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United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981
Authorizes the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California, to utilize the Palo Verde Irrigation District Diversion Dam for generation of electric power.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to retain specified lands within the Outer Continental Shelf extending from Point Concepcion in the south to the California-Oregon border in the north and extending seaward as a national reserve for oil or gas production or development. Prohibits the Secretary from leasing such area for oil or gas production or development without the recommendation of the President or the failure of both Houses of Congress to pass, within 60 days after receipt of such recommendation, a concurrent resolution of disapproval.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981
Authorizes the President to nullify and cancel for as long as he deems necessary any Federal agency rule or regulation which he determines; (1) may be harmful to human life; (2) may restrict the Nation's production of fuel or energy resources; (3) may threaten the Nation's supplies of food and fiber; (4) may interfere with military maneuvers and national security; or (5) may have an adverse effect on the Nation's economy disproportionate to the ecological benefits of such rule or regulation. Permits Congress to countermand such presidential action provided both Houses vote to vacate it within 30 days of its issuance.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Commuter Transportation Energy Efficiency Act of 1981 - Title I: Individual Income Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the income tax in an amount equal to 15 percent of the cost of acquiring a qualified commuter highway vehicle. Provides for apportionment of such credit among joint acquirers. Requires a minimum three-year use of such vehicle under penalty of recapture of such credit in the year of any cessation of such use or other disposition of the vehicle. Describes the qualifications of such vehicle. Title II: Exclusion of Qualified Transportation Income From Gross Income - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid or reimbursed by the employer for the cost of commuting to and from work on public transportation. Excludes from gross income any services provided or amounts contributed by an employer in connection with a ride-sharing program that assists employees in locating and starting car pools. Excludes from gross income any compensation received by a car pool driver from other individuals in such pool. Title III: Business Energy Investment Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the energy percentage for van pool vehicles at ten percent, thus making them eligible for a 20 percent investment tax credit. Excludes from the 80 percent commuting mileage requirement the number of miles the regularly scheduled driver uses such vehicle for personal purposes if the driver is not the taxpayer. Title IV: Employer's Tax Credit for Qualified Ride-Sharing Programs - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the income tax of an employer for administrative expenses incurred in connection with the operation of a ride-sharing commuter program for employees. Determines such credit by multiplying the average number of such employer's employees during the taxable year by a specified amount keyed to the percentage of participating employees. Title V: Gasoline Tax Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for Federal, State, and local taxes, and import fees on gasoline, diesel fuel, and other motor fuels used in a ride-sharing commuter vehicle. Describes the qualifications for such vehicle. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish tables to assist taxpayers in computing such deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the reconstruction or repair of nontoll public roads that are incurring and will continue to incur a substantial increase in use as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Sets the Federal share of the cost of such projects at 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for apportionment of such funds. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Tertiary Recovery Incentives Act of 1981 - Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to provide price incentives for increased petroleum production through the use of tertiary recovery processes. Defines tertiary recovery processes to be those processes which are determined to increase recovery of petroleum over waterflooding techniques. Specifies the relevant State or Federal agency which will make the determination of whether a qualified tertiary recovery process is being utilized. Makes such determination final without a showing of fraud. Exempts the first sale of tertiary crude oil from regulation under such Act. Directs the Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration, the United States Geological Survey, and applicable State regulatory agencies to promulgate regulations implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Oil Imports Act of 1979 - Title I: Oil Importation - Prohibits the importation of crude oil or other petroleum products into the United States unless permitted by, purchased by, or manufactured from crude oil purchased by the American Oil Import Corporation established under this Act. Sets forth requirements for issuing import permits for the importation of crude oil and petroleum products. Directs the Corporation, in cases of national emergency, to issue permits for such imports to insure access by the U.S. Armed Forces. Requires that crude oil and petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be purchased from the Corporation. Grants to the Corporation exclusive purchasing and selling authority for crude oil and petroleum product imports, and sets forth requirements regarding such purchasing authority. Title II: American Oil Import Corporation - Establishes a nonprofit corporation to be known as the American Oil Import Corporation, managed by a Board of Directors appointed by the President. Establishes an Advisory Board to the Corporation, composed of officers of specified Federal agencies and departments, to share information with the Directors. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Corporation, and confers upon the Corporation nonprofit status. Establishes a Public Energy Fund in the Treasury into which shall be deposited revenues from activities of the Corporation. Provides that such funds, including appropriated funds as authorized by the Congress, shall be used by the Corporation for carrying out this Act. Sets forth specified reporting, recordkeeping, and auditing requirements for the Corporation. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes it a crime for any officer, employee, or agent of the United States to prematurely disclose information concerning crude oil or petroleum products required to be withheld from publication until a fixed time or to speculate directly or indirectly in any such product by buying or selling the same in quantity before such information is made public through regular official channels. Repeals the standby purchase authority of the President under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Domestic Oil Production Policy Act of 1981 - Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act to exempt the first sale of new crude oil and the first sale of market incentive crude oil from price and allocation regulation under such Act. Sets forth provisions for the establishment of a ceiling price on old crude oil. Exempts the first sale of tertiary crude oil from regulation under such Act. Exempts the first sale of: (1) deep stripper well crude oil; (2) stripper well crude oil; (3) high water cut crude oil; and (4) marginal offshore crude oil from regulation. States that to qualify for such exemptions a property must be producing crude oil at a maximum feasible rate throughout a 12- month qualifying period.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Amends the Energy Security Act to require that only domestically mined or manufactured materials be used in the construction of synthetic fuel projects financed or constructed by the Synthetic Fuels Corporation. Permits the use of foreign-produced materials in synthetic fuel project construction if the total cost of such materials does not exceed ten percent of the construction costs or if the President approves such usage.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Powerplant Fuel Conservation Act of 1980 - Title I: Accelerated Fuel Conversions of Certain Powerplants - Directs the Secretary of Energy to make a grant to any owner or operator of a "designated powerplant" (a powerplant found by the President to be feasible for conversion to coal or other alternate fuel) for the costs of conversion of such powerplant from petroleum to coal or another fuel as a primary energy source. Limits the amount of such grant to: (1) 70 percent of the conversion costs for any powerplant which will meet the average preconversion sulfur dioxide limitation; and (2) 30 percent of such costs for any powerplant which will not meet such limitation. Conditions such grants upon the filing of a grant application with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to determine jointly that the operation of a designated powerplant using the fuel proposed in the application would meet the average preconversion sulfur dioxide limitation. Permits the Secretary to make a grant even though the powerplant does not meet such limitation if the plant adopts recommendations for measures which would reduce the sulfur atmospheric pollutants emitted by the powerplant. Conditions any grant on the joint determination of the Secretary and the Administrator that the operator of the powerplant using the fuel proposed in the application will apply measures which reduce the nitrogen oxides emitted by the powerplant. Directs the Secretary to consult with specified State and Federal authorities before taking final action on an application. Requires the Secretary to approve a grant for a designated powerplant unless the Secretary finds that the requirements of this Act have not been met or cost estimates and other information in the application cannot be adequately verified. Sets forth additional terms and conditions for such grants. Directs the Secretary to make payments under any grant according to a schedule established by the Secretary and the applicant which assures that funds are used only for conversion costs and that the terms and conditions of the grant are being met. Requires each electric utility for which a grant is made to repay any portion of the grant that has been spent by the utility for purposes other than compliance with specified air quality limitations and other applicable environmental requirements. Requires a schedule to be established which provides that the funds for the repayment will emanate from charges for the electricity produced by such electric utility and which will take into account the savings expected because of the use of a fuel other than petroleum as a primary energy source. Allows the Secretary to relieve the electric utility from such repayment at any time after the schedule has been established to the extent that the utility shows that such savings have not been or are not expected to be realized to the extent anticipated. Requires notification of the appropriate Federal and State agencies of grant approvals. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any electric utility which owns or operates an eligible coal-fired electric powerplant for sulfur removal system costs (the reasonable costs for facilities which reduce sulfur atmospheric pollutants). Defines an eligible coal-fired electric powerplant to be any electric powerplant which: (1) was placed in service before the enactment of this Act and is not a designated powerplant; (2) uses coal as its primary energy source; and (3) has been identified by the Administrator as a candidate for a sulfur removal system. Sets forth the application priority, notification, recommendation, environmental standard, and monitoring program requirements which must be met before the Secretary can approve such a grant. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant for up to 20 percent of the costs for the design and installation of equipment and facilities for reducing the sulfur content of coal committed for use in a powerplant. Sets forth the application priority, notification, recommendation, and monitoring program requirements which must be met before the Secretary can approve such a grant. Prohibits recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility powerplant for use of petroleum or natural gas after December 31, 1985, by the use of an automatic adjustment clause, with specified exceptions. Title II: Additional Incentives for Reduction of Powerplant Use of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any electric utility for reasonable costs incurred after enactment in carrying out an approved fuel displacement plan. Limits the amount of a utility's grant to its pro rata share of the total appropriation for such grants, determined according to a specified ratio. Keys the obligation of approved grant amounts to any utility to the fuel reduction target established in its fuel displacement plan, depending on the percentage by which such target meets or falls short of such utility's pro rata share of a national fuel reduction goal of 600,000 barrels per day of petroleum and natural gas. Makes available additional grant amounts for any excess of such pro rata share. Sets a maximum grant ceiling of $4.00 per barrel of petroleum or natural gas conserved under the utility's fuel displacement plan. Specifies application and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule for the payment of grant funds designed to insure the proper use of funds and compliance with the terms and conditions of the grant. Provides for recapture by the United States of funds paid out to any utility failing to meet the fuel displacement target established in its fuel displacement plan. Sets the period beginning January 1, 1974, and ending December 31, 1978, as the base period for purposes of determining fuel usage. Specifies factors for appropriate adjustments to the base period fuel usage. Specifies the general contents of any fuel displacement plan. Requires approval of any such plan by the appropriate State regulatory authority in the case of a State regulated electric utility before the Secretary may approve it. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State regulatory authorities and non-regulated electric utilities to carry out duties with regard to the implementation of rules for cogeneration and small power production facilities. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any State office of consumer services for the purpose of assisting consumers in making presentations directly related to the development and review of fuel displacement plans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 and 1983. Specifies circumstances under which funds appropriated for the Economic Regulatory Administration of the Department of Energy may be used for program administration relating to this Act. Limits the making of grants under this Act to capital costs. Requires final action on grant applications within six months after filing.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1981
Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to limit to 12 1/2 percent of the value of the coal produced yearly the amount of all State and local severance taxes or fees on coal mined from Indian or Federal lands and shipped in interstate commerce to any powerplant or major installation.
United States · United States Senate · 20 January 1981
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require separate metering of the electricity or natural gas used in each new building unit constructed after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to bring actions against electric and gas utilities to require compliance with such requirements. Sets forth penalties for violations of such requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981
Terminates the Department of Energy on January 15, 1982, unless prior to such date a law is enacted continuing such Department. Requires the President to submit to Congress within 60 days after termination a plan for transferring the functions of such Department to other Federal agencies. Prohibits such plan from creating a new Executive department. States that such plan shall take effect unless disapproved within 60 days by either House of Congress. Requires submission of successive reorganization plans until one is not disapproved by either House.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1981
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize additional appropriations for supplemental grant assistance for energy development and conservation action grants authorized under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make energy development and conservation action grants to cities, urban counties, and Indian tribes to help alleviate physical and economic deterioration and to promote energy development and conservation by subsidizing the rehabilitation, expansion, and development of energy supply or conservation systems of proven technology, such as district heating, geothermal projects, industrial cogeneration, municipal solid waste heat recovery, and small head hydropower. Stipulates that such grants shall be made only to those cities, counties, and Indian tribes which have provided low and moderate income housing and equal opportunity in housing and employment for low and moderate income persons and minority group members. Sets forth application procedures and criteria for selecting grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such grant program with other agency programs, and to review and audit grant recipients.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1981
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the energy conservation block grant program established pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make energy conservation block grants to units of general local government and Indian tribes for development of energy conservation plans and programs. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements for obtaining such grants. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Energy and to review and audit grant recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside a portion of the moneys appropriated under this Act for technical and other assistance to eligible jurisdictions, for the publications of relevant studies, for evaluations, research and planning, and for other specified uses designed to promote the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1981
Department of Energy Termination Act - Title I: Abolition of the Department of Energy - Terminates the Department of Energy and all functions of such Department not transferred or continued by this Act on September 30, 1982. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to conclude the outstanding affairs of the Department of Energy, and makes unexpended funds of such Department available to the Director for that purpose. Title II: Transfer and Continuation of Functions - Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of Energy to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Transfers to the Department of Defense the Division of Naval Reactors and the Division of Military Application of the Department of Energy. Transfers to the Department of the Interior the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Title III: Administrative and Transitional Provisions - Authorizes the transfer of personnel, property, records, and unexpended appropriations connected with any function transferred by title II of this Act to the officer to whom such function is transferred for appropriate allocation. States that orders, rules, proceedings, and specified applications or lawsuits issued or pending under previous authority shall not be affected by the transfers under this Act. Title IV: Effective Date - Makes September 30, 1982, the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Senate · 8 January 1981
United States · United States Senate · 8 January 1981
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 1981 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to alter the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to grant leases of oil and gas lands. Permits the Secretary to lease onshore Federal lands for oil and gas development by competitive bidding only, on the basis of bidding systems set forth in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary to issue a lease to the highest responsible qualified bidder for each tract offered at a sale. Directs the Secretary, at least once each quarter, to invite public nomination of areas favorable for the discovery of oil or gas. Provides that any area which the Secretary determines to be available and suitable for oil and gas leasing shall automatically be offered for lease if the area receives either: (1) two or more public nominations; or (2) a single nomination in two successive quarters. Directs the Secretary to hold quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sales, consisting of nominated tracts and any additional areas selected by the Secretary. Increases the size of leasable tracks by a specified amount. Provides for an initial lease period of five years and an extension of up to five years. Requires extension applications to include an exploration plan. Authorizes extensions only if the lessee cannot explore due to adverse technical, economic, or environmental conditions. Increases the minimum annual rental fee from 50 cents to two dollars per acre. Prescribes an increased minimum royalty of four dollars per acre (up from one dollar) in lieu of rental. Provides that actions taken by the Secretary pursuant to the bidding, nomination, and leasing procedures under this Act shall not be considered "major Federal actions" for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act. Permits the Secretary to disapprove an assignment of a lease in specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations within 180 days of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Geothermal Energy Control Act of 1981 - Establishes the National Geothermal Energy Commission for the purpose of granting licenses for the exploration for and commercial development of geothermal energy. Sets forth the membership structure of such Commission and the terms of office of the commissioners. Empowers the Commission to hold hearings, take testimony, and administer oaths in furtherance of the expressed purposes of this Act. Directs the Commission to identify those areas of the United States which have a potential for the extraction of geothermal resources and to publish its findings in the Federal Register. Empowers the Commission to grant licenses to individuals who are capable of carrying out exploration and marketing activities for geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources. Sets forth conditions for the granting of such licenses and for extensions of the term of such licenses. Authorizes the Commission to revoke the license of any person who is found to violate the antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Nuclear Energy Reappraisal Act of 1981 - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cease the granting of licenses or construction authorizations for nuclear fission powerplants pending the outcome of a comprehensive study by the Office of Technology Assessment. Continues such termination until Congress determines that safety and environmental hazards have been adequately studied and that nuclear fission plants are acceptable in comparison to other energy sources. Authorizes a resumption of licensing under limited conditions which shall be specified by Congress. Requires a five-year independent study of the nuclear fuel cycle by the Office of Technology Assessment. Empowers the Office to compel delivery of any information necessary for conducting such study. Directs all government agencies to cooperate fully with the Office. Requires the preparation of a final report with recommendations at the end of five years and annual progress reports. Requires the following specific issues to be considered in the final report: (1) safety and environmental hazards, including an analysis of reported malfunctions; (2) genetic effects of low level radiation; (3) economic implications of a long- term nature; (4) storage of high level radioactive wastes; (5) proliferation dangers; (6) economical and technical capabilities of utilities; and (7) licensing procedures of past regulatory agencies. Requires that existing nuclear fission powerplants operate at less than licensed core power level and be derated annually should Congress fail to determine that the licensing of fission plants may continue after conclusion of the study. Requires the Federal Government, to the maximum extent possible, to expand funds for employment creation programs in areas where unemployment has been caused by the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of the five fiscal years following the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to prohibit an electric or gas utility from terminating electric or natural gas service to any residential consumer without the consent of such consumer: (1) from October 15 to April 14 of any year; or (2) in situations in which such termination would be dangerous to health. Requires both State regulated and nonregulated electric and gas utilities to transmit to State regulatory authorities weekly reports of involuntary terminations of service to consumers. Directs the State regulatory authorities to make such reports available to the public. Provides that during any period when termination of service to an electric or gas consumer would be dangerous to health, such service may not be terminated if the consumer establishes that he or she is able to pay in accordance with a qualified deferred payment program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Repeals the Federal requirement of incremental pricing under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Municipal Waste-to-Energy Act of 1981 - Title I: Research, Development, and Demonstration - Requires the Director of the Office of Urban Waste Energy Management (established under this Act) to establish, conduct, and promote an accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for the recovery of energy from municipal wastes. Directs the Director to provide financial assistance in the form of grants, contracts, price supports, purchase guarantees, loan guarantees, and cooperative agreements, or any combination thereof, to public or private entities to provide financial assistance for such experimental and demonstration facilities and modifications of existing facilities for such purposes. Requires that such program be designed to achieve its goals within ten years. Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to extend the financial support program to include public and private entity waste reprocessing demonstration facilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982. Title II: Commercialization - Requires the Director to establish a program of financial assistance for commercial-scale projects designed for the conversion of municipal wastes into energy or the recovery of materials. States that such assistance shall be made to supplement but not to compete with or supplant any private capital investment under authority of any other Federal law. Directs the Director to establish procedures and standards for the timely review of compliance with the requirements for each new award. Limits such financial assistance to a maximum of 75 percent of the total capital cost of that project. Prohibits any project from receiving such assistance twice. Requires that any specific tax credit directly associated with such projects be considered in determining the need for financial assistance awarded under this title. Limits the amount of loans entered into for such projects to a maximum of 49 percent of the total capital costs of the project, unless the Director determines that such limit would prevent the financial viability of the proposed project. Sets forth requirements concerning the Director's authority to enter into, or make, such loans, loan guarantees, price guarantees, and grants. Directs the Director to conduct economic analyses of municipal waste-to-energy conversion technologies in other countries for publication and dissemination. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish an Office of Urban Waste Energy Management within the Department to perform the activities authorized under this Act. Directs the Director of such Office to prepare a program management plan for such activities and to transmit such plan to specified Congressional committees. Requires the Director to submit to the Congress annually a detailed description of such plan with proposed modifications as necessary. Requires the Director to support science and engineering education programs to provide trained personnel to perform the activities required under this Act. Provides for Federal interagency cooperation and information sharing. Requires the Director to assure the full and complete dissemination of information concerning any project or other activity. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report. Sets forth the components of such report. States that amounts received by the Director as repayment of loans made under this Act and other specified amounts shall be deposited in the Federal Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Repeals the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Oil Import Purchase Authority Act of 1981 - Makes the Secretary of Energy responsible for the importation of petroleum into the United States. Provides that after October 1, 1981, no petroleum shall be imported except pursuant to a bid submitted to and accepted by the Secretary. Imposes civil and criminal penalties on persons who import petroleum in violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations for allocation by sale of all imported petroleum at prices not to vary more than ten percent above or below the cost of acquisition, taking into account the preservation of an economically sound and competitive petroleum industry and other factors. Repeals the President's emergency authority to exercise the exclusive right to import and purchase petroleum under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Terminates the Department of Energy on January 15, 1982, unless prior to such date a law is enacted continuing such Department. Requires the President to submit to Congress within 60 days after termination a plan for transferring the functions of such Department to other Federal agencies. Prohibits such plan from creating a new Executive department. States that such plan shall take effect unless disapproved within 60 days by either House of Congress. Requires submission of successive reorganization plans until one is not disapproved by either House.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify energy property which is at least ten percent more energy efficient than property which it replaces for the investment tax credit. Qualifies certain small boilers fueled by oil or gas for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Energy Competition Act - Prohibits persons engaged in the production of crude petroleum or petroleum products from acquiring or retaining any interest in coal, uranium, or geothermal power assets. Directs the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this Act by requiring submission of plans for divestiture of prohibited assets. Requires persons subject to the provisions of this Act to file information and reports on regulated assets with the Attorney General. Imposes criminal penalties for knowing violations of this Act: (1) in the case of an individual, fines not to exceed $500,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years; and (2) in the case of corporations, fines not to exceed $5,000,000 and/or suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for up to ten years. States that corporate representatives shall also be subject to criminal sanctions as individuals. Imposes civil penalties of up to $100,000 for each violation of orders lawfully issued under this Act. States that, in the case of a continuing violation, each day shall be deemed a separate offense.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Fairness in Gasoline Marketing Act - Prohibits any refiner, producer, or marketer of fuel oil from: (1) operating, acquiring, or controlling any service station six months after enactment of this Act; or (2) owning or controlling any interest in a service station as of two years after enactment. Sets forth enforcement procedures and penalties for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Wind Energy Systems Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1981 - Establishes a research, development, and demonstration program for converting wind energy into electricity. Sets goals for such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into agreements with public and private entities to obtain scientific, technological, and economic information on the design, fabrication, purchase, installation, and testing of small wind energy systems (systems with a capacity of less than 100 kilowatts) and large wind energy systems (systems with a capacity of 100 or more kilowatts). Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to entities seeking to install wind energy systems upon submission of the proper application. Sets forth terms and conditions for receiving such assistance. Terminates any Federal subsidization of purchases of such equipment upon the determination that such systems have become competitive with conventional energy sources or by a specified date. Sets forth the amount of such assistance, taking into consideration any tax credits allowed under the Internal Revenue Code for renewable energy source expenditures. Allocates a portion of the funds appropriated for accelerated procurement and installation of wind energy systems by Federal agencies. Directs the Secretary to promulgate voluntary performance standards for small wind energy systems. Directs the Secretary to initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program to: (1) validate existing assessments of known wind resources; (2) perform wind resource assessments in regions where the use of wind energy may prove feasible; (3) initiate a general site prospecting program; (4) establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and (5) establish, in consultation with the Administrators of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a national wind data center to make public information available on wind energy. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit a comprehensive management plan to specified Congressional committees. Sets forth criteria for selection of programs. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies and investigations relating to wind energy systems and programs. Directs the Secretary to assure that small businesses will have adequate opportunities to participate in the programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of Energy to construct and operate national demonstration facilities for the conversion into fuels of garbage and other solid waste materials. Sets forth requirements for the siting and operating of such facilities, and specifies that one such facility shall be located in New Jersey. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Expresses the intent of Congress that the President initiate negotiations with other oil importing nations to establish a Council of Oil Importing Nations to negotiate for reasonable oil prices with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Directs the President to submit to such Council a set of appropriate sanctions to encourage compliance with negotiated oil prices.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Freedom of Energy Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the recognition of gain from the sale or exchange of stock in a qualified energy corporation to the extent that the amount realized on such sale or exchange exceeds the cost of qualified energy corporation stock purchased by the taxpayer during the 90 day period after the date of such sale or exchange. Defines "qualified energy corporation" as any domestic corporation which is engaged primarily in the exploration for, or development, sale, or production of, energy, the manufacture of equipment for such purposes, or research or development. Terminates the provisions of this Act three years after the date of its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for the installation of a wood or peat burning stove.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Soviet Energy Investment Prohibition Act - Prohibits any Federal entity from financing or promoting the export to the Soviet Union of any commodity, product, or service involving energy research, development, or exploration.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to retain specified lands within the Outer Continental Shelf extending from Point Concepcion in the south to the California-Oregon border in the north and extending seaward as a national reserve for oil or gas production or development. Prohibits the Secretary from leasing such area for oil or gas production or development without: (1) the recommendation of the President; or (2) the failure of both Houses of Congress, within 60 days after receipt of such recommendation, to pass a concurrent resolution of disapproval.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Prohibits the phaseout of any particular energy source used by electric powerplants which would adversely affect the adequacy of electric power supply in an electric reliability area. Permits a prohibition on the use of an energy source pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974, or public safety requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for the installation of a woodburning stove.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should establish and actively pursue a national energy plan that emphasizes and demands the use of domestic coal as a means of displacing current foreign energy imports. Declares that the President should establish a task force to examine modifications in the implementation of the Clean Air Act that could increase coal use without violating national ambient air quality standards. States that the President should submit to Congress within 60 days of enactment a plan which will achieve the goals of this resolution.