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Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 264 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress, including that: (1) because of the critical economic role that energy plays, a comprehensive domestic and international approach to meeting energy problems in a realistic manner is immediately needed; (2) such a comprehensive energy policy neccessitates a dramatic increase in domestic energy production coupled with a reasoned attack on wasteful energy consumption; (3) vital national actions to increase domestic energy production require that the United States - (a) rapidly expand Outer Continental Shelf exploration and development with approriate environmental safequards; (b) lift price constraints on exploration and production of natural gas and other fossil fuels; (c) adopt policies which will encourage the most rapid development of alternative energy sources; and (d) adopt policies which insure adequate opportunity to provide for the massive capital formation required to attain timely domestic energy self-sufficiency; and (4) the reasoned nationwide attack on wasteful energy consumption requires - (a) enactment of energy conservation authority capable of significantly reducing consumption; (b) expanded Federal programs related to increasing the efficiency of energy uses; and (c) a mandatory impact study on energy consumption of planned Federal programs prior to program implementations.
Bill· HRH.R. 17688 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Prohibits the President, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974.
Bill· SS. 4257 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1974
Prohibits discrimination against the United States armed forces in the supply of petroleum products. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct an investigation whenever he has reason to believe that there has been such discrimination and to refer the matter to the Attorney General if he determines that there has been. Grants the United States district courts jurisdiction to prevent and restrain such discrimination. Provides that an appeal from a final order of a district court may be made only to the Supreme Court. Grants access to all business records of a person or corporation being investigated to the Secretary or his agent. Provides for a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, for the willful violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2390-2396)
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 458 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1974
States that the Senate disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-114) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Bill· SS. 4234 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
Mandatory Energy Conservation Act - Imposes a tax of 24 cents per gallon on gasoline sold by the producer or importer thereof. Terminates the Highway Trust Fund established under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1959, covering any amounts in such fund into the general fund of the Treasury. Allows as a credit against the tax imposed by this Act 20 cents per gallon of gas purchased by the taxpayer during the taxable year up to $140 per year, reduced by 25 percent of the income of the taxpayer exceeding: (1) $12,000 in the case of an unmarried individual; (2) $15,000 in the case of a married individual filing a joint return; or (3) $7,500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1502 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-116) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1498 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-111) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1503 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-117) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1499 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-112) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1505 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-121) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1501 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-114) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1504 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-119) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1500 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of specified budget authority (D 75-113) relating to atomic energy which is proposed by the President in his message of November 26, 1974.
Law· HRH.R. 17628 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1974
Provides that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, shall hereafter be known as the "Holifield National Laboratory".
Bill· HRH.R. 17610 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1974
Prohibits the President, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974.
Bill· SS. 4216 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1974
Natural Gas Agricultural Priority Act - Provides, under the Natural Gas Act, a priority system for specified agricultural uses of natural gas. Directs the Federal Power Commission to prohibit any interruption or curtailment of natural gas and take such other steps as are necessary to assure as soon as possible the availability in interstate commerce of sufficient quantities of natural gas for use as a raw material feedstock or process fuel in the production of fertilizer, animal feed grade chemicals, essential agricultural chemicals, and for use in agricultural crop drying. Defines "sufficient quantities of natural gas" for purposes of this Act. Provides that the rule implemented by the Commission shall also apply with respect to the availability of natural gas sold in intrastate commerce in any State which has not, within ninety days, adopted a rule to implement the purposes of the first provision of this Act. Directs the Commission to, by rule, prohibit boiler fuel use of natural gas and propane in interstate and intrastate commerce not contracted for prior to the date of enactment of this Act by users other than residential or small commercial users unless, upon petition by a user, the Commission determines that enumerated criteria are met.
Bill· SS. 4209 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1974
Intergovernmental Emergency Heating Fuel Assistance Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance payments to the States to help them pay for assistance to low-income families who cannot afford the cost of heating their homes this winter. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to make grants to States for assisting families with annual incomes of $8,000 or less to meet the high cost of acquiring heating fuel during the present energy emergency. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the purpose of making such grants. Directs the Administrator to allot to each State an amount equal to the amount appropriated under this Act multiplied by the ratio obtained by multiplying the temperature factor of the State by the number of eligible families in the State and then dividing that product by the sum of such products for all States.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 123 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Establishes a Joint Legislative Committee on Energy. Directs the committee to make a continuing study of the problems related to the development, use, and control of all forms of energy other than energy which is released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation and is primarily related to military use. Provides that the joint committee shall report to the Senate and House of Representatives the results of its study together with its recommendations. States that all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating primarily to the development, use, or control of energy shall be referred to the joint committee within ninety days of their initial referral to the appropriate standing committee, unless the joint committee otherwise provides by a majority vote of all members of the committee. Requires the joint committee to make a recommendation or report on each resolution, bill, or other matter to the floor of each House of Congress together with the report or recommendation, if any, of the standing committee or committees to which the matter was initially referred. Provides that the expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent funds of the House and Senate, from funds appropriated for the joint committee by a concurrent resolution of each House of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 17538 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Fusion Energy Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that the general welfare of the United States would be enhanced through the development of various applications of controlled fusion energy, commonly known as thermonuclear energy. Establishes the Advisory Committee on Thermonuclear Energy, to develop proposals to expand and accelerate the research and development of experimental and prototype fusion systems to be used for electrical power production, space propulsion, and resource element production. Requires the Committee to submit a report of such proposals to the Energy Resources Council within 180 days of the enactment of this Act. Provides that the Committee shall cease to exist 30 days after submitting its report. Establishes the Advisory Committee for Fusion Systems Development, which shall advise and consult with the Energy Resources Council with respect to the implementation of the proposals set forth in the report of the Advisory Committee on Thermonuclear Energy and the experimental and demonstration fusion systems under current development. Establishes the Advisory Committee for International Coordination of Fusion Energy Development, to consult with the Energy Resources Council with respect to the coordination of joint programs with other nations in the area of fusion systems for energy, propulsion and resource materials. Provides that these two committees shall cease to exist two years after the submission of the report of the Advisory Committee on Thermonuclear Energy, or upon the termination of the Energy Resources Council, whichever occurs first. Prescribes the membership and compensation of the three advisory committees, and their powers and responsibilities. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 4179 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1974
Requires that all meetings of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority involving the transaction of business of such Board shall be open to the public. Requires public notification of such meetings not less than twenty-four hours prior to each meeting.
Bill· HRH.R. 17488 (93rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1974
Energy Tax and Individual Relief Act - Title I: Oil And Gas Energy Tax Act - Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, an excise tax on the windfall profits from domestic crude oil removed from the premises. Prescribes the procedure for calculating the amount of such tax, allowing a plowback credit against such tax. Defines the terms used, including "windfall profit," and sets forth special rules governing this Act. Provides an exemption from the tax where a tax-exempt organization is prohibited from plowing back. Requires each person liable for the tax, each partnership, trust, or estate producing domestic crude oil, each purchaser of domestic crude oil, and each operator of a well producing domestic crude oil to keep records and returns with respect to such oil. Prescribes the time for filing a return of the windfall profits tax. Requires the purchaser of domestic crude oil to furnish to the person liable for the tax a monthly statement of specified costs, amounts, and prices. Imposes criminal penalties on persons willfully failing to furnish information required under this Act. Requires that specified information be furnished to partners and beneficiaries of estates and trusts. Provides for a phase-out of the percentage depletion for domestic oil and gas production. Permits a taxpayer to elect: (1) the 3,000 barrel-a-day exemption; (2) the stripper well exemption; or (3) the Arctic Circle exemption. Provides an exemption for regulated natural gas and natural gas sold under fixed contract. Prescribes special rules governing geothermal energy. Provides that, in the case of oil and gas wells, the tax treatment which applies to the taxpayer's intangible drilling and development costs shall also apply to his domestic geological and geophysical costs. Outlines the rules governing the treatment, for purposes of the investment tax credit, of specified property used in international or territorial waters. Repeals the percentage depletion for foreign oil and gas wells. Sets limits on the foreign taxes attributable to foreign oil and gas extraction income. Provides for the separate computation of foreign tax credit for oil and gas related income. Provides for the denial of Domestic International Sales Corporation benefits with respect to energy resources. Title II: Increase In Low Income Allowance; Certain Other Adjustments In the Tax Laws - Increases the low-income allowance for (1) married individuals filing jointly and for surviving spouses to $1900, (2) single individuals to $1600, and (3) married individuals filing separate returns to $950. Increases the percentage standard deduction to 16 percent up to a maximum of $2300 ($1,150 in the case of a separate return by a married individual). Changes the withholding tables to reflect the increases in the low-income allowance and the percentage standard deduction. Authorize individuals to carry back a net capital loss in excess of $30,000 to each of the three taxable years preceding the loss year. Increases the investment credit to seven percent for public utilities. Increases the limitation relating to the investment credit from 50 percent to specified percentages for the years 1974 through 1979. Extends for one year the period during which pollution control facilities, railroad rolling stock, rehabilitation, housing, and coal mine safety equipment may qualify for the 5-year amortization deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Provides a tax deduction to taxpayers on the accrual method of accounting for accrued vacation pay for which they become liable during the taxable year. Allows application of the class life system to real property in order to determine the useful life of such property for purposes of taking the depreciation deduction for such property. Provides a tax deduction for deficiency dividends with respect to a determination of adjustment for a real estate investment trust. Provides a civil penalty in addition to any other penalty imposed by law with respect to liability for interest for any period by reason of a determination that a deduction for deficiency dividends is allowable. States that, instead of disqualifying a real estate investment trust where the income tests are not met, specified taxes shall be imposed on non-qualifying income or in the case of failure to meet requirements. Imposes a tax on the net income from foreclosure property and property subject to capital gain or loss treatment on every real estate investment trust. Raises the percentage income requirements with respect to specified types of property necessary for treatment as a real estate investment trust for income tax purposes. Redefines the term "independent contractor" for the purposes of taxing real estate investment trusts. Imposes an excise tax based on real estate investment trust taxable income not distributed during the taxable year. Places a tax on the political organization taxable income of every political organization. Provides an alternative tax in the case of capital gains. Defines the taxable income of a political organization. Extends existing tax credit and tax deduction provisions for political contributions to contributions for newsletters. Provides that, upon the transfer of appreciated property to a political organization, the transferor shall be treated as having realized an amount equal to the fair market value of such property on the date of transfer. Provides that the gift tax shall not be applicable to contributions to political organizations. Increases the interest charged for nonpayment, underpayment, overpayment or extensions of time for payment of income tax from 6 to 9 percent. Title III: Changes In The Treatment of Foreign Income - Repeals the earned income exclusion for United States citizens who are bonafide residents of foreign countries, and, in lieu thereof, provides for a phaseout of such exclusion to be completed by the end of taxable year 1977. Provides a tax deduction of up to $100 per month for tuition expenses of dependents of taxpayers employed outside the United States. States that gross income shall not include any item furnished a taxpayer by his employer where such item is not provided on a discriminatory basis in favor of officers or highly compensated employees. Provides that income from foreign trusts having one or more United States beneficiaries shall be taxed currently to the grantor. Provides, in addition to the partial tax on the undistributed income of foreign trusts, a special interest charge on such undistributed income. Places a 35 percent excise tax on the difference between the fair market value of property transferred by a citizen or resident of the United States to foreign corporations, trusts, or partnerships and the adjusted basis plus the amount of gain to the transferor at the time of the transfer. Repeals the minimum distribution exception to the requirement of current taxation of income to a controlled foreign corporation. Excludes sales income from foreign manufacturing from foreign base company sales income. Repeals the exception to the requirement of current taxation of income to foreign controlled corporations for reinvestment in less developed countries. Redefines the term "United States property" for purposes of investment in such property by controlled foreign corporations. Repeals the exclusion for earnings of less developed country corporations for purposes or recognizing gain from certain sales or exchanges of stock in certain foreign corporations. Provides that shipping profits of controlled foreign corporations shall be taxed currently except to the extent that such profits are reinvested in shipping operations. Authorizes the President to terminate Domestic International Sales Corporation provisions when he determines that it is necessary or appropriate to carry out any trade agreement to reduce barriers to international trade, provided that neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate adopts a resolution of disapproval within 90 days. Provides that the total amount of any foreign tax credit shall not exceed the same proportion of the tax against which such credit is taken which the taxpayer's income from sources outside of the United States bears to his entire taxable income for the same year. Provides for a 2-year carryback and 5-year carry forward of excess tax paid to foreign countries. Provides a formula for the recapture of overall foreign loss sustained by a taxpayer in any taxable year. Provides that dividends from less developed country corporations must be grossed up for purposes of determining United States income and foreign tax credit against that income. Sets forth a formula for the treatment of capital gains for purposes of the foreign tax credit. States the conditions under which interest received by a nonresident alien from portfolio debt investments shall be excluded from gross income. Removes the exclusion from gross income whenever the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the exchange of necessary information between the United States and a foreign country is inadequate to identify the beneficial recipients of interest payments from sources within the United States. Provides for the exclusion from taxable income of specified items by electing contiguous country branches of domestic mutual life insurance companies. Changes the rules applicable to determining the tax credit allowable to corporations conducting trade or business in Puerto Rico and possessions of the United States. Provides for a phaseout of the special deduction for Western Hemisphere trade corporations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 686 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1974
Declares that the present controlled price of $5.25 per barrel of oil is sufficient to encourage secondary recovery methods; and the proposed decontrol of the price of oil produced domestically by secondary recovery methods is opposed by the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such proposal should be withdrawn forthwith.
Bill· HRH.R. 17473 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1974
Coal Research Laboratory and Energy Research Fellowship Act - Title I: University Coal Research Laboratories - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, to designate five institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. States that, in making designations under this Act, the Director shall consider the following criteria: (1) the institution of higher education shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves; (2) the institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and currently active, outstanding programs in coal research; and (3) the institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this title. Provides that not more than one coal laboratory established pursuant to this title shall be located in a single State. Specifies information to be included in applications by institutions of higher education desiring to be designated under this title. Authorizes the Director to make grants to any designated institution of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and maintaining a coal laboratory. States that no institution of higher education may receive more than $4,000,000 for the construction of its coal research laboratory, including initially installed fixed equipment, nor may it receive more than $1,500,000 for initially installed movable equipment, nor may it receive more than $500,000 for new program startup expenses. Provides that no institution of higher education may receive more than $1,500,000 per year from the Federal Government for operating expenses. Establishes an Advisory Council on Coal Research. Stipulates that the Advisory Council shall advise the Director with respect to the general administration of this title, and furnish such additional advice as he may request. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 (including the cost of construction, equipment, and startup expenses) and $7,500,000 beginning with the fiscal year 1976 and for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Energy Resource Graduate Fellowships - Authorizes the Director to award under the provisions of this title not to exceed one thousand five hundred fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. States that fellowships shall be awarded under the provisions of this title for graduate study and research in those areas of applied science and engineering that are related to the production, conservation, and utilization of fuels and energy. Provides that fellowships shall be awarded to students in programs leading to master's degrees. States that such fellowships may be awarded for graduate study and research at any institution of higher education, library, archive, or any other research center approved by the Director after consultation with the Commissoner of Education. Provides that recipients of fellowships under this title shall be: (1) persons who have been accepted by an institution of higher education for graduate study leading to an advanced degree or for a professional degree; and (2) persons who plan a career in the field of energy resources, production, or utilization. States that each person awarded a fellowship under this title shall receive a stipend of $4,000 for each academic year of study, and an additional amount of $500 for each such calendar year of study shall be paid to such person on account of each of his dependents. Authorizes appropriations of $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
Bill· HRH.R. 17472 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1974
Coal Research Laboratory and Energy Research Fellowship Act - Title I: University Coal Research Laboratories - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, to designate five institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. States that, in making designations under this Act, the Director shall consider the following criteria: (1) the institution of higher education shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves; (2) the institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and currently active, outstanding programs in coal research; and (3) the institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this title. Provides that not more than one coal laboratory established pursuant to this title shall be located in a single State. Specifies information to be included in applications by institutions of higher education desiring to be designated under this title. Authorizes the Director to make grants to any designated institution of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and maintaining a coal laboratory. States that no institution of higher education may receive more than $4,000,000 for the construction of its coal research laboratory, including initially installed fixed equipment, nor may it receive more than $1,500,000 for initially installed movable equipment, nor may it receive more than $500,000 for new program startup expenses. Provides that no institution of higher education may receive more than $1,500,000 per year from the Federal Government for operating expenses. Establishes an Advisory Council on Coal Research. Stipulates that the Advisory Council shall advise the Director with respect to the general administration of this title, and furnish such additional advice as he may request. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 (including the cost of construction, equipment, and startup expenses) and $7,500,000 beginning with the fiscal year 1976 and for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Energy Resource Graduate Fellowships - Authorizes the Director to award under the provisions of this title not to exceed one thousand five hundred fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. States that fellowships shall be awarded under the provisions of this title for graduate study and research in those areas of applied science and engineering that are related to the production, conservation, and utilization of fuels and energy. Provides that fellowships shall be awarded to students in programs leading to master's degrees. States that such fellowships may be awarded for graduate study and research at any institution of higher education, library, archive, or any other research center approved by the Director after consultation with the Commissoner of Education. Provides that recipients of fellowships under this title shall be: (1) persons who have been accepted by an institution of higher education for graduate study leading to an advanced degree or for a professional degree; and (2) persons who plan a career in the field of energy resources, production, or utilization. States that each person awarded a fellowship under this title shall receive a stipend of $4,000 for each academic year of study, and an additional amount of $500 for each such calendar year of study shall be paid to such person on account of each of his dependents. Authorizes appropriations of $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1461 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1974
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 16609) to amend Public Law 93-276 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Bill· SS. 4162 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1974
Energy Disaster Assistance Act - States that the Governor of a State may request a determination that an energy emergency or energy disaster exists in any area in his State based upon his finding that the shortage or price of energy materials is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capability of the State and local governments affected. Provides that, during any energy emergency determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the President or the appropriate agency head is authorized: (1) to direct the delivery of energy supplies to the affected area; (2) to allocate energy supplies among distributors thereof in the affected area to establish priorities for allocation of energy supplies to categories of end users; (3) to establish an energy conservation program in the affected area; (4) to make emergency energy loans to individuals, families, and public or nonprofit organizations performing essential public services; and (5) to furnish technical assistance and make loans to reestablish disrupted sources of energy supplies or to establish new sources of energy supplies in the affected area. Authorizes the President or the appropriate agency head with the approval of the President: (1) by order, to direct the head of any Federal agency to terminate any contract for the procurement of energy supplies or to suspend performance under any such contract where such action is necessary in order to provide additional energy supplies in the affected area; (2) to establish price ceilings at all levels for one or more types of energy supplies; and (3) to impose compulsory energy conservation programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17437 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1974
Energy Disaster Assistance Act - States that the Governor of a State may request a determination that an energy emergency or energy disaster exists in any area in his State based upon his finding that the shortage or price of energy materials is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capability of the State and local governments affected. Provides that, during any energy emergency determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the President or the appropriate agency head is authorized: (1) to direct the delivery of energy supplies to the affected area; (2) to allocate energy supplies among distributors thereof in the affected area to establish priorities for allocation of energy supplies to categories of end users; (3) to establish an energy conservation program in the affected area; (4) to make emergency energy loans to individuals, families, and public or nonprofit organizations performing essential public services; and (5) to furnish technical assistance and make loans to reestablish disrupted sources of energy supplies or to establish new sources of energy supplies in the affected area. Authorizes the President or the appropriate agency head with the approval of the President: (1) by order, to direct the head of any Federal agency to terminate any contract for the procurement of energy supplies or to suspend performance under any such contract where such action is necessary in order to provide additional energy supplies in the affected area; (2) to establish price ceilings at all levels for one or more types of energy supplies; and (3) to impose compulsory energy conservation programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17430 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1974
Solid Waste Energy Act - States that, in order to assist State, municipal, interstate, and intermunicipal agencies to carry out construction projects for facilities which use solid waste to generate electricity or to produce other forms of energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may guarantee to any non-Federal lender which makes a loan to such an agency for such a project payment when due of the principal and interest on such loan. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may pay one-half of the net effective interest for an agency receiving a loan under this Act. Provides that, in determining priorities among construction projects under this Act, consideration shall be given to the net economic benefit to be derived from the construction of such facilities, and the provisions made for assuring efficient operation and maintenance of the facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the fiscal years 1975 and following fiscal years following sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17428 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1974
Energy Cost Parity Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator to pay 75 percent of the cost of residual fuel oil over the baseline price ($7.50 per barrel for calendar year 1975) to regulated public utilities. States that payments to regulated public utilities under this Act shall not, in any event, exceed $3.00 per barrel of residual oil used to generate electricity. States that only regulated public utilities transferring the cost reductions resulting from payments under this Act shall be eligible to receive such payments.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 678 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1974
Declares that the present controlled price of $5.25 per barrel of oil is sufficient to encourage secondary recovery methods; and the proposed decontrol of the price of oil produced domestically by secondary recovery methods is opposed by the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such proposal should be withdrawn forthwith.
Bill· SS. 4148 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
United States Enrichment Corporation Act - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation for the following purposes: (1) to acquire feed material, enriched uranium, and the Commission's uranium enriching and related facilities, and to enrich uranium; (2) to distribute enriched uranium to the Atomic Energy Commission for governmental purposes and to qualified domestic and foreign persons by sale or by the provision of enrichment services; (3) to take all appropriate action to stimulate and assist in the development of a private enterprise uranium enrichment capability; (4) to conduct its activities so as to strengthen free competition in private enterprise and assumption by private industry of full commercial and industrial responsibility for uranium enrichment as soon as possible, and promote international cooperation in matters relating to availability of enriched uranium for nuclear reactor fuel as well as retention for the United States of an appropriate share of the market for enriched uranium for peaceful purposes in cooperating nations; (5) to expedite attainment of the maximum production potential of its own plans as soon as practicable in order to preproduce enriched uranium for future deliveries, while planning and, as circumstances permit, taking appropriate action to withdraw from its own commitments for future delivery of enriched uranium as private enterprise becomes able to assume such commitments; (6) to operate, to the extent consistent with its other objectives, on a businesslike, economic, efficient, and self-financing basis; (7) to transfer part or all of its business and properties to private ownership as provided for in this Act; (8) to pursue in coordination with the Atomic Energy Commission and private industry, as appropriate, a vigorous course of research and development; and (9) to take all other lawful action in furtherance of the foregoing purposes, except that the Corporation shall not construct any new enrichment capacity or additions to existing enrichment plants without an amendment to this Act expressly granting such authority. Provides that this provision shall not apply to improvements, alterations, maintenance, or repairs to the existing Government-owned gaseous diffusion plants, or new enrichment capacity planned primarily for research, development, demonstration, or experimentation purposes. Provides for the composition of a Board of Directors. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Uranium Enrichment to advise the Corporation. Authorizes the President, with respect to any matter in which he determines that the national interest so requires, to issue directives to the Corporation as to the exercise of its authority, and such directives shall be binding upon the Corporation.
Bill· SS. 4151 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the policy of the United States to create over a period of three years, and to maintain thereafter, strategic fuel reserves capable of replacing fuel imports for at least ninety days in order to reduce the impact of interruptions or reductions in imports of foreign energy supplies. Title II: Strategic Energy Reserve System - States that, in order to protect the United States economy against interruptions in fuel imports and to provide adequate fuel inventories for national security purposes, there is hereby created a strategic energy reserve system for those fuels subject to the provisions of this Act which shall be composed of the following: (1) industry storage reserves; (2) utility storage reserves; and (3) national strategic energy reserves. Establishes in the Federal Energy Administration a Strategic Energy Reserve Office. States that the Administrator acting through the Office shall exercise authority over the establishment, management, and replenishment of the strategic energy reserve system provided for in this Act. Title III: Administration - States that the Administrator may order the use of all or any part of the strategic reserves established pursuant to this Act, when imports of crude oil, residual oil, and petroleum products have fallen, or will within 30 days, below 90 percent of import requirements. Establishes in the Treasury a strategic energy reserves fund into which all import fees levied on petroleum imports shall be paid. Provides for disclosure by, and inspection and investigation of, importers and users of fuels subject to this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration determines to be necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17418 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
United States Enrichment Corporation Act - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation for the following purposes: (1) to acquire feed material, enriched uranium, and the Commission's uranium enriching and related facilities, and to enrich uranium; (2) to distribute enriched uranium to the Atomic Energy Commission for governmental purposes and to qualified domestic and foreign persons by sale or by the provision of enrichment services; (3) to take all appropriate action to stimulate and assist in the development of a private enterprise uranium enrichment capability; (4) to conduct its activities so as to strengthen free competition in private enterprise and assumption by private industry of full commercial and industrial responsibility for uranium enrichment as soon as possible, and promote international cooperation in matters relating to availability of enriched uranium for nuclear reactor fuel as well as retention for the United States of an appropriate share of the market for enriched uranium for peaceful purposes in cooperating nations; (5) to expedite attainment of the maximum production potential of its own plans as soon as practicable in order to preproduce enriched uranium for future deliveries, while planning and, as circumstances permit, taking appropriate action to withdraw from its own commitments for future delivery of enriched uranium as private enterprise becomes able to assume such commitments; (6) to operate, to the extent consistent with its other objectives, on a businesslike, economic, efficient, and self-financing basis; (7) to transfer part or all of its business and properties to private ownership as provided for in this Act; (8) to pursue in coordination with the Atomic Energy Commission and private industry, as appropriate, a vigorous course of research and development; and (9) to take all other lawful action in furtherance of the foregoing purposes, except that the Corporation shall not construct any new enrichment capacity or additions to existing enrichment plants without an amendment to this Act expressly granting such authority. Provides that this provision shall not apply to improvements, alterations, maintenance, or repairs to the existing Government-owned gaseous diffusion plants, or new enrichment capacity planned primarily for research, development, demonstration, or experimentation purposes. Provides for the composition of a Board of Directors. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Uranium Enrichment to advise the Corporation. Authorizes the President, with respect to any matter in which he determines that the national interest so requires, to issue directives to the Corporation as to the exercise of its authority, and such directives shall be binding upon the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 17415 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Energy Cost Parity Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator to pay 75 percent of the cost of residual fuel oil over the baseline price ($7.50 per barrel for calendar year 1975) to regulated public utilities. States that payments to regulated public utilities under this Act shall not, in any event, exceed $3.00 per barrel of residual oil used to generate electricity. States that only regulated public utilities transferring the cost reductions resulting from payments under this Act shall be eligible to receive such payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 17400 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, to establish a program of research and development in the production of synthetic liquid fuels in the United States. States that such program will be designed to test the methods and feasibility of producing synthetic liquid fuels on a commercial scale. Authorizes such sums to be appropriated as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1454 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President does not have authority to exempt any crude oil from price controls under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 (except as provided in section 4(e) (2) and 4(g) (1) (B) of such Act); and (2) the regulation under section 4 of that Act should not be amended in a manner which results in an increase in the price of crude oil produced in the United States.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1453 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the House that the United States is committed to an energy pricing, import, and tax policy which will: (1) limit the price of all new domestic crude oil to a level that reflects its long-term supply price (no more than $7 to $8 per barrel) rather than the dictates of the OPEC cartel as a major element in a concerted effort to control exorbitant prices, reduce domestic inflation, and prevent unreasonable profits by exporter governments and United States companies alike; and (2) reduce imports of high-cost foreign oil by one million barrels per day, and thereby combat inflation, and cut over $4,000,000,000 from our balance-of-payments deficit. Declares that the United States should adopt legislation which will: (1) extend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act; and (2) mandate a program of international and domestic contingency planning to deal with energy shortages at home and abroad. Declares that the United States should adopt a national energy conservation policy which will include mandatory provisions designed to: (1) result in a 30 percent improvement in automobile mileage in the 1976 model year and a 100 percent improvement by 1980; and (2) commit the Nation to greater investment in a broadened mass transit program. Expresses the sense of the House that the United States is committed to an energy production policy, energy research and development program, the creation of an Energy Research and Development Administration to administer the energy research and development effort, and a program of Federal, State, and local cooperation on these problems.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1452 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Directs the President of the United States to furnish the House of Representatives within 10 days data regarding his proposal to classify as new oil, all oil extracted from domestic oil wells by secondary methods.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 677 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Declares that the present controlled price of $5.25 per barrel of oil is sufficient to encourage secondary recovery methods; and the proposed decontrol of the price of oil produced domestically by secondary recovery methods is opposed by the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such proposal should be withdrawn forthwith.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1447 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the price of domestic oil shall not be decontrolled.
Bill· SS. 4140 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Petrodollar Reporting Act - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury a Task Force on Petrodollar to be composed of specified Cabinet and other Federal officers. States that the Task Force shall: (1) collect and analyze data on the use, transfer, and investment of foriegn exchange earnings by oil exporting nations, particularly nations comprising the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; (2) examine the implications of the flow of revenue received from abroad by oil exporting nations from the sale of oil produced by nations who are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, as the flow of such revenue affects the United States and the world and consider appropriate action to deal effectively with such implications; and (3) report to the President and the Congress not less than 4 times in each fiscal year on the findings of the Task Force together with such recommendations as the Task Force determines necessary and appropriate. Grants to the Task Force the information gathering powers necessary to carry out its functions under this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 430 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the domestic price of oil shall not be decontrolled.
Bill· HRH.R. 17322 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
United States Enrichment Corporation Act - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation for the following purposes: (1) to acquire feed material, enriched uranium, and the Commission's uranium enriching and related facilities, and to enrich uranium; (2) to distribute enriched uranium to the Atomic Energy Commission for governmental purposes and to qualified domestic and foreign persons by sale or by the provision of enrichment services; (3) to take all appropriate action to stimulate and assist in the development of a private enterprise uranium enrichment capability; (4) to conduct its activities so as to strengthen free competition in private enterprise and assumption by private industry of full commercial and industrial responsibility for uranium enrichment as soon as possible, and promote international cooperation in matters relating to availability of enriched uranium for nuclear reactor fuel as well as retention for the United States of an appropriate share of the market for enriched uranium for peaceful purposes in cooperating nations; (5) to expedite attainment of the maximum production potential of its own plans as soon as practicable in order to preproduce enriched uranium for future deliveries, while planning and, as circumstances permit, taking appropriate action to withdraw from its own commitments for future delivery of enriched uranium as private enterprise becomes able to assume such commitments; (6) to operate, to the extent consistent with its other objectives, on a businesslike, economic, efficient, and self-financing basis; (7) to transfer part or all of its business and properties to private ownership as provided for in this Act; (8) to pursue in coordination with the Atomic Energy Commission and private industry, as appropriate, a vigorous course of research and development; and (9) to take all other lawful action in furtherance of the foregoing purposes, except that the Corporation shall not construct any new enrichment capacity or additions to existing enrichment plants without an amendment to this Act expressly granting such authority. Provides that this provision shall not apply to improvements, alterations, maintenance, or repairs to the existing Government-owned gaseous diffusion plants, or new enrichment capacity planned primarily for research, development, demonstration, or experimentation purposes. Provides for the composition of a Board of Directors. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Uranium Enrichment to advise the Corporation. Authorizes the President, with respect to any matter in which he determines that the national interest so requires, to issue directives to the Corporation as to the exercise of its authority, and such directives shall be binding upon the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 17343 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Energy Cost Parity Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator to pay 75 percent of the cost of residual fuel oil over the baseline price ($7.50 per barrel for calendar year 1975) to regulated public utilities. States that payments to regulated public utilities under this Act shall not, in any event, exceed $3.00 per barrel of residual oil used to generate electricity. States that only regulated public utilities transferring the cost reductions resulting from payments under this Act shall be eligible to receive such payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 17316 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Establishes an energy stamp program to provide up to twenty-five dollars worth of energy stamps per month to low-income households to help meet fuel costs incurred by such households. Provides that participation in this program shall be limited to households with an annual income of less than $6,500 (as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare).
Bill· HRH.R. 17238 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Energy Revenue and Development Act - Title I: Energy Trust Fund; Outer Continental Shelf Revenues Energy Trust Fund - Establishes the Energy Trust Fund and authorizes the transfer to it of specified rentals, royalties, or other sums paid to the Secretary of the Navy in connection with leases on the Outer Continental Shelf made between June 5, 1950 and enactment of this Act. Authorizes such additional appropriations to the Fund as may be necessary under this Act. Directs the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) to develop and direct a program of energy research, development, utilization, and conservation. Authorizes the FEA to enter into contracts with persons for exploration, development, and production of energy resources. Authorizes the FEA to guarantee loans for such purposes. Allows the FEA to purchase, at cost plus a reasonable profit, energy produced from such contractual arrangements. Authorizes the FEA to make monetary awards to persons and institutions for scientific contributions to the FEA's energy activities. Authorizes appropriations from the Energy Trust Fund to carry out this Act. Requires the payment to the States of 60 percent of the first $50,000,000 (and thereafter a lesser percentage up to $100,000,000) of the income from adjacent Outer Continental Shelf leaseholds. Authorizes the payment to adjacent States of $1 times the daily capacity in barrels from oil refineries refining oil from the Shelf. Establishes the Commission on Energy Technology Assessment, headed by a Presidentially appointed Commissioner and a Board. Requires the Commission to advise the FEA, analyze the quality of FEA's work, establish priorities in energy research and development, and identify impacts from energy technology and its economic costs. Requires persons entering contracts under this title with the FEA to keep records available for audit by the Comptroller General. Title II: Changes in Income Tax Deduction Allowed For Percentage Depletion of Oil and Gas Wells - Sets forth the formula for determining the percentage depletion deduction for domestic oil and gas wells. Disallows any such deduction on foreign wells for persons not claiming a domestic deduction. Title III: Termination of Price Controls - Terminates in one year the authority under the Economic Stabilization Act to stabilize prices of energy products and specified steel pipe and drilling equipment in short supply. States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, but shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas, to the local distribution of natural gas, to the facilities used for such distribution, to the production or gathering of natural gas, or to the sale of natural gas dedicated for the first time to interstate commerce, produced from wells commenced on the date of enactment of this Act for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, by any person whose principal business is not the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce. States that the Commission shall have no power to deny, in whole or in part, that portion of the rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas company for or in connection with the purchase of natural gas exempt from the Natural Gas Act as provided in this title.
Bill· HRH.R. 17273 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Provides that no agency of the United States shall construct a nuclear powerplant in any county unless such construction is approved by a referendum in that county, except in time of war or emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 17292 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Federal Utility and Energy Low-Income Subsidy Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program to provide financial assistance to low and moderate income families to pay the increased costs of utility services to eligible families. States that the Secretary shall establish uniform national standards of eligibility for the benefits to be provided under this Act, and establishes specified minimal classes of households and landlords as eligible for such benefits. Provides that the State agency designated by the Secretary to administer this program shall certify, under rules prescribed by the Secretary, the eligibility of households and landlords for benefits provided by this Act. Provides that a household or landlord may be certified for a period of not less than three nor more than twelve months. Provides that the Secretary shall pay to each such State agency 50 percent of its administration costs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the percentage of utility expenses to eligible families that will be paid by the program according to the income of such family in relation to the maximum allowable income for eligibility for benefits under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to pay up to 90 percent of such expenses. Provides that any State requesting aid under this Act shall submit a plan to the Secretary for his approval indicating specified procedures and programs to be carried out under such a plan. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17257 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Outer Continental Shelf Energy Policy Act - Title I: Findings - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that it is in the interest of the United States to develop its domestic petroleum resources but only after consideration of energy alternatives and conservation measures. Title II: Orderly Development of Outer Continental Shelf Resources - Calls for a revision of a projected ten-year leasing plan for the Outer Continental Shelf, enumerating the elements comprising such plan. Directs that a survey program be conducted of oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires that such program provide a basis for the development of safety and environmental regulations for the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf. Provides for a research and development program to improve technology related to development of the oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf, particularly where such research is not being effectively conducted by any public or private entity. Calls for the regular inspection of all operations authorized pursuant to a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and for enforcement of safety regulations. Limits strict liability under such Act to $100,000,000 for all claims arising out of any one incident. Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Liability Fund to be administered by persons holding leases. Establishes an Impacted Coastal State Fund and authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants from the fund to impacted coastal States to assist them in activities to ameliorate adverse environmental consequences and to control secondary impacts associated with the development of Federal energy resources in or on the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the submerged lands of such States. Provides for citizens suits for violations of the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. Requires that a report be filed with recommendations for promoting competition or the leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf lands. Provides for the enforcement of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by the Attorney General. Requires that a study be made to establish a baseline of critical parameters of the Outer Continental Shelf environment which may be affected by oil and gas development prior to the permitting of such development. Provides, under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, for: (1) a revision of lease terms; (2) disposition of Federal royalty oil; (3) the filing of an annual report; (4) the insuring of orderly and timely development of oil and gas leases; and (5) geological and geophysical exploration. Title III: Piepline Safety - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on appropriations and staffing needed to monitor pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf to assure that they meet all applicable standards. Provides for a review of shut-in or flaring wells.
Bill· HRH.R. 17252 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to promote the efficient use of energy by directing the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, to prepare building insulation standards to be used by those interested in establishing energy conservation requirements for new construction. Specifies the types of standards to be set. Provides for the dissemination of such building insulation standards.