Energy

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act - Prohibits natural gas from being exported to Mexico by certain electric energy generation units: (1) located within 50 miles of the United States; (2) whose generation capacity is greater than 50 megawatts; and (3) that do not comply with specified air quality control requirements. Directs the President to exercise certain authority granted under the Export Administration Act of 1979 and Executive Order No. 12924 in order to implement this Act. Establishes penalties for noncompliance with this Act.

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act - Prohibits natural gas from being exported to Mexico by certain electric energy generation units: (1) located within 50 miles of the United States; (2) whose generation capacity is greater than 50 megawatts; and (3) that do not comply with specified air quality control requirements. Directs the President to exercise certain authority granted under the Export Administration Act of 1979 and Executive Order No. 12924 in order to implement this Act. Establishes penalties for noncompliance with this Act.

Condemning the continued sponsorship of international terrorism by Iran, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 2002

Condemns the continued sponsorship of international terrorism by Iran and its development of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. Reiterates concern that investment in Iran's energy sector makes a dangerous contribution to those activities that sponsor international terrorism. Demands that Sheer Energy cancel its contract with the Government of Iran to develop Iranian oil fields. Urges the President to impose sanctions on Sheer Energy under the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 as long as its investments remain subject to sanctions under that Act.

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (4) the Judiciary; (5) the Department of State and related agency; (6) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (7) the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, and research, development, test and evaluation; (8) the District of Columbia; (9) the Department of Defense (civil); (10) the Department of Energy (atomic energy defense activities); (11) bilateral economic assistance, including the U.S. Agency for International Development and military assistance; (12) multilateral economic assistance, including international financial institutions; (13) the Department of the Interior; (14) the Smithsonian Institution; (15) the Department of Labor; (16) the Department of Health and Human Services; (17) the Department of Education; (18) the Legislative Branch; (19) the Department of Transportation, including the Coast Guard; (20) the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service and payments to the Postal Service Fund; (21) the Executive Office of the President; (22) the General Services Administration; (23) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (24) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (25) the Environmental Protection Agency; (26) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (27) the National Science Foundation. Rescinds specified funds appropriated in previous Acts. Requires the transfer of specified funds for specified purposes. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2002 - Extends through FY 2013 the authority of a program for testing and improving the responses of Federal, State, and local governments to emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological weapons and related materials. Directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security to carry out a program on technology for protection from nuclear or radiological terrorism. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) expand the International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting program of the Department of Energy to include countries outside the Russian Federation and the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and (2) provide technical assistance to the Secretary of State in assisting other nuclear weapons states (countries) to review and improve their nuclear materials safeguards programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) build on efforts to accelerate the conversion or return to the country of origin of all weapons-usable nuclear materials located in research reactors and other facilities outside the country of origin; and (2) establish a program on the protection, control, and accounting of materials usable in radiological dispersal devices. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to pursue, with the Russian Federation and any other nation that possesses highly enriched uranium, options for blending such uranium so that the uranium's concentration of U-235 is below 20 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the Russian Federation with its plutonium disposition program. Authorizes the Secretary to pursue in appropriate international areas options for accelerating programs to improve domestic export control programs for materials, technology, and expertise relating to the construction or use of a nuclear or radiological dispersal device. Requires the Secretary to work cooperatively with the Russian Federation to update and improve the Joint Action Plan for materials protection, control, and accounting programs. Provides for the utilization of Department of Energy national laboratories and sites in support of Federal, State, or local antiterrorism activities.

Truth in Electricity Revenue Reporting Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Truth in Electricity Revenue Reporting Act of 2002 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to subject to liability for misleading statements a financial statement or report of an issuer that treats as revenue, but not as an equal expense, any arrangement to purchase from and subsequently sell to the same person or entity, within any seven-day period, the same quantity of electric power at wholesale at the same price (fraudulent reporting of round trip electric power sales).

Truth in Electricity Trading Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Truth in Electricity Trading Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare unlawful any transaction in which the same parties within any seven-day period purchase and subsequently sell, or sell and subsequently purchase, the same quantity of electric power at wholesale at the same price (round trip sales).

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Connecticut, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2002

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) extend to May 30, 2003, the time during which the licensee is required to commence construction of a certain hydroelectric project in Connecticut; and (2) upon licensee request, extend the period during which the same licensee is required to commence construction of the project for two consecutive two-year periods. Provides for license reinstatement upon expiration.

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2002

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Food and Drug Administration; (3) the Department of Justice; (4) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (5) the Judiciary; (6) the Department of State and related agency; (7) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (8) the Department of Defense; (9) the District of Columbia; (10) the Department of Defense (civil); (11) the Department of Energy; (12) bilateral economic assistance (including the Agency for International Development); (13) military assistance; (14) multilateral economic assistance; (15) the Department of the Interior and the Smithsonian Institution; (16) the Department of Labor; (17) the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health; (18) the Department of Education; (19) the Legislative Branch; (20) the Department of Defense (military construction); (21) the Department of Transportation; (22) Department of the Treasury; (23) the Postal Service Fund; (24) Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President; (25) Federal Election Commission; (26) the General Services Administration; (27) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (28) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (29) the Department of Health and Human Services; (30) the Environmental Protection Agency; and (31) the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Makes specified budget rescissions. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and transmitted by the President to Congress and/or are designated as such by Congress. American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 - Prohibits U.S. cooperation with the International Criminal Court, including a prohibition on transferring classified national security and law enforcement information. Restricts participation in certain United Nations peacekeeping operations and prohibits military assistance to parties to the International Criminal Court. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction and prohibition, as specified. Authorizes the President to use all means necessary to bring about the release of covered U.S. persons and covered allied persons held captive by, on behalf, or at the request of the Court. Urges an evaluation of U.S. military alliances to determine the degree of risk faced by members of the U.S. armed forces if placed under the command or operational control of foreign military officers subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. Authorizes the withholding and redirection of U.S. assessments to the United Nations or other international organizations as specified. Sets forth the relationship between the President's exercise of his constitutional authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, this Act, and actions taken with respect to a specific matters involving the Court, including congressional notification requirements.

To reinstate the license and extend commencement of construction deadlines for the Carlyle Hydroelectric Project in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2002

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, to reinstate the license for the Carlyle Hydroelectric Project in the State of Illinois, and extend the time required for commencement of its construction for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2003. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of assignment incentive pay; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel policy; (2) military education and training; (3) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (4) a national call to service program; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including major defense acquisition programs; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) DOD organization and management; (10) homeland defense activities; (11) DOD civilian personnel policy; (12) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs; (13) military construction, military family housing, and military land conveyances, including the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; (14) the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium; and (15) authorizations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2003 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security; and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities and other defense activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management privatization and defense nuclear waste disposal. Places programming limits on such funds. Places certain funding limits for general DOE plant and construction projects. Allows the transfer of authorized funds for the performance of related activities. Requires the Secretary of Energy to complete conceptual designs for authorized construction projects. Transfers from the Department of Defense to DOE the program to eliminate weapons grade plutonium production in Russia. Expresses the sense of Congress supporting a program providing for the security of nuclear materials and facilities worldwide. Provides: (1) worker health and safety rules for DOE nuclear facilities; and (2) for the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; and (2) the formerly used sites remedial action program of the Army Corps of Engineers.

A bill to make it more likely that the cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site will be completed on or before December 15, 2006.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to reopen a specified Record of Decision, and to examine all possible removal alternatives, if the transfer of special nuclear materials earmarked for disposal or processing into mixed-oxide fuel has not commenced as of July 1, 2002. Requires the Secretary, if examination of alternatives is begun, to report to Congress regarding such alternative removal and the extent to which it would affect completion of the cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site on or before December 15, 2006. States that if the transfer of all such special nuclear materials has not been completed as of November 1, 2003, the Secretary must pay economic/impact assistance to the State of Colorado until all such special nuclear materials have been removed.

To make it more likely that the cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site will be completed on or before December 15, 2006.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to reopen a specified Record of Decision, and to examine all possible removal alternatives, if the transfer of special nuclear materials earmarked for disposal or processing into mixed-oxide fuel has not commenced as of July 1, 2002. Requires the Secretary, if examination of alternatives is begun, to report to Congress regarding such alternative removal and the extent to which it would affect completion of the cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site on or before December 15, 2006. States that if the transfer of all such special nuclear materials has not been completed as of November 1, 2003, the Secretary must pay economic/impact assistance to the State of Colorado until all such special nuclear materials have been removed.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 2002

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency; and (10) Coast Guard. Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2003, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2003 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence for FY 2003 as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the budget justification materials submitted to Congress for a fiscal year to set forth separate aggregate amounts requested for the National Foreign Intelligence Program for: (1) counterterrorism; (2) counterproliferation; (3) counternarcotics; and (4) counterintelligence. Requires the DCI to establish and maintain a Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center and a Terrorist Identification Classification System. Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 - Establishes the National Counterintelligence Executive. Establishes the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community.

A bill to establish requirements arising from the delay or restriction on the shipment of special nuclear materials to the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002

Requires the Secretary of Energy, if the State of South Carolina acts to delay or restrict, or seeks or enforces a judgment to prohibit, the shipment of special nuclear materials (including weapons grade plutonium) to the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, for processing by the proposed mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility at such Site, to: (1) reopen the Record of Decision on such facility to identify and evaluate alternative locations; and (2) conduct a study of the costs and implications for U.S. national security of converting the Site to an environmental management closure site and transferring all current and proposed national security activities at the Site to other facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy. States that if the Secretary and the State enter into an agreement regarding the shipment of special nuclear materials to the Site for processing, the requirements of this Act shall not go into effect.

To direct the Secretary of Energy to convey a parcel of land at the facility of the Southwestern Power Administration in Tupelo, Oklahoma.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2002

Directs the Secretary of Energy to convey a parcel of land consisting of approximately 6.3 acres of the facility of the Southwestern Power Administration in Tupelo, Oklahoma, to Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Incorporated. Directs the Secretary to require that Rural Enterprises agree to use the parcel in conjunction with Tri County Nations Enterprise Community and to honor the terms of any existing lease of such parcel. Provides for the Secretary to retain an easement to the parcel for the purpose of maintaining a sewage connection to an adjacent electrical substation and lagoon facility.

Renewable Fuel Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2002

Renewable Fuel Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the renewable resources credit to include geothermal and solar energy, incremental hydropower and biomass (other than closed-loop biomass). Sets forth qualifying dates of service for facilities using such means to produce electricity. Expands the investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from certain renewable resources. Increases, from 10 to 20 percent, the "energy percentage" used to determine the energy credit in the case of energy property having a total installed electrical generating capacity of less than one megawatt that is placed in service before January 1, 2007.

Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2007, vice Linda Key Breathitt, term expiring.

United States · United States Senate · 2 May 2002

A bill to provide for the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002

Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan for the construction and operation at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, of a mixed-oxide fuel facility for converting weapons-grade plutonium to a mixed-oxide fuel for use in commercial nuclear power reactors. Provides a construction schedule and production deadline dates, with the goal of achieving facility construction by January 1, 2009, and of processing 34 metric tons of plutonium into mixed-oxide fuel by January 1, 2019. Requires: (1) the Secretary to submit corrective action plans if the schedule and deadlines are not met; (2) the removal or disposal of unprocessed plutonium from the Site if the schedule and deadlines are not met; and (3) payment to South Carolina of economic and impact assistance associated with not meeting the schedule and deadlines. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a plan to address the failure to complete the planned removal or disposal; and (2) a report on the removal of the facility upon completion of operations. Requires the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to study and report to Congress and the Secretary on the adequacy of the K-Area Materials Storage Facility and related facilities at the Savannah River Site for the storage of defense plutonium and related materials in connection with the plutonium disposition program.

To provide for the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002

Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan for the construction and operation of a mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility (for converting plutonium to a fuel for use in commercial nuclear power reactors) at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Requires annual reports on plan implementation and on progress in meeting obligations of the United States Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement of September 2000. Requires appropriate corrective actions to be taken to meet plan requirements. Requires the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to conduct a study of the adequacy of the K-Area Materials Storage Facility at the Savannah River Site for the storage of defense plutonium and related materials in connection with a specified plutonium disposition program.

Kyle E. McSlarrow, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Francis S. Blake, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 1 May 2002

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency; and (10) Coast Guard. Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2003, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2003 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY 2003, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States.

To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a program to encourage and support carrying out innovative proposals to enhance homeland security, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002

Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish a Government-wide program to encourage and recognize contractor innovation and excellence in facilitating the defense of the United States against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue agency announcements seeking innovative solutions to advance defense against or recovery from such an attack; (2) convene a multiagency technical assistance team to assess feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated costs and submit each proposal to each executive agency whose mission most coincides with the proposal's subject matter; and (3) provide monetary awards in recognition of unique and innovative solutions. Directs the Administrator to establish a pilot program under which the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Commerce, Transportation, and the Treasury may test: (1) the innovative use of streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures; and (2) the feasibility of rapidly entering into contracts with private entities to carry out immediate solutions to key homeland security needs using commercial, off-the-shelf items and commercially available services.

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2002 - States that it is U.S. policy to work cooperatively with the Russian Federation to prevent the diversion of weapons of mass destruction and material and scientific and technical expertise necessary to design and build such weapons. Amends the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 to waive restrictions on certain assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union if the President certifies to Congress that such waiver is in the U.S. national security interests. States that it is U.S. policy to establish with the Russian Federation inventories of, and data exchanges concerning, nuclear warheads and certain nuclear materials. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to allow the reciprocal exchange of such restricted data. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 to carry out cooperative threat reduction and related programs with the Russian Federation. Supports the President's objective for the United States, by FY 2012, to maintain between 1,700 to 2,200 operationally deployed nuclear warheads. Extends through FY 2003 the U.S. moratorium on underground testing of nuclear weapons. Requires the President to notify Congress 12 months prior to conducting any such test. Requires reports on: (1) progress made in establishing the U.S.-Russian nuclear inventories and data exchanges; (2) the number and posture of U.S. nuclear warheads; (3) options for achieving the FY 2012 level of U.S. operationally deployed nuclear warheads; and (4) options on reducing the time required to conduct an underground nuclear test.

National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2002 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and administer: (1) a national greenhouse gas emissions information system to collect annual lists required to be submitted under this Act of an entity's greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) a national greenhouse gas registry (included in such system) to collect voluntarily reported information on emissions reductions. Specifies factors for adjustment of emissions records by a reporting entity. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Commerce, Agriculture, and Energy to develop greenhouse gas emissions quantification and verification protocols, electronic reporting methods, and accounting and reporting standards. Requires verification of reported emissions information. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual national greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

Nuclear Waste Transportation Protection Amendments Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

Nuclear Waste Transportation Protection Amendments Act of 2002 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy to develop a comprehensive safety program governing the transportation of nuclear waste to a Yucca Mountain repository that includes: driver selection, independent inspections, bad weather protocols, road condition reporting, safe parking areas, advance notice, real time tracking and monitoring, emergency response, medical preparedness, equipment standards, training and exercises, mutual aid agreements, emergency alternative routing, program evaluation, and public information. Prohibits the Secretary from transporting high-level radioactive waste through certain populated communities unless the waste originates in such community. Instructs the Secretary to ensure that the oldest spent nuclear fuel is transported before other spent nuclear fuel. Mandates transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in packages whose design has been certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and tested at full scale to demonstrate compliance with Commission performance standards. Mandates consultation with affected State, local, and tribal governments in the selection of routes for the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Prohibits private sector transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Requires the Secretary to provide advance notification to States, Indian tribes, and local communities through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Sets forth security precautions for all transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate subheadings for low-energy magnets and articles containing magnets and to create additional U.S. notes explaining the tariff classification of low-energy magnets and articles containing magnets.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to: (1) provide separate subheadings for low-energy magnets and articles containing magnets; (2) create additional U.S. notes explaining the tariff classification of low-energy magnets and articles containing magnets; and (3) specify corresponding rates of duty to which any staged rate reduction shall apply.

To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of the effects of year-round daylight saving time on fossil fuel usage.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on the effects of year-round daylight saving time on fossil fuel use.

Approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

Approves the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

To eliminate certain restrictions on the availability of credits under title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 for the use of biodiesel fuel, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 with respect to the allocation of biodiesel fuel use credits to a fleet or covered person for qualifying volumes of the biodiesel component of fuel containing at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume purchased for use by the fleet or covered person in vehicles that weigh more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. Repeals the limitation of such allocations to a maximum of 50 percent of the alternative fueled vehicle requirements of a fleet or covered person. (Thus makes such credits available for 100 percent of such requirements.) Repeals the current denial that such a credit may be considered a specified kind of alternative fueled vehicle credit (thus allowing such consideration). Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on the availability and cost of: (1) light duty motor vehicles that qualify under such Act as alternative fueled vehicles; and (2) fuels that qualify as alternative fuels.

A joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002

Approves the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

Providing that certain actions should be taken with respect to the actions of OPEC and other oil-exporting countries, and with respect to decreasing the dependency of the United States on foreign sources of oil.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002

Urges the President to: (1) express to oil exporting countries that are not Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members, such as the Republic of Mexico, that decisions to restrict crude oil supply in the world market as requested by the OPEC cartel adversely affect the national security of the United States and the world economy; (2) encourage U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region, including OPEC members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, to reconsider their announcements to reduce and to hold the cartel's crude oil output at current levels despite increased demand in the United States and abroad; and (3) encourage the oil exporting countries allied to the United States, including non-OPEC states such as Mexico and Norway and OPEC members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, to increase oil production and exports to the United States to offset shortfalls in exports resulting from Iraq's boycott of oil shipments. Urges the Senate to pass H.R. 4 instituting a comprehensive national energy policy that would bolster U.S. national security by reducing dependence on foreign sources of energy, thereby resulting in lower prices for U.S. consumers.

Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2002

Designates majority membership on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Truth and Accountability in Accounting Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2002

Truth and Accountability in Accounting Act of 2002 - Directs: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review annually the impact of unresolved accounting standards issues on the clarity, transparency, and quality of financial reporting by publicly traded companies; (2) the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to respond to such report; and (3) the General Accounting Office (GAO) to evaluate such review mechanisms. Amends the Federal Power Act to instruct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to promulgate criteria for waivers and exemptions pertaining to: (1) securities issuance and assumption of liabilities; (2) accounts and records; (3) reports and obstructing filing reports or keeping accounts; and (4) officials dealing in securities. Places a limited moratorium on certain waivers and exemptions. Instructs FERC to summarize annually for certain congressional committees the financial and operating condition of power marketers, including the key trends or issues affecting the capital structure and financial condition of such marketers, and the use of leverage, derivatives transactions, and other material information. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to mandate certification of financial statements by corporate officers. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish an Independent National Board of Accountancy (INBA) to exercise oversight and information collection jurisdiction over accounting and auditing firms. Grants the INBA enforcement authority, and establishes civil money penalties for specified offenses. Vests the SEC with responsibility for promulgating and interpreting auditor independence rules. Directs INBA to seek to promote auditor independence. Places INBA under SEC oversight. Subjects certain foreign public accounting firms to the requirements of this Act.

To establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy within the Department of Justice to represent the consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceeding before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2002

Establishes an Office of Consumer Advocacy within the Department of Justice to represent the consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2002

Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the heads of the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (participating agencies) to develop and implement a cooperative Federal research, development, demonstration, and standardization program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities. Establishes a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to advise participating agencies on the development and implementation of a five-year program plan to guide research, development, demonstration, and standardization activities under this Act. Requires participating agencies to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing their respective responsibilities under this Act.

Energy Trading Oversight Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2002

Energy Trading Oversight Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the exemption from regulatory oversight granted to contracts or transactions in exempt commodities (energy derivatives) that are entered into solely between eligible commercial entities on a principal-to-principal basis and executed or traded on an electronic trading facility. (Thus places such transactions fully under the jurisdiction of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission).

To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002

Authorizes appropriations to: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the development and deployment of a multifrequency Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy; and (2) the U.S. Geological Survey for Command, Control, Data Processing, Archiving, and Distribution of data from the satellite through the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2002

Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the renewable electricity production tax credit to include credits for electricity produced from biomass, swine and bovine waste nutrients, geothermal energy, and solar energy. Provides alternative vehicle and fuel incentives, including credits for installation of alternative fueling stations and the retail sale of alternative fuels as motor vehicle fuel, modification of the credit for qualified electric vehicles, extending the deduction for certain refueling property, and allowing the alcohol fuels credit to be transferred and to be used against motor fuels taxes. Sets forth certain conservation and energy efficiency provisions such as credits for the construction of new energy efficient homes, the installation of energy efficient appliances, combined heat and power system properties, and energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. Establishes a three-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices. Establishes clean coal incentives, including credits for emission reductions, efficiency improvements in existing coal-based generation facilities, and investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology. Revises oil and gas provisions, including establishing a credit for the production of oil and gas from marginal wells, permitting the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with EPA sulfur regulations, establishing an environmental tax credit, extending the marginal production income limit, and treating natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property. Sets forth electric utility restructuring provisions.

Federal Investment in Sustainable Hydropower Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2002

Federal Investment in Sustainable Hydropower Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to promulgate standards for advanced turbines. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) modify hydroelectric licensing and operation fees so that certain advanced turbine installations are entitled to a discount; and (2) give a priority in the scheduling of its licensing processes to licensees that have installed advanced turbines meeting or exceeding specified standards. Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) prescribe guidelines for an expedited licensing schedule and environmental review of applications; (2) reduce the license duration period from 50 to 30 years; (3) reduce from 30 years to 15 years the minimum term for relicensing; and (4) prescribe guidelines for FERC collection of fees on behalf of State and Federal agencies. Directs FERC to: (1) reimburse legal expenses incurred by any person granted intervener status in any proceeding pertaining to water power and resources development; and (2) require specified royalties for use of public waters. Authorizes FERC to allocate certain royalty receipts to the host State of a hydroelectric project to enhance its fish and wildlife enhancement projects. Instructs FERC to establish license conditions that will protect and mitigate damages to fish and wildlife affected by the cumulative impacts of multiple projects on a waterway. Prescribes guidelines for alternative conditions and fishways. Requires license applicants to provide such financial accounting information as would be provided to potential investors in the project concerned.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney General should appoint a special counsel on matters relating to Enron Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2002

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General should appoint a special counsel on matters relating to Enron Corporation, including: (1) the relationship between Enron and the manipulation in the stock market of its value per share; (2) the relationship between contributions by Enron to the President, Vice President, cabinet officers, and other Administration officials and Enron's rise and fall; (3) the influence of Enron on Federal and State legislation, including the effort to deregulate the energy markets; and (4) the relationship between Enron and the Federal and State regulatory system.

Biobased Energy Incentive Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2002

Biobased Energy Incentive Act of 2002 - Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a biobased energy incentive program of payments to eligible producers to promote the use of commodities to produce biobased energy products (biodiesel or ethanol fuel); and (2) a program to encourage wider availability of biobased energy products to consumers of gasoline and diesel fuel.

California Coastal Protection and Louisiana Energy Enhancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2002

California Coastal Protection and Louisiana Energy Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make an offer to certain lessees to issue credits in exchange for: (1) the cancellation of specified leases on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California that are nonproducing as of January 1, 2002; and (2) dismissal of any civil actions, or waiver of the right to bring them, by the eligible lessees against the United States relating to pending eligible leases. Authorizes the use of such credits to: (1) bid on lease sales in the Western and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico; (2) make royalty payments on production for oil and gas resources in those planning areas in existence as of the enactment of this Act; or (3) sell or transfer them in accordance with certain requirements. States that the Outer Continental Shelf land for which an eligible lease is canceled shall be: (1) permanently withdrawn from all forms of disposition, including mineral leasing; and (2) reserved as an ecological preserve to protect traditional fishing areas and to provide conservation, scientific, and recreational benefits.

A bill to provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2002

Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal: (1) the definition of "exempt commodity"; and (2) the guidelines governing transactions in exempt commodities (thus subjecting to CFTC regulatory oversight formerly exempt commodity transactions). Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to maintain a liaison with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Subjects formerly exempt swap transactions to: (1) CFTC enforcement jurisdiction; and (2) CFTC proscriptions against manipulation of commodity market prices. Requires eligible trading facilities and systems to comply with CFTC regulations pertaining to: registration, reporting, recordkeeping, and net capital reserves. Expands the prohibition against fraudulent or misleading contracts to include any member of a contract market (currently any member of a registered entity). Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act with respect to the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel at FERC. Grants FERC jurisdiction over: (1) energy trading markets; (2) derivatives transactions reflecting electric energy or natural gas prices (including futures, options, forwards and swaps); (3) any person that makes a derivatives transaction; and (4) any operator of an electronic forum in which derivatives transaction are made.

To extend the deadlines under part I of the Federal Power Act for commencement of construction of two hydroelectric projects in the State of New York.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2002

Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, to extend the time period to commence the construction of projects numbered 4244 and 10648, for three consecutive two-year periods. Provides for reinstatement of expired licenses.

To reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric license under the Federal Power Act to permit the redevelopment of a hydroelectric project located in the State of New York, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2002

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) reinstate the license for a specified hydroelectric project and to transfer it to the town of Stuyvesant, New York, within 30 days of enactment of this Act; and (2) extend the expiration of the term of such license upon the project's return to operation. Declares that the project shall be entitled within a specified timeframe to the full benefit of any Federal legislation that promotes hydroelectric development. Directs FERC to permit the town to add any private or public co-licensees to such reinstated license. States that the town of Stuyvesant is entitled to receive loans under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 for reimbursement of certain feasibility studies and development costs.

Wind Energy Promotion Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 February 2002

Wind Energy Promotion Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), acting through the Rural Business Cooperative Service, to establish a competitive grants and low-interest loans program to assist in establishing new farmer or rancher cooperatives (or other rural business ventures) to construct wind energy facilities. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary to permit an owner or operator of certain land enrolled in the conservation reserve program to install wind turbines on the land. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a research, demonstration, and technology deployment program to enhance the use of wind energy. Mandates periodic Federal agency review of regulations and standards that act as barriers to market entry for wind energy technologies. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a feasibility study pertaining to a combined wind and hydropower demonstration project involving wind energy generated by Indian tribes and hydropower generated by the Army Corps of Engineers at the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River to supply firming power to the Western Area Power Administration. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to develop guidelines for a pilot program for the development of wind energy on Federal land. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to consider development of wind energy in revisions of land and resource management plans under their respective jurisdictions. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to conduct an assessment of wind energy resources and transmission capacity.

National Fuel Savings and Security Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2002

National Fuel Savings and Security Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal law to revise provisions concerning fuel economy to require that the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall prescribe annual fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks starting in model year 2005. Dictates that by 2013, there shall be an average combined fuel economy standard for such cars and trucks of at least 35 miles per gallon. Sets minimum annual fuel economy standards that manufacturers of cars and trucks must meet and levels they must reach by 2010. Allows States to permit vehicles occupied by one person to use HOV lanes if a vehicle is a hybrid or runs totally on alternative fuel. Directs the Secretary, with technical assistance from the Administrator, to devise a system in which manufacturers can sell credits earned for cars and trucks exceeding fuel economy standards. Requires that trucks, as well as cars, display a label with environmental information such as fuel economy and annual fuel cost. Requires manufacturers to add a logo to the existing label or to add a separate green label detailing a vehicle's performance in meeting criteria developed by the Administrator on fuel economy and greenhouse gas and other emissions.

Fuel Economy and Security Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002

Fuel Economy and Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to prescribe average fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles and light trucks manufactured in 2007 and thereafter in order to achieve a combined average fuel economy standard for model year 2016 of 36 miles per gallon. Deletes a provision allowing credits for exceeding such standards to be applied in any of the three model years before the model year in which the credits are earned. Allows any such credits to be transferred to a registry established under this Act. Allows a manufacturer to apply greenhouse gas credits toward any model year after 2006, with a limitation. Eliminates the: (1) requirement for separate calculations of average fuel economy for vehicles manufactured domestically and non-domestically; and (2) credit for dual-fueled (gasoline and alternative) vehicles. Provides a high-occupancy vehicle exception if the vehicle is a hybrid or uses only an alternative fuel. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a national voluntary registry system for industry greenhouse gas trading under which emission reductions are assigned unique identifiers. Directs the Secretary to prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard for rollover crashworthiness that includes: (1) dynamic roof crush standards; (2) improved seat structure and safety belt design; (3) side impact head protection airbags; and (4) roof injury protection measures. Requires the Secretary to establish test criteria for use by manufacturers in determining damage susceptibility, crashworthiness, and the overall safety of vehicles for drivers and passengers. Requires such information to be included within safety label requirements under the Automobile Information Disclosure Act with respect to vehicles manufactured after September 30, 2005.