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Bill· SS. 2093 (97th)referred

A bill to require the Administrator of General Services to take suitable action to provide public buildings underground when proven to improve security, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Amends the Public Building Cooperative Use Act of 1976 to direct the Administrator of the General Services Administration to construct or acquire underground structures for use as public buildings if such structures will improve security for Federal personnel and records, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to redefine "public building" to include underground structures.

Bill· SS. 2083 (97th)referred

Royalty Collection Incentive Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Royalty Collection Incentive Act of 1982 - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate a principal lessee with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act. Makes the principal lessee responsible for making all royalty and lease payments under such lease. Directs the Attorney General at the request of the Secretary of the Interior to bring a civil action to enforce any law governing any oil or gas lease or any term of such a lease. Sets forth a maximum penalty for failure to comply with such laws or lease terms. Sets an additional fine of a five percent interest payment above the current interest rate for any overdue royalty payments. Provides a maximum fine of $100,000, a maximum prison term of the ten years, or both for any person who knowingly and willfully, with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act: (1) violates any lease term; (2) makes any false statement or representation; (3) falsifies or tampers with any record; or (4) reveals confidential information. Requires convictions for such willful violations to result in the forfeiture of the lease held by the person convicted. Makes officers and agents of corporations prosecuted for such activities subject to the same penalties and prison terms.

Bill· HRH.R. 5497 (97th)referred

Energy Consumer Regulatory Reform Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Energy Consumer Regulatory Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act, the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, and the Energy Reorganization Act by repealing provisions relating to energy conservation improvements to buildings. Repeals provisions of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Security Act relating to residential energy conservation service and commercial and apartment energy conservation service. Repeals energy efficiency standards and requirements for consumer products other than automobiles under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal retail regulatory policies for electric and gas utilities. Repeals provisions of the Energy Conservation and Production Act relating to electric utility rate design initiatives. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by repealing provisions relating to State energy conservation programs and general emergency energy authorities. Repeals the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979.

Bill· SS. 2074 (97th)referred

Natural Gas Production and Market Adjustment Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982

Natural Gas Production and Market Adjustment Act of 1982 - Title I: Elimination of Certain Artificial Restrictions on Natural Gas Consumption - Repeals the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. Exempts from the repeal powerplants or installations for which proposed or final prohibition orders have been issued under such Act. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to terminate the incremental pricing requirements under such Act. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal provisions relating to retail policies for natural gas. Title II: Elimination of Certain Restrictions on Natural Gas Sales and Transmission - Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, to authorize any pipeline to sell natural gas to: (1) other pipelines; and (2) local distribution companies. Requires the rates for sales by interstate pipelines to be just and reasonable. Prohibits amounts paid for transportation services from being taken into account in setting the rates of the transporting pipeline. Amends the Natural Gas Act to provide that if such Act does not apply to a pipeline then such Act shall not apply to any person buying gas from such pipeline. Provides for the deregulation of committed or dedicated natural gas under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Prohibits FERC from imposing any limitation on the right to contract for sale or use of natural gas from the Outer Continental Shelf, except that FERC shall ensure that an interstate pipeline may not charge an excessive rate for transporting natural gas. Authorizes FERC to authorize any pipeline or local distributor to assign to any other pipeline all or any portion of the assignor's right to receive surplus natural gas at any first sale. Permits any interstate, intrastate, or local distribution company to purchase emergency supplies, if authorized by the President. Title III: Natural Gas Pricing Provisions - Sets a minimum lawful price beginning after December 1982 for first sales of natural gas produced from wells where: (1) surface drilling began on or after enactment of this Act; and (2) proper authorization for drilling was obtained. Sets a separate ceiling price for the first sale of natural gas (excluding high cost natural gas) other than that described in the previous sentence. Deregulates the first sale of natural gas, effective January 1, 1985. Defines an "indefinite price escalator clause" as any contract provision which: (1) provides for the establishment or adjustment of the price for natural gas delivered under such contract by reference to other prices for natural gas, for crude oil, for refined petroleum product, or any other energy source; or (2) allows for the establishment or adjustment of the price of natural gas delivered under such contract by negotiation between the parties. Repeals the President's standby price control authority. Provides for the preemption of any State or local law to the extent it would preclude or grant the authority to preclude the recovery by any interstate pipeline of any amount paid with respect to any purchase of natural gas. with respect to natural gas owned and produced by any pipeline, includes the intracorporate Redefines: (1) "sale", to include the intracorporate transfer of natural gas owned and produced by pipeline; and (2) "first sale", to mean any sale of natural gas to an interstate or intrastate pipeline, or to a transmission or distribution division of a pipeline, in the case of natural gas owned and produced by that pipeline. Title IV: Contract Provisions - States that for purposes of any contractual pricing provision, any maximum lawful price under the wellhead pricing provisions of the Act shall be deemed to be a just and reasonable rate established by order of FERC. Prohibits FERC from specifying the minimum duration of any contract to purchase natural gas. Eliminates the authority of FERC to require offers and rights of first refusal on the sale of committed or dedicated natural gas. Permits the seller, in the case of any contract which was in effect on the day before enactment and which contains an area rate clause, to elect by June 30, 1985, to have the price for natural gas under the contract adjusted as if the contract contained a most favored nation clause until the contract terminates or is renegotiated. Permits the buyer, in the case of any contract, which was in effect on the day before enactment and which contains a commodity escalator clause, to elect by June 30, 1985, to have the price for natural gas adjusted as if the contract contained a most favored nation clause. Defines "area rate clause," "commodity escalator clause," and "most favored nation clause." Provides that between January 1, 1985, and January 1, 1990, no price paid for natural gas under a commodity escalator clause may be considered in applying any existing most-favored-nation clause. Defines "existing most-favored-nation clause." Declares that any renegotiated natural gas price shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such gas for purposes of any law or lease provision.

Bill· SS. 2063 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit local entities to extract and use coal from lands within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for heat and generation of electricity.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982

Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit the North Slope Borough, Alaska, to extract and use coal for heating and the generation of electricity.

Bill· SS. 2062 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982

Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act to allow the Tennessee Valley Authority to supply electric power to the city of West Memphis, Arkansas.

Bill· HRH.R. 5403 (97th)referred

Energy Community Self-Help Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Energy Community Self-Help Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to elect to deduct in one taxable year otherwise deductible prepaid State or local taxes, fees, rents, or royalties which are used by such States or localities to meet population growth needs arising out of the operation of major energy and resource development activities. Specifies that the prepayment of such taxes, fees, etc. must be permitted or required by State or local law. Defines "operation of major energy and resource development" as the development, operation, and construction of any facility used primarily for the development of minerals, operated in connection with a synthetic fuel project, or an electric generation facility designed for coal use. Requires that capital expenditures for such facility or gross income received over the life of such facility exceed $50,000,000. Allows an income tax deduction for amounts paid to State and local governments as energy impact assistance. Defines "energy impact assistance amounts" as contributions made to State and local governments to provide certain facilities or services required to meet population growth needs resulting from energy and resources development activities.

Bill· SS. 2025 (97th)open

District Heating and Cooling Tax Incentives Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982

District Heating and Cooling Tax Incentives Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income taxation any interest earned on industrial development bonds issued to finance a district heating or cooling system. Defines "district heating or cooling system" as any system consisting of one or more heating or cooling sources which may be connected to a pipeline or network providing hot water, chilled water, or steam to two or more users for residential, commercial or industrial heating or cooling, or process steam. Defines "district heating or cooling property" as any equipment or other property used as an integral part of such a system. Qualifies district heating and cooling property for preferential investment tax credit treatment and for the residential energy conservation income tax credit. Exempts district heating or cooling property which is transferred to a governmental unit or tax-exempt organization from the recapture rules relating to prohibited dispositions of investment tax credit property. Treats district heating or cooling property as depreciable personal property for purposes of tax rules relating to the recapture of excess depreciation. Exempts from classification as ten or 15 year public utility property, for purposes of accelerated depreciation under the accelerated cost recovery system, district heating or cooling property.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 286 (97th)reported

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982

Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from March 1, 1982, through February 28, 1983, including: (1) employment of personnel; (2) utilization of Federal agency personnel on a reimbursable basis; and (3) procurement of consultant services.

Bill· HRH.R. 5363 (97th)referred

Wholesale Electric Rate Fairness Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982

Wholesale Electric Rate Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to delegate to any Commissioner or Commission employee its authority to suspend the operation of a rate schedule with respect to electric energy. Permits the Commission to waive the requirement that a person aggrieved by an order issued by the Commission apply for a rehearing before a proceeding to review such order can be brought. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules and adopt policies and procedures with respect to such rehearings.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 317 (97th)passed

A resolution authorizing printing of the transcript of proceedings of the Committee on Energy and Commerce incident to presentation of a portrait of the Honorable John D. Dingell.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982

Directs that the transcript of proceedings on September 23, 1981, incident to the presentation of a portrait of the Honorable John D. Dingell to the Energy and Commerce Committee be printed as a House document. Directs that an additional number of casebound copies of such document be printed for the use of the committee.

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