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101 records in US in 2018
United States · United States Congress · 23 August 2018
Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish certain energy programs, including an energy storage research program and a technical assistance and grant program.
United States · United States Senate · 21 August 2018
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2018
Offshore Wind for Territories Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize offshore wind development in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to U.S. territories. The bill also establishes the Coral Reef Conservation Fund for the Department of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, including to preserve, sustain, and restore the condition of coral reef ecosystems.
United States · United States Senate · 31 July 2018
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Expresses opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II, the gas pipeline that would transport natural gas from Russia through the Baltic Sea to Germany. Urges the President to support European energy security through a policy of diversification to lessen reliance on Russia. Supports the imposition of sanctions with respect to Nord Stream II.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2018 This bill revises energy performance requirements for federal buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2018 This bill revises energy performance requirements for federal buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Timely Review of Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address insufficient compensation of its personnel. FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Turkey International Financial Institutions Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to: oppose the extension by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development of loans or financial or technical assistance to Turkey or to any entity for a project in Turkey, and work with other donor countries to develop a lending policy with Turkey that advances human rights. Treasury may waive the IFC restriction for projects to diversify Turkey's energy resources and lessen its dependence on Russian or Iranian oil or gas. Such restrictions: shall terminate after the President certifies to Congress that Turkey is no longer arbitrarily detaining or denying freedom of movement to U.S. citizens (including dual citizens) or locally employed staff of the U.S. mission to Turkey, and shall not apply to loans or financial or technical assistance for humanitarian purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act This bill establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund and requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2019-FY2023 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must conduct a pilot program to lease underutilized storage facilities. The program must make available capacity for storage of up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Renewable Energy Certainty Act This bill amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize federal agencies to enter into contracts for the acquisition of energy generated from renewable energy sources or from cogeneration facilities for a period of up to 30 years. The Federal Energy Management Program shall publish a standardized energy purchase agreement that agencies may use for such an acquisition.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2018
Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act or the MARKET CHOICE Act This bill imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses. The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development priorities. The bill also eliminates the federal gas tax, imposes a moratorium on finalizing and enforcing certain Clean Air Act regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, and establishes a National Climate Commission to review policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The moratorium on regulations expires in 2033 if specified emission targets are not reached.
United States · United States Senate · 19 July 2018
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2018
Turkey International Financial Institutions Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to: oppose the extension by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development of loans or financial or technical assistance to Turkey or to any entity for a project in Turkey, and work with other donor countries to develop a lending policy with Turkey that advances human rights. Treasury may waive the IFC restriction for projects to diversify Turkey's energy resources and lessen its dependence on Russian or Iranian oil or gas. Such restrictions: shall terminate after the President certifies to Congress that Turkey is no longer arbitrarily detaining or denying freedom of movement to U.S. citizens (including dual citizens) or locally employed staff of the U.S. mission to Turkey, and shall not apply to loans or financial or technical assistance for humanitarian purposes.
United States · United States Senate · 18 July 2018
United States · United States House of Representatives · 18 July 2018
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2018
Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2018 This bill urges the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to encourage NATO member states to work together to achieve energy security. The Department of State shall submit to Congress a transatlantic energy strategy to enhance the energy security of NATO member and partner countries and to increase U.S. energy exports to such countries. The bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expedite approvals of natural gas exports to NATO allies, Japan (as long as the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security remains in effect), and any other foreign country where natural gas exports would promote U.S. national security interests. The President shall impose five or more specified sanctions against a person that knowingly makes certain investments that contribute to Russia's ability to construct energy export pipelines or sells, leases, or provides Russia with related goods, services, technology, or information.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 17 July 2018
United States · United States House of Representatives · 17 July 2018
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2018
Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that is focused on the development of tools to: (1) solve big data challenges associated with veterans' health care, and (2) support the Department of Veterans Affairs in identifying potential health risks and challenges. DOE shall carry out a pilot program to develop tools for big data analytics in order to advance artificial intelligence technologies to solve complex big data challenges.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2018
Recovering America's Wildlife Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer $1.3 billion of revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund and revises requirements governing the uses of and distributions from the fund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2018
Countering Russian Power Plays Act This bill directs the President, if certain conditions occur, to impose specified economic, property, and U.S. entry sanctions on each person that: (1) operates the Nord Stream 2 pipeline or sells Russian gas to Europe through the such pipeline, or (2) engages in a significant transaction with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. (Nord Stream 2 is an export gas pipeline currently under construction that will run from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea.) The Department of State shall report to Congress on the U.S. strategy to support European energy security.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
Advancing U.S. Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to report to Congress on U.S. civil nuclear commerce, including an assessment of how regulations, policies, and legal requirements affect the ability of civilian nuclear facilities to compete internationally. The bill revises DOE authority to delegate functions concerning transfers of nuclear technology to a covered foreign country. DOE shall expedite technology transfers that are not inimical to U.S. interests and that involve low-proliferation-risk reactor activity to a foreign country that is not a nuclear-weapon state, other than the United Kingdom or France. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress regarding DOE actions with respect to the retrospective risk pooling program, in which nuclear suppliers cover the cost of an incident outside the United States that is not covered by funds available for a public liability.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2018
Restore Our Parks Act This bill: (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2019-FY2023 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2018
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should encourage cooperation with other nuclear possessing states to reduce the number and role of nuclear weapons in global military strategies, and (2) must maintain support for the International Atomic Energy Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2018
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 This bill reauthorizes appropriations for FY2018-FY2019 for intelligence community programs and activities and adjusts personnel limits. It also authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY2018-FY2019. The intelligence community agencies are authorized to provide higher pay for positions requiring expertise in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and for cyber-related positions. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shall: (1) assist the Department of Homeland Security in sharing classified information regarding threats to state election systems to certain senior state election officials, who will receive top secret security clearances; and (2) designate a national counterintelligence officer within the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to lead, manage, and coordinate matters relating to election security. The bill sets forth provisions regarding security clearances. The bill contains several directives for the ODNI related to Russia, including to: (1) assess Russian threat finance (which includes the financing of cyber operations and sanctions evasion), and (2) provide notice of travel by diplomatic and consular personnel of Russia. The Department of Energy shall establish a two-year pilot program for securing energy infrastructure.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2018
This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2019. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2018
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 This bill authorizes for FY2018 and FY2019 the intelligence-related activities of the: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Department of Defense; Defense Intelligence Agency; National Security Agency; Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; Coast Guard; Departments of State, Treasury, Energy, and Justice; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Drug Enforcement Administration; National Reconnaissance Office; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The bill also authorizes for FY2018 and FY2019 the CIA Retirement and Disability System and revises the computation of annuities under that system. In addition, the bill: requires the ODNI, the FBI, and DHS to jointly brief Congress on any significant foreign cyber intrusion on a federal election; directs various agencies to report to Congress on intelligence matters including security clearances, security threats to federal elections, financing of Russian influence campaigns, and specified intelligence-community employment matters; and otherwise modifies provisions regarding the intelligence community.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2018
National Quantum Initiative Act This bill directs the President to implement a National Quantum Initiative Program to, among other things, establish the goals and priorities for a 10-year plan to accelerate the development of quantum information science and technology applications. The bill defines "quantum information science" as the storage, transmission, manipulation, or measurement of information that is encoded in systems that can only be described by the laws of quantum physics. The National Science and Technology Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science, including membership from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to guide program activities. The President must establish a National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee to advise the President and subcommittee on quantum information science and technology research and development. NIST shall carry out specified quantum science activities and convene a workshop to discuss the development of a quantum information science and technology industry. The National Science Foundation shall: carry out a basic research and education program on quantum information science and engineering, and award grants for the establishment of Multidisciplinary Centers for Quantum Research and Education. The Department of Energy (DOE) shall carry out a basic research program on quantum information science. The Office of Science of DOE shall establish and operate National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to conduct basic research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in quantum information science and technology.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2018
Protect European Energy Security Act This bill requires reports to Congress from: the Department of State on its efforts to work with European Union member states and institutions to promote energy security and decrease their dependence on Russian energy sources, and to oppose the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany and the Turk Stream pipeline from Russia through the Black Sea to Turkey; the Department of the Treasury on each U.S. entity and subsidiary involved in construction of such pipelines; and the Director of National Intelligence on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline's impact on U.S. security, European energy security and defense, Russian influence in Europe, and Ukraine.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2018
Solar Farm Fairness Act This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to revise requirements under the Rural Energy for America Program concerning financing solar electric power generation projects.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2018
Real Estate Assets and Leasing Reform Act of 2018 or REAL Reform Act of 2018 This bill modifies requirements with respect to leases for federal buildings. Specifically, the bill: directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish, and operate through 2023, a pilot program to execute lease agreements using alternative procedures; temporarily authorizes the GSA to submit consolidated prospectuses for leases and projects to Congress for approval; requires approval by congressional resolution of an appropriation for any costs and expenses associated with administering an acquisition by exchange involving real property or in-kind consideration valued at or over a specified amount; sets a specified limitation regarding bargain-price purchase options; requires certain public buildings containing a public restroom to also contain a lactation room; authorizes the Department of Commerce to release the federal government's interest in certain economic adjustment grants; and requires the GSA to provide specified additional notice and justification to Congress regarding certain projects. The Government Accountability Office must conduct biennial audits of the GSA National Broker Contract and a review of the application of certain enhanced competition requirements. The GSA must sell or exchange part of the Department of Energy (DOE) Forrestal complex to fund the construction of a new DOE headquarters. In addition, the bill allows the Department of Homeland Security to authorize and train security personnel contracted to protect certain federal buildings or grounds to carry firearms and, under specified circumstances, detain individuals without a warrant.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2018
Rural Housing Opportunity Maximization for Energy Savings Act or the Rural HOMES Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and revises the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, including by expanding the rural energy savings program to include loans for replacing a manufactured home with another manufactured home if the replacement would be cost-effective in increasing energy efficiency.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 20 June 2018
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2018
Solar Vocational Education and Training for our Servicemembers Act or the Solar VETS Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the Department of Defense, to develop a training course for careers in solar-related occupations to be (1) made available at military installations and to eligible members of the Armed Forces, and (2) administered by institutions of higher education pursuant to an agreement with DOE.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2018
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act This bill directs the Department of Energy to develop and deploy high-assay low-enriched uranium for domestic commercial use and to develop a schedule for recovering costs associated with such development.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2018
Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Energy-Ready Vets Program within the Department of Energy. The program must prepare eligible veterans for careers in the energy industry.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2018
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. Provides appropriations to Interior for: the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education. Provides appropriations to Interior for Departmental Offices, including: the Office of the Secretary, Insular Affairs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Inspector General, and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians. Provides appropriations to Interior for Department-Wide Programs, including: Wildland Fire Management, the Central Hazardous Materials Fund, the Natural Resources Damage Assessment Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, and Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT). Provides appropriations to the EPA. Provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for: the Indian Health Service, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Provides appropriations to other related agencies, including: the Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality; the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; the Smithsonian Institution; the National Gallery of Art; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Commission of Fine Arts; the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the National Capital Planning Commission; the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission; and the World War I Centennial Commission. Sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2018
This bill directs the Department of Energy to report to Congress on a potential pilot program for the construction and operation of at least one micronuclear reactor (i.e., a reactor that has the thermal-power production capacity of up to 50 megawatts) to provide energy resilience for critical security infrastructure.
United States · United States Senate · 18 June 2018
United States · United States Senate · 18 June 2018
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2018
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2018
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit for oil and gas activities on non-federal surface estate if: (1) less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action is federally owned, and (2) the operator submits a state permit for such activities on the non-federal surface estate.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2018
Common Sense Permitting Act This bill revises the approval process for certain oil and gas activities by requiring additional categorical exclusions from National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requirements. (A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions that do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.)
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2018
Expresses support for efforts to improve the performance of existing and future buildings through the adoption of best practices and voluntary consensus standards.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2018
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. Provides appropriations to Interior for: the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education. Provides appropriations to Interior for Departmental Offices, including: the Office of the Secretary, Insular Affairs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Inspector General, and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians. Provides appropriations to Interior for Department-Wide Programs, including: Wildland Fire Management, the Central Hazardous Materials Fund, the Natural Resources Damage Assessment Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, and Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT). Provides appropriations to the EPA. Provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for: the Indian Health Service, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Provides appropriations to other related agencies, including: the Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality; the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; the Smithsonian Institution; the National Gallery of Art; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Commission of Fine Arts; the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the National Capital Planning Commission; the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission; and the World War I Centennial Commission. Sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2018
Designates June 11-June 15, 2018, as High Performance Building Week. Expresses support for efforts to improve the performance of existing and future buildings through the adoption of best practices and voluntary consensus standards.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2018
Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to assess an administrative fee to recover the cost of processing protests filed on oil and gas lease sales, application for permits to drill, and right-of-way applications for oil and gas operations on federal land.