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Bill· HRH.R. 13143 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration, where other financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms, to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 percent per year to assist any small business concern to meet operating costs, if the Administration determines that such business concern has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of a shortage in energy producing material. Limits such loans to a period of 5 years.
Bill· HRH.R. 13140 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration, where other financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms, to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 percent per year to assist any small business concern to meet operating costs, if the Administration determines that such business concern has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of a shortage in energy producing material. Limits such loans to a period of 5 years.
Bill· SS. 3068 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Extends the use of tax-free industrial bonds under the Internal Revenue Code, without limit, to be used in the conversion from gas burning to oil burning equipment or oil burning equipment to other energy burning materials. Raises the limit of general industrial revenue bonds intended for small business.
Bill· HRH.R. 13114 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States and localities to assist them in meeting increased health care costs resulting from health problems brought on by the energy crisis.
Bill· HRH.R. 13101 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to initiate a feasibility test of rail passenger service as a means of alleviating transportation problems caused by the energy crisis between points in Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland, and Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Requires a report to the Congress and the Secretary of Transportation in one year on such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 13107 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Energy Advertising Act - Requires the President to exercise his authority under the Economic Stabilization Act to insure that any rules or regulations affecting or pertaining to rates or charges of any regulated public utility do not allow such rates and charges to be based on any advertising expense of such utility, unless any expense is approved pursuant to this Act. States that in carrying out his authority to determine prices for petroleum products and coal under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 or under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, the President may not allow any such prices (at other than the retail level) to be based on the inclusion of any advertising expense unless any such expense is approved pursuant to this Act. Establishes an advisory board to approve only those advertising expenses under this Act which are for a public service announcement or otherwise consistent with the purpose of conserving energy during the period of shortage.
Bill· HRH.R. 13069 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.
Bill· HRH.R. 13088 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13068 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans directly or in cooperation with lending institutions to assist small businesses adversely affected by fuel shortages, electrical energy shortages, shortages of energy producing resources, or shortages of raw or processed processed materials resulting from such shortages.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 939 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of fifteen Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the health effects of the current energy crisis on the poor and to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 933 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
Bill· HRH.R. 13042 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may temporarily (until May 15, 1974) suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person, if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Provides that, after public notice and public hearing, the Administrator may, for any period beginning after May 15, 1974, and ending not later than June 30, 1979, temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person if the Administrator finds: (1) that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation solely because of the unavailability of types and amounts of fuels, (2) that such suspension will not, after the application implementation plan deadline, result in or contribute to a level of air pollutants which is greater than that specified in a national primary ambient air quality standard, and (3) that such person has been placed on a schedule which provides for the use of methods which the Administrator determines will assure continuing compliance with a national primary ambient air quality standard as soon as practicable (but no later than June 30, 1979), which schedule shall include increments of progress toward compliance with such standard by such date. Provides for judicial review of a grant or denial of a suspension or of any interim requirement on which suspension is conditioned by filing a petition with the United States district court for any judicial district in which is located any stationary source to which the action of the Administrator applies. Sets forth requirements governing the issuance of suspensions by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress not later than March 31, 1974, with respect to: (1) the present and projected impact on the program under this Act of fuel shortages and of allocation and end-use allocation programs; (2) availability of scrubber technology (including projections respecting the time, cost, and number of units available) and the effects that scrubbers would have on the total environment and on supplies of fuel and electricity; (3) number of sources and locations which must use such technology based on projected fuel availability data; (4) priority schedule for implementation of scrubber technology, based on public health or air quality; (5) evaluation of availability of technology to burn municipal solid waste in these sources; (6) projections of air quality impact of fuel shortages and allocations; (7) evaluation of alternative control strategies for the attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides within the time frames prescribed in the Act; (8) proposed allocations of scrubber technology for nonsolid waste producing systems to sources which are least able to handle solid waste byproduct, technologically, economically, and without hazard to public health, safety, and welfare; and (9) plans for monitoring or requiring variance-receiving sources to monitor impact of variances on concentration of sulfur dioxide in the ambient air. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Clean Air Act to reflect the suspension provisions. Requires the Administrator, upon application by the Governor for any air quality control region for which transportation controls have been imposed in order to attain and maintain the national primary ambient air quality standards by June 1, 1977, to extend for two years the date required by any applicable implementation plan for attainment and maintenance of such standards, if the transportation controls for such region require a 20 percent (or greater) reduction in vehicle miles traveled by June 1, 1977, or if he otherwise finds that such controls are impracticable within such time. States that the Administrator may, upon application by the Governor of any such region, further extend the date for attainment and maintenance of such standard if he finds that imposition of additional transportation control requirements is impracticable within such time. Provides for revision of clean air standards with respect to motor vehicle emission standards. States that any allocation program provided for in this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 to conduct a study of the acute and chronic health effects among exposed population of emissions of sulfur oxides to the air resulting from any conversions to burning coal. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report on the results of such study. Provides that, within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with the Federal Energy Administrator, shall submit to the Congress for appropriate action an "Emergency Mass Transportation Assistance Plan" for the purpose of conserving energy by expanding and improving public mass transportation systems and encouraging increased ridership as alternatives to automobile travel.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 921 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of nine Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct a full investigation of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. Provides that the committee shall report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
Bill· SS. 3051 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Emergency Energy Conservation Economic Opportunities Amendments - Provides, under the Economic Opportunity Act, for the establishment of an Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program, designed to enable low-income individuals and families, including the elderly and the near poor, to participate in energy conservation programs designed to lessen the impact of the energy crisis on such individuals and families. States that such program shall provide financial and other assistance for enumerated activities, including winterization of old or substandard dwellings; emergency loans, grants, and revolving funds to deal with increased housing expenses relating to the energy crisis; special fuel voucher or stamp programs; and outreach efforts, including the establishment of energy crisis centers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal year 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 13021 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 13010 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Prohibits the dumping of spent oil shale on any Federal land other than Federal land leased for the operation of shale oil recovery facilities. Terminates the lease for recovery of oil shale from public lands of any person violating this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13023 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions) as the Administration may determine to be necessary to assist, or to refinance the existing indebtedness of, any small business concern seriously affected by a shortage of energy-producing materials or by any restriction imposed by law or regulation upon travel or the use of motor fuels.
Bill· HRH.R. 13024 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions) as the Administration may determine to be necessary to assist, or to refinance the existing indebtedness of, any small business concern seriously affected by a shortage of energy-producing materials or by any restriction imposed by law or regulation upon travel or the use of motor fuels.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 918 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
Bill· SS. 3040 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Expands the provision of the Natural Gas Act to apply to the sale of natural gas delivered for the first time in interstate commerce or sold in interstate commerce upon the expiration of an existing contract on or after the effective date of this Act, or produced from wells commenced on or after such date. Provides that where a natural gas company purchases natural gas from an affiliate, the Federal Power Commission may disallow any change by such company which is based on the amount paid in excess of current prices to nonaffiliates. States that, in order to protect the interests of consumers, the Federal Energy Office is authorized for three years to monitor the wellhead prices of exempted natural gas sales, and if necessary, to establish ceiling prices. Sets forth the factors to be taken into account in making such a ceiling determination.
Bill· HRH.R. 12985 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12965 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 per cent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified critera are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 901 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides that immediately upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report on the bill (S. 2589) to declare by congressional action a nationwide energy emergency; to authorize the President to immediately undertake specific actions to conserve scarce fuels and increase supply; to invite the development of local, State, national, and international contingency plans; to assure the continuation of vital public services; and for other purposes, and all points of order against said conference report except against sections 105 and 110 thereof for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 3, rule XXVIII are hereby waived. States that debate on said conference report shall continue not to exceed two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the debate, it shall be in order, on the demand of any Member, for a separate vote to be had on a motion to strike out section 104 of the conference report. Provides that, at the conclusion of any separate vote demanded under this procedure, and if section 104 has not been stricken out by such separate vote, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on agreeing to the conference report.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 912 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives commends United States initiatives in seeking international cooperative solutions to the oil crisis, and supports the purposes and procedures set forth in the communique of the International Washington Energy Conference just conducted.
Bill· HRH.R. 12937 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
National Resource and Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Formal Provisions - Declares it to be the purpose of the Congress to reduce the wasteful allocation of scarce resources by recovering materials and producing energy from waste through an intensive research and development program in the Environmental Protection Agency (with the assistance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and a program of technical assistance and support to Government agencies and persons producing or using such energy. Title II: Product Standards and Regulation - States that it shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction in commerce any product which does not conform to the standards or regulations prescribed by the Administrator under this title. Provides that any person, other than a person who commits a criminal violation, who is found by the Administrator after notice and an opportunity for an adjudicative hearing to have committed an act prohibited by this title, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of a sum which is not more than $20,000 for each day of violation. Requires that, within one year after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate and shall, from time to time, revise such standards regulating the manufacture and distribution of certain products in commerce as he determines necessary to protect health or the environment against unreasonable burdens and risks associated with the disposal of such products. Permits the Administrator or the Attorney General to file an action against any product which constitutes an imminent hazard as prescribed by this title or any product which the Administrator finds is manufactured or distributed in violation of this title for seizure of such product. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of possible methods of regulating the design, use, reuse, and recycling of certain products to reduce the generation of solid waste, reduce the consumption of virgin materials resources, or to reduce burdens on the environment associated with the manufacture, utilization, or disposal of such products. Directs the Administrator to conduct research, investigations, experiments, surveys, studies and demonstrations of means of reducing waste generation and increasing the recovery of materials and the production of energy from solid, liquid, and semisolid wastes from residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sources. Title III: Unsafe Disposal Practices - Provides that, within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this title and from time to time thereafter, the Administrator shall issue regulations in accordance with this title and after consultation with representatives of other appropriate agencies: (1) identifying unsafe disposal practices; (2) identifying hazardous wastes; and (3) establishing standards for the control of unsafe disposal practices, including requirement of a permit for persons generating hazardous wastes and establishment of requirements for permit holders. Provides that, within eighteen months after promulgation of final regulations and in accordance with this title, each State shall establish a State implementation plan to regulate disposal practices and submit such plan to the Administrator for approval. Establishes a $25,000 fine for each day of noncompliance by a violator of this title. Provides that for the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, any person who stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles hazardous wastes shall, upon request of any officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or of any State or political subdivision, duly designated by the Administrator, furnish or permit such person at all reasonable times to have access to, and to copy all records relating to such wastes. Requires that, within eighteen months following the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct, and upon completion, report to the Congress and the President the results of, a study of the feasibility of designing a national resource recovery plan to be implemented by the States individually or in cooperation with other States which will encourage the maximum recovery of resources from wastes and the subsequent recovery of energy from those wastes which are not otherwise recoverable. Permits the Administrator to make grants to appropriate State and interstate agencies and general purpose local governments, or combinations thereof, in an amount not to exceed 60 percent of the reasonable costs of such programs, to assist them in the administration, enforcement, planning, implementation, training, manpower development, technical assistance, public information, basic data collection, or analytical services relating to the collection, transport, processing, recovery, and disposal of hazardous waste. Requires the Administrator to conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and render financial, technical, and other assistance to appropriate authorities, agencies, an institutions, in the conduct of, research, development, investigations, experiments, surveys, and studies relating to: (1) any adverse effects on human health or the environment upon the release into the environment of material present in the land disposal solid, liquid, and semisolid waste, and methods to eliminate such effects; and (2) the development and application of new and improved methods of collecting and disposing of solid waste and processing and recovering materials and energy from solid, liquid, and semisolid wastes. Title IV: Federal Procurement and Measurement - Requires that with respect to each purchase and contract for property, the aggregate amount of which exceeds $5,000, no procurement shall be made by any procuring agency in the case of procurement items purchased through advertisement for bids, of any procurement item which in comparison with other competing items offered for sale by suppliers is not composed of the greatest percentage of recovered materials and is not to the greatest extent recyclable or reusable following the use for which it was purchased, whenever a significant difference as to these characteristics exists between such items and competing items. Title V: Material Recovery and Energy Production - Directs the Administrator, alone or in conjunction with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to conduct research, development, investigations, experiments, surveys, studies, and demonstrations of means of increasing the recovery of materials and the production of energy in usable forms, or both, from solid, liquid, and semisolid waste, from residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sources; and to develop, within three years from the date of enactment of this title, not less than three major facilities to demonstrate, substantiate, and validate any determinations made pursuant to this title. Directs the Administrator to provide funds by grant or contract to initiate, continue, supplement, and maintain research and development programs or activities which, in his judgment, appear likely to lead to the development of a facility for the recovery of materials or production of energy from waste, or both. Authorizes the Administrator to guarantee and to make commitments to guarantee the payment of interest on and the principal balance of an obligation to initiate, continue, supplement, and maintain research and development of programs leading to a facility for recovery of material or production of energy from waste. Authorizes appropration to the Administrator not to exceed $50,000,000 to pay interest on, and the principal balance of, any obligation guaranteed by the Administrator as to which the obligor has defaulted. Requires each recipient of financial assistance or guarantees under this title, whether in the form of grants, subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, loans, loan or other obligation guarantees, or other arrangements, to keep such records as the Administrator shall prescribe, and that they shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller General. Title VI: Council on Environmental Representation - Environmental Representation Act - Establishes an independent agency to be known as the Council on Environmental Representation for the purpose of providing support for legal representation and assistance in proceedings, for matters relating to the quality of the environment as described in this title. States that the functions of the Council shall be to establish programs, including local offices if necessary, to provide direct legal and other assistance to eligible clients and to make grants to eligible clients for the purpose of securing adequate representation and assistance to such clients before Federal, State, and local legislative bodies, administrative agencies, and courts in matters dealing with the environment of such clients. Authorizes the Chairman of the Council to intervene as a party or otherwise participate for the purpose of representing the interests of eligible clients in any proceeding before any Federal agency in matters affecting the environment of eligible clients, regardless of whether an agreement has been reached between the Council and an eligible client with respect to representing such eligible client's interests. Directs the Chairman to establish a program for disseminating information to eligible clients with respect to the type of services which may be available under this title. Authorizes appropration for the purpose of carrying out the activities of the Council under this title, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Title VII: National Commission on Environmental Costs - Establishes the National Commission on Environmental Costs to conduct a comprehensive study, including field testing and controlled experimentation to the extent possible, of the feasibility, practicality, and value of the establishment of a system of national disposal cost charges on all products, other than consumables; and to examine all feasible methods of environmental disclosure including notices regarding the damage done by polluters, labeling of products to indicate their environmental costs, and other means of effectively informing the public of pollution sources and alternative nonpolluting modes of public and private action. Authorizes appropriation to the Commission of such sums as may be necessary not to exceed a total of $1,500,000. Title VIII: General Provisions - Allows any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf, whenever such action constitutes a case or controversy: (1) against any person (including the United States or any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) alleged to be in violation of any regulation, order, or permit requirement promulgated pursuant to this Act; or (2) against the Administrator where there is alleged a failure of the Administrator to perform any act or duty under any title of this Act which is not discretionary with the Administrator. Requires each manufacturer of a product to which title II of this Act is applicable to establish and maintain such records, make such reports, provide such information, and make such tests as the Administrator or the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, reasonably require to enable him to determine whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with such title II. Provides that in addition to specific authorizations for appropriations contained herein, there are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of carrying out this Act such additional sums as are necessary.
Bill· HRH.R. 12930 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12918 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable food, including fruit, vegetables, meats, and all seafood items by allocating such operations 100 percent of their current fuel needs.
Bill· HRH.R. 12923 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Prohibits the dumping of spent oil shale on any Federal land other than Federal land leased for the operation of shale oil recovery facilities. Terminates the lease of Federal land of anyone who violates this Act. Provides for the recovery of treble damages for injury to the United States caused by the unlawful dumping of spent oil shale.
Bill· HRH.R. 12901 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation Act - Creates the "Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation" to establish and administer on Federal land a national program of oil shale exploration and development. Provides that the Corporation shall have a Board of Directors appointed by the President with Senate approval, such board to direct the exercise of all the powers of the Corporation. Provides that the Corporation: (1) may make contracts to carry out its functions under this Act: (2) may purchase, lease, or dispose of such property as it deems necessary; (3) shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain; (4) shall have such power as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers specifically conferred in this Act; (5) shall have the power to acquire or dispose of real property except for oil or gas exploration and development; (6) shall have the power to explore for oil shale on Federal lands, to develop and sell oil and gas and other oil shale products produced on Federal lands, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources, as authorized by this Act; (7) shall have the power to explore, develop, acquire or sell oil and gas and other oil shale products alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or public entity; (8) shall have the power to engage in research directed toward the development and utilization of oil shale deposits on Federal lands, and may build, own, and operate research testing, or demonstration facilities, alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or other public entity; (9) shall have the power to obtain and operate facilities necessary for the production, sale, transportation, or delivery of oil, gas, or other shale products; and (10) shall have the power to sell commercially valuable minerals which may be obtained incidental to the production of oil shale products on Federal lands. Authorizes the President of the United States to transfer to the Corporation the use, possession, and control of such other Federal land or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary. Specifies, with respect to the Corporation, procedures for maintaining accounts, entering into contracts, and providing annual financial statements and reports. Provides for audit, by the Comptroller General, of the transactions of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to lease, purchase, or construct transmission pipelines within transmission distance from the place where oil and gas products from oil shale on Federal lands are produced and to interconnect with other systems. Authorizes and directs the Board of Directors of the Corporation,, in order to render financial assistance to States and local governments within whose jurisdiction the Corporation has acquired properties previously subject to State and local taxation, to pay to such State and local governments percentages of the gross proceeds derived from the operation of the Corporation. Provides that such payments are in lieu of taxation and that the Corporation, its property, franchises, and income are expressly exempted from taxation in any manner by any State or local government. Authorizes the Corporation to issue and sell bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness in order to assist in financing its oil shale resources exploration and development program and to fund such bonds. Provides criteria for setting of rates for sale of oil shale products by the Corporation. Provides that all net proceeds (over expenses) of the Corporation for each fiscal year shall be deposited in the American Indian Fund, such Fund to be created in the Treasury of the United States. Provides for the allocation of such Fund to eligible Indian tribes by the Secretary of Interior under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act. Directs that, prior to the initiation of any program of exploration or the construction of any major facility under this Act, the Corporation shall prepare an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, such statement to be made public. Provides that hearings be held to allow interested persons to submit comments on the statement. Prohibits the Corporation from using surface mining techniques for the exploration or development of oil shale resources. Authorizes the appropriation to the Corporation for each fiscal year of all sums necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12904 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Establishes the Energy Development and Supply Commission. States that the Commission may: (1) make such expenditures and enter into such contracts as it deems necessary; (2) promulgate regulations to carry out its functions; (3) procure the services of experts and consultants; (4) utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel who may be allowed transportation expenses, including per diem expenses, for individuals serving without pay; (5) purchase lands or interests therein; (6) purchase, rent, or lease office space; and (7) make grants with respect to any research program established or maintained under this Act. Directs the Commission to establish and maintain research, development, testing, and evaluation programs which shall seek to: (1) develop low-cost, environmentally sound energy sources and energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes for transportation, industrial, and residential use, and other areas, with primary emphasis on the development of all aspects of solar energy sources and new sources of energy for self-propelled vehicles; (2) develop processes and techniques of energy conservation for use in construction, transportation, and in the manufacture of consumer and capital goods; (3) eliminate the adverse environmental impact of energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes, especially the present fission technology of civilian nuclear programs; (4) increase the efficient generation, transmission, and distribution of energy; and (5) explore other areas related to energy generation, transmission, and distribution. Requires the Commission, in order to safeguard national security, to establish and maintain national defense petroleum reserves on public lands of the United States which shall have a petroleum-producing capacity sufficient to protect the United States against a continuous one-year interruption of importation of petroleum from all foreign countries (except those contiguous to the United States), which the Commission determines to be an insecure source of petroleum. Directs the Commission to prepare annually an inventory of mineral deposits in the Nation and shall submit such inventory to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior in order to promote coordination among them regarding energy planning. Requires any prospector, mine operator, or well operator who makes any discovery of any substantial mineral deposit to provide specified information regarding such deposit to the Commission. Requires the Commission to submit an annual comprehensive report to the President concerning the provisions of this Act. Imposes an energy use excise tax on electricity, natural gas, and special distillate and residual fuel. Establishes additional petroleum and natural gas duties. Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 12900 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Establishes a New Energy Sources Corporation. Provides that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, the two most technically and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and operate a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected. States that if the Corporation determines that a method so demonstrated is technically and economically feasible on a commercial scale, the Corporation is authorized to construct and operate a full-scale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal by such method. Makes it the funciton of the Corporation to evaluate proposed methods of development of oil shale and select at least two of the most feasible methods from a technical, economical, and environmental standpoint for manufacturing petroleum products from shale. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and operate demonstration-type facilities for underground mining techniques for restoring processes, for in situ processes, or for any other method deemed feasible to develop the oil shale resource. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to make availabe to the Corporation, any public domain lands presently withdrawn and known to be valuable for oil shale deposits. Makes it the function of the Corporation to select from the proposed methods of development of geothermal steam at least two of the most feasible methods to: (1) develop the technology of power generation from geothermal resources; and (2) develop the technology of by-product recovery. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and operate demonstration-type facilities to develop the resource. Directs the Corporation to evaluate proposed methods for the development of a synthetic crude from tar sands and select at least two of the methods for manufacturing petroleum products from tar sands. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and operate demonstration-type facilities to mine and extract (by either aboveground or in situ methods) the tar sand resources. Requires the Corporation to evaluate methods for the utilization of solar energy when such processes have reached the stage of development that they are ready to be demonstrated. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and operate such demonstration-type facilities that are required to prove the technical and economic feasibility of the processes selected. Provides that where Federal lands are required, the Department of the Interior is authorized to make available any public lands needed in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Corporation to make annual reports available to interested parties on the progress of its operations. Requires such reports to be in sufficient detail so that independent engineering and economic judgments can be made based on such reports. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, to permit initial organization of the Corporation, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 889 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of fifteen Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the health effects of the current energy crisis on the poor and to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 433 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Creates a Joint Committee on Energy to be composed of twenty-four members. Provides that the joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. Directs the joint committee to: (1) make a continuing study of the development, use, and control of all forms of energy; (2) examine current proposals for legislation relating to the development, use, and control of energy; and (3) review the policies and actions of the agencies of the executive branch with respect to the development, use, and control of energy. Enumerates the powers of the joint committee.
Bill· SS. 3025 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Requires the Secretary of Labor, within the thirty-day period following the date of the enactment of this Act and each thirty-day period thereafter, to submit to the Congress and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office such reports as may be necessary to keep Congress and the Administrator informed as to the current and prospective unemployment rate in the United States, including the extent to which such unemployment rate is attributable to the energy shortage, together with the recommendations of the said Secretary with respect thereto. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, upon being notified by the Secretary of Labor that the unemployment rate of any State has increased by 0.5 percent or more over the rate in 1972, shall, if such increase was attributable to the energy shortage, take such action as may be necessary to increase that State's petroleum allotment to return the unemployment rate in such State to that rate which existed for the period immediately preceding the period during which such rate so increased.
Bill· SS. 3024 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Directs the President to make grants to States to provide to any individual unemployed, if such unemployment resulted from a shortage of energy and was in no way due to the fault of such individual, such assistance as appropriate while such individual is unemployed. Provides that whenever the President determines that, as a result of any such employment loss, low-income households are unable to purchase adequate amounts of nutritious food, he is authorized to distribute through the Secretary of Agriculture coupon allotments pursuant to the Food Stamp Act and to make surplus commodities available. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide reemployment assistance services under other laws of the United States to any such individual so unemployed. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Bill· SS. 3027 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance, to return workers to employment, and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible; (3) develop an early energy unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 percent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified criteria are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
Bill· HRH.R. 12873 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.
Bill· HRH.R. 12871 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.
Bill· HRH.R. 12888 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Consumer Energy Act - Title I; Natural Gas and Oil Regulatory Reform - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to apply uniform economic regulations to both natural gas and oil production to assure adequate supplies and availability at reasonable prices. Exempts a small producer from the provisions of this Act for an initial period of 5 years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Federal Power Commission may by regulation require any such producer to prepare and submit to it such information as the Commission determines to be necessary. Authorizes the Commission to exempt from the provisions of this Act any transportation or sale of natural gas or oil in interstate commerce with respect to any State which establishes and maintains an adequate program of regulation within such State of such transportation and sale in accordance with this Act. Requires the Commission, in a rulemaking proceeding, to establish on or before February 1, 1976, and annually thereafter to revise a national area rate for production within the United States of natural gas and oil. Requires the Commission to establish adjustments to the national area rate for each major producing region to reflect differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. States that each new producer contract shall be filed by the producer with the Commission within 30 days of its execution. Authorizes the Commission, after notice, hearing, and opportunity for public comment, to allocate natural gas among pipelines. Disallows authorization of appropriations for the Commission until either the Chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate certifies that a comprehensive oversight investigation and hearing into and evaluation of the operations and effectiveness of the Commission has been conducted by a committee. Directs the Commission, so far as practicable, to secure and keep current information with respect to: (1) the ownership, operation, management, and control of any facility for the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil; (2) the total estimated reserves and resources of natural gas and oil of the United States (including the Outer Continental Shelf), the current production therefrom of natural gas and oil, and the ratio of such reserves and resources to the level of current production; (3) the cost of the transportation and sale of natural gas and oil, by company, nation, and type of activity; and (4) the current and projected schedule, by company, nation, and type, of capital expenditures dedicated to the exploration and development of reserves and resources of natural gas and oil in the United States, or the Outer Continental Shelf, and elsewhere throughout the world. Requires the Commission to assemble lists of major companies and other companies, agencies, institutions, and associations required to report under this section and to prepare, print, and mail to them forms to be used in compiling such reports. Provides that it shall be the duty of every major company to report annually to the Commission on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Establishes penalties for failing to furnish information as may be requested by the Commission. Title II: Emergency Interim Relief For Consumers of Oil - Provides that, immediately upon the enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order to establish a ceiling on prices of crude oil and petroleum products at levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 14-day period that ended January 19, 1974. Requires that, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order rolling back prices of crude oil and all petroleum products to levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 7-day period that ended December 1, 1973. Allows the President, after notice and an opportunity for the submission of written and oral views and comments by interested parties, to grant specific exceptions from the rollback to compensate for any increased costs incurred for crude oil and petroleum products produced or refined outside the United States, but such exceptions shall in no event allow more than a passthrough for increases in the costs of such commodities. Title III: Federal Oil and Gas Corporation - Establishes the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation. Empowers such Corporation to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, or foreign lands; (2) make available to the general public such geological and geophysical information as it acquires in the course of its activities; (3) develop and produce natural gas and oil from reserves on Federal, State, or foreign lands which it has located; (4) produce from reserves which it has developed or acquired such amounts of natural gas and oil as are necessary or appropriate to meet the needs of the citizens and commerce of the United States for these energy sources; and (5) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, which are subject to such Secretary's jurisdiction and control, to the Corporation. States that the Corporation shall build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for refining of such oil in an efficient and economical manner. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next 10 succeeding fiscal years of $50,000,000 for carrying out the provisions of this section. Title IV: Equal Treatment for Small Producers of Oil and Gas - Provides that whenever the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities, and to establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilities of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil, if the Commission finds that such a facility extension would not impair the oil pipeline company's ability to render adequate service to its customers. Prohibits an oil pipeline company from abandoning all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission. Makes it unlawful for any oil pipeline company subject to the provisions of this Act and engaged in the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products to fail to provide any shipper of oil or petroleum products (who meets minimum tender requirements) with access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin or destination point. States that any oil pipeline company subject to this title that knowingly violates the provisions of this section, or aids or abets therein, shall, upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be fined not more than $150,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. Provides that noncompliance with any provision of this Act, any term or condition of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or any applicable rule of the Commission may be grounds for suspension or termination of the certificate of public convenience and necessity. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prepare and submit to Congress, within 12 months, a report regarding its conclusions with respect to requiring the divestiture of oil pipelines from ownership or control by any oil company which has assets of $1,000,000,000 or more together with a determination of the impact of such action upon small producers and consumers of oil and petroleum products. Title V: Fair Treatment for Retailers of Petroleum Products - Prohibits a refiner or distributor from canceling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless such refiner or distributor has furnished a notice of intent to each distributor or retailer affected thereby. Title VI: Termination of Wasteful Rate Structures - Requires that commencing on January 1, 1975, and continuing until the removal of all rate differences which are based either on: (1) the quantity of natural gas or oil sold; or (2) any distinctions between domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other such category of use; all changes in the rates or charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas or oil company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil shall be such as to decrease or remove differences in such rates and charges based either on quantity sold or distinctions between categories of use.
Bill· HRH.R. 12846 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12843 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration, where other financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms, to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 percent per year to assist any small business concern to meet operating costs, if the Administration determines that such business concern has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of a shortage in energy producing material. Limits such loans to a period of 5 years.
Bill· HRH.R. 12823 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Empowers the Atomic Energy Commission to enter into an agreement with any State agency or regional agency under which such State or regional agency shall conduct an environmental review of and shall issue or deny an application for a site certificate for any proposed nuclear power reactor site in the State or region with respect to which such agency has jurisdiction. States that any such agreement shall expire five years from its effective date and the parties may agree to enter into subsequent five-year agreements. Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, formulate any requirements to be imposed in any such agreement. Provides that such an agreement shall provide that a State or regional agency may issue a site certificate for a proposed nuclear power reactor only if such agency finds, after having considered and balanced the environmental and economic costs and benefits of the nuclear power reactor if constructed on the site proposed, the need for electric power, and other relevant factors, that the construction and operation of the nuclear power reactor on the proposed site is in the public interest. States that any such agreement shall provide that in making site certification decisions the State or regional agency which is a party to the agreement shall, on its own motion or on application of any person proposing to construct a nuclear power reactor: (1) hold public hearings and offer to consider comments from any affected Federal, State, or local agency; and (2) prepare a detailed environmental impact statement on the proposed site. Requires such an agency to issue, within one year after submission of an application for a site certificate by a person proposing to construct one or more nuclear power reactors, a final decision granting or denying a site certificate to the applicant. States that in any proceeding under this Act concerning a license or construction permit, or application to transfer control, and in any proceeding dealing with the activities of licenses, or for the payment of compensation, the Commission shall grant a hearing upon the request of any person whose interest may be affected by the proceeding. Provides that, unless a State or regional agency is party to such an agreement at the time site approval is sought for one or more nuclear power reactors, the Commission is authorized to consider and grant or deny by order an application by any person for approval of a site for one of more nuclear power reactors, except that such construction permit or operating license or amendment to a construction permit or operating license for a nuclear power reactor shall not be issued unless all site-related restrictions in the site approval are complied with. Authorizes the Commission to consider and grant or deny petitions for the issuance of a rule or on its own initiative issue a rule approving the preliminary or final design of part of a nuclear power reactor. States that Congress finds that it is in the national interest to minimize the environmental impact of nuclear powerplants by locating and designating sites for nuclear power parks in each region of the Nation. States that such parks may be the site for locating several nuclear powerplants serving the region in which they are located, and may include nuclear fuel fabricating and reprocessing facilities, and all other facilities required for a complete fuel cycle. Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to make or cause to be made a national survey to locate and designate a nuclear power park site in each of the existing nine electric reliability regions.
Bill· HRH.R. 12805 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Provides, under the Small Business Act, for direct loans at the rate of 4 percent per annum to small business concerns adversely affected by the energy crisis. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636 b)
Bill· HRH.R. 12807 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12773 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Requires the President, by rule, to set a ceiling price on all domestic crude oil at levels not to exceed levels prevailing on October 1, 1973, except that the President shall allow the price for any such oil to increase by the actual amount of increased costs of production occurring after October 1, 1973. States that any such reduction in the price of domestic crude oil shall be passed through dollar-for-dollar to any subsequent purchaser, reseller, or final consumer of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products. Provides that the rule promulgated under this Act shall remain in effect until midnight February 28, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 12784 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· SS. 2993 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1974
Emergency Energy Employment Assistance Act - Provides for an emergency energy employment assistance program under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. States that in addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated for carrying out such Act, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and the succeeding fiscal year, such sums, not to exceed $4,000,000,000 in the aggregate for such period, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the Emergency Employment Assistance Fund. Provides that under specified circumstances amounts from such fund shall be obligated to provide unemployment and underemployed persons with transitional employment in jobs providing needed public services, and, wherever feasible, related training and manpower services to enable such persons to move into employment or training not supported under this Act. Requires the filing of a special report, within 21 days after enactment, on the implementation of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 281 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given, in light of the facts expressed in the preamble of this resolution, to the provision of adequate supplies of energy to all segments of the tourism industry.
Bill· HRH.R. 12753 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12751 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.