing contingency plan transmitted to the Congress on June 12, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7571 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Home Heating Guarantee Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to establish a grant program to provide assistance to low-income households in meeting the costs of residential heating fuel. Directs the Secretary to make grants to any State agency which has been designated by State law to administer a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Requires: (1) such plan provide assistance to low-income households which receive residential heating fuel from a fuel supplier (any person engaged in the business of selling residential heating fuel directly to households for their consumption) which elects to participate in such a plan; and (2) such assistance consist of direct payments by the State agency to the fuel supplier. Requires that such plan provide that: (1) any election by a fuel supplier cover all eligible households served by that supplier; and (2) such election is irrevocable for the heating season for which it was made. Sets forth the requirements which a low-income household must meet in order to qualify for assistance under a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Directs the Secretary to require recertification of the eligibility of a household for each heating season as a condition of continuing assistance. Requires each eligible household to pay a specified amount of its income each month toward the cost of its residential heating fuel. Entitles any fuel supplier who has delivered residential heating fuel to an eligible household to receive from the appropriate State agency the benefits which are payable with respect to such household under a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Sets forth the conditions for payment of such benefits. Sets forth the terms under which a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan shall be administered. Authorizes the Secretary to require each fuel supplier to keep records relating to its participation in a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to audit the programs, activities, and financial operations of any fuel supplier for any period during which such supplier receives qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan benefits. Prohibits a fuel supplier from refusing to deliver residential heating fuel to any eligible household which continues to make the payments prescribed in this Act. Requires a fuel supplier participating in a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan to establish a fuel budget program which allows an eligible household to elect to make payments required under this Act in equal installments during the fiscal year in which the heating season begins. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to promote the use of fuel budget programs for households not eligible for assistance under this Act. Imposes criminal sanctions on anyone who: (1) violates this Act; (2) knowingly provides false information in any report required under this Act; or (3) makes unauthorized use of any certificate of eligibility or other document issued under a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan.