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United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Interstate Commerce Commission should not grant a certain petition to exempt from interstate commerce regulation export coal carried by railroads to U.S. ocean ports.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Prohibits, under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the issuance of any oil or gas lease in the Great Lakes.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Low-Income Energy Assistance Trust Fund Act of 1981 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to make unrefunded petroleum price control overcharges available for energy assistance. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the Energy Assistance Trust Fund which shall be available for home energy assistance, residential energy efficiency programs, and other energy programs to assist low-income energy consumers. Appropriates funds which shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Trust Fund and report to Congress annually, starting with fiscal year 1982, on the Trust Fund's financial condition and operations for the preceding fiscal year and for the next five fiscal years. Sets forth investment requirements pertaining to the Trust Fund. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office of Energy Special Council. Transfers the Office of Special Counsel of the Department of Energy to the Energy Special Council. Requires that the Energy Special Council transmit to the President and Congress a plan for the collection of petroleum price control overcharges made in violation of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Requires the Comptroller General to review periodically the Energy Special Council's activities and report quarterly to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Prohibits, between December 1, 1981, and June 30, 1982: (1) any major energy concern (including foreign investors) from acquiring more than five percent of any other major energy concern or domestic petroleum company; or (2) any domestic petroleum company from acquiring more than five percent of a major energy concern. Prohibits, during the above time period, any major energy concern from acquiring assets valued at more than $500,000,000 from any other major energy concern or domestic petroleum company. Permits the Attorney General to grant exceptions to the prohibitions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Repeals requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 that State regulatory authorities and nonregulated electric utilities report to the Secretary of Energy on their consideration of the ratemaking standards established by such Act and that the Secretary report annually to the President and Congress on their reports and on Federal action with respect to retail electric utility rates.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the energy investment tax credit for equipment used aboard or installed on fishing vessels which reduces fuel consumption.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the percentage depletion allowance for any geothermal energy source (currently, such energy must be in "deposits"). Qualifies for the residential energy credit and the investment tax credit all of the equipment of a system using both geothermal energy and a source not eligible for a credit if geothermal energy provides more than 80 percent of the energy for which the system was designed. Allows such credits for portions of such systems which produce, distribute, or use a source of energy which is at least 50 percent geothermal energy.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to eliminate certain reporting requirements relating to shut-in and flaring oil and gas wells.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
States that the Federal Government should promote energy conservation through low-income weatherization assistance, energy conservation information programs, and funding of energy conservation research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Implementation Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for: (1) intentionally possessing or transferring nuclear material which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property; or (2) stealing, embezzling, or threatening to use any such material.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Public Utility Financial Reform Act - Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to provide a new exemption from the provisions of such Act (except the prohibition on acquisitions without SEC approval of public-utility company securities by any persons who are affiliates of such company) for a holding company with one subsidiary public-utility company whose operations do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and States contiguous to such State. Declares that the exemption of a holding company shall not be affected by the ownership of a public-utility company by a public-utility subsidiary of such holding company if the holding company is predominantly a public-utility company whose operations do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and States contiguous to such State. Permits a holding company which is exempt under this Act to engage in any business, but requires that any such business which is not incidental or necessary to the operation of a public-utility company be conducted through a separate nonutility subsidiary of such holding company.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal crime to willfully injure or destroy, or attempt to injure or destroy, the trans-Alaska pipeline system.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Energy Mobilization Act of 1981 - Title I: General Provisions - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to improve the United States' balance of payments, reduce the threat of economic disruption from oil supply interruptions, and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil by establishing a process for expediting agency action with respect to priority energy projects designed to facilitate energy conservation, production, and research and development. Defines the terms used in this Act. Excludes from coverage under this Act nuclear energy projects. Title II: Council on Energy Mobilization - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Council on Energy Mobilization to carry out this Act. Empowers the Council to issue subpoenas. Requires the Council to provide Congress with any information it may request. Directs the Council, upon designation of any energy project as a priority energy project, to notify the Governor of each State in which such project is or may be located. Authorizes each such Governor to appoint a nonvoting representative to participate in matters respecting such project. Title III: Priority Energy Projects - Directs the Council to establish procedures for submission of applications to the Council for an order designating an energy project as a priority energy project. Permits any person planning or proposing an energy project to apply to the Council for a priority designation. Directs the Council to publish a notice in the Federal Register of any applications filed and make such applications available for public inspection and comment. Requires the Council to designate a project as a priority energy project, reject the application, or determine additional time is needed to consider the application within 60 days of receipt of an application. Requires publication of such Council decisions in the Federal Register. Directs the Council to publish in the Federal Register a Project Decision Schedule for all Federal agency decisions and actions relating to a priority energy project within 30 days of a priority designation. Requires the Council to negotiate and enter into written cooperative agreements, where possible, with affected non-Federal agencies to establish deadlines for non-Federal agency decisions or actions on a Project Decision Schedule. Limits Project Decision Schedules to 12 months, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Council to establish special procedures in the Project Decision Schedule for any Federal agency subject to such schedule designed to consolidate agency procedures, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and provide uniformity. Directs the Council to request affected non-Federal agencies to suggest a timetable for their actions with respect to priority energy projects. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to determine if a Federal agency decision or action with respect to a priority energy project will be a major Federal action significantly affecting the environment and to designate, if necessary, a lead agency to supervise the preparation of an environmental impact statement. Authorizes the Council to make such determination or designation if the CEQ fails to do so before establishment of the Project Decision Schedule. Permits all Federal agencies governed by a Project Decision Schedule to establish special procedures to aid them in meeting the deadlines under such schedules. Directs the Council to monitor compliance by the agencies and the project with a Project Decision Schedule. Authorizes the Council to modify a Project Decision Schedule at any time. Empowers the President to act upon Council recommendation, in lieu of any Federal agency which fails to make a decision or take action within the time required by a Project Decision Schedule. Permits a Project sponsor to bring an action in U.S. district court to require compliance if a Federal agency has failed or is likely to fail to comply with a Project Decision Schedule. Grants the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals exclusive jurisdiction to review all rulings of such district court. Permits the Council to terminate a priority designation at any time. States that such a termination renders this Act no longer applicable to such project. Permits reapplication for a priority designation. Title IV: Judicial Review - Sets forth procedures governing judicial review by the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of actions with respect to priority energy projects. Makes judgments or orders by the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals subject to review by the Supreme Court under certain circumstances. Limits any grant of temporary injunctive relief to 120 days. Specifies the types of actions over which the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals shall have original and exclusive civil jurisdiction, as well as those actions which shall not be subject to judicial review. Title V: Application of New Federal Statutes or Regulations to Priority Energy Projects - Permits the sponsor of a priority energy project to petition the Council for relief from any Federal law or regulation enacted or issued after the date of the priority designation but before commercial operation begins which would substantially impede project completion. Authorizes the Council to recommend to the President the suspension of final regulations or statutes as they apply to such a project. Permits such a suspension only upon Council determination that it would not threaten public health or safety and only for a period of up to ten years. Requires a separate suspension for each Federal statute affected. Makes each suspension granted applicable to only one priority energy project. Prohibits suspensions which: (1) relate to labor standards, civil rights, securities laws, the Internal Revenue Code, or antitrust laws; (2) violate a primary air quality standard under the Clean Air Act; (3) abridge any person's Constitutional rights; (4) contravene any interstate compact, State or local law, or Federal contract relating to water rights; or (5) suspend, modify, or amend any Federal, State, or local criminal code. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Council to report annually to Congress on the current status of its activities, on the status of each priority energy project, and on energy projects which are being delayed for any reason. Requires an annual report to Congress which contains a comprehensive list and analysis of all Federal laws that significantly hinder energy project completion. States that this Act shall not affect State law governing the appropriation, use, or diversion of water. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from April 1, 1982, to June 30, 1985: (1) the authority for oil companies to carry out voluntary agreements for implementing the allocation and information provisions of the international energy program; and (2) the antitrust exemption for oil companies participating in such program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1981
Domestic Petroleum Company Acquisition Act of 1981 - Amends the Clayton Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to undertake a comprehensive study of the effects of acquisitions of domestic petroleum companies by major international energy concerns and to report the findings to Congress. Prohibits, between January 1, 1982, and September 30, 1982, any major international energy concern from acquiring more than five percent of a domestic petroleum company.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Northeast-Midwest States Federal Hydropower Financing Authority Act - Establishes the Northeast-Midwest States Hydropower Financing Authority (the Corporation). Makes the incorporation of such Authority effective upon notification of the Secretary of Energy by the Governors of at least four eligible Northeast-Midwest States of their desire to be members of the Corporation. Provides that the Corporation's Board of Directors shall consist of each Governor of a member State and a Chairman appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans and loan guarantees for hydropower development to member States, political subdivisions thereof engaged in retail electric service, power authorities of such States, and rural electric cooperatives, interstate compact river commissions, and consumer- and stockholder- owned electric utilities which are located within member States. Sets forth limitations and conditions with respect to the making of such loans and loan guarantees. States that the Corporation's principal office shall be maintained in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Requires that the Corporation maintain complete and accurate accounts and file with Congress annually a financial statement and a complete report on the Corporation's business. Requires the Comptroller General to audit the Corporation's transactions at least annually. Requires that the U.S. Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy, complete for each member State a study of hydroelectric power potential in the State. Prohibits the approval of a loan application under this Act unless the Governor of the State in which the project to be developed with the loan is located is notified and does not disapprove of the project within 60 days of such notification. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Energy Community Self-Help Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to elect to deduct in one taxable year otherwise deductible prepaid State or local taxes, fees, rents, or royalties which are used by such States or localities to meet population growth needs arising out of the operation of major energy and resource development activities. Specifies that the prepayment of such taxes, fees, etc. must be permitted or required by State or local law. Defines "operation of major energy and resource development" as the development, operation, and construction of any facility used primarily for the development of minerals, operated in connection with a synthetic fuel project, or an electric generation facility designed for coal use. Requires that capital expenditures for such facility or gross income received over the life of such facility exceed $50,000,000. Allows an income tax deduction for amounts paid to State and local governments as energy impact assistance. Defines "energy impact assistance amounts" as contributions made to State and local governments to provide certain facilities or services required to meet population growth needs resulting from energy and resources development activities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Implementation Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for: (1) intentionally possessing or transferring nuclear material which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property; or (2) stealing, embezzling, or threatening to use any such material.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4700 (Presidential control of oil supplies).
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
States the disapproval of the House of Representatives to further production from the Naval Petroleum Reserves known as Elk Hills and Teapot Dome.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1981
Federal Trade Commission Petroleum Supply and Effects Evaluation Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to evaluate the impact on interstate commerce and consumers of acquisitions of domestic petroleum companies by major international energy concerns. Requires the FTC to report its findings to Congress by December 15, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 23 November 1981
Amends the Federal Power Act to eliminate utility ownership limitations on qualifying small power production facilities and cogeneration facilities. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require the exemption of investments or interests in small power production facilities or cogeneration facilities from the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act, or State laws with respect to the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities if such exemption is necessary to encourage cogeneration or small power production.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Public Utility Holding Company Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to exempt from the prohibition on the issuance or sale of securities and the alteration of stockholder rights by registered companies: (1) certain security transactions by a subsidiary of a registered holding company if the subsidiary is a public-utility company, such a transactions's purpose is to finance the subsidiary's business or the business of another subsidiary in the same holding-company system, and such a transaction is expressly authorized by the State in which the subsidiary is doing business; (2) certain security transactions by a registered holding company or its subsidiary pursuant to a declaration effective under such Act; and (3) certain transactions involving the securities of a subsidiary by a registered holding company which is not a public-utility company if the value of the securities involved does not exceed a specified amount. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish requirements with respect to the consolidated security structure of a registered holding company system to prevent an unsound financial practice. Authorizes the SEC to exempt certain security transactions upon application by a registered holding company or its subsidiary if such transactions are not detrimental to the public interest or to investors or consumers. Makes declarations with respect to security transactions filed by registered companies pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 effective on the twentieth day after filing, absent SEC disapproval or SEC approval subject to terms and conditions in the form of a preliminary order. Sets forth the procedures for final approval or disapproval of a declaration. Permits the filing of amendments to a declaration. Authorizes the SEC to permit a declaration to become effective earlier than the dates specified under this Act. Requires the SEC to permit a declaration to become effective unless the acts which are the subject of the declaration are not in compliance with State laws or involve an unsound financial practice. (Currently there are several conditions precedent to permitting a declaration to become effective.) Requires prior SEC approval of acquisitions by a registered holding company or its subsidiary of public-utility company securities or utility assets. Eliminates prior SEC approval of acquisition of other types of business interests by a registered holding company or its subsidiary. Requires that the SEC permit a registered holding company to retain an interest in any non public-utility related business unless such interest is detrimental to the protection of investors or consumers. (Currently the SEC may permit such a business interest if it is reasonably incidental or economically necessary to the operations of one or more integrated public-utility systems.) Requires that the SEC permit a registered holding company to retain any combination in existence on May 1, 1981, of gas utility systems and electric utility systems unless such a combination of systems does not comply with certain location and size requirements under this Act. Permits registered holding companies or their subsidiaries to borrow from other companies in the same holding-company system and to enter into certain transactions with other companies if such transactions are expressly authorized by the States in which the companies or their subsidiaries are doing business. Authorizes the sale of utility assets used by a public-utility company subsidiary if expressly authorized by a State commission with jurisdiction over such subsidiary. Prohibits the SEC from considering earnings attributable to contracts with non-associate companies in determining the permissible cost to be charged an associated company by any subsidiary of a registered holding company. Permits subsidiaries of registered holding companies to perform any sales or service contracts and certain construction contracts if the contracts are in the public interest and consistent with the interests of investors and consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to exclude from the definition of "public-utility company" a gas utility company: (1) which owns or operates only facilities used for the retail distribution of natural or manufactured gas wholly within a single State; or (2) the intrastate gas utility rates of which are subject to State regulation. Allows such exclusion only if every company which controls such gas utility company is the issuer of registered securities or is controlled by such an issuer.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Diversification Amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 - Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to exempt from its provisions holding company with one subsidiary public- utility company whose operations do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and States contiguous to such State. Retains for such holding company the prohibition on acquisitions without SEC approval of public-utility company securities by any persons who are affiliates of such company. States that the exemption of a holding company shall not be affected by the ownership of a public- utility company by a public-utility subsidiary of such holding company if the holding company is predominantly a public-utility company whose operations do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and States contiguous to such State.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981
Department of Defense Renewable Energy Utilization Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of a military department concerned to procure energy systems powered by solar or other renewable forms of energy which are cost effective when energy systems are needed for new facilities, mobile power systems, and other uses. Expresses the sense of Congress that up to 20 percent of the amount spent upon such systems should go to small business concerns. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report biennially to the appropriate committees of Congress on studies conducted to identify applications of renewable energy forms to Department needs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981
Expresses the sense of Congress that the timely completion of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System is important and that a revised set of waivers of law should be expeditiously considered.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1981
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Private Financing Act - Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 to require natural gas purchasers to pay their proportionate cost of the transportation and acquisitions costs of Alaskan natural gas. Exempts from the maximum price sales provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 the first sale of any natural gas produced from the Prudhoe Bay Unit of Alaska. Waives provisions of the report to Congress on the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System (September 1977) to the extent necessary to permit producers of Alaska natural gas to participate in the ownership of the Alaska pipeline segment of the approved transportation system. Requires certain antitrust consideration and findings. Waives provisions of the Natural Gas Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act which place certain restrictions on the importation and exportation of Alaska natural gas with respect to Canada.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Coal Distribution and Utilization Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to determine whether any proposed interstate coal pipeline distribution system is in the national interest. Permits the exercise of the power of eminent domain with respect to the construction of any coal pipeline distribution system determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest. Prohibits the acquiring through eminent domain of water, historic sites, and wildlife or wilderness refuges. Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way through Federal lands for coal pipelines. Prohibits the use of water found within a State for an interstate coal pipeline distribution system, unless the use is pursuant to State law.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Low-Income Energy Assistance Trust Fund Act of 1981 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to make unrefunded petroleum price control overcharges available for energy assistance. Establishes in the U. S. Treasury the Energy Assistance Trust Fund which shall be available for home energy assistance, residential energy efficiency programs, and other energy programs to assist low-income energy consumers. Appropriates funds which shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Trust Fund and report to Congress annually, starting with fiscal year 1982, on the Trust Fund's financial condition and operations for the preceding fiscal year and for the next five fiscal years. Sets forth investment requirements pertaining to the Trust Fund. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office of Energy Special Council. Transfers the Office of Special Counsel of the Department of Energy to the Energy Special Council. Requires that the Energy Special Council transmit to the President and Congress a plan for the collection of petroleum price control overcharges made in violation of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation act of 1973. Requires the Comptroller General to periodically review the Energy Special Council's activities and report quarterly to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1981
National Petroleum Supply Evaluation Act of 1981 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with others, to investigate the impacts of acquisitions of domestic petroleum companies by major international concerns and to report to Congress concerning such investigation by May 1, 1982. Requires the investigation to evaluate the effect of such acquisition on the exploration, development, production, refining, transportation, distribution, and marketing of domestic petroleum supplies. Prohibits any major international energy concern from acquiring more than five percent of any domestic petroleum company between October 1, 1981, and June 30, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Energy Conservation Incentive Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1985 the period to which the investment tax credit for energy property applies. Defines "automatic energy control system" for purposes of such credit. Extends availability of the residential energy credit through 1986. Increases from $2,000 to $3,000 the allowable energy conservation expenditures and from $10,000 to $15,000 the allowable renewable energy source expenditures which qualify for such credit. Qualifies as an energy conservation expenditure an expenditure for a professionally conducted energy audit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Commercial Business Energy Tax Credit Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in the definition of "specially defined energy property," for purposes of the investment tax credit, specified additional equipment and devices installed in connection with any existing industrial, retail, or commercial facility for the purpose of reducing energy consumption. Revises the definition of "energy property" to include insulation property. Increases the energy percentage, for purposes of such credit, in the case of property which is qualified for the credit under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Requests the President to direct the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy to begin discussions with Canadian officials on establishing a joint strategic petroleum reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981
Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit the North Slope Borough, Alaska, to extract and use coal for heating and the generation of electricity.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981
Natural Gas Market Transition Act of 1981 - Title I: Natural Gas Price Control Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to establish a monthly maximum price on the first sale of natural gas produced from any well where: (1) surface drilling began on or after January 1, 1980; and (2) the drilling is pursuant to an authorized Federal or State permit. States that such maximum price shall be equal to the Btu equivalent of the current adjusted refiner's petroleum acquisition cost. Defines such cost as 80 percent of the average crude oil acquisition cost of U.S. refiners during the preceding month. Sets forth another method of determining the maximum price for the first sale of any natural gas not described above. Exempts high-cost natural gas from the price limitation. Provides that the above price limitations shall be effective beginning January 1, 1982. Eliminates all price controls on first sales of natural gas beginning January 1, 1985. Deems, for purposes of any contractual pricing provision, any maximum lawful price under the Act to be a just and reasonable rate established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Declares certain indefinite price escalator clauses against public policy and unenforceable, effective January 1, 1985. Defines an indefinite price escalator clause as any provision of any contract which: (1) provides for the pricing of natural gas by reference to other nautral gas or petroleum products; (2) allows for pricing of natural gas by negotiation. Defines an area rate clause as any contractual provision which bases the contract price for the first sale of natural gas on any Federally established price, without regard to whether the clause specifies the identity of the Federal authority. Provides, effective January 1, 1985, for the application of a maximum price to certain contracts containing such a clause until such a contract terminates or is renegotiated. Provides that, effective January 1, 1985, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall not apply to any first sale of natural gas committed to interstate commerce before enactment of this Act. Provides that before January 1, 1985, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the jurisdiction of the Commission shall not apply to any first sale of natural gas committed or dedicated to interstate commerce prior to enactment of this Act which is: (1) high cost natural gas; (2) new natural gas; (3) natural gas produced from any new onshore production well; or (4) natural gas from any well at which surface drilling commenced on or after January 1, 1980. Provides that the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 shall preempt any State or local law which precludes the recovery of any amount paid with respect to any natural gas purchase if: (1) such amount is just and reasonable; and (2) the amount is not excessive due to fraud. Title II: Elimination of Certain Fuel Use Restrictions - Repeals the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. Title III: Elimination of Certain Restrictions on Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution - Terminates the incremental pricing provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Provides that the Natural Gas Policy Act and the jurisdiction of the Commission shall not apply: (1) to any sale or resale of natural gas and that the gas shall not be considered in interstate commerce if transported in interstate commerce by pipeline; and (2) to natural gas from the outer Continental Shelf sold intrastate. Prohibits the Commission from specifying the minimum duration of any contract to purchase natural gas. Eliminates required offers and rights of first refusal on the sale of natural gas to certain individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a residential energy conservation tax credit for wood or anthracite burning stoves.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which provide incentives for energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources should not be repealed or amended to reduce such incentives.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981
Coal Severance Tax Limitation Act of 1981 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to limit to 12 1/2 percent of the value of the coal produced yearly the amount of all State and local severance taxes or fees on coal mined from Indian or Federal lands and shipped in interstate commerce to any powerplant or major installation.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax, at the rate of ten dollars per barrel, on Libyan crude oil sold in the United States. Sets forth rules for the application of the tax to refined products of Libyan crude oil. Prescribes a registration requirement as a condition of liability for the tax imposed under this Act. Allows an income tax deduction for the payment of such tax. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish in the U.S. Treasury a Strategic Petroleum Reserve Trust Fund to be used only for the acquisition and storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund, at least quarterly, the net revenues from the tax imposed under this Act for the fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make available to the Secretary of Energy such Trust Fund amounts as the Secretary of Energy determines are necessary for the acquisition and storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Prohibits the importation of Libyan crude oil into the United States after December 31, 1982, by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including certain foreign subsidiaries or affiliates of corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Commercial Business Energy Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in the definition of "specially defined energy property," for purposes of the investment tax credit, specified additional equipment and devices installed in connection with any existing industrial, retail, professional, or commercial facility for the purpose of reducing energy consumption. Revises the definition of "energy property" to include insulation property.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1981
States that the House of Representatives and Senate approve the President's recommendation for a waiver of law pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1981
Expresses the approval of the House and Senate of a waiver of law (relating to private financing of the Alaska pipeline project) pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the naval petroleum reserves and naval oil shale reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax, at the rate of ten dollars per barrel, on Libyan crude oil sold in the United States. Sets forth rules for the application of the tax to refined products of Libyan crude oil. Prescribes a registration requirement as a condition of liability for the tax imposed under this Act. Allows an income tax deduction for the payment of such tax. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish in the Treasury a Strategic Petroleum Reserve Trust Fund to be used only for the acquisition and storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund, at least quarterly, the net revenues from the tax imposed under this Act for the fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make available to the Secretary of Energy such Trust Fund amounts as the Secretary of Energy determines are necessary for the acquisition and storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Prohibits the importation of Libyan crude oil into the United States after December 31, 1982, by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including certain foreign subsidiaries or affiliates of corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Directs the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to report to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget to formally request any amendments to law relating to compensation of employees. Prohibits the Board from implementing any program that would result in compensation to TVA employees in excess of the statutory Federal pay cap.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Energy Impact Mitigation Tax Incentive Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for any energy impact assistance made by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Defines "energy impact assistance" as an expenditure made for the purpose of providing either public facilities or services which are designed to meet the needs of area population growth resulting from energy development. Directs that expenditures must be certified as having been made to conform with the State's or appropriate political subdivision's plan to meet this need. Includes certain payments of tax, fees, rent, or other payments to the Federal Government, State, or political subdivision.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies of the Gibson Dam powerplant in Montana. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and operate surge relief with respect to the Muddy Creek Basin erosion control project in Montana upon a finding of financial feasibility and compliance with environmental law. Authorizes appropriations for construction, operation, and maintenance of such project.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Energy Impact Mitigation Act of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to make impact assistance available to communities affected by any type of major energy development. Revises criteria for assistance so that eligibility will be based upon population growth. Makes assistance available to affected Indian tribes. Limits a planning grant to 75 percent of planning costs. Sets a ceiling on the total amount available for planning grants. Prohibits the denial or delay of any license related to major energy development based on an area's failure to be designated as an impacted area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate an organizational unit to provide information and advise communities affected by major energy development activities. Directs the President to establish an interagency council to coordinate all Federal programs which may provide assistance to meet needs resulting from major energy development activities. Title II: Amendments to the Energy Security Act - Amends the Energy Security Act to require the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, when reviewing applications for financial assistance, to consider the potential socioeconomic impact on communities of the proposed synthetic fuel project. Authorizes the Corporation to guarantee loans issued by local governments solely to provide funds for public facilities and services designed to prevent or mitigate adverse social and economic impact caused by synthetic fuel projects receiving financial assistance from the Corporation. Title III: Amendments to the Mineral Leasing Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to permit the prepayment of rentals and royalties. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to require prepayment if operations under the lease are likely to cause substantial adverse social and economic effects.