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Bill· HRH.R. 12620 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with relevant Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act.
Bill· SS. 3046 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Coal Pipeline Act - Authorizes the exercise of the right of eminent domain by any carrier of coal by pipeline who holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Department of the Interior. Enumerates the consideration upon which a finding of public convenience and necessity shall be made. Requires that no carrier granted the power of eminent domain under this Act shall transport any coal in which it has any ownership interest. Establishes procedures for making application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, for antitrust review, and for enforcement under this Act. Imposes a maximum fine of $10,000, six months imprisonment, or both, for knowing violations of any provision of, or regulation issued pursuant to, this Act. Permits States to condition, pursuant to State law, the water rights of a pipeline. Specifies that this Act does not affect existing State, Federal, or interstate compact jurisdiction over water resources. Requires pipelines subject to this Act, consistent with environmental protection, to be buried underground and requires restoration of topsoil on rights-of-way.
Bill· HRH.R. 12600 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
States that power and energy marketed by the Southwestern Power Administration shall be sold at uniform system-wide rates, without discrimination between customers to whom the Southwestern Power Administration delivers such power and energy by means of transmission lines or facilities constructed with appropriated funds, and customers to whom the Southwestern Power Administration delivers such power and energy by means of transmission lines or facilities, the use of which is acquired by lease, wheeling, or other contractural arrangements. Provides that agreed points of delivery shall not be changed unilaterally.
Bill· HRH.R. 12557 (95th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Naval Petroleum Reserves Authorization Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $199,005,000 for fiscal year 1979 for conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum reserves and naval oil shale reserves. Title II: Amendments to Chapter 641 of Title 10, United States Code - Amends the provisions of federal law to direct the Secretary of the Energy in administering Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 to further develop such reserves to a capacity to produce at a maximum efficient rate for purposes of national defense. Directs the Secretary, during the period ending April 5, 1982, to produce naval reserves 1 and 3 at the lowest rate sufficient to support the costs of exploration, development, operation, and acquisitions of the naval petroleum reserves. Removes the time limitation for pipelines and facilities for Petroleum Reserve Number 1 to accommodate not less than 350,000 barrels of oil per day. Changes the date when the Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority for condemnation over certain privately owned lands within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Makes certain technical amendments relating to the Naval Petroleum Reserves, including making the Secretary of Energy (presently Secretary of the Navy) responsible for the administration of the Reserves.
Bill· HRH.R. 12575 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Solar Energy User Assistance Act - Establishes, as an independent executive agency, a Solar Energy User Assistance Program to provide financing for the purchase and installation of domestic residential solar hardware. Provides that loans made for such hardware shall bear a three percent annual interest rate and be payable over periods up to 25 years. Sets forth loan application requirements and requires equipment to meet the minimum standards developed under the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974.
Bill· SS. 3027 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Solar Access Alternatives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to States for the purpose of conducting Solar Access Reviews to identify legal alternatives to assure access to direct sunlight and methods of encouraging adoption of such alternatives. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Allows the Secretary to make grants to Regional Solar Energy Centers (organizations for accelerated introduction of commercial solar energy technology).
Bill· HRH.R. 12549 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to deduct from gross income the cost, not in excess of $50,000, of acquiring stock in a qualified energy invention corporation which had gross income preceding the year of stock issuance of not more than $100,000, and which owns a patent relating to the invention of an energy saving device or process.
Bill· HRH.R. 12537 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Naval Petroleum Reserves Authorization Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $199,005,000 for fiscal year 1979 for conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum reserves and naval oil shale reserves. Title II: Amendments to Chapter 641 of Title 10, United States Code - Amends the provisions of Federal law to direct the Secretary of the Energy in administering Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 to further develop such reserves to a capacity to produce at a maximum efficient rate for purposes of national defense. Directs the Secretary, during the period ending April 5, 1982, to produce naval reserves 1 and 3 at the lowest rate sufficient to support the cost of exploration, development, operation, and acquisitions of the naval petroleum reserves. Removes the time limitation for pipelines and facilities for Petroleum Reserve Number 1 to accommodate not less than 350,000 barrels of oil per day. Changes the date when the Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority for condemnation over certain privately owned lands within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Makes certain technical amendments relating to the Naval Petroleum Reserves, including making the Secretary of Energy (presently Secretary of the Navy) responsible for the administration of the reserves.
Bill· HRH.R. 12547 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to give preference, in the issuance of housing project guaranties, to foreign projects utilizing solar energy technology. Directs that such preference also be given to projects using other specified renewable energy technologies.
Bill· HRH.R. 12530 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to provide that any mandatory allocation regulation of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products which requires a cash transfer arrangement to reduce disparities in the crude oil acquisition costs of domestic refiners shall not be effective if such arrangement (1) allows for adjustments for residual fuel oil or other petroleum products, and (2) such adjustment is not available on an equal basis in each region or area of the United States. Prohibits the imposition or collection of any tariff, fee, or duty on the importation of residual fuel oil or any refined petroleum product unless such fee is imposed on an equal basis in each region and area of the United States.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 603 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that an import fee on oil should not be imposed as a means of reducing crude oil imports.
Bill· HRH.R. 12437 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Establishes a program of direct loans to veterans for the installation of residential solar energy systems and other energy conserving improvements. Establishes within the United States Treasury a Veterans Administration Solar Energy Revolving Fund for such loan program.
Bill· SS. 2999 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Enhanced Oil Recovery Commercialization Act - Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of Federal loan guarantees to carry out the provisions of the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to gurantee the payment of interest on, the principal balance of, and obligations issued by or for borrowers for the purpose of financing the construction and startup costs of full scale facilities and to demonstrate new and improved methods of enhanced recovery of crude oil. Sets forth conditions to be qualified for such guarantees and requires the Secretary to review and approve plans for the construction and operation of any commerical demonstration program and related facilities constructed with assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary to annually report to Congress on recommendations to implement a program of federal financial assistance to demonstrate full scale enhanced oil recovery production and conservation of energy, including a comprehensive plan to acquire information and evaluate the environmental, economic, social and technological impacts of the demonstration program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress prior to issuing any guarantee under this Act. Establishes, within the Treasury, the Enhanced Oil Recovery Fund to carry out the enhanced oil recovery program of this Act. Requires each officer or employee of the Department of the Energy who performs duties under this Act to file a financial information statement with the Secretary. Requires information maintained by the Secretary under this Act to be made available to the public and other Government agencies. Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to provide that qualified enhanced oil recovery processes shall consist of those processes where a determination is made that such process will increase recovery of petroleum in excess of that which would occur using only waterflooding techniques. Prohibits crude oil produced by enhanced oil recovery methods, and in amounts exceeding that produced by primary and secondary recovery methods, from being regulated as to price. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for calculating the incremental oil production as a result of enhanced oil recovery when such procedures do not exist with State agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee a price of $25 per barrel, adjusted for inflation, where the unregulated oil price is insufficiently high to encourage private investment in "first of a kind" enhanced oil recovery operations. Requires the Department of Energy to establish annual mean projections for world oil prices based on estimates of the supply and demand for world oil.
Bill· HRH.R. 12413 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act - Title I: Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel - Directs the Secretary of Energy in consultation with other agencies to conduct a study and issue a preliminary report on the amount of spent nuclear fuel which can be stored at temporary spent fuel storage facilities currently in operation or under construction and whether any additional storage facilities should be acquired by the Federal Government. Requires that a final report be evaluated by the President. Directs that within 60 days after the receipt of such report, the President issue a plan for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel. Stipulates that any such plan take effect at the end of 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which copies of such plan are transmitted to each House of Congress. Permits the Congress to reject such plan by the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Sets forth the legislative procedure for the consideration of any such resolution. Title II: Permanent Storage of Radioactive Waste - Directs the Secretary in consultation with other Federal agencies to conduct a study to evaluate methods of providing permanent storage of radioactive waste and to determine the amount of storage capacity required to permanently store all radioactive waste. Requires the Secretary within two years from the date of enactment of this Act to issue a preliminary report on the results of such study. Directs the President to evaluate the final report and issue a plan for the permanent storage of radioactive waste. Stipulates that the plan shall take effect after 60 calendar days of Congressional session unless rejected by the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Sets forth the legislative procedure for the consideration of any such resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 12414 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Directs that all utility rate schedules which provide for the sale of electric power shall do so at price levels which have been subject to and ordered into effect after prior public notice and full hearing. Prohibits the sale of electric energy except in accordance with rate schedules fixed, approved or allowed to go into effect by a regulatory authority. Prohibits such regulatory authority from instituting a rate schedule without prior public notice and full hearing. Sets procedures for the adjudication of alleged violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12355 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Authorizes the appropriation of a specified sum for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1979. Allocates the amount authorized to named programs of the Commission. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1953 to require any person proposing to enter into an arrangement with the Commission for the conduct of research, development, evaluation activities, or for technical and management support services to furnish such information to the Commission as will allow a determination as to the existence or absence of a conflict-of-interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 12351 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Amends the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1975 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe the terms and conditions applying to lands added to approved coal lands leases.
Bill· HRH.R. 12324 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that any contract entered into by the Department of Energy for the producing or enriching of special nuclear fuel shall provide that no change in price for uranium enrichment services shall permit the recovery of revenues greater than the sum of all Government costs and normal and ordinary business expenses. Revises the procedure for giving congress notification of any change in enrichment services prices under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12294 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Alcohol Fuel Encouragement Act - Requires all gasoline stations, within three years of the passage of this Act, to sell a mixture of gasoline and alcohol in the same manner as they sell gasoline. Imposes a civil penalty for violations of such requirement. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rapid amortization of facilities producing alcohol for use as a fuel in motor vehicles. Amends the Clean Air Act with respect to the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the use of alcohol as a fuel additive.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 866 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should ration petroleum products should imports of foreign-produced oil exceed a specified average number of barrels per day for 30 successive days.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 568 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the United States should encourage the United Nations to hold a World Alternate Energy Conference to consider alternate ways to meet the world's energy needs and to establish an International Alternate Energy Commission to encourage worldwide use of alternate energy sources.
Bill· HRH.R. 12237 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to furnish Federal financial assistance for construction projects to separate rail-highway crossings where the rail facilities have incurred a substantial increase in use as a result of coal transportation activities with the result of substantial delays in highway travel. Stipulates that the Federal share of such a project shall not exceed 90 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1979 through 1981 for such projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 12228 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with relevant Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12227 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with relevant Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12202 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Foreign Mission Solar Energy Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of State to demonstrate solar energy and other renewable energy technologies by using such energy sources in Foreign Service buildings located abroad. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Energy concerning the most viable techniques adaptable to the local resources and environmental conditions of the host country. Requires the Secretary of State to insure that projects under this Act are demonstrated to, and are available for inspection by, officials and other citizens of the host country. Directs the Secretary to give priority to projects in less developed countries.
Bill· HRH.R. 12194 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Title I: Small Business Act Amendments - Empowers the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans to assist any small business concern in financing plant construction and equipment acquisition for the production, installation, or maintenance of solar energy equipment or other energy conservation equipment. Permits the Administration to make grants to non-profit organizations for the establishment of training seminars that teach small business concerns methods of design, installation, and maintenance of solar energy equipment and to provide manuals on such subjects.
Bill· HRH.R. 12203 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Solar Global Marketing Survey Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to conduct a global market survey to determine which foreign countries might serve as markets for solar energy equipment manufactured in the United States. Requires such survey be computed by September 1, 1980. Limits the amount which may be authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12199 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Power Commission to hold an evidentiary hearing before approving public utility rate increases due to fuel adjustment clauses. Requires a showing that the clause effectively provides incentives for the economical purchase and use of fuel. Requires further that the clause is necessary to enable the utility to pay for the added fuel costs which are by nature short-term fluctuations and therefore not capable of determination in proceedings before such costs are incurred. Sets a one-year limit on approved fuel adjustment clauses and requires an evidentiary hearing before their renewal. Requires the Commission to examine and, if appropriate, to audit the practices of public utilities using fuel adjustment clauses. Requires relevant utilities to supply information as the Commission may require and makes such information available to the public. Grants to any purchaser of electric energy produced for resale and subject to a fuel adjustment clause, the right to examine the records of the relevant utility to insure compliance with applicable schedules and Commission rules. Requires the Commission, after affording the opportunity for an evidentiary hearing, to order the cessation or modification of any practice which does not constitute the most economical purchase and use of fuel. Amends the National Gas Act to impose similar restrictions on rate increases of natural gas companies pursuant to automatic adjustment clauses. Prohibits State regulated utilities from making rate increases pursuant to an automatic adjustment clause unless such clause has been determined to effectively provide incentives for the economical purchase and use of the fuel involved. Requires further that such clauses be necessary to enable the utility to pay for short-term fluctuations in fuel costs that are not susceptible to determination in proceedings held prior to such costs being incurred. Limits automatic adjustment clauses to one-year in duration, and requires an evidentiary hearing before their renewal. Requires the reviewing authority to examine and, if appropriate, to audit the practices of utilities with respect to fuel adjustment clauses. Requires that utilities supply such relevant information as is required by the State regulatory body and makes such information available to the public. Sets procedures for the certification of State regulatory bodies with respect to this Act. Requires the Commission to enforce the Act in the absence of State certification and upon the request of any State regulated utility. Amends the Federal Power Act to expand the scope of businesses forbidden from having interlocking directorates without Commission approval. Makes such approval no defense to actions under specified provisions of the Clayton Act. Amends the Natural Gas Act to expand the scope of natural gas companies forbidden from having interlocking directorates without Commission approval. Makes such approval no defense to actions under specified provisions of the Clayton Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12163 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1978
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for energy research and development. Title I: Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation Research and Development, and Related Activities - Authorizes funds for the operating expenses of projects concerning energy supply, fuels from biomass, geothermal energy, hydroelectric power and basic energy sciences. Authorizes funds for specified projects concerning energy conservation, high energy physics, nuclear physics, and advanced technology and assessment. Authorizes funds for plant and capital equipment expenditures concerning specified solar, basic energy sciences, high energy physics, and nuclear physics projects. Supplements the previous authorizations for specified plant and capital equipment projects. Requires prior Congressional approval before authorized funds are expended for a fuel cell feasibility demonstration concerning cogeneration of steam and electric power. Title II: Fossil and Nuclear Energy Research and Development, and Related Activities - Authorizes funds for the operating expenses of specified fossil energy and nuclear energy programs. Authorizes funds for plant and capital equipment expenditures concerning specified coal, breeder reactor development, and program management and support activities. Supplements specified program management and support activities authorizations. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make a detailed study of the uranium/plutonium cycle and the uranium/thorium cycle breeder reactors. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress at specified times concerning the results of such study. Title III: Environment Research and Development, and Related Activities - Authorizes funds for specified environmental research projects. Title IV: Other Energy Research and Development, and Related Activities - Authorizes funds for specified advanced energy technologies and energy conservation, fossil and nuclear energy, environment, and other programs. Supplements previous authorizations for specified programs. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for projects that exceed, by specified limits, their estimated cost. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the expenditure of funds on projects whose cost exceeds, by specified amounts, the amount authorized for such projects. Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to direct the Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Environment to collect all appropriate information concerning federally sponsored energy-related environmental, health, and safety research for inclusion in the Inventory of Federal Energy-Related Environment and Safety Research. Transfers specified duties to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from the Council on Environmental Quality. Expands such duties to require a continuing analysis of the adequacy, applicability, and effectiveness of the environmental control technology development and research programs in meeting the environmental standards and regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to annually report to Congress concerning such analysis along with his recommendations for improvements. Directs the Secretary of Energy to annually review the energy control technology research activities of the Environmental Protection Agency and report the results of such review to Congress. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to direct that annual budget requests place all plant and capital equipment construction costs in specified categories. Limits cost overruns on specified plant and capital equipment construction projects. Directs the Secretary to provide realistic and adequate opportunities for small businesses to participate in civilian energy research and development programs. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to Congress concerning small business participation in designated programs. Directs such reports to include details on steps being taken to assure small business participation in the future. Title VI: Amendments to the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974 - Amends the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974 to extend from five to eight years the period allowed for development and demonstration purposes under the Act.
Bill· SS. 2917 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to deduct from gross income the cost, not in excess of $50,000 of acquiring stock in a qualified energy invention corporation, which had income preceding the year of stock issuance not more than $100,000, and which owns a patent relating to the invention of an energy saving device or process.
Bill· HRH.R. 12055 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
National Energy Policy Institute Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a nonprofit, nongovernmental Institute for Long Range Energy Analysis. Directs the Institute to analyze, on a continuing basis, the long-range energy needs of the country. Requires the Institute, among other things, to develop policy alternatives to current energy allocation, consult with relevant Federal agencies, and to review national capabilities and programs relating to energy development, conservation, and consumption. Permits the Institute to contract with private institutions as it deems appropriate. Provides for public disclosure of information gathered by the Institute provided each information does not adversely affect national security, or disclose a trade secret. Authorizes appropriations for the Institute. Provides for audits of the Institute. Directs the Institute to annually report to the President and Congress concerning its activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 11972 (95th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Authorizes appropriations to the Alaska Power Administration for engineering and economic investigation expenses. Authorizes appropriations to the Western Area Power Administration for specified purposes including operation and maintenance, emergency funds, and for the continuation of work on the transmission system of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project. Authorizes appropriations to the Southwestern and the Southeastern Power Administrations. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 120 percent of the authorization, or exceed by more than $5,000,000 the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Permits the written waiver of this prohibition where such waiver is signed by each appropriate committee of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 11966 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Requires the Administrator of General Services to submit prospect uses approval before acquiring any building required in connection with the relocation of personnel because of the establishment of the Department of Energy.
Bill· HRH.R. 11960 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act - Title I: Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel - Directs the Secretary of Energy in consultation with other agencies to conduct a study and issue a preliminary report on the amount of spent nuclear fuel which can be stored at temporary spent fuel storage facilities currently in operation or under construction and whether any additional storage facilities should be acquired by the Federal Government. Requires that a final report be evaluated by the President. Directs that within 60 days after the receipt of such report, the President issue a plan for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel. Stipulates that any such plan take effect at the end of 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which copies of such plan are transmitted to each House of Congress. Permits the Congress to reject such plan by the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Sets forth the legislative procedure for the consideration of any such resolution. Title II: Permanent Storage of Radioactive Waste - Directs the Secretary in consultation with other Federal agencies to conduct a study to evaluate methods of providing permanent storage of radioactive waste and to determine the amount of storage capacity required to permanently store all radioactive waste. Requires the Secretary within two years from the date of enactment of this Act to issue a preliminary report on the results of such study. Directs the President to evaluate the final report and issue a plan for the permanent storage of radioactive waste. Stipulates that the plan shall take effect after 60 calendar days of Congressional session unless rejected by the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Sets forth the legislative procedure for the consideration of any such resolution.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 429 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1978
Expresses the Senate's disapproval of Energy Action DOE-001, an amendment to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 11950 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Radioactive Waste Management Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to expand the licensing and related regulatory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning long and short-term storage and disposal of nuclear material. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to permit State-issued licenses for the long-term disposal of nuclear material to remain in effect for three years from the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11935 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to create a position for an officer whose sole duty shall be to promote the export of goods and services related to solar power and other nonnuclear renewable energy resources. Requires the Export-Import Bank to include the views of such officer in specified reports to Congress. Directs that such reports describe specific actions taken to encourage solar power and nonnuclear renewable energy use in developing countries.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 553 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that it pass no law which causes a substantial increase in fuel consumption unless the Department of Energy has submitted to Congress a detailed energy conservation impact statement concerning such law. Expresses the sense of Congress that no Federal agency or component of the Executive branch issue any rule rulemaking, or order which substantially increases fuel consumption unless the Department of Energy has studied such action and issued a detailed energy conservation impact statement concerning it.
Bill· SS. 2835 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to create a position for an officer whose sole duty shall be to promote the export of goods and services related to solar power and other nonnuclear renewable energy resources. Requires the Export-Import Bank to include the views of such officer in specified reports to Congress. Directs that such reports describe specific actions taken to encourage solar power and nonnuclear renewable energy use in developing countries.
Bill· HRH.R. 11857 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Fair Franchise Practices and Distribution Practices Reform Act - Prohibits a franchisor from terminating a franchise during the term of the franchise agreement and from failing to renew the relationship at the expiration of the franchise term unless the termination or non-renewal is based upon specified grounds and executed in accordance with specified notice requirements. Requires 60 days' notice of termination or nonrenewal in most cases. Makes the provisions of this Act enforceable by private civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court. Authorizes injunctive relief and money damages. Preempts State law in the subject areas with which this Act deals, including termination and non-renewal of franchise relationships and the notice applicable thereto, unless State law provisions are the same as the applicable provisions of this Act.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 73 (95th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should not impose an import fee on oil as a means of reducing crude oil imports.
Bill· HRH.R. 11822 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Solar Energy Bank Act - Creates a Government corporation to be known as the Solar Energy Development Bank to make long-term, low-interest loans to encourage the use of solar energy in commercial and residential structures. Prohibits conflicts of interest on the part of officers or employees of the Bank. Prohibits the Bank or its employees from utilizing the Solar Bank to finance political activities. Imposes criminal penalties for the furnishing of false or misleading information by applicants for loans under this Act. Allows the Solar Bank to make loans directly, or through lending institutions which are entitled to reasonable fees for their services. Sets the annual interest rates on such loans at not more than three percent and limits the loans to a maximum of 30 years duration. Requires that the detailed plans submitted with each loan application include installation, architectural, and design plans and fees, if applicable. Prohibits the approval of loans unless the Solar Bank finds that the proposed equipment and related expenses are appropriate and reasonable and will result in a meaningful reduction in the conventional energy dependence of the user. Requires the Solar Bank to establish guidelines for the distribution of its loans among commercial and residential uses and requires that at least 60 percent of such monies loaned be for residential purposes. Establishes procedures governing the processing and approval of loan applications by the Bank. Provides penalties for the violation of the loan contract or for fraud in the obtaining of such a loan. Exempts the Solar Bank and its assets from taxation, except that the real and tangible personal property of the Bank shall be subject to Federal, State, and local taxation to the same extent as that of private corporations. Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to audit the financial transactions of the Bank, and grants the GAO access to all its books, records and accounts. Establishes a Solar Energy Fund in the Treasury of the United States to pay the expenses of the Bank. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000,000 to the fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 11806 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Tertiary Recovery Incentives Act - Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to provide incentives for increased petroleum production through the use of tertiary recovery processes. Defines tertiary recovery processes to be those processes which are determined by an appropriate regulatory body to increase recovery of petroleum over waterflooding techniques. Specifies the relevant State or Federal agency which will make the determination of whether a qualified tertiary recovery process is being utilized. Makes such determination final without a showing of fraud. Suspends ceiling price controls on crude oil produced from a property utilizing a qualified tertiary recovery process. Specifies that such suspension shall occur within 60 days of the enactment of this Act. Excludes from the weighted average first sale price, and from the composite price of all domestic crude oil production, all crude oil produced by a qualified tertiary recovery method.
Bill· HRH.R. 11812 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the use of protective components in electronic equipment which are capable of reducing interference from radio frequency energy.
Bill· HRH.R. 11811 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Modifies the patent laws concerning energy conserving technology. Waives patent protection where such patent is not held by the inventor, and the rights thererto have not been exercised at any time during the five-year period beginning with the first transfer for valuable consideration of the patent to one who is not the inventor.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 548 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should not impose an import fee on oil as a means of reducing crude oil imports.
Bill· SS. 2804 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Radioactive Waste Management Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to expand the licensing and related regulatory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning long-and short- term storage and disposal of nuclear material. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to permit State-issued licenses for the long-term disposal of nuclear material to remain in effect for three years from the enactment of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 11713 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Title I: Small Business Act Amendments - Empowers the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans to assist any small business concern in financing plant construction and equipment acquisition for the production, installation, or maintenance of solar energy equipment or other energy conservation equipment. Permits the Administration to make grants to non-profit organizations for the establishment of training seminars that teach small business concerns methods of design, installation, and maintenance of solar energy equipment and to provide manuals on such subjects.
Bill· HRH.R. 11783 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Directs that all utility rate schedules which provide for the sale of electric power shall do so at price levels which have been subject to and ordered into effect after prior public notice and full hearing. Prohibits the sale of electric energy except in accordance with rate schedules fixed, approved or allowed to go into effect by a regulatory authority. Prohibits such regulatory authority from instituting a rate schedule without prior public notice and full hearing. Sets procedures for the adjudication of alleged violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11737 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Solar Global Marketing Survey Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to conduct a global market survey to determine which foreign countries might serve as markets for solar energy equipment manufactured in the United States. Requires such survey be computed by September 1, 1980. Limits the amount which may be authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act.