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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 762 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1973
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. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to 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. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
Bill· SS. 2860 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Natural Gas Amendments - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in the Natural Gas Act, including definitions of "Fair market value", "definite pricing clause", and "affiliate". Provides, relating to the rates and charges made by any natural-gas company for the transportation or sale of natural gas, that: (1) the just and reasonable rate for the sale of natural gas first dedicated for sale in interstate commerce on or after the effective date of this Act shall be the fair market value of that gas; (2) if such sale is by a natural gas company to one of its affiliates, the burden of proof of fair market value shall be on the applicant; otherwise, the burden of proof shall be on intervenors in opposition; and (3) the just and reasonable rate for the sale of natural gas delivered pursuant to an existing contract that expires on or after the effective date of this Act shall, upon expiration of such contract, be the rate fixed in the expired contract unless a higher area or individual rate is authorized. States that the just and reasonable rate for sales in interstate commerce for industrial fuel use shall be not less than the fair market value of sales of natural gas to the natural gas company that transports natural gas in interstate commerce and the full cost of transportation allocated to firm customers at the same delivery point or zone.
Bill· HRH.R. 12141 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
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 date 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 refused 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. 12133 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Imposes on the income of corporations engaged in energy production or distribution a tax equal to 37 percent of the excess profits on the taxable income of corporations. Requires revenue from such tax to be segregated and used only for programs to develop new energy sources and improve utilization of present sources. Establishes as a base period January 1, 1969, to December 31, 1973. Requires, in determining taxable income, adjustments, so that deductions for dividends on certain preferred stock shall not be allowed; that gains or losses from sale or exchange of capital assets shall not be considered; and that there shall be excluded income derived from sources within foreign countries to the extent that such income would, but for monetary, exchange, or other restrictions, have been includable in the gross income of the taxpayer. States that the excess profits deduction shall be 100 percent of the average base period taxable income or an amount set according to a formula. Defines average base period taxable income.
Bill· HRH.R. 12129 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Energy Emergency Act - Title I: Energy Emergency Authorities - Establishes, until May 15, 1975, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to promulgate a rule for the establishment of a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, and for the assignment to end-users of such products of rights, and evidence of such rights, entitling them to obtain such products in precedence to other classes of end-users not similarly entitled. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate one or more energy conservation plans which shall be designed to result in a reduction of energy consumption to a level which can be supplied by available energy resources. Directs the Administrator to order the use of coal instead of natural gas or petroleum products in industry having the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Prevents refiners or distributors from cancelling, failing to renew or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each distributor as retailer affected thereby. Declares that any action taken under this Act as any other act resulting in the allocation of petroleum products and electrical energy shall be equitable, shall not be arbitrary as capricious, and shall not unreasonably discriminate among classes of users. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to this Act any immunity from civil and criminal liability or to create defenses to actions under the antitrust laws. States that to achieve the purposes of this Act, the Administrator may provide for the establishment of such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Restricts exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstock under such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Directs the President to take into consideration and to minimize to the fullest extent possible any adverse impact of this Act on employment including the making of grants to affected individuals. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the creation and expansion of the use of carpools. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for this purpose. Sets forth administrative procedures and provides for judicial review of decisions made pursuant to this Act in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Provides penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Administrator to delegate any of his functions to any officer or employee of the Federal Energy Emergency Administration. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior to publish a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States who are engaged in exploring developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, and petroleum product natural gas, or coal, to provide detailed reports to the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Interior every sixty days. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Provides that the Administrator may temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of the unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. States that such exemption will be given only if the Administrator determines that emissions from the source will not materially contribute to a significant risk to public health. Declares that for any air quality control region where there has been a conversion to coal the Administrator shall review applicable implementation plans of the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of a parking surcharge, management of parking supply, and preferential bus/carpool lane regulations as part of the applicable implementation plans required to achieve and maintain national primary ambient air quality standards. Requires low sulfur fuel to be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Title III: Studies and Reports - Requires specified studies relating to fuel shortages and the Energy Emergency Act be made and the results thereof reported to the President and the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 12127 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Prohibits the placing of spent oil shale, overburden, or byproducts from the recovery of other minerals found with oil shale, on any Federal land other than Federal land which has been leased for the recovery of shale oil under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12118 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Allows as a tax deduction from income tax, under the Internal Revenue Code, any expenditures made by a taxpayer during the taxable year for the purchase and installation, in any residential structure owned by him and expected to be occupied for at least one hundred and eighty-three days per year, of qualified insulative materials or qualified environmental conditioning equipment, including, but not limited to, solar energy environmental conditioning apparatus.
Bill· HRH.R. 12128 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Energy Emergency Act - Title I: Energy Emergency Authorities - Establishes, until May 15, 1975, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to promulgate a rule for the establishment of a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, and for the assignment to end-users of such products of rights, and evidence of such rights, entitling them to obtain such products in precedence to other classes of end-users not similarly entitled. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate one or more energy conservation plans which shall be designed to result in a reduction of energy consumption to a level which can be supplied by available energy resources. Directs the Administrator to order the use of coal instead of natural gas or petroleum products in industry having the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Prevents refiners or distributors from cancelling, failing to renew or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each distributor and retailer affected thereby. Declares that any action taken under this Act or any other act resulting in the allocation of petroleum products and electrical energy shall be equitable, shall not be arbitrary or capricious, and shall not unreasonably discriminate among classes of users. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to this Act any immunity from civil and criminal liability or to create defenses to actions under the antitrust laws. States that to achieve the purposes of this Act, the Administrator may provide for the establishment of such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Restricts exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstock under such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Directs the President to take into consideration and to minimize to the fullest extent possible any adverse impact of this Act on employment including the making of grants to affected individuals. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the creation and expansion of the use of carpools. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for this purpose. Sets forth administrative procedures and provides for judicial review of decisions made pursuant to this Act in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Provides penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Administrator to delegate any of his functions to any officer or employee of the Federal Energy Emergency Administration. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior to publish a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States who are engaged in exploring developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, any petroleum product, natural gas, or coal, to provide detailed reports to the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Interior every sixty days. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Provides that the Administrator may temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of the unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. States that such exemption will be given only if the Administrator determines that emissions from the source will not materially contribute to a significant risk to public health. Declares that for any air quality control region where there has been a conversion to coal, the Administrator shall review applicable implementation plans of the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of a parking surcharge, management of parking supply, and preferential bus/carpool lane regulations as part of the applicable implementation plans required to achieve and maintain national primary ambient air quality standards. Requires low sulfur fuel to be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Title III: Studies and Reports - Requires specified studies relating to fuel shortages and the Energy Emergency Act be made and the results thereof reported to the President and the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 12124 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Oil and Gas Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: Natural Gas: - Natural Gas Amendments - States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall, with specified exceptions, apply to the transportation and sale of natural gas and/or to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation and sale. Sets forth definition of terms used in such Act. Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish and periodically revise a national area rate for production of natural gas, reflecting differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. Prescribes the rules for implementation of such rates. States that the Commission shall not order any increase in existing area rates for flowing natural gas unless such an increase is justified on the basis of an actual increase in costs of operation or maintenance (including a fair rate of return). Provides that in determining present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas, the Commission shall implement conservation policies including rate design revision, end use controls, and termination of promotional practices. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Authorizes the Commission to obtain reserve information on natural gas reserves from natural gas companies, whether or not such companies are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Provides that a small producer shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that each new producer contract, other than a small producer contract, shall be filed by the producer with the Commission. States that upon such filing, the Commission shall review the contract to insure that the rate does not exceed the national area rate and: (1) approve such contract unconditionally; (2) approve such contract subject to such reasonable terms and conditions specified by the Commission as to price, expiration, determination, or other provision thereof; or (3) disapprove such contract. Requires that natural gas which is produced from its own wells by a natural-gas company engaged in the transportation of natural gas in commerce, which is not sold under a producer contract, and which is taken and delivered into its own transportation facilities or into the transportation facilities of any person transporting such natural gas for its account in interstate commerce shall be delivered only pursuant to a schedule of terms and conditions, including pricing provisions, applicable to the taking of such natural gas. States that no new producer contract shall be accepted for filing if it includes any of specified types of indefinite pricing clauses. Prescribes the conditions under which a seller shall be entitled to receive a price increase for natural gas. Authorizes the Commission to allocate natural gas among pipelines to attain specific objectives including: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the national defense; (2) maintenance of all public services; and (3) maintenance of all essential agricultural operations directly related to the cultivation, production, and preservation of food. Title II: Oil Pipeline Transportation - Oil Pipeline Transportation Act - Transfers all functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the regulation of oil pipelines to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that whenever the Commission finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company: (1) to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities; or (2) 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. States that no oil pipeline company shall: (1) abandon its facilities, or any service rendered, without the permission and approval of the Commission; or (2) undertake the construction or extension of any facilities for the transportation or storage of oil, unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Commission authorizing such acts. Prescribes the procedures and requirements for granting of such certificates of public convenience and necessity. States that the Commission shall not grant, issue, or renew a certificate or public convenience and necessity until it has received the advice of the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission. Makes it unlawful for any pipeline company to refuse to provide any shipper of such oil or products who meets minimum tender requirements access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin point or any destination point. Provides that a pipeline company may file an application with the Commission requesting that the required minimum tender be raised. States that in every determination by the Commission upon an application for an increased tender, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. Requires that such hearing shall include to consideration of: (1) evidence from factual tests of the degree of intermixture of crude oil or refined petroleum products; (2) other relevant scientific, technological, and engineering calculations; (3) the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board; and (4) the opinion of the Department of Justice regarding the effects on competition of the proposed increased minimum tender as requested by such pipeline company. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to monitor the activities of oil pipeline companies subject to the provisions of this Act by periodic investigations.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 758 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
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. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to 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. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 757 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
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. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to 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. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 409 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the President should, at the earliest practicable date, initiate steps through the United States delegation to the United Nations to call for and sponsor a World Energy Crisis Conference of countries confronted with long-term energy needs which they cannot now meet independently, for the purpose of discussing: (1) the ramifications of the decision by certain oil-producing nations to reduce production; (2) immediate steps, including self-imposed rationing, to counter those ramifications and to reduce dependence on Near East oil supplies; (3) the possibility of large-scale joint research projects on alternative energy sources; and (4) the establishment of a long-term World Energy Resources Conference for the purpose of: (a) exploring new ways to promote world energy planning; (b) reviewing the world's energy requirements and resources; (c) expanding and coordinating worldwide research into energy conservation and the development of new sources of energy; (d) establishing a plan for world cooperation in the fair allocation of energy resources whenever unexpected disturbances threaten ordinary patterns of energy allocation; and (e) exploring the implications for the world's ecology of projected patterns of energy use through the end of the century.
Bill· HRH.R. 12097 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Oil and Gas Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: Natural Gas - Natural Gas Amendments - States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall, with specified exceptions, apply to the transportation and sale of natural gas and/or to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation and sale. Sets forth definition of terms used in such Act. Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish and periodically revise a national area rate for production of natural gas, reflecting differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. Prescribes the rules for implementation of such rates. States that the Commission shall not order any increase in existing area rates for flowing natural gas unless such an increase is justified on the basis of an actual increase in costs of operation or maintenance (including a fair rate of return). Provides that in determining present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas, the Commission shall implement conservation policies including rate design revision, end use controls, and termination of promotional practices. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Authorizes the Commission to obtain reserve information on natural gas reserves from natural gas companies, whether or not such companies are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Provides that a small producer shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that each new producer contract, other than a small producer contract, shall be filed by the producer with the Commission. States that upon such filing, the Commission shall review the contract to insure that rate and (1) approve such contract unconditionally; (2) approve such contract subject to such reasonable terms and conditions specified by the Commission as to price, expiration, determination, or other provision thereof; or (3) disapprove such contract. Requires that natural gas which is produced from its own wells by a natural-gas company engaged in the transportation of natural gas in commerce, which is not sold under a producer contract, and which is taken and delivered into its own transportation facilities or into the transportation facilities of any person transporting such natural gas for its account in interstate commerce shall be delivered only pursuant to a schedule of terms and conditions, including pricing provisions, applicable to the taking of such natural gas. States that no new producer contract shall be accepted for filing if it includes any of specified types of indefinite pricing clauses. Prescribes the conditions under which a seller shall be entitled to receive a price increase for natural gas. Authorizes the Commission to allocate natural gas among pipelines to attain specific objectives including: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the national defense; (2) Maintenance of all public services; and (3) maintenance of all essential agricultural operations directly related to the cultivation, production, and preservation of food. Title II: Oil Pipeline Transportation - Oil Pipeline Transportation Act - Transfers all functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the regulation of oil pipelines to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that whenever the Commission finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company: (1) to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities; or (2) 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. States that no oil pipeline company shall: (1) abandon its facilities or any service rendered without the permission and approval of the Commission; or (2) undertake the construction or extension of any facilities for the transportation or storage of oil, unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Commission authorizing such acts. Prescribes the procedures and requirements for granting of such certificates of public convenience and necessity. States that the Commission shall not grant, issue, or renew a certificate of public convenience and necessity until it has received the advice of the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission. Makes it unlawful for any pipeline company to refuse to provide any shipper of such oil or products who meets minimum tender requirements access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin point or any destination point. Provides that a pipeline company may file an application with the Commission requesting that the required minimum tender be raised. States that in every determination by the Commission upon an application for an increased tender, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. Requires that such hearing shall include the consideration of: (1) evidence from factual tests of the degree of intermixture of crude oil or refined petroleum products; (2) other relevant scientific, technological, and engineering calculations; (3) the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board; and (4) the opinion of the Department of Justice regarding the effects on competition of the proposed increased minimum tender as requested by such pipeline company. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to monitor the activities of oil pipeline companies subject to the provisions of this Act by periodic investigations.
Bill· HRH.R. 12069 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Energy Conservation and Development Trust Fund Act - Title I: Energy Conservation and Development - Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Energy Conservation and Development Trust Fund. Provides for the transfer of specified excise taxes to such Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Fund such sums as may be necessary to provide the Fund with initial capital, and such additional sums as may be necessary (over and above any specified excise tax amounts transferred to the Fund under this Act) to make the expenditures under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Fund, and to report to the Congress not later than the 1st day of March of each year on the financial condition and the results of the operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the current and next ensuing fiscal year. Provides that such report shall be printed as a House document of the session of the Congress to which the report is made. Provides for expenditures from the Fund. Authorizes the Urban Mass Transit Administration in the Department of Transportation to make grants from the Fund to governmental bodies of an aggregate not to exceed $2,000,000,000 each fiscal year to assist the construction and the operation of local public transportation in urban places. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund to governmental bodies in an aggregate not to exceed $200,000,000 each fiscal year to assist in the development of better and more efficient intercity commuter rail and bus service. Provides that the total of such grants with respect to any one project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to private persons to assist in increasing the national capacity for the manufacture of buses. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Coal Research, to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for research and development projects to discover feasible and efficient methods for the conversion of coal to a usable, efficient, and clean replacement for gasoline, fuel oil, and other petroleum products. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for solar, nuclear, and thermal energy research. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for research into and development of improved recovery methods for oil shale, including ways to minimize damage to surface land and landscape. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for the rehabilitation, restoration, and beautification of lands which have been used for the strip mining of coal or oil shale. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Federal Housing Administration, to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000 each fiscal year to appropriate lending institutions to establish and maintain a program of guaranteed long-term, low-interest loans to individual homeowners and to the operators of small business establishments to finance improved insulation in order to preserve heat and reduce fuel consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to governmental bodies to assist in patrolling and enforcing any uniform speed limits which may be imposed to combat the fuel shortage. Provides that the total of such grants with respect to any one project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350,000,000 each fiscal year to private persons to cover intangible costs associated with the exploration and drilling for petroleum and natural gas in order to encourage expanded domestic petroleum and natural gas production. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients to provide extended and improved unemployment compensation for workers displaced from their jobs by reason of the energy crisis and to provide job retraining for such persons in new types of work. Title II: Internal Revenue Amendments - Provides for seperate taxes on gasoline, passenger cars, pleasure boats of at least 50 horsepower, and the large-scale use of electricity to carry out the purposes of this Act. Imposes an occupational tax on the operation of parking lots of 100 automobile capacity or more. Imposes severance and gathering taxes on oil and natural gas.
Bill· HRH.R. 12065 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Imposes on the income of corporations engaged in energy production or distribution a tax equal to 37 percent of the excess profits on the taxable income of corporations. Establishes as a base period January 1, 1967, to December 31, 1971. Requires, in determining taxable income, adjustments, so that deductions for dividends on qualified preferred stock shall not be allowed; and that gains or losses from sale or exchange of capital assets shall not be considered. States that the excess profits deduction shall be 100 percent of the average base period taxable income, and defines such income. Requires, in determining taxable income for a year in the base period, adjustments, so that the net operating loss deduction shall not be allowed. States that a taxpayer commencing business during its base period shall be considered a new corporation and may elect to use a substitute average base period net income.
Bill· HRH.R. 12083 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Energy Self-Sufficiency Act - Establishes within the Office of the Federal Energy Office of the President an Emergency Coal Administration whose Administrator shall be the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office. Authorizes the Administrator to take necessary action to insure the maximum increase in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal so long as the present energy crisis exists. Permits the Administrator to set goals, to enter into contracts, to issue orders, and to make loans to insure increased production transportation, and conversion of coal or its derivatives as a source of energy. Allows the Administrator to issue certificates of compliance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related provisions of law, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes the Administrator to set up a labor board to mediate contracts respecting terms of employment of persons involved in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal. Enables the Administrator to regulate the export of coal or its derivatives essential to the production of energy. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12074 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Revises the Internal Revenue Code by imposing an energy emergency tax on the taxable income of every energy corporation for each taxable year ending after December 31, 1972, and beginning before the termination of the energy emergency period as defined by the Act. Provides that the tax shall be an amount equal to the amount of the surcharge for the taxable year, as computed under this Act. Sets forth the method of computation of the surcharge.
Bill· HRH.R. 12079 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology and to provide for the development and demonstration within a five-year period of the practical use of combined heating and cooling technology. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out a program as provided in this Act for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings and commercial buildings. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings, to be monitored by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to assure the full dissemination of information with respect to the activities conducted under this Act to Federal, State, and local authorities, the building industry and the public at large. Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a Solar Heating and Cooling Information Data Bank for collecting, reviewing, processing, and disseminating solar heating and cooling information in support of the objectives of this Act. Sets forth reporting requirements for agencies conducting activities under this Act. Provides for adjustment of the maximum dollar amount of any Federally-assisted mortgage loan or the maximum per-unit or other cost of any Federally-constructed housing if such structure is furnished with solar heating or combined solar heating and cooling equipment under the demonstration program established by this Act. Provides that within sixty days after creation of any permanent Federal organization having jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of the United States, all research and development functions vested in other agencies by this Act, along with related records, documents, personnel, obligations and other items shall be transferred to the new organization. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12062 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Suspends motor vehicle emission control standards under the National Emissions Standards Act for the duration of the energy crisis.
Bill· HRH.R. 12096 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish a corporation to be known as the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation, administered by a Board of Directors consisting of five qualified individuals who shall be selected by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires that all members of the Board shall be individuals who believe and profess a demonstrable belief in environmental protection and the purposes of the antitrust and consumer protection laws of the United States. Requires that no member of the Board shall, during his term in office, be engaged in any other business, nor may he have any financial interest in any business entity which is engaged in the exploration, developemnt, production, transportation, or sale of natural gas or oil. Grants the Corporation power to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, foreign, or private lands; (2) develop and sell natural gas or oil discovered by exploration, or otherwise obtained by sale, lease, purchase, exchange, or contract, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources; and (3) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy, from whatever source. Requires any Federal agency or department having authority to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Federal lands, or rights to natural gas or oil which is or may be located on Federal lands, including offshore rights, shall, upon receipt of a request of the Corporation under this Act, grant the Corporation such right to develop without payment within 90 days after the receipt of such request. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to make sales of such oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of crude oil; and to build, lease, or purchase transportation facilities for the natural gas or oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for delivery of such natural gas or oil in a manner which will promote competition among suppliers of natural gas or oil. Requires that sales of natural gas or oil by the Corporation shall be made at fair and reasonable prices designed to promote competition among suppliers of these energy resources. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next ten succeeding fiscal years $50,000,000 to carry out its activities under this Act. Provides that all funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
Bill· HRH.R. 12064 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Solar Energy Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research into how solar energy can be used to heat and cool buildings and to collect appropriate weather data for the various climatic regions of the United States for the purpose of determining the extent to which reliance upon solar energy is feasible in each region. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and test new building designs and construction methods which involve the utilization of solar energy equipment; and (2) prescribe standards and specifications for such building designs and construction methods. States that in determining the maximum dollar amount of a mortgage which may be insured under the National Housing Act, with respect to any dwelling or residence which involves a building design or construction methods which meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce under the Solar Energy Act, the Secretary may increase the maximum amount of a mortgage which may be insured with respect to such dwelling or residence by the amount by which the cost of using such building design or construction methods exceeds the cost of using conventional building design and construction methods.
Bill· HRH.R. 12029 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate and support basic and applied research relating to geothermal energy development. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out commercial demonstrations, research, and development in geothermal energy technology. Provides that the Administration shall dispose of, by sublease or otherwise, all projects undertaken under this Act. Directs the Administration to assure the protection of the environment, persons, and property in projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administration to report to the Congress and the President every six months on the progress made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for six fiscal years of $80,000,000 to carry out programs under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12027 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
National Energy Development Bank Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a National Energy Development Bank to provide loans and grants to finance urgently needed research, exploration, development, production, and delivery of energy resources within the United States and to minimize this Nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy supplies. Creates a body corporate to be known as the National Energy Development Bank which shall be an instrumentality of the United States Government. Provides that except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, the Bank shall have the general corporate powers of a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the District of Columbia. Provides that the Bank shall have capital stock of $1,000,000,000 subscribed by the United States. States that the obligations of the Bank under this Act shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States and such guarantee shall be expressed on the face thereof. Authorizes the several Federal Reserve banks to purchase or discount any note, debenture, bond, or other obligation, secured or unsecured, held by the Bank. Allows the Bank to make loans to organizations, corporations, companies, partnerships, and individuals at an interest rate of not greater than 4 per centum per annum: provided, that borrowers have presented evidence that they are unable to obtain funds on reasonable terms from any other source to carry out the purpose of this Act. Provides that to carry out the purpose of this Act, the Bank may make grants to nonprofit organizations, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit companies, and institutions of higher education. Directs the Bank's Board to give preferential treatment in the making of loans and grants to: (1) new technology in the energy field; (2) new sources of energy; (3) research in the development of new technology and sources of energy; and other specified areas. Authorizes appropriation, without fiscal year limitation, of $1,000,000,000, to the Secretary of the Treasury to finance the purchase of Bank stock. Authorizes to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to pay the difference, if any, between the interest paid by the Bank on its obligations and interest received by the Bank on its loans, and to reimburse the capital of the Bank to the extent of any defaults, and such additional sums as may be necessary to establish and operate the Bank and otherwise carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12040 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Energy and Defense Industry Protection Act - Makes it unlawful for: (1) any person who is not a citizen of the United States; or (2) an entity which is owned or controlled by a person who is not a citizen of the United States; to control any American issuer registered under the Securities Exchange Act if such issuer is engaged in the energy or defense industries. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to exempt any issuer engaged in the energy industry from the prohibition of this Act if the Administrator finds that the granting of such exemption would not adversely affect the production or supply of energy within the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exempt any issuer engaged in the defense industry from the prohibition of this Act if the Secretary finds that the granting of such exemption would not adversely affect the national defense. States that any person who is in violation of the provisions of this Act on the date of enactment shall have two years from such date to bring himself into compliance.
Bill· HRH.R. 12036 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Revises the Internal Revenue Code by imposing an energy emergency tax on the taxable income of every energy corporation for each taxable year ending after December 31, 1972, and beginning before the termination of the energy emergency period as defined by the Act. Provides that the tax shall be an amount equal to the amount of the surcharge for the taxable year, as computed under this Act. Sets forth the method of computation of the surcharge.
Bill· HRH.R. 12028 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Solar Energy Act - Requires that the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct research into how solar energy can be used to heat and cool buildings and shall collect appropriate weather data for the various climatic regions of the United States for the purpose of determining the extent to which reliance upon solar energy is feasible in each region. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and test new building designs and construction methods which involve the utilization of solar energy equipment; and (2) prescribe standards and specifications for such building designs and construction methods. States that in determining the maximum dollar amount of a mortgage which may be insured under the National Housing Act, with respect to any dwelling or residence which involves a building design or construction methods which meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary, he may increase the maximum amount of a mortgage which may be insured with respect to such dwelling or residence by the amount by which the cost of using such building design or construction methods exceeds the cost of using conventional building design and construction methods.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 406 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the urgent need for research, development, and demonstration of alternate sources of energy. Provides for the establishment under the Energy Office of an Administration of a NASA-type organization to conduct such research. States that Congress will underwrite initial commercial and industrial applications of new or improved energy technologies by providing tax incentives or absorbing cost differentials between new systems and conventional sources.
Bill· HRH.R. 12014 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
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 personal 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, posession, 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 all sums necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11994 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy in the Congress of the United States. Provides that such Joint Committee shall make a continuing investigation and study of the problems relating to the development and use of all forms of energy.
Bill· SS. 2819 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1973
Solar Energy Research Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to pursue a program of research and development into the utilization of solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Establishes within the Atomic Energy Commission an Office of Solar Energy Research. Provides that the Director of the Office of Solar Energy Research shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Directs the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, acting through the Office, to: (1) conduct, encourage and coordinate by means of research grants and contracts, research to develop processes and methods for using solar energy; (2) utilize the managerial and technical expertise of other agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation and the National Bureau of Standards; (3) recommend to the Congress authorizations for the construction and operation, of solar energy conversion facilities; and (4) undertake, through research grants and contracts, studies of possible environmental effects which will result from the use of solar energy. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Council to be chaired by the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission to coordinate policy and programs in solar energy research. Specifies the composition and compensation of Council members. Directs the Chairman to develop and carry out specified programs to assure that unnecessary delays are avoided in making available to public and private sectors the benefits of solar energy research. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act: for fiscal year 1975, $56,000,000; for fiscal year 1976, $94,000,000; for fiscal year 1977, $150,000,000; for fiscal year 1978, $150,000,000; and for fiscal year 1979, $150,000,000.
Bill· SS. 2813 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Energy Adjsutment Act - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Agency for Energy Adjustment to administer a guarantee program for industrial adjustment loans to enable business concerns to achieve energy efficiencies. Authorizes the Federal Government to guarantee the principal and interest of loans made for the following purposes: (1) installation of energy-saving production equipment; (2) conversion from industrial usage of petroleum and natural gas to more abundant forms of energy; and (3) conversion to other lines of products and services less dependent on high energy usage. Grants borrowers a priority under the Federal energy allocation programs to insure that plants are able to continue production during the conversions. Provides for loan guarantees of up to one and a half billion dollars over the next 18 months.
Bill· HRH.R. 11978 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
National Energy Emergency, Policy, and Conservation Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Purposes - Sets forth the determination of Congress and the purposes of the Act. Title II: Emergency Fuel Shortage Contingency Programs - Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign States and others, these agreements to be operative unless disapproved by the Senate within fifteen days. Declares that, within fifteen days after enactment of the Act, the President shall promulgate and submit to Congress for approval a plan for a nationwide emergency energy rationing and conservation program. Includes the measures to be used in the rationing and conservation program. Provides that, within two weeks of the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate requirements for emergency energy conservation and contingency programs to be developed by each State and major metropolitan government to implement the Federal program, these programs to be developed within eight weeks of enactment and submitted for approval to the President. Directs the President to strive to insure that all regions and all States of the Nation share available fuels in an equitable manner. Provides that the President shall require that any major fossil fuel burning installations, which now burn petroleum or natural gas and which have the capability to burn coal or other fuels, convert to burning coal or other fuels; and that fossil fuel fired electrical powerplants now in the planning process be designed and constructed so as to have the capability of rapid conversion to burn coal. Requires the President to develop and implement federally sponsored incentives for the use of public transportation. Describes requirements for environmental impact statements. Authorizes the President to initiate measures to supplement domestic energy supplies for the duration of the emergency. Directs the President to take into consideration and to minimize any adverse impact on employment. Requires the President, within ninety days of enactment, to promulgate a plan for the development of the hydroelectric power resources of the Nation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to prepare a review of export policies for petroleum and other energy sources. Title III: Congressional Approval and Authorization - Provides that, within two weeks after enactment of this Act, the President shall submit for approval to Congress within fifteen legislative days his proposals for the emergency contingency programs. Title IV: Clean Air Act Amendments - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily suspend any emission limitation related to control of pollutants unless the Administrator determines that this suspension will present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons. Requires the Administrator to review each State's applicable implementation plan and no later than May 1, 1974, determine for each State whether its plan must be revised in order to achieve the national primary or secondary standard within the deadlines established in the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress by May 1, 1974, on the extent to which any applicable State or local air pollution requirement or deadline may adversely affect the implementation of the National Energy Emergency, Policy, and Conservation Act or of the Clean Air Act. Title V: Assistance to Persons Adversely Affected by this Act - Authorizes the President to give assistance to persons unemployed as a result of this Act through grants to States, food stamps, and loans through the Small Business Administration. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide unemployment assistance services. Title VI: Excess Profits Tax - Imposes, for each taxable year ending or beginning during the energy emergency period, a tax on the income of every corporation producing or distributing energy resources, equal to 37 percent of the excess energy profits taxable income of such corporation for the taxable year. Provides for adjustments to the taxable income of a corporation attributable to producing or distributing energy resources in an energy emergency period, an excess energy profits deduction, the determination of invested energy capital, and adjustments to income for years in the base period. Title VII: Urban Mass Transportation Act and Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants in the amount of the fuel price increase adjustment to assist States and other agencies in the payment of operating expenses incurred in connection with the provision of urban mass transportation bus service in urban areas in fuel price increase years. Allows as a tax credit an amount equal to the fuel price increase adjustment in the case of any taxpayer operating an urban mass transportation bus service. Title VIII: Ban on Ornamental Gas Lighting and Pilot Lights - States that the Federal Power Commission shall prescribe regulations prohibiting any natural gas company or distributing company from selling natural gas to any person who will use this gas for exterior lighting purposes. Prohibits, after ninety days from the enactment of this Act, the manufacture for sale in interstate commerce of pilot lights. Title IX: Establishing a Standing House Committee on Energy - Establishes in the House of Representatives a Committee on Energy, consisting of twenty-five Members. Title X: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the President to consult with Canada concerning trade in natural gas, petroleum, and petroleum products between Canada and the United States. Directs the President to report to Congress on the progress of these consultations. Allows the President to designate disaster areas for national energy emergencies under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970. Directs the President to require that the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration promulgate a nationwide contingency plan for insuring the availability of Federal disaster assistance. Prohibits the use of funds for purchase, hire, or operation and maintenance of passenger motor vehicles with exceptions including those for use by the President, the Chief Justice, Cabinet members, and elected leaders of the Congress. Directs the President to report to Congress every sixty days on the administration of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11983 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, on the income of every corporation engaged in the production of oil and oil products, a tax equal to 37 percent of the excess profits taxable income for each taxable year which begins or ends during the energy emergency period as defined by this Act. Provides that revenues from the tax imposed by this Act shall be appropriated only for programs to advance the research, development, and exploration of new energy sources as promulgated and directed by the Director of the Federal Energy Office.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 747 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
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. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to 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. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
Bill· SS. 2806 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Energy Revenue and Development Act - Title I: Short Title; Statement of Policy and Purposes - Declares the findings of Congress, including that it is the policy of the United States to achieve energy independence by 1985 and to reduce progressively the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy between now and that date. Title II: Energy Trust Fund ; Tax on Energy Sources - Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Energy Trust Fund." Authorizes to be appropriated to the Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury under the Internal Revenue Code's tax on energy sources, created in this Act. Makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to manage the Trust Fund, to report annually to Congress and to invest portions of the Trust Fund. Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax on energy sources by imposing a yearly graduated tax on (1) the extraction of oil, gas, or coal within the United States (a tax on the BTU content of the oil, gas, or coal); (2) the production of electricity (or other consumable energy) within the United States using any energy source other than oil, gas, or coal, or any product or derivative (a tax on the BTU content equivalent of the energy source); and (3) the importation into the United States of oil, gas, or coal, or any product or derivative (a tax on the BTU content of the oil, gas, coal, product, or derivative). Title III: Federal Energy Administration Establishment - Establishes the Federal Energy Administration to be headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Administration, to carry out a national energy program involving energy research, demonstration, development, utilization, and conservation in order to meet the present and future energy needs of the United States. Enumerates the elements of such program and the powers of the Administration. Empowers the Administration to guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to any person, firm, association, corporation or entity, payment of principal of and interest on loans, made by such lenders, which are approved under this title. States that all research, development, demonstration, or projects contracted for, or financially assisted by the Administration pursuant to this Act, shall require as a condition of Federal participation that all information--whether patented or unpatented, in the form of trade secrets, knowhow, proprietary information or otherwise--resulting from federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest possible date to the general public. Authorizes the Administrator to make a monetary award to any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, or other entity, for any scientific or technical contribution to the Administration which is determined by the Administrator to have significant value in the conduct of energy activities. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Energy Trust Fund (established by title II of this Act) such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Transfers to the Administration, all functions (including powers, duties, activities, facilities, and parts of functions) which were carried out by the Atomic Energy Commission and which relate primarily to the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Title IV: Commission on Energy Technology Assessment - Establishes the Commission on Energy Technology Assessment which shall be independent of the executive departments. States that the Commission shall consist of an Energy Technology Assessment Board and a Commissioner appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Enumerates the basic functions of the Commission, including (1) to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Administration; (2) to provide early indications of the probable beneficial and adverse impacts of the applications of technology related to energy; and (3) to establish standards and goals for research, development, and demonstration on a priority basis in accordance with the present and future energy needs of the United States. Outlines the powers of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 as necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this section. States that to enable the Commission to carry out its functions each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated out of moneys in the trust fund established pursuant to title II of this Act an amount equal to one percent of moneys received by such fund during the preceding fiscal year. Title V: Termination of Price Controls - Provides, under the Economic Stabilization Act, that the authority to stabilize the prices of petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, and coal shall terminate. Provides that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall not apply in enumerated instances. Title VI: Tax Enforcement Provisions - Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, an excise tax equal to 40 percent of the profits from energy sources of every person for the taxable year to the extent such profits are not reinvested in qualified energy projects. Sets forth related provisions regarding (1) determination of the tax base; (2) capital gains and losses of taxpayers other than corporations; (3) accelerated depreciation; (4) deductions for income taxes; and (5) withdrawal of an investment. Title VII: Imports of Petroleum and Petroleum Products, Natural Gas, and Certain Drilling and Mining Equipment - Provides variable import duties for portions of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. States that imports of specified articles from Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Qatar, and Bahrain shall not exceed 5 percent of the estimated United States consumption of such articles for such year. Directs the Secretary of Interior to issue licenses for the importation into the United States of articles the importation of which is limited by a proclamation of the President under this title. Requests the President to: (1) enter into negotiations with foreign countries which have voluntarily limited the quantity of steel products which may be imported into the United States to permit the importation of increased steel products which the Secretary of the Interior certifies are in short supply in the United States and are used in the extraction, refining, or transportation of crude oil or gas, or in the extraction of coal; and (2) enter into negotiations with foreign countries which are major importers of petroleum and petroleum products for the purpose of forming an organization which will be authorized by each member country to represent that country in negotiations with foreign countries which are major exporters of petroleum and petroleum products. Title VIII: Export Controls on Petroleum, Petroleum Products, Natural Gas and Coal, and Certain Drilling and Mining Equipment - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, at least quarterly during any period of nationwide energy emergency, and at least annually during any other period, to determine the quantity of each energy producing commodity, if any, and the quantity of each essential drilling or mining article, if any, that will be available for export during the succeeding quarter or year. States that no energy producing commodity or essential drilling or mining article may be exported to any foreign country unless the exporter has been issued a license by the Secretary, or unless such export is exempt under the provisions of this Act. Enumerates such exemptions. Title IX: Tax Incentives for Increased Production of Energy Sources - Permits a tax credit for domestic exploratory drilling and secondary and teritiary recovery costs. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. Title X: Miscellaneous Tax Provisions - Provides for the removal of preferential tax treatment for new oil and gas wells located outside the United States. Provides, in the case of an individual, a credit against the tax imposed by this Act in an amount equal to 50 percent of so much of the residential energy conservation expenditures paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year as does not exceed $1,000. Permits an election to take a tax credit in lieu of such deduction. Title XI: Transfer to the Secretary of the Interior of Jurisdiction Over the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; Increased Production on Federal Lands - Provides that all jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of the Navy (including those powers and functions conferred on the Secretary of the Navy which are necessary to the Secretary of the Interior to enable him to carry out his duties under this title) over all properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves of the United States (including lands covered by leases) are transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to require that any oil and gas field on lands or interests in lands owned by the United States, including lands on the Outer Continental Shelf: (1) be fully developed as expediently as is reasonably justified; (2) be produced at the maximum efficient rate of production where such field has not been so developed and produced; or (3) be produced in excess of its maximum efficient rate of production if the Secretary finds that production at such rates is necessary to meet essential national energy requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 11957 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Revises the Atomic Energy Act by restructuring the hearing process with respect to licenses to construct or operate utilization or production facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 11958 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to study and develop methods whereby agricultural crops and their by products may be employed as an alternate source of energy. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11952 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
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 date 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 refused 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· SS. 2799 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Imposes an energy emergency tax on the taxable income of every energy corporation for each taxable year ending after December 31, 1972. Provides that such tax shall not apply to foreign corporations and new corporations. Defines terms used in this Act, including "energy corporation." Permits a surcharge exemption and adjustments to such exemption in specified cases.
Bill· HRH.R. 11929 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Revises the Tennessee Valley Authority Act by providing that expenditures for pollution control facilities be credited against required power investment return payments and repayments.
Bill· HRH.R. 11933 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Allows an income tax deduction with respect to the amortization of the amortizable basis of any certified solar heating and cooling equipment manufacturing facility, based on a period of 60 months. States that the amortization deduction provided by this section with respect to any month shall be in lieu of the depreciation deduction with respect to such facility for such month. Provides that in the case of property for which such deduction has been elected, so much of the adjusted basis of the property as constitutes the amortizable basis for purposes of this Act shall not be treated as an investment credit. Terminates election of such deductions after December 31, 1978.
Bill· HRH.R. 11925 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Revises the Internal Revenue Code by imposing an energy emergency tax on the taxable income of every energy corporation for each taxable year ending after December 31, 1972, and beginning before the termination of the energy emergency period as defined by the Act. Provides that the tax shall be an amount equal to the amount of the surcharge for the taxable year, as computed under this Act. Sets forth the method of computation of the surcharge.
Bill· HRH.R. 11913 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Homeowner's Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development a direct low-interest loan program to assist homeowners and other owners of residential structures in purchasing and installing more effective insulation and heating equipment. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11914 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Provides an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment in residential structures. Defines qualified insulative materials and heating equipment.
Bill· HRH.R. 11907 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - States that the purpose of this Act is the development, within ten years, of the option and the capability for the United States to become energy self-sufficient through the use of domestic energy resources by socially and environmentally acceptable means. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project headed by a Chairman who shall serve as the Staff Director. States that the Management Project shall review the full range of Federal activities in, and financial support for, fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies. Directs the Chairman, in consultation with the Management Project, to: (1) identify opportunities to accelerate the commercial applications of new energy technologies in energy production by providing plants; and (2) conduct preliminary investigations and to explore potential cooperative agreements which may be entered into with non-Federal entities in order to develop recommendations for Federal participation or assistance in demonstrations of the technical feasibility and economic potential of energy technologies on a prototype or full-scale basis. States that in developing proposals pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall consider various forms of Federal assistance and participation which may include but are not limited to: (1) joint Federal-industry corporations; (2) Federal assistance through contractual arrangements with non-Federal participants including corporations, consortia, universities, governmental entities, nonprofit institutions; (3) contracts for the construction and operation of Federally owned facilities; (4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of the products of demonstration plants or activities; and (5) Federal loans to non-Federal entities conducting demonstrations of new technologies. Requires the Chairman, within ninety days of enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for submitting proposals for the purpose of implementing this Act. Establishes standards for the joint Federal-industry corporations proposed under this Act and sets forth a formula for determining the Federal share of the cost of each corporation. States that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall assign priority to those undertakings in which the urgency of public need for the potential results of the research, development, or demonstration effort is high, and it is unlikely that similar results would be achieved in a timely manner in the absence of Federal assistance. Provides that all research, development, or demonstration contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Government pursuant to this Act, shall require as a condition of Federal participation that all information resulting from Federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest practicable date to the general public, including non-governmental United States interests capable of bringing about further development, utilization, and commercial applications of such results. Authorizes the appropriation of certain specified amounts for the fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title II: Geothermal Energy - Geothermal Energy Act - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the commercial development of means to produce energy from geothermal resources and to facilitate such development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans made for the purposes of acquiring rights in geothermal resources and performing exploration, development, and construction and operation of facilities for the commercial production of energy from geothermal resources. Specifies the terms and conditions such loans must meet prior to guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract to pay the lender the interest charges which become due and payable on the unpaid balance of any such loan if the Secretary finds that enumerated circumstances occur. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States, a Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated (1) to the fund not to exceed $50,000,000 annually, and (2) such amounts as may be required for the administrative cost of carrying out the provisions of this title. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Geological Survey, to: (1) carry out a plan for the orderly exploration of all forms of geothermal resources of the Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys that will lead to a national inventory of geothermal resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other documents developed from such exploration to facilitate the commercial development of geothermal resources; (4) make such recommendations for legislation; and (5) participate with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation in research. Enumerates the activities in which the Atomic Energy Commission is directed to participate in furtherance of the purpose of this Act. Directs the Commission to coordinate such activities with the Department of the Interior. States the conditions precedent to entering into agreements under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to investigate potential agreements for the cooperative development of major facilities to demonstrate the production of energy from geothermal resources and to submit engineering and financial proposals to the Congress for consideration of authorization to proceed with implementation. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title: (1) $10 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) $35 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Atomic Energy Commission; and (3) such amounts as may be required in fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to NASA.
Bill· HRH.R. 11916 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Requires the producers of petroleum, natural gas, and refined petroleum products to provide to the Federal Energy Administration all information requested regarding the location and volume of crude oil and natural gas reserves, the location and volume of refined petroleum products, and the existing and potential rates of production of refineries and oil and gas wells. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to investigate, audit, and verify the accuracy of all information required to be provided by this Act. States that any producer of petroleum, natural gas, or refined petroleum products who knowingly fails to provide information requested or who provides inaccurate information shall be fined not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000 for each violation.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 399 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that during the present energy crisis each citizen who uses a cooking stove which consumes natural gas should take appropriate measures to convert such stove from the use of a pilot light to the use of manually lit ovens and burners.
Bill· HRH.R. 11885 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Energy Emergency Act - Title I - Energy Emergency Authorities - States that the purpose of this Act is to call for proposals for energy emergency conservation measures and to authorize specific temporary emergency actions to be exercised to assure that the essential needs of the United States for fuels will be met in a manner which, to the fullest extent practicable: (1) is consistent with existing national commitments to protect and improve the environment, (2) minimizes any adverse impact on employment, (3) provides for equitable treatment of all sectors of the economy, and (4) maintains vital services necessary to health, safety, and public welfare. Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act by authorizing the President to make such adjustments in the allocations made pursuant to such Act as may be necessary to provide for the allocation of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product to users of such products in order to maintain vital services. Authorizes the President to require adjustments in the production rate of oil refineries in the United States when necessary. Authorizes the President to require the production of crude oil at the producer level at the maximum rate of production. Establishes a Federal Energy Administration to be headed by a Federal Energy Administrator, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Administrator to propose one or more energy conservation plans within 30 days of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to prohibit, after balancing on a plant-by-plant basis the environmental effects of use of coal against the need to fulfill the purposes of this Act, to prohibit, as its primary source, the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installations (including any existing electric powerplant) which, on the date of enactment of this Act, has the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission (with respect to common or contract carriers subject to economic regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act), the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Federal Maritime Commission, for the duration of the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on May 15, 1975, to take any action for the purpose of conserving energy consumption in a manner found by such Commission or Board to be consistent with the objectives and purposes of the Acts administered by such Commission or Board on its own motion or on the petition of the Administrator which existing law permits such Commission or Board to take upon the motion or petition of any regulated common or contract carrier or other person. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, who is engaged in the business of marketing or distributing diesel fuel to trucks on bona fide cargo runs, to deny to such trucks full fill-ups of fuel, unless: (1) there is in effect under this Act, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, or any other Act an end use allocation regulation which restricts such full fill ups by such person to such trucks, or (2) such person has no such fuel available for sale. Sets forth penalties for such actions. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of making grants to States to which the Federal Energy Administrator has delegated authority under this Act. Provides that a refiner shall not terminate a marketing agreement unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each branded independent marketer to which such termination applies. Provides that a refiner shall not terminate a marketing agreement unless the branded independent marketer to which such termination applies failed to comply substantially with one or more essential and reasonable requirements of such marketing agreement or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such agreement; except that such refiner may terminate such agreement if he does not, during the 3-year period which begins on the date of such termination, engage in the sale of any refined petroleum product in commerce for sale other than for resale in any relevant market within such branded independent marketer operated. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish within the Department of Transportation an "Office of Carpool Promotion" whose purpose and responsibilities shall include: (1) responding to any and all requests for information and technical assistance on carpooling and carpooling systems from units of State and local governments and private groups and employees; (2) promoting greater participation in carpooling through public information and the preparation of such materials for use by State and local governments; (3) encouraging and promoting private organizations to organize and operate carpool systems for employees; (4) promoting the cooperation and sharing of responsibilities between separate, yet proximately close, units of government in coordinating the operations of carpool systems; and (5) promoting other such measures that the Secretary determines appropriate. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for the conduct of programs designed to maximize the level of carpool participation in the United States. Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act by directing the President to exercise his authority under such Act and under the Economic Stabilization Act so as to specify prices for sales of crude oil, refined petroleum products, residual fuel oil, and coal, produced in or imported into the United States, which avoid windfall profits by sellers. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Natural Gas Act (or any other provisions of law), the President may by order, on a finding that such action would be consistent with the public interest, authorize on a shipment-by-shipment basis the importation of liquified natural gas from a foreign country. Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator, to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstocks, under such terms as he deems appropriate. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator, for any period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this section and ending on or before May 15, 1974, to temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person, if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Revises the schedule for implementation of motor vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. Provides that any allocation program provided for in Title I of this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act 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. Directs that in order to determine the health effects of emissions of sulfur oxides to the air resulting from any conversions to burning coal pursuant to this Act, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, conduct a study of acute and chronic effects among exposed populations. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for such study. Directs 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. Directs the President, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to recommend to the Congress actions to be taken by the executive branch and the Congress regarding the problem of the sitting of all types of energy producing facilities. Revises Title II of the Clean Air Act by directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study, and to report to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate within 120 days following the date of enactment of this Act, concerning the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 11903 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
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 date 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 refused 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. 11894 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to compile and keep current, on not less than an annual basis, a mineral fuel reserves inventory. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.