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Bill· SS. 109 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Arctic Coastal Plain Public Lands Leasing Act of 1991 - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program on the public lands of the Coastal Plain (in Alaska) in order to assure expeditious exploration, development, and production of the area's oil and gas resources. Requires that activities be conducted to achieve the reasonable protection of wildlife resources, the environment, and subsistence users. Directs the Secretary to provide impact aid to affected communities to ensure the availability of public services necessitated by the leasing program.
Bill· SS. 144 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1991 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to operate Glen Canyon Dam in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for operating the Dam on an interim basis to protect, mitigate adverse effects to, and improve the condition of the natural, recreational, and cultural resources of the Park and Recreation Area; and (2) implement the plan on the earlier of September 1, 1991, or the date of cessation of research flows used for preparing an environmental impact statement ordered by the Secretary. Enumerates certain objectives to be included in the plan as implemented, including noninterference with the water storage and delivery functions of the Dam, the minimization of adverse environmental impacts of the Dam operations on the downstream Park and Recreation Area, and adjustment and monitoring of sufficient water flows downstream from the Dam. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Governors of affected States, and affected Indian tribes in the development and implementation of the plan. Authorizes the Secretary to deviate from the plan if found necessary and in the public interest. Requires the Secretary to complete a final Glen Canyon Dam environmental impact statement within three years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) adopt criteria and operating plans separate from those specified under the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968; and (2) ensure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with the protection of the Park and Recreation Area. Requires the Secretary to establish and implement long-term monitoring requirements to assure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with the protection of the Park and the Recreation Area downstream. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 49 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Ocean and Coastal Resources Enhancement Act - Establishes the Ocean and Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund. Requires 33 percent of specified revenues attributable to Outer Continental Shelf leases within 200 miles of the coast line to be paid into the Fund. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to pay specified portions of revenues to coastal States and local governments, based on the share of revenues attributable to leases that lie seaward of the boundaries of such States and governments. Requires such States to first use such funds for administrative costs incurred in the leasing and permitting process, with remaining funds to be used for environmental and natural resource projects in the coastal zone. Establishes the Coastal Zone Impact Assistance Fund. Requires four and one-half percent of all revenues received pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that are attributable to leases within 200 miles of the coast line to be paid into such Fund. Directs the Secretary to pay specified portions of revenues to coastal States and local governments, based on the number, location, and impact of energy facilities located within a State's coastal zone, or within or seaward of the boundaries of a local government, respectively. Requires such States to first use such funds for administrative costs incurred in the leasing and permitting process for energy facilities, with remaining funds to be used for environmental and natural resource projects in the coastal zone.
Bill· SS. 83 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the value of any subsidy provided by a public utility to a customer for the purchase or installation of energy or water conservation measures.
Bill· SS. 163 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to designate a fund in the Treasury as the Federal Buildings Fund. Authorizes the Fund to receive revenues related to energy savings for Federal energy management improvement programs. Requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide specified congressional committees with a plan for the relocation of Federal agencies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by March 31, 1991. Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to authorize the Administrator of GSA to borrow from the Federal Financing Bank such sums as may be necessary to finance or refinance the acquisition or construction of public buildings, including related services and property, through installment purchase agreements. Vests title to property acquired with such funds in the United States.
Bill· SS. 136 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
WIPP Administrative Land Withdrawal Extension Act of 1991 - Extends until June 29, 1993, a specified land order relating to the land withdrawal for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. Revokes and nullifies the legal effect of any prior approval of the Secretary of the Interior on or before enactment of this Act to an application by the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make a land withdrawal relating to WIPP (other than a certain public land order); or (2) modify such order. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing, modifying, extending, or revoking any land withdrawal relating to WIPP without congressional consent. Includes in such prohibition any emergency withdrawal or other action permitted under certain provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
Bill· SS. 132 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Amends the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to require States transporting low-level radioactive waste to a regional disposal facility established under an interstate compact to use routes within the borders of the States that are parties to the compact.
Bill· SS. 131 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Amends the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to provide that no regional interstate compact for low-level radioactive waste disposal shall be construed to restrict the authority of a host State to contract with another compact for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste that the host State is responsible for disposing of during its tenure as a host State.
Bill· SS. 34 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
Title I: National Development Investment - Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to make development investment assistance grants to qualified applicants for: (1) constructing and improving public facilities; (2) revolving loan funds; and (3) employee stock ownership plans. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance for improving and enhancing economic development. Describes qualified applicants as States, distressed local governments, economic development districts, economic development organizations, and Indian tribes. Describes a distressed local government as one with a population under 50,000 that is located outside an economic development district. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification relative to performance of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to accept; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Lists as distress requirements any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an unemployment rate one percent above the national average for the most recent 24-month period for which statistics are available; (3) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job losses; or (4) a Labor Force Participation rate of 90 percent or less of the national average. Sets forth information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital or for the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum of 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Authorizes the Secretary, if certain conditions are met, to increase such percentage to up to 80 percent of the cost. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum of 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act, except for expenditures to Indian tribes. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating more than $4,000,000 in any fiscal year to any person, other than grants for employee ownership organizations. Requires congressionally-mandated Economic Development Administration projects to meet the eligibility criteria of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with populations over 50,000 (if located outside an economic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investments for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration programs to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity in the steel industry and related industries, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Requires a report to the Congress no later than 90 days after completion of any demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to colleges, universities, and other nonprofit educational and research organizations for management and technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Declares that the Secretary shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Permits the Secretary to discharge responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to the Congress detailing operations under this Act, beginning with FY 1992. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wages. Requires the Secretary to maintain records of approved applications available for public inspection. Requires each recipient of a grant to maintain specified records. Allows the Secretary and the Comptroller General access to all records of such recipients. Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) discriminating in favor of or against any qualified applicant based on whether it is located in an urban or rural area; (2) creating separate allocations of funds for assistance to urban or rural areas unless allocations are based on objective findings or relative levels of distress in areas qualified for assistance; or (3) denying assistance to qualified applicants because the project is located in a State with low unemployment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations through FY 1994 for administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1993. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Removes the restriction on financial assistance for the cost of industrial facilities. Declares that after September 30, 1991, grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of any approved project (except projects concerning Appalachian highways). Permits the Commission to increase such percentage to up to 80 percent of the cost for a county determined to be one of the most distressed in the Appalachian region. Prohibits the Commission from increasing such percentage for more than 25 percent of the grants made in any fiscal year. Requires that energy enterprise development loan funds established with grants previously approved by the Commission be made available for authorized purposes. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1994. Title III: Coal Mine Mouth Plant Technology - Coal Mine Mouth Plant Technology Improvement Act of 1991 - Directs the Appalachian Regional Commission to report to the Congress the results of a study of the impact of locating coal-fired power plants using clean coal technologies and high temperature superconductivity technologies near coal mines in the Appalachian region. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct research and development through the Department of Energy, enter into cooperative research and development agreements to promote high temperature superconductivity technologies for power production at coal mine mouth plants, and promote the development of certain clean coal technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997.
Bill· HRH.R. 526 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1991
WIPP Administrative Land Withdrawal Extension Act of 1991 - Extends until June 29, 1993, a specified land order relating to the land withdrawal for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. Revokes and nullifies the legal effect of any prior approval of the Secretary of the Interior on or before enactment of this Act to an application by the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make a land withdrawal relating to WIPP (other than a certain public land order); or (2) modify such order. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing, modifying, extending, or revoking any land withdrawal relating to WIPP without congressional consent. Includes in such prohibition any emergency withdrawal or other action permitted under certain provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
Law· HRH.R. 476 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1991
Michigan Scenic Rivers Act of 1991 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain rivers in Michigan as components of or potential additions to the national wild and scenic rivers system. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire fee title to lands which, as of August 1, 1990, were owned by Upper Peninsula Energy Corporation without regard to any acreage limitation set forth in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study certain rivers for possible designations as wild and scenic rivers and to establish for each such river a River Study Committee to advise him in the preparation of a study report to the Congress. Terminates each such Committee after submission of its report. Permits the installation and operation of facilities or other activities within or outside the boundaries of such designated river segments for the control of the lamprey eel, subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe for the protection of water quality and other values (including wild and scenic characteristics) of the river. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 446 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1991 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to establish average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and automobiles other than passenger automobiles (light trucks) for model years 1996 and thereafter. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide for a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the current state of research and development in light truck fuel economy and passenger automobile fuel economy and an assessment of the potential for improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Directs the Secretary, using such review, to establish a schedule for increasing average fuel economy standards for passenger and nonpassenger cars for model years 2002 through 2006. Revises criteria with respect to the testing of fuel economy for passenger automobiles. Requires automobile manufacturers to affix to each automobile a label that contains fuel economy values specific to such automobile's particular vehicle configuration where that vehicle configuration is less than the fuel economy standard applicable to the vehicle's manufacturer. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report annually to specified congressional committees on a study of the accuracy of fuel economy testing of passenger automobiles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 explanatory booklets each year to every dealer and additional numbers if requested. Doubles the civil penalty for repeated violations of the fuel economy standard.
Bill· HRH.R. 219 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to require gasoline retailers to display in a clear and conspicuous manner on each gasoline dispenser, at the point of sale to the ultimate purchaser of automotive gasoline, a specified warning statement concerning octane ratings. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 195 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Emergency Petroleum Distribution and Low Income Energy Assistance Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to implement a partial drawdown and distribution of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if the President finds that such action would reduce the adverse impact of significant petroleum price increases. Mandates that all receipts from the sale of such SPR oil drawdown be made available in specified percentages for low income energy programs under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for the weatherization program of the Department of Energy.
Bill· HRH.R. 374 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Deems the Strategic Target System program conducted by the Sandia National Laboratories of the Department of Energy at the Kauai Test Facility of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Bill· HRH.R. 243 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Integrity Act of 1991 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from general budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall be exempt from any sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Energy Deficit Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit.
Bill· HRH.R. 409 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Geothermal Energy Control Act of 1991 - Establishes the National Geothermal Energy Commission. Requires the Commission to determine those areas in the United States which have a potential for the extraction of geothermal resources and to publish a list of such areas in the Federal Register. Directs the Commission to grant exclusive 99-year licenses to persons capable of carrying out exploration and development of geothermal resources in such areas. Authorizes the termination of a license for any violation of the terms of the license prescribed by the Commission. Permits a licensee under this Act to apply for a license to market the geothermal resources from the licensee's area in their natural state. Requires the Commission to grant a marketing license for a geographic area which is the most reasonable area to successfully market geothermal resources. Provides that there shall be only one marketing license per geographic area. Provides that a marketing license shall be valid for as long as the licensee holds the exploration and development license. Permits the transfer of exploration, development, and marketing licenses with the Commission's approval. Requires that a licensee under this Act be a U.S. citizen or a person owned or controlled by a U.S. citizen. Restricts the sale of geothermal resources which have been converted to electrical or other energy forms to existing utility companies or other persons licensed to transmit such energy. Permits the sale of geothermal resources to such a company or person for conversion into other energy forms.
Bill· HRH.R. 266 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
National Oil Security Act of 1991 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas.
Bill· HRH.R. 378 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1991 -Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to restate the defense mobilization preparedness policy of the United States. Places the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in charge of coordinating the efforts to maintain geographical dispersion of defense facilities. (Currently, the Office of Defense Mobilization is in charge of such effort.) Requires executive agencies and departments responsible for defense acquisition to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and mobilization production requirements. States that plans and programs to carry out the policy stated above shall duly consider the promotion of efficiency and competition. Repeals as inconsistent with changes made under this Act the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974. Expresses certain congressional findings disapproving the growing U.S. dependency on foreign sources for parts and materials used to manufacture major weapons systems for our national defense, and requests the strengthening of the industrial capability of the United States to independently produce its major weapons systems. Directs the President, before the end of the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to limit to domestic manufacturing and assembly sources those existing or new weapons and weapon parts or components which the President determines are critical to: (1) maintain in case of national emergency or to achieve national mobilization; or (2) establish or maintain essential engineering, research, or development capabilities. Directs the President, in all defense-related procurement actions, to consider: (1) the extent to which domestic sources for the materials or services being procured can meet defense needs for six months following a declaration of war or other hostilities; (2) the effect the procurement would have on U.S. industrial capacity; and (3) a comparison of costs and benefits of acquiring such products off-shore or domestically. Requires the President to report to the Congress on action taken. Authorizes the President to use certain existing incentives to implement these provisions, subject to specified limitations. Directs the President to designate those weapons, weapon systems, and industries determined to be critically needed for the national defense to be given first priority for assistance under this Act for the modernization of manufacturing facilities and equipment and the production of materials. Directs the President to seek to develop the domestic production of materials, services, and skills affecting a critical weapon, weapon system, or industry that is in short supply. Directs the President, in providing such assistance, to give a strong preference to contractors and subcontractors which are small- and medium-sized businesses. Authorizes funds under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to be set aside to guarantee the purchase or lease of advanced manufacturing equipment and related services. Outlines conditions under which small business subcontractors will be given assistance preference by the President. Establishes an information system on the domestic defense industrial base to be incorporated into the Defense Information Network (DINET). Specifies certain reviews and other information required to be included in the analysis of the production base for any major defense procurement project which is included in the information system. Directs the President, in establishing the information system, to require the Secretary of each military department to incorporate in such system a complete analysis of the production base of no fewer than four weapons of such department which are major weapon systems. Requires the President to provide for a strategic plan for maximizing the use and usefulness of the information system by incorporating in such system a complete analysis of the production base for each major system begun after enactment of this Act. Requires interagency consultation and coordination. Directs the President, upon the establishment of the information system, to convene a task force to establish guidelines and procedures to ensure that all Federal departments and agencies acquiring information with respect to the domestic defense industrial base are fully participating in the system. Authorizes appropriations. Extends through FY 1995 the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, except for certain provisions of title I of such Act, which terminate at the end of FY 1992. Extends the authorization of appropriations under such Act. Requires the President to submit an annual report to the Congress on the expansion of productive capacity and supply. Prohibits the use of any authority provided under title I of such Act for the production of chemical or biological weapons except under written authorization by the President. Permits executives being trained and organized in the National Defense Executive Reserve and participating in voluntary agreements or plans of action under direction of the President and pursuant to treaty obligations to be given antitrust and breach of contract immunity when undertaking any emergency actions. Exempts such activities from provisions of the National Advisory Committee Act. Establishes a conflict-of-interests exemption for executives serving in the National Defense Executive Reserve and for those engaged in voluntary planning for defense mobilization purposes. Describes the scope of the exemption and specifies activities to which the exemption shall not extend. Provides notice and financial disclosure requirements. Exempts such activities from provisions of the Advisory Committee Act. Establishes the Congressional Commission on the Evaluation of the Defense Industrial Base Policy to develop criteria for evaluating the national policy for maintaining the strength of the domestic defense industrial base. Requires the Commission to consider the extent to which the authority, policy, plans, budgets, and programs of each Federal agency and department which has any responsibility for maintaining the strength of the domestic industrial base: (1) are adequate for maintaining the strength of the domestic defense industrial base; and (2) are being effectively implemented and sufficiently coordinated with other appropriate departments and agencies. Requires the Commission to submit interim and final reports to the Congress and the President on findings with respect to the domestic defense industrial base, together with recommendations for legislative, administrative, or policy action. Terminates the Commission on September 30, 1992. Authorizes appropriations. Revises certain definitions under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Directs the President to prepare and submit biennially to the Congress the projected capacity and potential prospects for the use of alternative and renewable sources of energy for defense mobilization, industrial preparedness, and related purposes. Extends through FY 1992 a loan guaranty program under the Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. Repeals specified Federal law made inconsistent by the provisions of this Act, including the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974 which established such Commission to curb dependence on foreign sources for certain natural resources.
Bill· HRH.R. 272 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Public Housing Energy Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) establish public housing energy conservation performance standards; and (2) revise public housing construction cost limits to reflect structural life-cycle costs and major heating and cooling systems. Requires public housing development and rehabilitation programs begun one year after enactment of this Act to incorporate such standards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide financial assistance to the Chicago Housing Authority in Illinois to implement public housing energy conservation measures; and (2) report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 295 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Petroleum Producers Burden Sharing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Terminates such tax: (1) after the expiration of the first four calendar quarters beginning after the date of enactment of this section; or (2) after the expiration of the first six such calendar quarters, if the President determines that a continuing energy price crisis exists. Establishes the Low Income Energy Support Trust Fund to fund the grant program under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 and the weatherization program under the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976. Transfers to such Fund 33 percent of the taxes received from the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil.
Bill· HRH.R. 145 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Uranium Enrichment Reorganization Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish the United States Uranium Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to conduct uranium marketing and enrichment activities as a commercial, profitable, self-financing enterprise. Provides for a Board of Directors appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) certain property transfers from the Department of Energy; and (2) the Corporation's capital structure, pricing policies, and user charges for decommissioning, decontamination, and remedial activities. Requires the Corporation to prepare an annual status report for the President and the Congress. Prescribes licensing and taxation guidelines for the Corporation. Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments. Directs the Board to make recommendations to the President regarding the transfer of its functions and assets to private ownership. Declares that the Corporation's receipts, proceeds, and recoveries (including deposits in the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund) shall be available without fiscal year limitations and without further appropriations. Applies Federal environmental and occupational safety and health law to the Corporation as though it were privately owned. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 21 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1989 - Title I: Sanctions Against Investment in, and Exports to, South Africa and Other Measures (Except Import Restrictions) to End Apartheid - Part A: Amendments to the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and Other Laws - Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit any investments in South Africa by U.S. persons. Makes exceptions to such prohibition for: (1) investments in a business enterprise 90 percent owned and controlled by South Africans economically and politically disadvantaged by apartheid; and (2) investments made by certain individuals during any period and to the extent that such investments are considered South African emigrant non-resident assets and subject to transfer or disposition restrictions. Authorizes a person to apply for, and the President to grant for good cause, a waiver of such prohibition for up to 180 days. Requires U.S. controlled South African entities that are subject to the investment prohibition and that employ more than 24 South Africans economically and politically disadvantaged by apartheid to: (1) notify employees and employee organizations not less than 90 days prior to termination of the U.S. investment in such entity; and (2) enter into good faith negotiations with representative trade unions regarding the terms of such termination. Prohibits the exportation or reexportation to South Africa of any goods or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits any such exportation or reexportation by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Exempts from such prohibition publications, donations of food, clothing, and medical supplies, commercial sales of agricultural commodities and products, and goods and technology for use in the gathering or dissemination of information by news media organizations subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Makes such prohibitions inapplicable to: (1) any goods that are the direct product of technology of U.S. origin under a written agreement entered into on or before April 20, 1988, and that are exported within one year of the enactment of this Act; (2) economic assistance or human rights programs for disadvantaged South Africans, South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans, or victims of apartheid in South Africa; and (3) contributions to charitable organizations engaged in social welfare, public health, religious, educational, or emergency relief activities in South Africa. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 that: (1) prohibit certain exports to, imports from, and investments in South Africa; (2) set forth U.S. policy toward the recruitment and training of black South Africans; and (3) prohibit U.S. intercession with any foreign government regarding export activities of certain U.S. nationals in South Africa who are not implementing the Code of Conduct. Revises the definition of "loans" for purposes of such Act to prohibit short-term trade financing, sales on open account, and rescheduling of existing loans. Adds other definitions for purposes of such Act. Prohibits any U.S. agency or entity involved in intelligence activities from engaging in any form of cooperation with the Government of South Africa (specifically including the authorities administering Namibia so long as Namibia is illegally occupied). Prohibits any U.S. agency or entity from engaging in any form of cooperation with the armed forces of South Africa. Prohibits funds made available by the Congress from being obligated or expended for any expense related to any prohibited cooperation. States that the President should not: (1) assign or detail any member of the U.S. armed forces to serve as a defense or military attache in South Africa; or (2) accredit any individual to serve as a defense or military attache at a South African diplomatic mission in the United States. Repeals provisions of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 concerning restrictions on intelligence agency cooperation with South Africa. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from authorizing any person to engage, directly or indirectly, in the production of special nuclear materials in South Africa. States that South Africa's granting of independence to Namibia is a major policy goal of the United States. Includes such granting of independence as one of several actions South Africa must take to have U.S. sanctions terminated. Revises penalty provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. Establishes within the Department of State a Coordinator of South Africa Sanctions who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State for matters pertaining to the implementation of sanctions against South Africa. Directs the Coordinator to place emphasis on activities related to strategically important trade in oil, coal, computers, specialized machinery and arms, and to financial credits. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Secretary of State in leading and coordinating the activities of other agencies in implementing and enforcing the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and in monitoring other nations' economic relations with South Africa. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on actions to monitor and enforce such Act and on economic relations between South Africa and each of its trading partners. Establishes an Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on South Africa to coordinate and monitor the implementation of such Act. Revises provisions of such Act regarding the Code of Conduct and expanded participation in the South African economy. Requires Federal agencies to make efforts to assist businesses more than 90 percent (currently, 50 percent) owned by black or nonwhite South Africans. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Bank to insure or participate in the extension of credit to businesses more than 90 percent owned (currently, majority owned) and controlled by black or nonwhite South Africans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit the use of a specified amount of funds authorized for economic development assistance for assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. Specifies that such assistance may include scholarships, the promotion of the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in trade unions and private enterprise, alternative education and community development programs, and training and other assistance (including legal aid) for South African journalists. Lists major trade union federations in South Africa and Namibia as examples of recipients of U.S. assistance to the labor movement. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for refugee education and assistance for South Africans and Namibians. Prohibits any U.S. person from providing transport to South Africa of a commercial quantity of crude oil or refined petroleum products. Includes in such prohibition transport on a vessel of U.S. registry or on a vessel owned by a U.S. person. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any mineral lease to any national of the United States which is controlled by any foreign person who purchases, acquires, owns, or holds any investment in South Africa or who exports crude oil or refined petroleum products to South Africa. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions under specified conditions. Part B: Policy Statements; Reports; Studies; and Other Miscellaneous Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) direct the Attorney General to conduct an antitrust investigation of the South African controlled international diamond cartel; (2) direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Commissioner of Customs to study the feasibility of identifying at the port of entry the national origin of diamonds entering the United States; and (3) ensure effective and rigorous enforcement of a prohibition on the importation into the United States of uncut South African diamonds by taking specified measures. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should close two of South Africa's consulates general, eliminate all honorary consuls of South Africa in the United States, and forbid expansion of South Africa's embassy staff; and (2) approval of temporary U.S. visas should be granted on a case-by-case basis after considering South Africa's record of allowing its citizens, including apartheid opponents, to travel to the United States. Requires the President to study and report to the Congress on measures to reduce South Africa's foreign exchange earnings from gold. Directs the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on South Africa's involvement in international terrorism. Title II: Sanctions Against South African Imports Into the United States - Prohibits the importation into the United States of any article from South Africa, except: (1) strategic minerals which the President certifies to the Congress are essential for military or economic purposes and are not available from alternative reliable suppliers or through improved manufacturing processes, conservation, recycling, and economical substitution; and (2) publications. Specifies that such prohibition includes: (1) krugerrands or any gold coin minted in South Africa or offered for sale by the Government of South Africa; (2) uranium hexafluoride that has been manufactured from South African uranium or uranium oxide; and (3) fish or seafood which are products of South Africa. Exempts from such prohibition any imports from business enterprises in South Africa that are wholly-owned by persons economically or politically disadvantaged by apartheid. Requires the President to confer with other industrialized democracies in order to reach cooperative agreements to impose sanctions against South Africa to bring about the dismantling of apartheid. Requires the President to report to the Congress concerning such efforts. Requires (currently, encourages) the President to seek United Nations Security Council adoption of the same sanctions against South Africa as are imposed by the United States. Requires (currently, authorizes) the President to impose penalties against foreign persons taking significant commercial advantage of U.S. sanctions against South Africa or comparable sanctions of other industrialized democracies. Includes as such a penalty the restriction of such a person from contracting with U.S. Government entities. Allows the President to waive such penalties for foreign persons of an industrialized democracy that is a party to a cooperative agreement to impose sanctions against South Africa. Requires the President to revoke such waiver if the industrialized democracy is not adequately enforcing the measures provided for under the agreement. Requires that information concerning the extent to which import restrictions are being enforced by other industrialized democracies be included in the Secretary of State's annual report to the Congress. Sets forth provisions pertaining to committee referral in the House of Representatives of joint resolutions pertaining to import restrictions. Requires the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, to submit periodic reports to the Congress setting forth the average amounts of imports of coal or any strategic and critical material entering the United States from each member and observer country of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the program to reduce U.S. dependence on strategic minerals from South Africa. Requires the President to confer with the governments of the African "frontline" States on measures to prevent the circumvention of the import restrictions on South African products imposed under the authority of this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Makes conforming amendments and sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 138 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Requires the President to transmit to the Congress annually a detailed and comprehensive written report on the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States. Requires such report to be sufficiently detailed to assist the Congress in allocating funds to support all energy-related and environment-related policies, plans, and programs of the U.S. Government.
Bill· HRH.R. 69 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the National Gas Policy Act of 1978 (relating to the enforcement of maximum prices for first sales of natural gas) to provide that certain refunds or penalties do not apply if the sales price exceeded the maximum statutory price solely because of a certain court decision which vacated a specified Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order.
Bill· HRH.R. 94 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Act of 1991 - Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay specified amounts into the Fund; and (2) provide each coastal State with an outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing block grant. Requires a recipient coastal State to submit an assessment of the expenditure of funds provided by the block grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 142 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Jobs, Growth, and Competitiveness Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the ten-percent investment tax credit for property used as an integral part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas, water, waste disposal, or pollution control services. Allows such tax credit to offset 100 percent of a C corporation's minimum tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 118 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility (a utility required to provide electric energy, gas, water, or sewage disposal services) that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction (as defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury); (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as customer connection fees.
Bill· HRH.R. 101 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on the income of every corporation engaged in the production of petroleum and petroleum products for each taxable year which begins or ends during the emergency period a tax of 40 percent of the excess profits taxable income for such taxable year. Describes the emergency period as the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. Sets forth the method of determining taxable income of a corporation during the emergency period. Allows an excess profits deduction of either 100 percent of the average base period taxable income or a percentage of invested capital, whichever is greater. Revises the energy plowback deduction for purposes of this Act to include the costs of: (1) intangible drilling and development; (2) construction, reconstruction, erection, or acquisition of specified petroleum-related items; or (3) secondary or tertiary recovery of oil or gas.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 18 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in furtherance of the shared responsibility of the executive and legislative branches to oversee and develop energy efficiency and conservation policies, the Congress: (1) urges the President to convene a national energy summit including experts on the environment and energy from both governmental and private sectors; and (2) believes the National Energy Strategy being developed by the Department of Energy should be an important part of the discussion at the energy summit.