Energy

U.S. Additional Protocol Implementation Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2006

U.S. Additional Protocol Implementation Act - Authorizes the President to: (1) implement this Act and the Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America, with Annexes, signed in Vienna on June 12, 1998 (Additional Protocol); and (2) designate which federal agencies shall issue or amend and enforce regulations to implement this Act and the provisions of the Additional Protocol. Prohibits complementary access to any location in the United States pursuant to the Additional Protocol without the authorization of the U.S. Government. Authorizes complementary IAEA access in accordance with this Act to any location in the United States subject to access under the Additional Protocol. Prescribes complementary access procedures, including consents, warrants, and warrantless complementary access. Exempts information acquired by the U.S. Government under this Act or under the Additional Protocol from certain statutory disclosure requirements. Prescribes recordkeeping procedures. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for: (1) recordkeeping violations; and (2) impeding authorized complementary access. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil actions to restrain such violations and to compel actions required by this Act or the Additional Protocol. Directs the President to notify certain congressional committees of IAEA Board approval of wide-area environmental sampling for use as a safeguards verification tool. Prohibits the United States from permitting location-specific environmental sampling proposed by the IAEA in the United States unless the President has made specified determinations and reported to certain congressional committees.

ENERGY AND WATER, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

United States · United States Senate · 30 March 2006

Nuclear Gold Standard Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2006

Nuclear Gold Standard Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense to develop a framework for a global alliance against nuclear terrorism that would incorporate the "gold standard" developed under this Act for the security of nuclear materials. Directs the Secretary of Energy to work with: (1) the Secretary's Russian counterpart to develop a formal set of verifiable and enforceable standards to which all U.S. and Russian nuclear materials shall be secured and against which inspectors can test ("gold standard"); and (2) the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to extend such standards to all other countries with nuclear materials. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State to: (1) separately and jointly, provide assistance to other countries to implement the measures required by U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540; and (2) jointly develop a set of incentives as part of such assistance. Authorizes, subject to specified conditions, appropriations for: (1) specified Department of Energy and Department of Defense (DOD) nuclear materials safety and weapons reduction programs; and (2) securing nuclear materials in Russia.

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 through 2011.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2006

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2007, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008-FY2011. Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2007-FY2011 with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY2007-FY2011. Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and the Workforce; (4) Energy and Commerce; (5) Government Reform; (6) Resources; (7) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (8) Ways and Means. Requires the Committee on Ways and Means to report a reconciliation bill providing for revenue reduction. Requires the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to submit to the Committee on the Budget its findings that identify savings amounting to 1% of total spending under its jurisdiction from activities that are wasteful, unnecessary, or lower-priority. Establishes a reserve fund for emergencies. Prohibits House legislation that would require advanced appropriations, with a specified exception. Makes rule XXVII of the House (the Gephardt Rule, relating to mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution) inapplicable with respect to the adoption by Congress of a budget resolution for FY2007. Requires: (1) reported legislation designated as an emergency requirement to include an explanation of the manner in which the legislation meets specified criteria; and (2) if such legislation is to be considered without being reported, the explanation to be published in the Congressional Record in advance of floor consideration. Provides for changes in allocations and aggregates resulting from realistic scoring of measures affecting federal revenues. Prohibits the use of revenue increases to comply with budget allocations and aggregates. Makes it out of order in the House to consider direct spending legislation that would increase an on-budget deficit or decrease an on-budget surplus for any specified applicable time period. Requires the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to maintain a: (1) Budget Protection Mandatory Account; and (2) Budget Protection Discretionary Account.

To direct the Secretary of Energy to undertake a study of the need for and feasibility of establishing a strategic natural gas reserve.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2006

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on the need for and feasibility of establishing a strategic natural gas reserve similar to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2006

Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act of 2006 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations to establish a system for: (1) issuing, recording, and tracking greenhouse gas emission allowances; (2) measuring carbon that will be produced by covered fossil fuels; and (3) measuring greenhouse gases in carbon equivalents. Directs the Administrator to issue annually, maintain a registry of, and assign unique serial numbers to allowances based on the estimated emission matching allowances required to be transferred to the Administrator, before activities may be conducted, by: (1) importers of refined petroleum products or coal; (2) owners and operators of natural gas pipelines, natural gas processing plants, oil refineries, coal preparation plants, or coal mines; and (3) persons selling or disposing of other covered fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, or products processed through an agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing process that emits a greenhouse gas. Allows a person to sell or exchange an allowance to any other person. Requires the Administrator to allocate specified percentages of allowances: (1) to the Secretary of Energy to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to implement an innovative energy research and technology development and deployment program; (2) to the Secretary of State for investing in and providing assistance for low-emission policies, technologies, and projects in developing countries; (3) for distribution to specified industry sectors to offset their losses of profits that are directly attributable to this Act; (4) to the states for grants to help individuals who have lost their jobs due to this Act, for grants to assist communities that demonstrate economic loss due to this Act, and for low-income home energy assistance; and (5) to the Treasury. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to offer an unlimited number of allowances for sale at a safety valve price, which the Secretary shall increase after the President accepts a certification by the Secretary of State that the five developing countries with the most greenhouse gas emissions are enforcing policies and programs comparable to those established pursuant to this Act. Sets forth a civil penalty for entities that do not transfer the required number of allowances to the Administrator. Allows government agencies with ratemaking regulatory authority to allow an entity required to submit allowances to recover the full market value of such allowances. Directs the Administrator to: (1) review and approve appropriate domestic sequestration project proposals that will result in a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) issue allowances based on the amount of greenhouse gas sequestered.

Expressing the support of Congress for the "25 x '25" initiative, which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands in the United States will provide by 2025 at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, and, in furtherance of the "25 x '25" initiative, promoting the increased production of renewable energy by the forestry and agricultural communities.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2006

Endorses the "25 by 25 initiative" which envisions that U.S. farm, ranch, and forestry lands will provide by 2025 at least 25% of the energy consumed in the United States while continuing to produce abundant, safe, and affordable food and fiber. Commits to working collaboratively with leaders of the agricultural and forestry communities to promote the increased production of renewable energy.

ENERGY AND WATER, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

United States · United States Senate · 28 March 2006

Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2006

Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to set forth criteria for the inclusion of certain nuclear weapons program workers in the special exposure cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. Establishes a deadline for claims adjudication.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2006

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (8) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (9) National Reconnaissance Office; (10) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (11) Coast Guard; (12) Department of Homeland Security; and (13) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2007, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2007 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees on the use of such authority. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2007, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution of laws of the United States.

Ensuring Implementation of the 9/11 Commission Report Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2006

Ensuring Implementation of the 9/11 Commission Report Act - Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act or the HERO Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete assignment of the electromagnetic spectrum for public safety services to permit operation by January 1, 2007. Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant program to assist state and local governments in achieving essential capabilities for terrorism preparedness. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an Office of the Comptroller within the Office for Domestic Preparedness, a First Responder Grants Board, and a Task Force on Terrorism Preparedness for First Responders; and (2) promulgate national voluntary standards for first responder equipment. Requires reports by: (1) DHS on a unified incident command system, a national critical infrastructure risk and vulnerabilities assessment, the comprehensive screening system, a biometric entry and exit data system, international collaboration on border and document security, and standardization of secure identification; (2) the Comptroller General on private sector preparedness, federal first responder training programs, and terrorist watch list consolidation; (3) the Secretary of Transportation on a national strategy for transportation security and on airline passenger screening; (4) the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center on collection and analysis of intelligence on terrorist travel; and (5) the Commissioner of Social Security on social security card security enhancements. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require fingerprints in passports. Requires specified reports on the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and the policy goals of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Requires certification by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense as to whether the federal government has implemented the policy goals and the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States regarding homeland and airspace defense. Requires semiannual reports by the Secretary of Defense describing the plans and strategies of the U.S. Northern Command. 9/11 Commission Civil Liberties Board Act - Revises provisions concerning the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Provides for the designation of privacy and civil liberties officers. Revises provisions concerning the House and Senate intelligence committees. Requires public disclosure by the President of certain intelligence funding. Expresses the sense of Congress respecting: (1) Afghanistan; (2) Pakistan; (3) Saudi Arabia; (4) coalition strategy against Islamic terrorism; (5) the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI); (6) the Proliferation Security Initiative; and (7) nuclear weapons and materials security standards. Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) terrorist sanctuary elimination; (2) standards for detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists; (3) economic policies to combat terrorism; (4) terrorist financing; and (5) public diplomacy, scholarship, exchange, and library programs in the Islamic world, and international broadcasting; Omnibus Nonproliferation and Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 - Establishes the Office of Nonproliferation Programs in the Executive Office of the President. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) removal of certain restrictions on cooperative threat reduction and energy nonproliferation programs, and modification of such programs' fund use outside the former Soviet Union; (2) the Global Threat Reduction Initiative; (3) Russia's nuclear weapons; (4) research and development of alternative use of weapons of mass destruction expertise; and (5) strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Energy Diplomacy and Security Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Energy Diplomacy and Security Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress on energy diplomacy and security. Urges the Secretary of State to seek immediately to establish: (1) strategic energy partnerships with the governments of major energy producers and major energy consumers, and with governments of other countries; (2) petroleum crisis response mechanisms with the governments of China and India; (3) a Western Hemisphere energy crisis response mechanism; and (4) a regional-based ministerial Hemisphere Energy Cooperation Forum. Urges the President to place on the agenda for discussion at the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency the merits of establishing an international energy program application procedure. Urges the Hemisphere Energy Cooperation Forum (established in response to this Act) to implement: (1) an Energy Crisis Initiative; (2) an Energy Sustainability Initiative; and (3) an Energy for Development Initiative. Encourages the Secretary to approach other governments in the Western Hemisphere to seek cooperation in establishing a Hemisphere Energy Industry Group of industry and government representatives, coordinated by the U.S. Government.

A bill to authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Authorizes the President, upon making specified determinations, to exempt a certain proposed cooperation agreement with India from requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEC) regarding: (1) mandatory maintenance of International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards for nuclear materials in peaceful nuclear activities; (2) certain additional export criteria and procedures; and (3) conduct resulting in termination of nuclear exports. Renders any such determinations without effect if the President finds that India has detonated a nuclear explosive device after enactment of this Act.

American Fuels Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

American Fuels Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Energy Security to oversee all federal energy security programs, including the coordination of efforts of federal agencies to assist the United States in achieving full energy independence. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a tax credit for production of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles, including allowance of the credit against the alternative minimum tax; and (2) an alternative fuel retail sales credit. Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative diesel fuel. Requires such regulations to provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports diesel that contains a quantity of alternative diesel fuel greater than prescribed quantities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the alcohol fuel mixture excise tax credit to cellulosic biomass ethanol. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to include within the term alternative fueled vehicle a medium or heavy duty hybrid vehicle. Sets a deadline by which: (1) any federal property with at least one fuel refueling station must include at least one alternative fuel refueling station; and (2) any alternative fuel refueling station on federally-owned property must permit full public access for the purpose of refueling using alternative fuel. Amends federal transportation law to require that any bus purchased with funds from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to be a clean fuel bus. Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement a program to evaluate the commercial and technical viability of advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels having applications for the Department of Defense.

Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to set forth criteria for the inclusion of certain nuclear weapons program workers in the special exposure cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. Establishes a deadline for claims adjudication.

Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award grants to eligible entities to establish up to eight Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes throughout the United States to assist in the commercialization of nanotechnology. Instructs the Under Secretary to ensure that each Institute is located at either a public university or federal laboratory. Requires grants awarded pursuant to this Act to be used to establish at least one Institute in each of the following areas of nanotechology or microtechnology: (1) energy; (2) printable electronics; (3) medical; (4) transportation; (5) textiles; and (6) agriculture. Specifies matching requirements for for-profit manufacturing companies conducting research and development in micro- and nanotechnologies. Makes any institution of higher education that has a federally funded nanotechnology center or that is the primary lead of a nanotechnology center not eligible for a grant under this Act. Directs the Under Secretary to establish a peer review committee to review the goals and progress made by each Institute. Requires each grant recipient to submit a report to such committee describing its Institute's accomplishments and goals as a condition of continued grant funding.

To authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Authorizes the President, upon making specified determinations, to exempt a certain proposed cooperation agreement with India from requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEC) regarding: (1) mandatory maintenance of International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards for nuclear materials in peaceful nuclear activities; (2) certain additional export criteria and procedures; and (3) conduct resulting in termination of nuclear exports. Renders any such determinations without effect if the President finds that India has detonated a nuclear explosive device after enactment of this Act.

Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, poultry waste); and (2) allow certain organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, state and local governments, and Indian tribal governments, to sell unused amounts of such tax credit.

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish criteria for designating chemical sources, using specified risk factors, and evaluating the types of facilities (other than Department of Defense or Department of Energy facilities) in consideration; and (2) designate chemical sources already in existence. Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules establishing a risk-based tier system of chemical sources, based on such criteria, which enables a chemical source to develop appropriate site-specific measures to meet the security performance standards established for the applicable tier. Requires such rules to provide guidance to the chemical source owner or operator on steps that would enable the source to move to a lower risk tier. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require chemical source owners or operators to make vulnerability assessments, site security plans, and emergency response plans. Requires chemical sources regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA-regulated facilities) to comply with this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish an office under the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection that shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish in each Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region an Infrastructure Protection Regional Security Office. Establishes Area Security Committees for geographic areas designated by the Secretary, which shall prepare Area Security Plans for the Secretary's approval. Directs the Secretary to conduct drills and exercises periodically in each area for which an Area Security Plan is required and under the site security plan and emergency response plans of relevant chemical sources. Authorizes the Secretary to order mandatory security measures for a chemical source if the Secretary determines that additional measures are necessary to respond to a threat assessment or to a specific threat against the chemical sector. Prescribes administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for failure to comply with an order or directive issued by the Secretary under this Act or with a site security plan.

Local Clean Energy Initiative Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 2006

Local Clean Energy Initiative Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide local governments that establish a Clean Energy Bond Act with grants of up to 20 % of the costs of implementing clean energy projects funded by the Clean Energy Bond Act. Directs the Secretary, when awarding such grants, to give preference to local governments that will be engaging in the full range of clean energy projects, and to those who can demonstrate a prior commitment to environmental conservation.

Gulf Coast Protection Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2006

Gulf Coast Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse to coastal producing states by December 31, 2006, without further appropriation, 50% of the qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues received during the preceding year. Prescribes proportional allocation requirements. Restricts the purposes for which the producing states and coastal political subdivisions may use such funds.

Alternative Energy Extender Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2006

Alternative Energy Extender Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010: (1) the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (2) the tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds and the national volume cap for such bonds; (3) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (4) the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; (5) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property; (6) the tax credits for investment in qualified fuel cells, microturbine power plants, and solar energy property; and (7) the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and alternative fuels and for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Increases the maximum tax credit amounts for the advanced coal and gasification project programs. Extends through 2012 the taxpayer election to expense certain crude oil refinery property. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend through 2010 the suspension of duties on mixtures of ethyl alcohol and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether.

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 2006

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2007, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2006 and FY2008-FY2011. Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2006-FY2011 with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY2006-FY2011. Requires the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to report a reconciliation bill to the Senate that reduces budget authority and outlays. Provides for certain reserve funds for: (1) the uninsured; (2) health information technology; (3) the Asbestos Injury Trust Fund; (4) safe importation of prescription drugs; (5) reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act; (6) comprehensive immigration reform; (7) Indian claim settlement; (8) the National Flood Insurance Program; (9) protection of America's competitive edge; (10) the Land and Water Conservation Fund; (11) chronic care case management; and (12) receipts from Bonneville Power Administration. Prohibits Senate legislation that would require advanced appropriations, with a specified exception. States that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from designated emergency requirements (meeting specified criteria) pursuant to this resolution, in any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this resolution (relating to discretionary and directing spending limits in the Senate), the FY2006 budget resolution (relating to the long term direct spending), and the FY2004 budget resolution (relating to the PAYGO requirement in the Senate), until the adoption of a subsequent budget resolution. Limits such designated emergency requirements for FY2007 to $90 billion for the global war on terrorism and other emergencies, including U.S. border security initiatives and pandemic influenza initiatives. Establishes specified discretionary spending limits in the Senate. Requires the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to notify the Senate of a Medicare funding warning.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET PROPOSAL

United States · United States House of Representatives · 9 March 2006

SHOULD CONGRESS ESTABLISH ``ARPA-E,'' THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY?

United States · United States House of Representatives · 9 March 2006

Energy Competitiveness Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2006

Energy Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Administration - Energy (ARPA-E) to reduce the quantity of foreign energy imports and improve the competitiveness of the U.S. economy by funding projects to accelerate energy-related research and develop new energy-related technologies. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010: (1) the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (2) the tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds and the national volume cap for such bonds; (3) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (4) the tax credit for energy efficient new homes; (5) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property; (6) the tax credits for investment in qualified fuel cells, stationary microturbine power plants, and solar energy property; and (7) the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and alternative fuels. Increases the maximum tax credit amounts for the advanced coal and gasification project programs. Extends through 2012 the taxpayer election to expense certain crude oil refinery property. Exempts certain alternative motor vehicles and qualified electric vehicles eligible for tax credits from the depreciation limitations applicable to luxury vehicles.

Gulf Coast Protection and Restoration Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2006

Gulf Coast Protection and Restoration Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing no later than one year after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from offering for oil and gas leasing: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line, unless the Secretary of Defense agrees in writing before the area is offered for lease that it can be developed in a manner that will not interfere with military activities; or (2) any area that is within 100 miles of the coastline of Florida. Requires the 181 Area to be offered for lease in spite of its omission from a specified leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Requires the Secretary, without further appropriation, to disburse to producing states and coastal political subdivisions, 50% of the qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues generated from leases from the 181 Area during each fiscal year. Prescribes guidelines for allocation and authorized uses consistent with the coastal impact assistance program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Common Sense Budget Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2006

Common Sense Budget Act of 2006 - Requires certain reductions in amounts appropriated for FY2007 for specified Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs. Makes amounts from such reductions available for: (1) modernization of school facilities; (2) state child health plans; (3) adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities; (4) programs to increase energy efficiency and conservation and increase investment in sustainable and renewable energy alternatives; (5) sustainable development and humanitarian assistance programs to alleviate global poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, disease, and disaster; (6) homeland security safeguard improvements; (7) reduction of the deficit; and (8) medical research.

21st Century Innovation Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2006

21st Century Innovation Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award scholarships to students who: (1) are enrolled in undergraduate programs concurrently offering degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and elementary or secondary school teacher certification; and (2) agree to teach in such fields for at least five years. Awards matching grants to institutions of higher education to establish such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to: (1) state and local educational agencies to establish summer institutes offering elementary and secondary school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers continuing education, and to train them to provide advanced courses; and (2) institutions of higher education offering part-time master's degree programs to such middle and secondary school teachers. Augments the funding available for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers program at designated federal agencies. Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish programs awarding undergraduate and graduate scholarships in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics on the basis of criteria to be established by the Secretary, but addressing areas of national need identified by program advisory bodies. Creates a Presidential Innovation Award, periodically conferring a medal upon individuals who develop unique scientific or engineering ideas serving the national interest. Requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a National Coordination Office for Research Infrastructure which shall prioritize funding provided to the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE) under this Act for the construction and maintenance of higher education and federal research facilities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the extended stay of aliens who obtain the equivalent of a doctorate in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or other fields deemed important to the national interest, and seek or secure employment in such fields. Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the DOE to award competitive energy research and development grants and contracts to institutions of higher education, companies, or consortia of such entities, which may include federal laboratories, to reduce our dependence on energy imports by 50% over the next 10 years. Provides for the recoupment and redeployment of such funding.

To require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2006

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing no later than one year after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from offering for oil and gas leasing: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line unless the Secretary of Defense agrees in writing before the area is offered for lease that it can be developed so as not to interfere with military activities; or (2) any area within 100 miles of the coastline of Florida. Requires the 181 Area to be offered for lease in spite of its omission from a specified leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

United States · United States Senate · 7 March 2006

Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2010, vice Patrick Henry Wood III, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 7 March 2006

Jon Wellinghoff, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2008, vice William Lloyd Massey, term expired.

United States · United States Senate · 7 March 2006

To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an Independent Safety Assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2006

Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to report to Congress regarding: (1) an in-depth Independent Safety Assessment of the design, construction, maintenance, and operational safety performance of the systems at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 2 and 3, located in Westchester County, New York; and (2) a comprehensive evaluation of the radiological emergency plan for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 2 and 3, conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security. Requires the Independent Safety Assessment conducted at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to equal in depth and breadth the Independent Safety Assessment of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, located near Bath, Maine, conducted by the NRC in 1996.

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2006

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program Act of 2006 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to increase and extend through FY2011 Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding authority for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements for farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.

LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE POPS, PIC, AND LRTAP POPS AGREEMENTS HEARING before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS of the COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION

United States · United States House of Representatives · 2 March 2006

WESTERN HEMISPHERE ENERGY SECURITY

United States · United States House of Representatives · 2 March 2006

ENERGY AND WATER, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

United States · United States Senate · 2 March 2006

ENERGY AND WATER, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

United States · United States Senate · 2 March 2006

Energy Star Homes Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2006

Energy Star Homes Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow homeowners a $10,000 tax credit for the purchase of an energy star qualified home (a home meeting certain energy saving requirements established by the Environmental Protection Agency). Terminates such credit after 2008.

CAR TITLE FRAUD: ISSUES AND APPROACHES FOR KEEPING CONSUMERS SAFE ON THE ROAD HEARING before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION of the COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION

United States · United States House of Representatives · 1 March 2006

HOW THE FEDERAL POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTING THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGETS FOR THESE AGENCIES

United States · United States House of Representatives · 1 March 2006

ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM: ARE WE FULFILLING THE PROMISE WE MADE TO THESE COLD WAR VETERANS WHEN WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM? (PART I)

United States · United States House of Representatives · 1 March 2006

Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2006

Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to condition the issuance of a license for a utilization facility on a requirement that, in the event of any unplanned release of either fission products or other radioactive substances, the licensee immediately notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state and county in which the facility is located.

Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2006

Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to condition the issuance of a license for a utilization facility on a requirement that, in the event of any unplanned release of either fission products or other radioactive substances, the licensee immediately notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state and county in which the facility is located.

Smart and Secure Foreign Investment Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2006

Smart and Secure Foreign Investment Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the Director of National Intelligence to: (1) assist the President in conducting investigations in instances in which an entity controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government seeks to engage in any merger, acquisition, or takeover ("takeover," for purposes of this Act) which could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the United States that could affect national security; (2) serve as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and (3) certify to the President and CFIUS, before review by CFIUS, that there are no national security implications of such proposed action. Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require an entity controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government to notify the President at least 60 days before a proposed takeover of an entity that has energy assets valued at $1 billion or more or that operates a critical infrastructure if the action could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce that could affect national security. Requires the President to: (1) transmit to the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, and appropriate state officials written notification as soon as the President receives a notification described in this Act; and (2) hold public hearings on any proposed takeover action described in this Act. Adds to the factors considered, when the President takes into account national security requirements, the following: (1) the defense capabilities of the country in which the acquiring entity is located; and (2) the nature of the relationship of the United States with such country.

Torchiere Lighting Efficiency Standards and Technology Development Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2006

Torchiere Lighting Efficiency Standards and Technology Development Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from January 1, 2006, to October 1, 2006, the manufacturing deadline by which torchieres must meet a standard of a maximum of 190 watts of power.

ENERGY OUTLOOK 2006

United States · United States Senate · 16 February 2006

A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 February 2006

Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to: (1) advance from FY2007 to FY2006 the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and (2) repeal the limitation on such funds as a one-time only obligation and expenditure. Bars use of the funds for certain state planning and administration purposes. Accelerates the termination of such appropriation and related allocations and conditions from September 30, 2007, to September 30, 2006.

California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 February 2006

California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf whose oil and natural gas resources the Secretary of Energy is required to inventory and analyze.