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United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Authorizes appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Authorizes appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Public Energy Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Declares it unlawful after the date of enactment of this Act for any person engaged in commerce in the business of refining energy resource products to acquire any energy resource product extraction asset, energy pipeline asset, or energy marketing asset. States that the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission shall simulataneously and independently examine the relationship of persons now engaged in one or more branches of the energy industry. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to institute suits in the district courts of the United States requesting the issuance of such relief as is appropriate under this Act. Provides that any person who knowingly violates any provision of this title shall, upon conviction, be punished, in the case of an individual, by a fine of not to exceed $500,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ten years, or both, or in the case of a corporation, by a fine of not to exceed $5,000,000 or by suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for a period not to exceed ten years, or both. Title II: Federal Energy Commission - Establishes an independent regulatory commission to be known as the Federal Energy Commission, consisting of five Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that for the purpose of assuring a sufficient supply of energy resource products throughout the United States with the greatest possible economy and with regard to the proper utilization and conservation of natural resources, the Commission shall divide the country into regional districts which shall be served by energy refinery assets designated by the Commission for such purpose. Provides that, beginning with the expiration of the three-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, by rule, prescribe all rates and charges (or the manner for determining all rates and charges) made, demanded, or received by any energy refinery asset for or in connection with the sale of any energy resource products. Requires the Commission to specify (or prescribe a manner for specifying) the price of energy resource products at all levels of sale if the Commission finds that such action is necessary to avoid excessive prices to the ultimate consumer of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance, to return workers to employment, and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible; (3) develop an early energy unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedures and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such a manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 percent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified criteria are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal or other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment or readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed" or "underemployed person."
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Energy Emergency Act - Title I: Energy Emergency Authorities - Establishes, until May 15, 1975, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to promulgate a rule for the establishment of a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, and for the assignment to end-users of such products of rights, and evidence of such rights, entitling them to obtain such products in precedence to other classes of end-users not similarly entitled. Prescribes procedures by which such a rule shall be approved by the Congress. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate one or more energy conservation plans which shall be designed to result in a reduction of energy consumption to a level which can be supplied by available energy resources. Directs the Administrator to order the use of coal instead of natural gas or petroleum products in industry having the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Allows the Administrator to require the allocation of supplies of materials and equipment; and to alleviate shortages of petrochemical feedstocks. Prevents refiners or distributors from cancelling, failing to renew or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each distributor and retailer affected thereby. Declares that any action taken under this Act or any other act resulting in the allocation of petroleum products and electrical energy shall be equitable, shall not be arbitrary or capricious, and shall not unreasonably discriminate among classes of users. Allows the Interstate Commerce Commission, Civil Aeronautics Board, and Federal Maritime Commission to take any action necessary to conserve energy. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to this Act any immunity from civil and criminal liability or to create defenses to actions under the antitrust laws. States that to achieve the purposes of this Act the Administrator may provide for the establishment of such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Restricts exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstock under such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Directs the President to take into consideration and to minimize to the fullest extent possible any adverse impact of this Act on employment including recommendations for revisions in unemployment insurance laws. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the creation and expansion of the use of carpools. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for this purpose. Sets forth administrative procedures and provides for judicial review of decisions made pursuant to this Act in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Provides penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Administrator to delegate any of his functions to any officer or employee of the Federal Energy Emergency Administration. Authorizes grants to States for State or local energy conservation programs. Requires that information on trade secrets submitted to the Administrator from energy companies shall be kept secret. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior to publish a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States who are engaged in exploring, developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, any petroleum product, natural gas, or coal to provide detailed reports to the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Interior every sixty days. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires development of contingency plans to carry out rationing and conservation plans. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Provides that the Administrator may temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of the unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. States that such exemption will be given only if the Administrator determines that emissions from the source will not materially contribute to a significant risk to public health. Declares that for any air quality control region where there has been a conversion to coal, the Administrator shall review applicable implementation plans of the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of a parking surcharge, management of parking supply, and preferential bus/carpool lane regulations as part of the applicable implementation plans required to achieve and maintain national primary ambient air quality standards. Requires low sulfur fuel to be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Requires a study to be completed within 120 days of the feasibility of requiring 20 percent better fuel economy from new motor vehicles beginning in 1980. Requires specified studies relating to the Energy Emergency Act be made and the results thereof reported to the President and the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Public Energy Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Declares it unlawful after the date of enactment of this Act for any person engaged in commerce in the business of refining energy resource products to acquire any energy resource product extraction asset, energy pipeline asset, or energy marketing asset. States that the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission shall simulataneously and independently examine the relationship of persons now engaged in one or more branches of the energy industry. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to institute suits in the district courts of the United States requesting the issuance of such relief as is appropriate under this Act. Provides that any person who knowingly violates any provision of this title shall, upon conviction, be punished, in the case of an individual, by a fine of not to exceed $500,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ten years, or both, or in the case of a corporation, by a fine of not to exceed $5,000,000 or by suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for a period not to exceed ten years, or both. Title II: Federal Energy Commission - Establishes an independent regulatory commission to be known as the Federal Energy Commission, consisting of five Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that for the purpose of assuring a sufficient supply of energy resource products throughout the United States with the greatest possible economy and with regard to the proper utilization and conservation of natural resources, the Commission shall divide the country into regional districts which shall be served by energy refinery assets designated by the Commission for such purpose. Provides that, beginning with the expiration of the three-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, by rule, prescribe all rates and charges (or the manner for determining all rates and charges) made, demanded, or received by any energy refinery asset for or in connection with the sale of any energy resource products. Requires the Commission to specify (or prescribe a manner for specifying) the price of energy resource products at all levels of sale if the Commission finds that such action is necessary to avoid excessive prices to the ultimate consumer of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Deletes, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the requirement that Congress authorize amounts of special nuclear material which may be distributed to a group of nations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Soviet Energy Investment Prohibition Act - Provides that no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may directly or indirectly provide assistance to finance or otherwise promote the export of any commodity, product, or service from the United States if the intended use of such commodity, product, or service involves energy research and development or energy exploration in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of fifteen Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the health effects of the current energy crisis on the poor and to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of fifteen Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the health effects of the current energy crisis on the poor and to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that immediate steps be taken to comply with the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 by the issuing of a regulation which will lead to a decrease in the difference between the prices charged in the various sections of the United States for refined petroleum products, as defined in such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that immediate steps be taken to comply with the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 by the issuing of a regulation which will lead to a decrease in the difference between the prices charged in the various sections of the United States for refined petroleum products, as defined in such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Repeals the provisions of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act requiring the States to establish speed limits not in excess of fifty-five miles per hour on their public highways during the current fuel shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Establishes the Federal Tourism Energy Resources Board within the Federal Energy Office. Directs the Board to: (1) review all regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and actions of the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office carried out pursuant to the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, with a view to determining whether they adversely affect tourism industries in the United States; and (2) determine what, if any, modifications of existing laws or regulations, including such regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and other actions of the Administrator, are required to insure an adequate supply of energy to all parts of the tourism industry in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Energy and Resources Recovery Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Office of Energy and Resources Recovery to achieve the purposes and administer the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with appropriate Federal, State interstate, regional, and local agencies and after opportunity for public hearings, to promulgate standards for collection, handling, disposal, and recovery of all hazardous and other solid waste which may, if improperly disposed of, cause air or water pollution or other environmental damage. States that the Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, may require the operator of any disposal system for hazardous or other solid waste to: (1) establish and maintain such records; (2) make such reports; and (3) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods as he may require. Establishes a $25,000 per day fine for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section and each year thereafter, to publish guidelines specifying the percentages of energy and resources that can be recovered from solid waste by use of the best recovery management practices and technology that are reasonably available. Provides that as a part of such guidelines, the Administrator shall publish thorough descriptions of existing technology and practices which can be implemented by agricultural producers, industries, municipalities, consumers, and others to achieve the percentages of energy or resource recovery from each category of solid waste that the Administrator finds reasonable. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section to make a complete assessment of the use of natural resources and recycled materials in product packaging; and establish guidelines for the packaging of products to encourage efficient use of such resources and materials with a consequential reduction in solid waste. Directs the Administrator to grant to each State 80 percent of the cost of a comprehensive solid waste management and energy and resource recovery program. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1975-1977. Authorizes grants to States to establish an energy and resources recovery research institute at one college in each State. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977 for additional purposes of this Act. Empowers the Administration to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lenders) to assist any small business concern in affecting additions to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or methods of operation of such concern to recover energy and resources from solid waste.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Creates a Congressional Joint Committee on Energy to be composed of 16 Senators and 16 Representatives, which shall study Government actions and responsibilities relating to the research and development of energy sources and energy utilization technology. Requires that all bills on energy research and development be referred to such committee.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy, to be composed to twenty members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Directs the President to submit to the Congress an annual report on energy. States that such report should specify the status of energy resources both domestic and imported and include information about energy consumption, utilization, allocation, control, research and development efforts, long-term needs and demands, and tariff and tax measures. Directs the joint committee, on a continuing basis, to investigate and study the development, use, and control of all forms of energy other than energy which is released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. Provides that such investigations and studies shall relate, but shall not be confined, to information or recommendations contained in the President's Annual Report on Energy. States that investigations and studies conducted by the joint committee shall include: (1) studies on coordination of energy policy; (2) examination of current proposals for legislation relating to the development, use, and control of energy; and (3) review of the policies and actions of the agencies of the executive branch with respect to the development, use, and control of energy. Sets forth powers of the joint committee. Authorizes the committee to secure from any executive department, agency, board, bureau, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government any information, suggestions, rulings, data, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of making investigations, reports, and studies relating to energy. Provides that the expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate from funds appropriated for the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Standby Energy Emergency Authorities Act - Title I: Standby Energy Emergency Authorities - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to grant specific, temporary standby authority to impose end-use rationing and to reduce demand by regulating public and private consumption of energy, subject to congressional review and approval, and to authorize other specific, temporary emergency actions. Defines the terms used in this Act. Empowers the President to establish a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to promulgate energy conservation plans to result in reduction of energy consumption. Prescribes the procedures for making amendments to an energy conservation plan. Directs the Administrator to prohibit the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installation which has the capability to burn coal. Empowers the Administrator to prescribe a system of coal allocation for such purposes. Authorizes the Administrator, after making required findings, to require the allocation of, or the performance under contracts or orders relating to, supplies of materials and equipment in the marketplace. Provides for Federal actions to increase available domestic petroleum supplies, including the production of existing oil fields at rates in excess of their currently assigned maximum efficient rates. Provides for the protection of franchised dealers by setting up franchise-termination notification requirements. Prescribes prohibitions on unreasonable actions taken under authority of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt rules to eliminate restrictions on motor common carriers which require excessive travel. States that, with specified exceptions, no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey any immunity under the antitrust laws. Empowers the Administrator to establish advisory committees to achieve the purposes of this Act. Provides for the making of voluntary agreements by persons in the oil and refined petroleum products business to carry out the objectives of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Authorizes the Administrator to restrict exports of coal, natural gas, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstocks and supplies which he determines are necessary within the United States. Provides for unemployment assistance necessitated by the adverse impact of actions taken pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the use of carpools and to establish an Office of Carpool Promotion. Enumerates the responsibilities of such Office. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the conduct of programs to achieve the carpooling objectives. Sets forth the procedures for administrative and judicial review of rules and orders promulgated under this title. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Directs the Small Business Administration to provide small business enterprises with information concerning the programs provided for in this Act. States that the Administrator may delegate any of his functions under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act or this Act to any officer or agency employee as he deems appropriate. Sets forth the effect of this Act on State laws or programs. Empowers the Administrator to collect energy information necessary to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority under this title to prescribe rules, take other action, and enforce rules shall expire June 30, 1975. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the development of contingency plans, in the nature of descriptive analyses, to fully inform Congress and the public of the exercise of authorities under this Act. Directs the President, within 30 days, to specify ceiling prices for all first sales or exchanges of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and condensate produced or imported into the United States. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Empowers the Administrator, under the Clean Air Act, to temporarily suspend, until November 1, 1974, any stationary source fuel or emission as it applies to any person, if he finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such suspensions and defines the terms used. States that the Administrator may establish priorities under which manufacturers of continuous emission reduction systems shall provide such systems to users. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress within six months on the results of the programs promulgated under this title. Provides for implementation of plan revisions under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of parking surcharges, management of parking supplies, and preferential bus/carpool lanes to achieve national primary ambient air quality standards. Extends the period for application of motor vehicle emission standards from 1975 to 1977. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Clean Air Act. Provides that any allocation provided for in title I of this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Act of 1973 shall include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be distributed on a priority basis to those areas designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Sets forth additional provisions providing for the protection of public health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and submit a report to Congress. Details the contents of such report. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on high-speed ground transportation systems between California, Mexico, and Canada. Calls for the filing of a report on the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured from 1980 onward. Title III: Studies and Reports - Requires the conduct and submission to the Congress of reports in specified energy areas, including the production of energy supplies, conservation programs, price-elasticity of gasoline demands, and public transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Standby Energy Emergency Authorities Act - Title I: Standby Energy Emergency Authorities - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to grant specific, temporary standby authority to impose end-use rationing and to reduce demand by regulating public and private consumption of energy, subject to congressional review and approval, and to authorize other specific, temporary emergency actions. Defines the terms used in this Act. Empowers the President to establish a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to promulgate energy conservation plans to result in reduction of energy consumption. Prescribes the procedures for making amendments to an energy conservation plan. Directs the Administrator to prohibit the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installation which has the capability to burn coal. Empowers the Administrator to prescribe a system of coal allocation for such purposes. Authorizes the Administrator, after making required findings, to require the allocation of, or the performance under contracts or orders relating to, supplies of materials and equipment in the marketplace. Provides for Federal actions to increase available domestic petroleum supplies, including the production of existing oil fields at rates in excess of their currently assigned maximum efficient rates. Provides for the protection of franchised dealers by setting up franchise-termination notification requirements. Prescribes prohibitions on unreasonable actions taken under authority of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt rules to eliminate restrictions on motor common carriers which require excessive travel. States that, with specified exceptions, no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey any immunity under the antitrust laws. Empowers the Administrator to establish advisory committees to achieve the purposes of this Act. Provides for the making of voluntary agreements by persons in the oil and refined petroleum products business to carry out the objectives of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Authorizes the Administrator to restrict exports of coal, natural gas, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstocks and supplies which he determines are necessary within the United States. Provides for unemployment assistance necessitated by the adverse impact of actions taken pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the use of carpools and to establish an Office of Carpool Promotion. Enumerates the responsibilities of such Office. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the conduct of programs to achieve the carpooling objectives. Sets forth the procedures for administrative and judicial reviews of rules and orders promulgated under this title. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Directs the Small Business Administration to provide small business enterprises with information concerning the programs provided for in this Act. States that the Administrator may delegate any of his functions under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act or this Act to any officer or agency employee as he deems appropriate. Sets forth the effect of this Act on State laws or programs. Empowers the Administrator to collect energy information necessary to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority under this title to prescribe rules, take other action, and enforce rules shall expire June 30, 1975. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the development of contingency plans, in the nature of descriptive analyses, to fully inform Congress and the public of the exercise of authorities under this Act. Directs the President, within 30 days, to specify ceiling prices for all first sales or exchanges of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and condensate produced or imported into the United States. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Empowers the Administrator, under the Clean Air Act, to temporarily suspend, until November 1, 1974, any stationary source fuel or emission standard as it applies to any person, if he finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such suspensions and defines the terms used. States that the Administrator may establish priorities under which manufacturers of continuous emission reduction systems shall provide such systems to users. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress within six months on the results of the programs promulgated under this title. Provides for implementation of plan revisions under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of parking surcharges, management of parking supplies, and preferential bus/carpool lanes to achieve national primary ambient air quality standards. Extends the period for application of motor vehicle emission standards from 1975 to 1977. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Clean Air Act. Provides that any allocation provided for in title I of this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Act of 1973 shall include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be distributed on a priority basis to those areas designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Sets forth additional provisions providing for the protection of public health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and submit a report to Congress. Details the contents of such report. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on high-speed ground transportation systems between California, Mexico, and Canada. Calls for the filing of a report on the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured from 1980 onward. Title III: Studies and Reports - Requires the conduct and submission to the Congress of reports in specified energy areas, including on the production of energy supplies, conservation programs, price-elasticity of gasoline demands, and public transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish a corporation to be known as the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation, administered by a Board of Directors consisting of five qualified individuals who shall be selected by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires that all members of the Board shall be individuals who believe and profess a demonstrable belief in environmental protection and the purposes of the antitrust and consumer protection laws of the United States. Requires that no member of the Board shall, during his term in office, be engaged in any other business, nor may he have any financial interest in any business entity which is engaged in the exploration, development, production, transportation, or sale of natural gas or oil. Grants the Corporation power to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, foreign, or private lands; (2) develop and sell natural gas or oil discovered by exploration, or otherwise obtained by sale, lease, purchase, exchange, or contract, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources; and (3) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy, from whatever source. Requires any Federal agency or department having authority to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Federal lands, or rights to natural gas or oil which is or may be located on Federal lands, including offshore rights, shall, upon receipt of a request of the Corporation under this Act, grant the Corporation such right to develop without payment within 90 days after the receipt of such request. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to make sales of such oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of crude oil; and to build, lease, or purchase transportation facilities for the natural gas or oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for delivery of such natural gas or oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of natural gas or oil. Requires that sales of natural gas or oil by the Corporation shall be made at fair and reasonable prices designed to promote competition among suppliers of these energy resources. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next ten succeeding fiscal years $50,000,000 to carry out its activities under this Act. Provides that all funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 per cent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified critera are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 with respect to the base period for purposes of allocation to independent marketers by designating 1973 (now 1972) as the base year.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to provide financial assistance for 24 months based on fuel price increases resulting from the energy crisis to United States air carriers engaged in overseas and foreign air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration, where other financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms, to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 percent per year to assist any small business concern to meet operating costs, if the Administration determines that such business concern has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of a shortage in energy producing material. Limits such loans to a period of 5 years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Disallows the insertion of limitation of liability clauses in contracts granted to licensees for the purpose of distribution of special nuclear material, or the limitation of the liability of such contractors and licensees by the United States. Requires prospective licensees to, as a condition of receiving a license, have and maintain financial protection to cover public liability claims. Authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission to enter into agreements of indemnification in such amounts determined by the Commission to be appropriate to cover public liability resulting from activities under contracts for the benefit of the United States involving a risk of public liability from a substantial nuclear incident. Provides that a contractor engaged in the underground detonation of a nuclear device shall, to the extent indemnified under this Act, be liable to the same extent as would a private person acting as principal, and no immunity or defense founded on the Federal, State, or municipal character of the contractor or the work to be performed shall be effective to bar such liability. States that the Commission shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, the facilities and services of private insurance organizations. Provides that, when it is determined that the United States will probably be required to make payments under this Act, the Commission on its own behalf or through the Attorney General may take charge of, defend and/or settle such action. Authorizes the Commission to enter into an agreement for the indemnification of the nuclear ship Savannah. Provides that the Commission and other indemnitors may, without securing releases or admitting liability, make payments to provide immediate assistance to claimants following a nuclear incident. States that defenses as to the fault of indemnified persons, charitable or government immunity, or expiration of the statute of limitations if suit is instituted within 3 years of the date on which the claimant could reasonably have known of his injury and the probable cause thereof, shall be waived by required provisions in the licensing agreement. States that such waivers shall not preclude other defenses normally assertable. Provides that the Federal district court of the district in which the nuclear incident takes place shall have original jurisdiction over the controversy without regard to the citizenship of any party involved. Provides that such district court, for the purposes of such action, shall be able to effect national service of process. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2012, 2073, and 2210)
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Removes the requirement that Congress authorize amounts over and above the amounts authorized by the Atomic Energy Act to be granted without the approval of Congress of special nuclear material which may be distributed to a group of nations or to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
National Appliance and Motor Vehicle Energy Labeling Act - Authorizes the President to develop and promulgate energy conservation specifications for the following classes of products: motor vehicles, room and central air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, clothes dryers, kitchen ranges and ovens, water heaters, comfort heating equipment, and additonal classes of appliances which use a significant amount of energy and which have an actual or potential range of energy efficiency from which one can choose. States that each specification promulgated under this Act shall include but need not be limited to: (1) a description of the class of product covered by the specification; (2) the range of energy efficiency and energy use data for that class of product as provided in this Act; (3) listings or descriptions of test methods to be used in measuring the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of the class of product, providing that such test methods shall be methods the President determines are reasonable, technologically practicable, and appropriate; (4) a prototype label and directions for displaying the label, provided, however, that the specification shall require that the label be prominent and readable, visible to the consumer at time of purchase, shall specify the information that shall be included on the label to assist the consumer in comparing, by cost of energy used or otherwise, the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of a particular product with all others in its class, and include the energy conservation mark specified in this Act; and (5) a statement covering the information on the energy use and/or efficiency characteristics of the product which is to be included in any product advertisement pursuant to this Act. States that a specification shall be effective 60 days after publishing in the Federal Register unless the President determines that an earlier or later date is in the public interest. Requires that, if the range of energy efficiency and/or energy use for a product group is not known at the time of publication of the applicable specification, test data obtained through the test methods prescribed in the specification for each such product shall be forwarded to the President within forty-five days after publication of such specification. States that specifications shall not apply to individual products the manufacture of which was completed prior to the effective date of the applicable specification. Specifies these requirements of manufactures to be met to enable the President to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act. States that any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, importer, or retailer of products for which a specification has been promulgated and is effective who causes to be advertised the energy characteristics of any such product must include all the information required by the specification applicable to such product. Provides for Government assistance to programs designed to educate consumers relative to the significance of the labeling program. States that this Act shall not apply to any product manufactured in the United States for the sole purpose of export from the United States. States that the offering for sale of any product without the required label, the removal of such label, the advertising of such product in violation of the provisions of this Act, the failure to allow access to information required to be supplied under this Act, or the failure of manufacturers to comply with the requirements under this Act shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. Provides for injunctive enforcement and seizure by proceedings in rem by the United States District Court having proper jurisdiction as defined by the Act. Provides for judicial review in the United States court of appeals for the circuit wherein a person who will be adversely affected by the requirements of this Act resides or has his principal place of business. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy, to be composed to twenty members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Directs the President to submit to the Congress an annual report on energy. States that such report should specify the status of energy resources both domestic and imported and include information about energy consumption, utilization, allocation, control, research and development efforts, long-term needs and demands, and tariff and tax measures. Directs the joint committee, on a continuing basis, to investigate and study the development, use, and control of all forms of energy other than energy which is released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. Provides that such investigations and studies shall relate, but shall not be confined, to information or recommendations contained in the President's Annual Report on Energy. States that investigations and studies conducted by the joint committee shall include: (1) studies on coordination of energy policy; (2) examination of current proposals for legislation relating to the development, use, and control of energy; and (3) review of the policies and actions of the agencies of the executive branch with respect to the development, use, and control of energy. Sets forth powers of the joint committee. Authorizes the committee to secure from any executive department, agency, board, bureau, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government any information, suggestions, rulings, data, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of making investigations, reports, and studies relating to energy. Provides that the expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate from funds appropriated for the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Energy Accounting Investigations Act - Declares that the Congress reiterates the continuing commitment of the United States to the goal of a free enterprise economy which functions fairly and efficiently with a minimum of Government interference. Defines the terms used in this Act. Defines the term "energy industries" as meaning the following lines of commerce: (1) production of mineral fuels; (2) refining or otherwise processing mineral fuels for use as a source of energy; (3) transportation of mineral fuels by rail, motor vehicle, water, pipeline, or otherwise; (4) electrical power generation and transmission; or (5) wholesale or retail distribution or sale of mineral fuels or electrical energy. Defines the term "production" as meaning the development of oil lands or oil shale lands within any State, the extraction of crude petroleum or oil shale, and the storage of crude petroleum on or in such lands. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to determine: (1) the extent to which competition among persons engaged in the provision of accounting services is abridged with relation to the provision of such services to the major oil companies; (2) the nature of the practices of persons engaged in the provision of accounting services to the major oil companies and the extent to which such practices work to the disadvantage of the general or investing public; (3) the extent to which those persons engaged in the provision of accounting services to the major oil companies fulfill their primary duty of "presenting fairly" the conditions of the firms they audit, as defined by the United States Court of Appeals; and (4) the nature and extent to which persons engaged in the provision of accounting services to the major oil companies serve as information conduits between persons involved in the energy industries. Requires that, no later than nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall prepare and submit to Congress and the President a report containing all information gathered under this Act, and such report shall be available for public inspection and for copying purposes. Declares that beginning one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall take such steps as shall be necessary to: (1) remove anticompetitive barriers existing in the fields of auditing, tax servicing, and consulting with and for the major oil companies; and (2) promote fair and ethical standards in the relationships between persons engaged in the provision of the accounting services and their clients in the energy industries. Requires all integrated major oil companies, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, to file on an annual basis with the Federal Trade Commission economic and financial reports for each of the levels of operation with which they may be involved. Provides for the enforcement of this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of the United States or his designee to examine the activities of those persons engaged in the provision of accounting services as those services relate to the business of major oil companies. Provides that the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of the United States or his designee, together or independently, shall institute suits in the district courts of the United States requesting the issuance of such relief as is appropriate under this Act to insure compliance with this Act. Provides for penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. States that a violation by a corporation shall also be deemed to be a violation by the individual directors, officers, receivers, trustees, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized, ordered, or done any of the act constituting the violation in whole or part, or who shall have omitted to authorize, order, or do any acts which would terminate, prevent, or correct conduct violative of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Eliminates that portion of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act establishing a national maximum speed limit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Solar Energy Research Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to pursue a vigorous and viable program of research and development into the utilization of solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Provides that, within sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation creating any permanent Federal organization or agency having jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of the United States Government, the Office of Solar Energy Research shall be established within that agency. Provides that if, within sixty days from the date of enactment of this Act, no agency with jurisdiction over Federal energy research and development has been established, the Office of Solar Energy Research authorized under this Act shall be established, on an interim basis, within the Atomic Energy Commission, until sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation authorizing the new Federal office of energy research and development. Authorizes the Chairman or Administrator to conduct appropriate research and technical development work: (1) to determine, by laboratory and pilot testing, the usable results of scientific research, (2) to develop and fabricate solar energy transformation processes, equipment designs, and components to the point where they can be demonstrated, certified, produced, and operated on a commercially practical scale; (3) to recommend to the Congress, as deemed appropriate, authorizations for the construction and operation or for participation in the construction and operation, of solar energy conversion facilities, and (4) to undertake, through research grants and contracts, studies of possible economic, social, and environmental effects which will result from the use of solar energy. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Council to be chaired by the Chairman or Administrator to coordinate policy and programs in solar energy research. Specifies the composition of the Council. Directs the development of a program to expedite the increased utilization of solar energy technology by the public and private sectors. Establishes a solar energy incentives task force to carry out the following functions: (1) report to the President and the Congress within one hundred and twenty days following enactment, and at least annually thereafter, recommendations for a viable program, of specified, time limited, incentives or modifications to existing and/or proposed incentives programs to accelerate the commercial application of solar energy technology; and (2) carry out a program of research and investigation into the barriers to innovation in the field of solar energy, the barriers to the acceleration of the commercial application of solar energy technology, and the programs needed to remove such barriers. Authorizes the compilation on a semi-annual basis of a listing of all solar energy conversion components, facilities, and equipment, commercially available in the Nation for private or public use. States that utilization of solar energy shall include such applications of solar energy as, but not limited to, the solar heating and cooling of buildings, solar crop drying and other agricultural applications of solar energy, solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation for terrestrial applications, whether situated on the ground or in space, wind energy conversion, ocean thermal gradient conversion, solar stimulated bioconversion, and solar production of synthetic gases and hydrogen. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the following amounts: (1) for fiscal year 1975, $56,000,000; (2) for fiscal year 1976, $94,000,000; (3) for fiscal year 1977, $150,000,000; (4) for fiscal year 1978, $150,000,000; and (5) for fiscal year 1979, $150,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Soviet Energy Investment Prohibition Act - Provides that no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may directly or indirectly provide assistance to finance or otherwise promote the export of any commodity, product, or service from the United States if the intended use of such commodity, product, or service involves energy research and development or energy exploration in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1974
Empowers the Atomic Energy Commission to enter into an agreement with any State agency or regional agency under which such State or regional agency shall conduct an environmental review of and shall issue or deny an application for a site certificate for any proposed nuclear power reactor site in the State or region with respect to which such agency has jurisdiction. States that any such agreement shall expire five years from its effective date and the parties may agree to enter into subsequent five-year agreements. Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, formulate any requirements to be imposed in any such agreement. Provides that such an agreement shall provide that a State or regional agency may issue a site certificate for a proposed nuclear power reactor only if such agency finds, after having considered and balanced the environmental and economic costs and benefits of the nuclear power reactor if constructed on the site proposed, the need for electric power, and other relevant factors, that the construction and operation of the nuclear power reactor on the proposed site is in the public interest. States that any such agreement shall provide that in making site certification decisions the State or regional agency which is a party to the agreement shall, on its own motion or on application of any person proposing to construct a nuclear power reactor: (1) hold public hearings and offer to consider comments from any affected Federal, State, or local agency; and (2) prepare a detailed environmental impact statement on the proposed site. Requires such an agency to issue, within one year after submission of an application for a site certificate by a person proposing to construct one or more nuclear power reactors, a final decision granting or denying a site certificate to the applicant. States that in any proceeding under this Act concerning a license or construction permit, or application to transfer control, and in any proceeding dealing with the activities of licenses, or for the payment of compensation, the Commission shall grant a hearing upon the request of any person whose interest may be affected by the proceeding. Provides that, unless a State or regional agency is party to such an agreement at the time site approval is sought for one or more nuclear power reactors, the Commission is authorized to consider and grant or deny by order an application by any person for approval of a site for one of more nuclear power reactors, except that such construction permit or operating license or amendment to a construction permit or operating license for a nuclear power reactor shall not be issued unless all site-related restrictions in the site approval are complied with. Authorizes the Commission to consider and grant or deny petitions for the issuance of a rule or on its own initiative issue a rule approving the preliminary or final design of part of a nuclear power reactor. States that Congress finds that it is in the national interest to minimize the environmental impact of nuclear powerplants by locating and designating sites for nuclear power parks in each region of the Nation. States that such parks may be the site for locating several nuclear powerplants serving the region in which they are located, and may include nuclear fuel fabricating and reprocessing facilities, and all other facilities required for a complete fuel cycle. Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to make or cause to be made a national survey to locate and designate a nuclear power park site in each of the existing nine electric reliability regions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 per cent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified critera are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1974
Nuclear Energy Reappraisal Act - Terminates the granting of construction licenses of nuclear fission powerplants in the United States pending action by the Congress following a comprehensive five-year study of the nuclear fuel cycle with particular reference to its safety and environmental hazards, to be conducted by the Office of Technological Assessment. Empowers the Office to compel delivery of any information in the possession of the National Laboratories which the Office deems necessary for conducting its study. Specifies that all Government agencies shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Office. States that the recommendations of the study shall employ a cost-benefit analysis of the safety and environmental hazards associated with the entire fuel cycle, the long-term economic effect of a commitment to nuclear fission powerplants, and the central question of proliferation of nuclear fission powerplants in relation to the possible alternatives. Specifies topics to be included in the comprehensive study of the Office of Technology Assessment, in addition to those previously stated. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the five-year study authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Energy Supply Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - States that the purpose of this Act shall be to increase domestic production of oil and natural gas in order to assure material prosperity and national security, reduce dependence on unreliable foreign sources, and assist in maintaining a favorable balance of payments. Title II: Increased Production of Outer Continental Shelf Energy Resources - States that Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States that prior to 1985 all Outer Continental Shelf lands determined to be both geologically favorable for the accumulation of oil and gas capable of supporting oil and gas development without undue environmental hazard or damage should be made available for leasing as soon as practicable after that determination is made. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey program regarding oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary to prepare and publish a series of topographic, geological, and geophysical maps and reports on the Outer Continental Shelf. Makes appropriations for such surveys, reports, and maps for fiscal 1975-1976. Directs the Secretary to carry out a research and development program designed to improve technology related to development of the oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary to establish equipment and performance standards for oil spill cleanup plans and operations. Requires the Secretary to regularly inspect all operations authorized pursuant to this Act and strictly enforce safety regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act and other applicable laws and regulations relating to public health, safety, and environmental protection. Makes lease holders strictly liable to all parties, public or private, damaged from oil discharges, without regard to fault for such damages, and without regard to ownership of any affected lands, structures, fish, wildlife, or biotic or other natural resources relied upon by any damaged party for subsistence or economic purposes. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Coastal States Fund and authorizes the Secretary to make grants from the fund to the coastal States to assist them to ameliorate adverse environmental effects and control secondary social and economic impacts associated with the development of Federal energy resources in, or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Allows citizen suits by any person whose interests are adversely affected by violators of this Act. Requires the Secretary to promote competition in the leasing of Outer Continental Shelf lands. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty and $100,000 fine for violations of this Act. Provides that no oil or gas lease may be issued pursuant to this Act unless the lease requires that development be carried out in accordance with a development plan which has been approved by the Secretary, and provides that failure to comply with such development plan will terminate the lease. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that, one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the President and the Congress a report on the adequacy of existing transport facilities and regulations to facilitate distribution of oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the need for and availability of capital to finance exploration, development, production, and transportation of energy resources in the United States. Authorizes an appropriation of $500,000 for such study. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Federal Power Commission, the Secretary of the Army, and any other Federal or State official, to review all existing water reservoir projects and identify any additional hydropower capability. Authorizes $2,000,000 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering for an in-depth study of technologies for increasing the availability of energy resources through improved efficiencies in exploration, development, production, and recycling of such resources in order to reduce the adverse economic, social and environmental impacts of resource utilization. Authorizes an appropriation of $5,000,000 for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Soviet Energy Investment Prohibition Act - Prohibits any agency of the Federal Government from assisting in the export of any commodity, product, or service from the United States if the intended use involves energy research, development, or exploration in the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Energy Crisis Unemployed Compensation Act - Title I: Findings and Declarations - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act, including to provide substantial assistance whereby: (1) additional unemployment compensation benefits will be available to the unemployed for whom existing provisions are inadequate; and (2) such benefits will be logically related to, and administered through, the existing structure of State agencies. Title II: Federal - State Agreements - Provides that any State, the State unemployment compensation law of which is approved by the Secretary of Labor under the Internal Revenue Code which desired to do so, may enter into an agreement for the payment of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation. Sets forth the requirements of any such agreement, including that it shall provide that the unemployment compensation agency of the State will make payments of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation to specified individuals. States that for purposes of this Act, the "Energy Crisis benefit period" shall begin on February 1, 1974, and end on June 30, 1976. Defines additional terms used in this Act. Provides that for purposes of any agreement under this title, the amount of the Energy Crisis unemployment compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any week of total or partial unemployment shall be computed under the same provisions applicable to regular unemployment compensation under the State law. Requires that any agreement under this title shall provide that the State will establish, for each individual who files an application, a separate compensation account. Title III: Payments to States Having Agreements for the Payment of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation - Directs that there shall be paid to each State which has entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100 percent of the Energy Crisis unemployment compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement. Provides for payments of additional sums to States under specified circumstances. Title IV: Financing Provisions - States that for the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for fiscal year 1974, and for each year thereafter. Directs the Secretary to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable to each State under this title. Title V: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the formula for computing the excess cost factor. Title VI: Report by Secretary of Labor - Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the program established by this Act, to be conducted with particular regard to (1) the benefit payable made; (2) projections of benefit payments which will be payable after the period covered by the report; (3) the desirability of continuing such program; and (4) the funding of the benefits payable. Directs the submission of such report to the Congress by November 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Energy Advertising Act - Requires the President to exercise his authority under the Economic Stabilization Act to insure that any rules or regulations affecting or pertaining to rates or charges of any regulated public utility do not allow such rates and charges to be based on any advertising expense of such utility, unless any expense is approved pursuant to this Act. States that in carrying out his authority to determine prices for petroleum products and coal under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 or under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, the President may not allow any such prices (at other than the retail level) to be based on the inclusion of any advertising expense unless any such expense is approved pursuant to this Act. Establishes an advisory board to approve only those advertising expenses under this Act which are for a public service announcement or otherwise consistent with the purpose of conserving energy during the period of shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate and support basic and applied research relating to geothermal energy development. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out commercial demonstrations, research, and development in geothermal energy technology. Provides that the Administration shall dispose of, by sublease or otherwise, all projects undertaken under this Act. Directs the Administration to assure the protection of the environment, persons, and property in projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administration to report to the Congress and the President every six months on the progress made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for six fiscal years of $80,000,000 to carry out programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Terminates the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974 (now April 1975). Provides that daylight saving time as provided for under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 shall be from the last Sunday in February until the last Sunday in October of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Imposes a tax on the income of every corporation engaged in producing or refining petroleum equal to 42 percent of the excess profits income of such corporation for a taxable year. Defines excess profits income. Allows a standard deduction under the Internal Revenue Code in determining excess profits income. Sets forth the formula for determining such deduction. Allows a tax deduction, in determining excess profits income, equal to the expenses for energy resource exploration, energy production research, and construction of new facilities for production. Establishes the Energy Research, Development, and Exploration Trust Fund and appropriates money to such fund from excess profits tax revenue.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Environmental and Energy Supply Coordination Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for a means to assist in meeting the essential needs of the United States for fuels, in a manner which is consistent, to the fullest extent practicable, with existing national commitments to protect and improve the environment. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, for any period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on or before November 1, 1974, to temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation under the Clean Air Act as it applies to any person, if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Provides that any such suspension under this Act shall be conditioned upon compliance with such interim requirements as the Administrator determines are reasonable and practicable. Requires that such interim requirements shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) a requirement that the source receiving the suspension comply with such reporting requirements as the Administrator determines may be necessary; (2) such measures as the Administrator determines are necessary to avoid an imminent and substantial endangerment to health of persons; and (3) requirements that the suspension shall be inapplicable during any period during which fuels which would enable compliance with the suspended stationary source fuel or emission limitations are in fact reasonably available to that person (as determined by the Administrator). Provides for authorization of coal use by specified fuel-burning stationary sources which have converted to, or begun a conversion to, coal use, upon a plant-by-plant basis. Authorizes the Administrator to establish priorities under which manufacturers of continuous emission reduction systems shall provide such systems to users thereof, if he finds that priorities must be imposed in order to assure that such systems are first provided to users in air quality control regions with the most severe air pollution. Directs the Administrator to study, and report to Congress not later than May 31, 1974, with respect to: (1) the present and projected impact on the program under this Act of fuel shortages and of allocation and end-use allocation programs; (2) availability of continuous emission reduction technology (including projections respecting the time, cost, and number of units available) and the effects that continuous emission reduction systems would have on the total environment and on supplies of fuel and electricity; (3) the number of sources and locations which must use such technology based on projected fuel availability data; (4) priority schedule for implementation of continuous emission reduction technology, based on public health or air quality; (5) evaluation of availability of technology to burn municipal solid waste in these sources; and (6) projections of air quality impact of fuel shortages and allocations. Authorizes the appropriation of $3,500,000 for a study of the health effects of emissions of sulphur oxides to the air resulting from specified conversions to coal use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to issue a Presidential permit pursuant to Executive Order 10485 of September 3, 1953, for the construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of facilities for the transmission of electric energy at the borders of the United States without preparing an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for facilities for the transmission of electric energy between Canada and the United States in the vicinity of Fort Covington, New York. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and, not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report on the results of such study. Requires that, within ninety days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with the Federal Energy Office Administrator, shall submit to the Congress for appropriate action an "Emergency Mass Transportation Assistance Plan" for the purpose of conserving energy by expanding and improving public mass transportation systems and encouraging increased ridership. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Federal Energy Office Administrator, to make an investigation and study for the purpose of conserving energy and assuring that the essential fuel needs of the United States will be met by developing a high-speed ground transportation system between the cities of Tijuana in the State of Baja California, Mexico, and Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, by way of the cities of Seattle in the State of Washington, Portland in the State of Oregon, and Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno, Los Angeles, and San Diego in the State of California. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a joint study, and to report to the Commitee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and the Committees on Public Works and Commerce of the United States Senate within one hundred and twenty days following the date of enactment of this section, concerning the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1980. Requires such study and report to include, but not be limited to: (1) the technological problems of meeting any such standard, including the leadtime involved; (2) the test procedures required to determine compliance; the economic costs associated with such standards, including any beneficial economic impact; (3) the various means of enforcing such standard; (4) the effect on comsumption of natural resources, including energy consumed; and (5) the impact of applicable safety and emission standards. Directs that, in the course of performing such study, the Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation shall utilize the research previously performed in the Department of Transportation, and the Administrator and the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to, by order, after balancing on a plant-by-plant basis the environmental effects of use of coal against the need to fulfill the purposes of this Act, prohibit, as its primary energy source, the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installation (including any existing electric powerplant) which, on the date of enactment of this Act, has the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Provides that any installation to which such an order applies shall be permitted to continue to use coal or coal byproducts as provided under the Clean Air Act. Provides for both civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 per cent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified critera are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Enables the President or his designee to grant an exemption or realignment to a State, if a State, by proclamation of its Governor, makes a finding (that need not be prior to the effective date of the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973) that an exemption or realignment of time zone limits is necessary to avoid undue hardship or to conserve fuel in such State.