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United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022 This bill provides $4 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides grants for states, tribes, and territories to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is necessary to expand the use of nuclear energy in order to (1) meet the growing energy demands of the United States, and (2) promote American nuclear energy leadership while retaining U.S. economic viability in the worldwide nuclear energy marketplace.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act or the INSPECT Act This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assign a resident inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently ceased operation. The inspector must (1) conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities, and (2) remain at the plant until all fuel is transferred from its spent fuel pools.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
This bill includes phosphate and potash on a list of mineral commodities that are critical to the U.S. economy and national security.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
Use it or Lose It Act This bill modifies requirements for certain oil and gas leases and related drilling permits. For example, it requires prospective leaseholders to, as a condition of participating in certain oil and gas lease sales, certify that they have diligently developed any prior leases and relinquished any undeveloped leases.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
Arctic Commitment Act This bill expands a variety of Arctic-focused provisions pertaining to national security, shipping, and trade. For example, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee to advise DOT on matters related to Arctic maritime transportation, including Arctic seaway development. It also requires the Department of the Navy to ensure that the Port of Nome in Alaska is usable for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Arctic Region and military service strategies for the Arctic. Additionally, the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy must jointly submit to Congress a report that outlines the requirements to establish a persistent, year-round presence of the Navy and Coast Guard in the Arctic region, including at the Port of Nome and any other deepwater port that would facilitate such a presence. The bill also requires the Committee on Maritime Transportation System to submit to Congress a report that describes the control and influence of the Russian Federation on shipping in the Arctic and includes a plan for eliminating or preventing a Russian monopoly on shipping in the region to enable an increased U.S. presence in the Arctic shipping domain. Further, the bill expresses the sense of Congress that (1) Arctic countries are important partners of the United States, and (2) the United States International Development Finance Corporation should make investments in Arctic countries to facilitate technologies that contribute to energy security and sustainable opportunities for indigenous groups.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2022
Airport Energy Resiliency and Renewable Energy Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a grant program to incentivize air carrier airports to acquire or install new renewable energy generation resources that directly and substantially benefit such airports, including solar photovoltaic panels, battery storage systems, or microgrids.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 2022
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor with at most 20 megawatts of thermal energy generating capacity. Specifically, such strategy must include an assessment of the effectiveness of utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural disaster response efforts; a comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist with such efforts; a Department of Defense analysis regarding the use of such microreactors to assist with such efforts; recommendations on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may expedite the approval of designs for microreactors and issuing licenses; an assessment of the challenges and barriers to deploying microreactors to assist with such efforts and solutions; and recommendations on how to utilize microreactors as charging stations for electric vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting from a natural disaster.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 2022
Airspace Clearinghouse Enhancement Act or the ACE Act This bill addresses structures interfering with air commerce or national security near military installations. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense to elicit written testimony from the base commander of each military installation within a certain radius of a structure or sanitary landfill when making a determination of whether the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion of such a facility will result in an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security; and any person that submits an application for an energy project near a military installation to disclose if they have a relationship with a foreign principal or an agent of a foreign principal.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 2022
Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to (1) China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran; (2) any other country the government of which is subject to sanctions imposed by the United States; and (3) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by such countries or the Chinese Communist Party. However, DOE may issue a waiver of the prohibition if the export or sale of petroleum products is in the national security interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 2022
This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives reiterates its commitment to ensuring Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon, supports the important work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in safeguarding nuclear material around the globe, and condemns Iran for its lack of transparency and cooperation with the IAEA on the unresolved matter of uranium particles discovered at undeclared sites in Iran and for its additional escalatory actions related to its nuclear program.
United States · United States Senate · 28 July 2022
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
This bill limits the sale and exportation of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to require, as a condition of auction sales, that the petroleum products not be exported to countries that are designated as countries of particular concern for religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. In addition, the bill establishes limits on auction sales of petroleum products from the SPR to state-owned entities if DOE determines that, as of the dates of the auctions, there are bans on, or the imposition of sanctions by the United States with respect to, the purchase of crude oil from countries. Under such circumstances, state-owned entities must certify that they have not purchased petroleum products from countries subject to such bans or sanctions while the bans or sanctions were in effect in order to be able to bid in auctions. If DOE determines state-owned entities participating in the auctions have purchased crude oil from such countries while the bans or sanctions were in effect, then DOE may not sell petroleum products from the SPR to such entities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Getting Renewable and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Appraisals Act of 2022 or the GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022 This bill requires lenders that originate federally backed residential mortgages to notify borrowers of their right to request an energy report concerning the property. The bill also requires, upon consent of the borrower, the lender to provide to an appraiser any available energy report concerning the property. The appraiser must take this report into consideration when appraising the value of the property.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2022 This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act, including by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading in energy markets if the person (1) violates those acts by manipulating the electricity or natural gas markets, or (2) files false information regarding those markets.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Save America’s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to certain entities. Specifically, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in Russia. Further, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in countries (Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela) that are subject to certain prohibitions concerning exports of defense articles and services under the Department of State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Getting Renewable and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Appraisals Act of 2022 or the GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022 This bill requires lenders that originate federally backed residential mortgages to notify borrowers of their right to request an energy report concerning the property. The bill also requires, upon consent of the borrower, the lender to provide to an appraiser any available energy report concerning the property. The appraiser must take this report into consideration when appraising the value of the property.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 This bill provides FY2023 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies. The bill 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, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Office of the Special Trustee For American Indians, Departmental Offices, and Department-Wide Programs. The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service. Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for the Indian Health Service, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including the Council on Environmental Quality and 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 Endowment for the Arts, 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 Presidio Trust, the World War I Centennial Commission, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, and the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children The bill provides additional emergency appropriations to Interior and the Forest Service for disaster recovery and emergency response activities. Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 2022
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2022 This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act, including by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading in energy markets if the person (1) violates those acts by manipulating the electricity or natural gas markets, or (2) files false information regarding those markets.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2022
Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2022 This bill modifies requirements relating to data centers of federal agencies and extends the sunset of provisions regarding the federal data center consolidation initiative. Specifically, the General Services Administration (GSA) must establish minimum requirements for new data centers, including regarding the availability and use of new data centers; the use of sustainable energy sources; uptime percentage; protections against power failures, including on-site energy generation and access to multiple transmission paths; protections against physical intrusions and natural disasters; and information security protections. During the development and planning lifecycle of a new data center, an agency must report to the GSA and Congress upon determining it is likely to make a management or financial decision relating to such center. An agency must (1) regularly assess the application portfolio of the covered agency and ensure that each legacy application is updated, replaced, or modernized, as appropriate, to take advantage of modern technologies; and (2) prioritize and, to the greatest extent possible, leverage commercial cloud environments rather than acquiring, overseeing, or managing custom data center infrastructure. An agency must oversee and manage the data center portfolio and the information technology strategy of the agency in accordance with federal cybersecurity guidelines and directives.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2022
No Oil for CCP Act This bill bans exports of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, North Korea, Iran, and other specified recipients. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Energy to require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that (1) the oil not be exported to such countries; and (2) the recipient of the oil is not under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2022
Facilitating the Reshoring of Energy Grid Component Manufacturing Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a loan program for the production of energy grid products or components. Under the program, DOE may provide loans for activities related to projects that reequip, expand, or establish manufacturing facilities to produce energy grid products or their components. Energy grid products include large power transformers or any other electrical equipment commonly used for the transmission or distribution of electric energy by public electric utilities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2022
This bill requires the Department of Energy to administer polygraphs to foreign nationals of countries of particular concern (as designated by the State Department based on the country's violations of religious freedom) as a condition of their employment at or internal access to the department's national laboratories.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2022
Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Department of Education, to establish a comprehensive nationwide program to improve education and workforce development for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
This resolution requests the President and the Department of Energy to provide the House of Representatives certain documents and information about plans to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and plans to subsequently replenish the reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
This resolution requests the President to provide the House of Representatives documents and information about any plans to declare climate change a public health emergency or national emergency in order to regulate aspects of industrial activity or supply and delivery of energy or electric power.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
This resolution requests the President to provide the House of Representatives documents and information about any plans to (1) issue executive actions, federal policies, or regulations that result in increased energy prices; (2) implicate Russian President Vladimir Putin in the rise of energy prices; (3) pursue non-fossil fuel energy sources as a result of rising energy prices; or (4) impose punitive restrictions on American energy workers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
This resolution requests the President to transmit to the House of Representatives, copies of any document, memorandum, or other communication in his possession, or any portion thereof, that refers or relates to any initiative or negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program that may be required under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022 This bill prohibits specified federal entities (e.g., the Department of Energy) from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost-benefit analysis required under any law or specified Executive Orders. In addition, such social costs must not be considered by such entities (1) in rulemaking, (2) in the issuance of guidance, (3) in taking other agency action, (4) or as a justification for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
Next Generation Fuels Act of 2022 This bill supports the use of biofuels (e.g., gasoline blended with ethanol) in vehicles, including by establishing a minimum octane standard for gasoline as well as making related biofuel requirements for vehicles, their fuels, and fuel infrastructure.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
Food and Energy Security Act This bill provides requirements for specified federal financial agencies when regulating activity that could impact the extension of capital or investments to agricultural- or energy-related businesses. Specifically, an agency must analyze the economic impact of any such regulation. If the analysis estimates that the regulation would increase prices, and if the consumer price index exceeds a certain level, the agency is prohibited from implementing the regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or the E-Access Act This bill revises federal guidelines for state energy conservation plans, including by authorizing such plans to include programs that (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, electric energy and natural gas usage and cost information, including consumers' own residential and commercial retail electric energy and natural gas information; and (2) facilitate the development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2022
Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2022
This resolution directs the Department of the Interior to provide the House of Representatives certain information and documents about the 2023-2028 program for offshore oil and gas leasing, including information on funding implications.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2022
This resolution directs the Department of the Interior to provide the House of Representatives with certain documents and information about compliance with the obligations of the Mineral Leasing Act.
United States · United States Senate · 21 July 2022
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2022
Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report to Congress about changes to its regulation of nuclear reactors and materials during the COVID-19 public health emergency and actions (e.g., the use of risk-informed, performance-based procedures) that may be implemented to enhance the efficiency of oversight and inspection programs. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must conduct a review of the commission's office and other facility space requirements and recommend ways to reduce office and facility costs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2022
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022 This bill prohibits specified federal entities (e.g., the Department of Energy) from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost-benefit analysis required under any law or specified Executive Orders. In addition, such social costs must not be considered by such entities (1) in rulemaking, (2) in the issuance of guidance, (3) in taking other agency action, (4) or as a justification for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2022
Budgeting for Renewable Electrical Energy Zone Earnings Act or the BREEZE Act This bill makes various changes to the allocation of revenues from offshore oil, gas, and wind projects on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, including to increase the share of revenues paid to states. It also exempts the payments to states from sequestration (a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2022
Regional Clean Energy Innovation Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish the Regional Clean Energy Innovation Program to enhance the country's economic, environmental, and energy security and accelerate the pace of innovation of diverse clean energy technologies through clean energy innovation partnerships.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2022
This bill specifies that the President may not cancel, delay or otherwise pause quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales that are proscribed under current law. If a sale is canceled, delayed, or otherwise paused due to Executive Order 14008 (titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and signed on January 27, 2021), the Department of the Interior must conduct a replacement sale within two calendar years of the cancelation, delay, or pause.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2022
Steel Upgrading Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act of 2022 or the SUPER Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the production of iron, steel, and steel mill products. Specifically, DOE must establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced tools, technologies, and methods for low-emissions steel manufacturing. In carrying out the program and in collaboration with industry partners, institutions of higher education, and its national laboratories, DOE must support an initiative for the demonstration of low-emissions steel manufacturing.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2022
DOE Appliance and Equipment Standards Reform and Consumer Protection Act This bill modifies the process by which the Department of Energy amends, revokes, or implements energy conservation standards for certain consumer products (other than automobiles), such as household appliances.
United States · United States Senate · 13 July 2022
United States · United States House of Representatives · 13 July 2022
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 2022
No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act This bill prohibits exports of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to such countries. However, DOE may issue a waiver of the prohibition if the sale of crude oil is in the national security interests of the United States. In addition, DOE must report on (1) the route to destination and place of refinement of all crude oil sold at auction from the SPR since November 23, 2021, and (2) the ownership of the refinement facilities at which such crude oil was refined.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2022
Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research initiative to evaluate carbon sequestration.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 2022
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and maintain a map of critical electric grid infrastructure that is vulnerable to natural disasters. DOE must also annually report on grid vulnerabilities and risks of energy disruptions due to natural disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 2022
This bill allows increased residential energy efficiency property tax credit rates for combined photovoltaic and thermal technology expenditures.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 2022
Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a rule to establish minimum transfer capabilities between transmission planning regions to help stabilize the electric grid.