Energy

Department of Energy High-Performance Computing Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989

Department of Energy High-Performance Computing Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to develop and implement a long-range plan for high-performance computing at the Department of Energy. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a national multi-gigabit-per-second computer network, to be known as the National Research and Education Network (NREN), to link government, industry, and higher education, and to accomplish other objectives. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) research and development of high-performance computer software; and (2) the development of improved software tools and components to facilitate the development of software for high-performance computer systems. Directs the Secretary to define and provide advanced software technology support to research groups collaborating to address fundamental problems in science and engineering, with broad economic and scientific impact, requiring high-performance computing (Grand Challenge problems). Directs the Secretary to establish collaborative research groups concerned with a particular Grand Challenge and provide them with specified types of support. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) programs to develop software tools and components to accelerate software development, especially for supercomputers; and (2) high-performance computing research centers to accelerate the development and application of new generations of high-performance computing technology. Authorizes appropriations for research and development on scientific Grand Challenges, development of advanced software technology, and high-performance computing research centers. Directs the Secretary to provide for support of research and development of high-performance computer systems. Requires, in addition, that the Department of Energy purchase early market and production model computer systems and subsystems for use in high-performance computing research centers and other research programs within the Department. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to address the long-term need for high-performance computing by supporting certain types of basic research, creating technology transfer mechanisms, and educating and training more researchers. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with, solicit help from, provide funds to, or enter into contracts with private contractors, industry, government, universities, or other entities in carrying out this Act.

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a technology research and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Mandates that such program include a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification process for completed standard designs for commercial nuclear reactor facilities employing nuclear reactor technologies. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual status report to the Congress regarding the certification program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of public hearings held to determine specified aspects of the research and demonstration program. Sets forth guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to: (1) encourage the siting, licensing, financing, construction, and operation of facilities for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission in regions where the Secretary finds a need for additional electric generating capacity; and (2) issue requests for implementation proposals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Requires the NRC to submit specific recommendations to the Congress for changes in the licensing requirements of commercial nuclear power reactors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a review of commercial nuclear reactor technologies in other nations. Requests the NRC to report to the Congress on any licensing problems associated with the commercial nuclear reactor technologies identified in the Secretary's report. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual status report to the Congress regarding the research and demonstration program.

Relating to electric utility investments in the more efficient use of energy.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that States and State regulatory State regulatory commissions should: (1) encourage their utilities to compare all feasible supply- and demand-side alternatives, taking into consideration the impact upon all ratepayers of utility investments in those alternatives; (2) consider the loss of earnings potential associated with utility investments in demand-side resources; and (3) adjust their regulatory systems to ensure that a utility's least-cost investment alternative is its most profitable course of action.

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas exploration leases or licenses on submerged lands off the coastlines of the eastern seaboard, western seaboard, and Alaska (the Outer Continental Shelf). Retains the leases, licenses, and permits in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to cancel (with compensation) specified leases or permits in effect on such date. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on alternative options for compensating leaseholders of specified land tracts.

Correcting the enrollment of the bill S. 488.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Makes a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 488 (Federal assistance to a renewable energy research and development program).

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accountability Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accountability Act of 1989 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to mandate that any person appointed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must: (1) file a financial disclosure report with the Office of the General Counsel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and (2) not have had any significant financial relationship with an entity subject to NRC regulation during the two-year period preceding such appointment. Precludes a former NRC commissioner from accepting compensation from a utility subject to NRC licensing jurisdiction during the two-year period following separation from NRC employment. Subjects violators to a civil penalty.

To authorize reimbursement by the Secretary of the Interior of certain expenditures at the Minidoka Project, Idaho and Wyoming.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse the Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Idaho, for expenditures incurred to meet environmental protection requirements for hydroelectric power development at the Island Park Dam and Reservoir, Upper Snake River Division, Minidoka Project, Idaho and Wyoming. Requires that any moneys appropriated under this Act be placed in escrow until the hydroelectric power facilities are in service. Provides that if the facilities are not in service by December 31, 1992, all moneys and accumulated interest shall be returned to the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations.

Competitive Wholesale Electric Generation Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989

Competitive Wholesale Electric Generation Act of 1989 - Authorizes public utility holding companies that are exempt from the provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to acquire business interests in generators used exclusively for selling electric energy at wholesale (exempt wholesale generators). Declares that the ownership of exempt wholesale generators shall not result in the owner's being considered as primarily engaged in the sale or generation of electric power under the Federal Power Act. Preserves the ratemaking authority of the States. Defines circumstances under which electric energy charges by a public utility exempt wholesale generator will be considered unjust and unreasonable.

To clarify the exempting authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989

Provides that for purposes of retaining the exempt status of a certain holding companies under the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935, a particular indirectly owned electric utility company incorporated in another State shall be deemed to be operating as part of the holding company and not as a separately incorporated company.

Waiving all points of order against the conference report on the bill (H.R. 2461) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strenghts for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and against the consideration of such conference report.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989

Waives points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2461 (armed forces funding) and against its consideration.

Designating membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989

Elects Representative Glen Browder and Representative Gene Taylor to the Committee on Armed Services. Elects Representative Jim McDermott to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Elects Representative Edolphus Towns to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Elects Representative Mel Levine to the Committee on the Judiciary. Elects Representative Gene Taylor to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Elects Representative George E. Sangmeister to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Elects Representative Pete Geren to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Specifies the ranking order of: (1) Representative Charles A. Hayes on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee; and (2) Representative Gary Condit on the Agriculture Committee.

Natural Gas Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989

Natural Gas Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement a research and demonstration program of cofiring (of natural gas and coal) in utility and large industrial boilers in order to determine optimal natural gas injection levels for environmental and operational benefits; and (2) provide financial assistance for half the costs of such cofiring technology projects. Authorizes appropriations.

Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989

Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1989 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Energy to grant nonprofit educational institutions automatic remissions of civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations; and (2) the exemptions granted to specified research institutes from such penalties. Increases the monetary fines and imprisonment terms for persons indemnified under an indemnification agreement who knowingly violate the Act's safety rules.

Michael H. Newlin, of Maryland, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-third Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

United States · United States Senate · 31 October 1989

Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Amendment Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989

Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Amendment Act of 1989 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to reduce the primary oil and gas lease terms for noncompetitive leases from ten to five years.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate oil and gas lease LA 033164.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1989

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate a certain numbered oil and gas lease.

Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1989

Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Act of 1989 - Title I: Offices of Environment, Safety, and Health and Waste Management and Environmental Restoration Within the Department of Energy - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE): (1) an Office of Environment, Safety, and Health to be headed by an Assistant Secretary; and (2) an Office of Waste Management and Environmental Restoration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary. Title II: Application of OSHA to DOE Nuclear Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary): (1) to publish a draft plan phasing in application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to DOE nuclear facilities; and (2) to submit the final plan to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Title III: Radiation Research - Directs the Secretary to appoint a Panel for Evaluation of Epidemiological Programs of the Department of Energy to evaluate DOE epidemiology programs and report its findings to the Secretary with respect to DOE epidemiology data management and research programs (including studies of the incidence, distribution, and control of disease occurring in connection with radiation or radionuclides). Sets forth the Panel's structure and provides for its termination after submission of its final report. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOE an Epidemiologic Data Repository containing specified data relating to employee exposure to radiation and radionuclides. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary must grant certain independent researchers access to epidemiologically relevant departmental raw data. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995. Title IV: Radioactive Waste Remediation Research - Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish within DOE a comprehensive research, development, and demonstration program regarding state-of-the-art management of mixed wastes (part solid and part nuclear) generated at DOE nuclear facilities; (2) transfer to the private sector advanced technologies of such mixed waste management; and (3) designate a DOE national laboratory as a mixed waste technology research and development center. Requires such mixed waste technology program to include cost-shared private sector joint ventures and cooperative development. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to develop model standards and regulations for the disposal of mixed wastes generated at Department nuclear facilities. Directs the Secretary to provide funding for the development of such standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title V: Monitoring of Health and Radiological Conditions in the Northern Marshall Islands - Directs the Secretary to continue to maintain a comprehensive program of specified radiological contamination activities in the northern Marshall Islands and to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991, 1992, and subsequent years. Title VI: Whistleblower Protection - Declares that the employee protection provisions of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 apply to DOE nuclear facility contractors and to their employees. Title VII: Mixed Hazardous Waste - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to declare that the definition of solid waste does not include: (1) certain source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials; and (2) waste emplaced in either a specified repository or Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Title VIII: Nuclear Facilities Cleanup Compliance Agreements - Mandates that a nuclear facilities cleanup compliance agreements be negotiated within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act among the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and each affected State in which a noncomplying facility is located. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on any failure to reach such an agreement. Declares that in the event of such failure, the Attorney General or the affected State may institute an action in the appropriate Federal district court to determine the content of a compliance agreement. Declares such an action the exclusive means by which failure to reach agreement may be resolved. Declares that during the period in which a cleanup compliance agreement is pending neither DOE nor its nuclear facility contractors shall be liable for noncompliance with environmental laws. Mandates that fines and penalties collected by a State for nuclear facility violations of environmental laws may only be used for environmental protection measures at such facilities. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary may pay attorneys' fees incurred by an individual in connection with an action for violation of Federal or State environmental law.

Richard T. Kennedy, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-third Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

United States · United States Senate · 25 October 1989

To establish within the Department of Energy an Office for Environment, Safety, and Health.

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989

Establishes within the Department of Energy an Office for Environment, Safety, and Health, to be headed by an Assistant Secretary assisted by a Chief Environment Officer, a Chief Safety Officer, and a Chief Health Officer. Outlines the Assistant Secretary's functions, including: (1) establishing a coordinated Departmental policy on environment, safety, and health issues; (2) reviewing Departmental procedures regarding such policy issues; (3) acquiring updated information through technical liaison with experts in nuclear facilities safety and health; and (4) reporting to the Congress regarding such coordinated Departmental policy.

Martin Lewis Allday, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 20, 1993, vice Charles G. Stalon, term expiring.

United States · United States Senate · 17 October 1989

Marginal Energy Producers Incentives Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1989

Marginal Energy Producers Incentives Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the oil and natural gas allowance to allow a tax deduction to the transferee in the case of a transfer of proven oil or gas property. Increases from 50 percent to 100 percent (thus removing) the net income limitations on the use of such depletion allowances. Sets a percentage depletion allowance of 15 percent for the marginal production of domestic crude oil or natural gas by independent producers. Makes the alternative minimum tax preference for percentage depletion inapplicable to such marginal production.

Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1989

Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish and implement a research and demonstration program for cofiring natural gas with coal in utility and large industrial boilers; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate parties for demonstrating cofiring technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include cofiring activities within the scope of the research and development income tax credit; (2) apply the accelerated cost recovery system to cofiring equipment; and (3) exclude depreciation associated with cofiring equipment from taxable income under the alternative minimum tax. Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that its new source performance standards do not include any physical change or change in the manner of operation of an electric utility or industrial boiler related to cofiring natural gas with coal (thus exempting such facilities from the Act's permit review and performance standards).

A bill to affirm that certain orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were and are within the Commission's authority under the Natural Gas Act and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989

Declares that specified provisions of the Natural Gas Act and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 constitute the proper authority for certain Orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Declares that such Orders are reinstated as of the respective dates of their issuance even though a certain Federal Court of Appeals decision has held that the Commission exceeded its statutory authority in issuing them.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1990, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1990 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990; (5) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (7) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (8) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (10) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990; and (11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to initiate or resume any activity for which funds were not available during FY 1989. Provides for the continuation of projects or activities when the House of Representatives and the Senate differ in amounts or authority. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the Defense Department for new production of items not funded in FY 1989 or previous years, to increase production rates beyond those sustained with FY 1989 funds, for other specified activities not funded or authorized in FY 1989, or to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated subsequently. Makes appropriations as necessary for projects or activities under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990, as provided for in a specified conference report. Makes funds available under this Act until the earliest of: (1) October 25, 1989; (2) enactment of an appropriation for any activity or project provided for in this Act; or (3) enactment of the applicable appropriations without any provision for such activity or project.

James D. Watkins, of California, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-third Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

United States · United States Senate · 20 September 1989

To eliminate the requirement for certain refunds or penalties under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989

Amends the National Gas Policy Act of 1978 (relating to the enforcement of maximum prices for first sales of natural gas) to provide that certain refunds or penalties do not apply if the sales price exceeded the maximum statutory price solely because of a certain court decision which vacated a specified Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order.

Mickey Leland Minority Economic Impact Revitalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989

Mickey Leland Minority Economic Impact Revitalization Act - Title I: Minority Economic Impact Revitalization - Authorizes the Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact of the Department of Energy (the Office) to establish a working capital program providing loans and venture capital to minority and women-owned business enterprises to commercialize technologies developed through the Department, provide start-up capital for enterprises in the energy technology fields, and strengthen businesses dealing with the Department. Prescribes the eligibility criteria for such businesses. Requires the Secretary of Energy to select from among bids submitted to him an administrative financial institution (AFI) to administer the loan program component. Requires the AFI to establish a loan committee to oversee loan applications. Requires such committee and the Secretary to jointly establish a scheme for the participation of additional financial institutions. Authorizes a minority business enterprise (MBE) to request the participation of a specific financial institution with which it conducts business. Outlines loan application procedures. Sets a five-year maximum loan term. Authorizes an MBE to request technical or managerial assistance through the central Energy Related Minority Business Enterprise Center of the Department. Authorizes the Secretary to establish venture capital partnerships with venture capital organizations. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) provide financial assistance in the form of grants to an MBE to assist its full participation in the Department's research, development, and contract activities; and (2) limit the use of such assistance to providing funds necessary for such MBEs to bid for and obtain contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to hire a specified number of additional personnel to administer the working capital program. Directs the Office to coordinate and develop: (1) Department of Energy programs involving historically black colleges and universities; and (2) the Minority Financial Institution Deposit Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to the Department for a working capital program and for an economic development program involving the establishment of a central energy-related minority business enterprise development center in the Office. Title II: Nuclear Waste Fund - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest excess Nuclear Waste Fund monies in the Minority Bank Deposit Program of the Department of the Treasury.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Reform Act of 1989 - Title I: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Fund and Liability - Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Authorization Act to repeal the limits placed on liability for oil pollution damages caused by a holder of a pipeline right-of-way. Declares that certain liability provisions of the Act shall apply only to incidents occurring before the enactment of this Act. Title II: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Trust Fund - Establishes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Trust Fund (TAPS Trust Fund). Imposes a specified fee on oil transported through the trans-Alaska pipeline, and directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to deposit such fees into the TAPS Trust Fund for the safe and environmentally sound operation of the trans-Alaska pipeline system. Title III: Improvement of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System - Establishes the Presidential Task Force on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to: (1) conduct a comprehensive audit and review of the trans-Alaska pipeline system; (2) make recommendations to the President and the Congress; (3) function as a permanent forum for improved oversight and enforcement of safety and environmental laws related to the trans-Alaska pipeline system; and (4) report to the President and the Congress regarding the audit results. Requires an annual report to the President and the Congress. Establishes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Terminal Advisory Council to: (1) assist trans-Alaska pipeline operators and government officials in developing policies, permits, and regulations relating to pipeline facilities that may effect public health and safety and the environment; and (2) serve as a forum for industrial users, owners, and operators of terminal facilities to work cooperatively with local residents. Conditions use and operation of pipeline and terminal facilities along the trans-Alaska right-of-way upon cooperation with the Advisory Council through frequent consultation, attendance at meetings, and by granting the Council access to all facilities and requested documents and information. Directs the Advisory Council to submit an annual status report to the Task Force, the Governor of Alaska, and the Congress. Title IV: Alaska Oil Spill Recovery Institute - Directs the Secretary to establish the Alaska Oil Spill Recovery Institute to: (1) research and implement oil spill cleanup and prevention technology in the arctic and subarctic marine environment; and (2) assess the long-term Exxon Valdez oil spill's effects upon the Alaskan environment and natural resources. Directs the Institute to establish a Scientific and Technical Committee to advise its Board of Directors. Directs the Institute to submit an annual status report to the Governor of Alaska and to the Congress. Title V: Penalties - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase the civil penalty for noncompliance with such Act to $20,000. Directs the Secretary to adjust such penalty on a triennial basis to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index. Directs the Secretary to assess a civil penalty for any oil discharges occurring at various transit stages related to the trans-Alaska pipeline. Imposes joint, several, and strict liability upon the owners of oil for the full amount of penalties assessed for an oil discharge (or any threat of one). Sets a minimum civil penalty amount of $1,000 per barrel of oil discharged. Title VI: Provisions Applicable to Alaska Natives - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to declare that solely for the purposes of bringing oil pollution liability claims, all Federal interest in lands validly selected but not yet conveyed to Alaska Native Corporations are deemed to have vested in the respective corporations as of March 23, 1989. Amends Federal law to direct the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a study of the issues of recovery of damages, contingency plans, and coordinated actions in the event of an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean. Title VII: State Laws and Programs - Declares that this Act does not preempt or affect State laws, programs, and authorities regarding oil pollution liabilities. Directs the President to consult with the affected States regarding any oil discharges.

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require certain Department of Energy contractors to provide protection to their employees against reprisal for disclosure to an appropriate Government official of information which the employee reasonably believes evidences misconduct in carrying out contracts relating to atomic energy defense activities.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989

Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations prohibiting a Department of Energy contractor from implementing reprisals against any employee because the employee disclosed to an appropriate Federal official that the employer's Federal contract evidences violations or misconduct regarding atomic energy defense activities.

To require the Secretary of Energy to give States the authority to monitor environmental compliance at certain Department of Energy nuclear facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989

Requires the Secretary of Energy to grant authority to each State in which a nuclear facility of the Department of Energy weapons complex is located to have access to facility records and buildings without prior announcement and to continually monitor air and water emissions from such facility. Provides that: (1) such authority shall be provided under, and subject to, terms negotiated in an agreement between the Governor of the State and the Secretary; and (2) any such agreement shall require that each person who carries out activities authorized under this Act shall have an appropriate security clearance.

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989 - Grants congressional approval to amendments made by the party States to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact which provide for: (1) withdrawal from the Compact; and (2) the maximum length of time a party State is required to operate a regional facility.

Marginal Energy Producers Incentives Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Marginal Energy Producers Incentives Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the oil and natural gas allowance to allow a tax deduction to the transferee in the case of a transfer of proven oil or gas property. Increases from 50 to 100 percent (thus removing) the net income limitations on the use of such depletion allowances. Sets a percentage depletion allowance of 15 percent for the marginal production of domestic crude oil or natural gas by independent producers. Makes the alternative minimum tax preference for percentage depletion inapplicable to such marginal production.

A bill to clarify the exempting authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1935.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to cite conditions under which a holding company and its electric utility subsidiary are exempt from the provisions of such Act.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from April 1, 1990, through December 31, 1993, authorities relating to domestic energy supply availability. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to curtail petroleum product acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for a maximum 30-day period and sell any such product not yet injected into the Reserve if the President finds that a severe regional or national energy supply interruption is imminent. Directs the Secretary to submit monthly and final reports to the Congress during such petroleum diversion periods. Authorizes the Secretary to draw down and distribute the SPR during such periods according to prescribed guidelines. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must amend the SPR Plan to provide plans for the completion of storage of 1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum products in the Reserve. Increases from: (1) FY 1989 to 1995 the President's mandate to implement petroleum acquisition and injection activities; and (2) 750,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 the number of barrels of crude oil which must be stored in the SPR. Directs the Secretary to: (1) use funds appropriated for FY 1991 to develop interim storage facilities; and (2) provide that at least five percent of the total petroleum product volume acquired for the SPR each fiscal year is refined petroleum product. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a test drawdown and distribution through the sale or exchange of a maximum of 5,000,000 (currently 1,100,000) barrels of SPR crude oil. Mandates a test drawdown and distribution, except in specified circumstances, using electronic communication devices and services to expedite transmission of documents. Provides that for purposes of establishing regional petroleum reserves any State that is an island shall be considered a separate Federal Energy Administration Region. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a study to determine: (1) the feasibility of exporting drawdown SPR crude oil in exchange for either a foreign refined petroleum product or for the purpose of having it refined outside the United States for consumption of the resulting product in the United States; and (2) the feasibility of establishing regional petroleum reserves with Federal and non-Federal funding; (3) the impact of crude oil exports from California and the Alaskan North Slope upon oil prices and the consumer; (4) the extent to which export controls could be expanded under existing law to provide for additional domestic petroleum exports; and (5) the need to waive certain statutory requirements to assure the availability of a sufficient supply of tankers to distribute crude oil from the SPR at the onset of a severe energy supply disruption of imported crude oil.

National Energy Policy Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

National Energy Policy Act of 1989 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an international global agreement on the atmosphere by 1992. Title I: National Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transmit to the Congress a "least cost national energy plan" with forecasts, priorities, inventories, and targets for meeting such national goals. Sets forth the plan's contents. Mandates revision and resubmission of the Plan to the Congress every two years. Title II: Office of Climate Protection - Establishes the Office of Climate Protection which shall be responsible for: (1) participation by the Department of Energy in various domestic and international agencies involved in global climate change analysis; and (2) the monitoring of U.S. energy policies for atmospheric and global warming effects, with annual reports on such effects. Title III: Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A - Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a high priority to energy efficiency in departmental programs, buildings, and equipment; and (2) submit to the Congress evaluation reports regarding the policy options necessary to produce a two to four percent annual decrease in the energy use per unit of gross national product through the year 2005. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1991 through 1993 include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for innovative energy efficiency research and development. Authorizes appropriations for energy efficiency research and development programs for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary to issue a general request for proposals dealing with energy efficiency technologies. Sets forth guidelines for Federal financial assistance for such proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish and provide financial assistance to joint research and development ventures with specialized private firms and investors in order to establish at least five regional centers for energy-intensive industries. Requires such industries to conduct research and development on common industrial processes to improve energy efficiency and reduce production and emission of carbon dioxide and trace gases into the atmosphere. Authorizes appropriations for such centers and requires the industries for which the centers are established to contribute matching funds starting in 1992. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Energy Analysis Team to analyze and make recommendations regarding energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in Federal buildings. Sets guidelines for the Federal building energy conservation program to be implemented by the Secretary and Federal agencies. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for regulations to be formulated and implemented by State governments requiring the assignment of an energy efficiency rating to residential buildings. Directs the Secretary to establish a technical and managerial support program for State and local governments adopting energy efficiency rating systems or building codes. Adds incandescent and fluorescent lamps to the list of covered consumer products to which energy efficiency standards apply. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe energy conservation standards and test procedures for such projects by January 1, 1990; and (2) establish energy efficiency labels for windows. Subtitle B - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the State regulatory authorities, nonregulated electric utilities, and nonregulated gas utilities to hold public hearings regarding the implementation of Federal standards concerning utility rates based upon least cost investment. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying conservation. Mandates that such rules: (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement. Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Title IV: Energy Research and Development Priorities - Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for energy research and development programs using prescribed criteria. Title V: State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation programs which receive Federal assistance include as a goal reduction of ten percent or more in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in that year. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1991 through 1993. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to: (1) recommend and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report annually to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of State energy conservation programs. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act regarding limitations upon Federal weatherization assistance for low-income persons. Lists conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of: (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Title VI: Renewable Energy - Subtitle A - Solar Development Initiative Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a complementary solar and renewable energy research program which: (1) has near-term commercial applications; and (2) enhances the international competitiveness of the solar and renewable energy industries. Requires the Secretary to include funding for such program in the FY 1991 budget. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers regarding the application of solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the renewable energy technologies programs established by the Secretary of Commerce should be funded in FY 1991 through 1993 through the Department of Energy at a specified minimum level. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to direct the President to take into account, when determining whether to designate a beneficiary country, the degree to which it undertakes self-help measures to promote energy self-sufficiency using locally available renewable energy resources. Mandates that the design for new Federal facilities for specified agencies include consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable energy forms. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to mandate that a specified minimum percentage of loan authority be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants, and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities. Prohibits the use of administrative funds for such projects. Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) repeal provisions regarding loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures; (2) mandate that a certain percentage of loan authority be used only for small business energy measures; and (3) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to give due consideration to the export potential of solar and renewable energy loan guarantees in an annual report to the Congress. Subtitle B - Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 - Sets forth specified national goals for the current wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal energy programs. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1991 to contain the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy for specified Department of Energy research and development programs for 1995, including biofuels energy systems, solar buildings energy systems, ocean energy systems, and geothermal energy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for: (1) the wind energy research program; (2) the photovoltaic energy systems program; (3) the solar thermal energy systems program; (4) the biofuels energy systems program; (5) the solar buildings energy systems program; (6) the ocean energy systems program; and (7) the geothermal program. Requires the Secretary to submit an options analysis to the Congress regarding the accelerated commercialization of specified renewable energy technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish joint research and development ventures in specified energy technologies, and to report to the Congress on the implementation of such plans. Directs the Secretary to establish the following advisory bodies: (1) Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology; (2) Advisory Subcommittee on Photovoltaic Energy Technology; (3) Advisory Subcommittee on Wind Energy Technology; (4) Advisory Subcommittee on Solar Thermal Energy Technology; (5) Advisory Subcommittee on Energy Performance in Factory-Made Housing; (6) Advisory Subcommittee on Advanced District Cooling Technology; and (7) Advisory Subcommittee on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Exports. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for such joint ventures. Requires the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce and Trade to promote renewable energy technology exports. Authorizes appropriations for such Committee activities for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the research programs and ventures under this Act. Requires each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan to be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, development, and demonstration, including energy conservation and renewable energy technologies. Subtitle C - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding: (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include industries using fuel cell technology under the Renewable Energy Industry Development Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, for cities and municipalities specifying environmental and safety standards for use of fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within the same period of time, to report to the Congress an assessment of the export market potential for integrated systems of fuel cells with renewable power technologies. Subtitle D - Hydrogen Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time. Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions, including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization. Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration technology plan. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan which shall include: (1) the potential applications for the use of hydrogen; (2) technical market and economic readiness assessments for such potential applications; (3) an assessment of Government actions needed to develop such application; and (4) an analysis of the impact of such applications on domestic energy supplies. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program. Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board, which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1991 through 1996. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practicable time. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Congress an annual plan description, including any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides that the Administrator shall consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1992 through 1996. Title VII: Advanced Civilian Reactor Programs - Directs the Secretary to implement, according to certain guidelines, a research, development, and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual comprehensive report to the Congress regarding the progress of reactor designs which meet the guidelines set out for such demonstration program. Title VIII: Fusion - Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding international collaboration in research, development, and demonstration in technology for the production of electricity from magnetic and inertial confinement fusion. Title IX: Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally funded projects under the Department of Energy's Clean Coal Technology Program. Directs the Secretary to establish and implement: (1) research and development programs demonstrating techniques for carbon dioxide recovery and disposal from motor vehicles, electric utility power operations, and industrial manufacturing processes; and (2) a comprehensive program in the fundamental physics and chemistry of coal combustion. Directs the Secretary to support research to improve the efficiency of coal-generated electricity and industrial processes, giving priority to those projects with the greatest potential for reducing the generation of carbon dioxide. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Title X: Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit. Sets as a prerequisite to such agreements that the participating municipal government provide at least 25 percent of the demonstration costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement a program promoting the development and commercialization of natural gas use in motor vehicle fleets by providing for the purchase and construction of alternative fuel vehicles and associated refueling equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to implement a technician training program to convert conventional fuel vehicles to natural gas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative financial assistance agreements with the Gas Research Institute to perform research and development to improve natural gas vehicle technology. Directs the Secretary to implement a research, development, and demonstration program (including joint research and development ventures) on nonconventional natural gas recovery techniques, as well as improved techniques for recovering gas from discovered reservoirs. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide financial assistance to, certain parties to construct and demonstrate high efficiency heat engines. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to transmit a biennially updated research and priorities list to certain congressional committees. Title XI: Natural Resource Policy - Subtitle A: General - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the ecological and environmental resources that would be affected by a global climate change. Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the relative impact on global warming of all Federal forest land management programs, including timber sales and reforestation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a national forestation initiative. Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit to the Congress a study regarding the potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions through targeted urban tree plantings designed to reduce air conditioning needs in buildings. Subtitle B: Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such Forest. Repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of the timber supply from Forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, fisheries habitats, biological diversity, the old growth rain forest ecosystem, and other specified items. Requires the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry to be included, for cooperation and consultation, in a study of the Forest timber supply and demand. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate specified long-term timber sale contracts, and to revise the Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan of 1979 in a manner that fully protects long-term environmental and recreational concerns. Requires the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees regarding the status of such Forest Plan revision schedule. Imposes a moratorium on timber sales and harvest until the Forest Plan is completely revised and ready for implementation. Title XII: Basic Science Initiatives - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 to specified Federal agencies to conduct certain climatological and ecological research. Title XIII: Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest plan with goals for each tropical country. Requires the Administrator to: (1) ensure that all financial support activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (2) take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury are directed to promote multilateral tropical forestry programs and to report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after the date of enactment of this Act requiring wood and products containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the names of such wood and the countries of origin. Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from: (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities in rural areas. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy from fossil fuels. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon end use energy efficiency, least-cost energy planning, and energy conservation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to: (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of an energy conservation and efficiency program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan prioritizing energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to: (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to encourage the adoption of joint initiatives of debt reduction and conversion by the public and private sectors in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director to notify the staff of each multilateral development bank that future Federal contributions will be conditioned upon the successful implementation of a specified energy efficiency program; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the progress made by each multilateral development bank in implementing the energy efficiency program. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title XIV: International Activities - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Secretary of State shall convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection convention with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act. Sets forth a percentage reduction schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding nuclear safety issues, including nuclear waste disposal. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy sources, including measures for international energy cooperation, and world population reduction. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning: (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals; and (4) a report to the Congress on Agency practices regarding the overseas use of renewable energy technologies. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long-term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991. Names the year of such program the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect. Title XV: Moderating World Population Growth - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for international population and family planning assistance. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) involuntary sterilization; (2) abortion; or (3) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services.

To amend the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to prohibit the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility within 100 miles of any of the Great Lakes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Amends the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to prohibit the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility within 100 miles of the ordinary high water mark of Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, or Superior.

Department of Energy Minority Economic Impact Revitalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Department of Energy Minority Economic Impact Revitalization Act - Title I: Minority Economic Impact Revitalization - Requires the Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact of the Department of Energy (the Office) to establish a working capital program providing loans and venture capital to minority and women-owned business enterprises to commercialize technologies developed through the Department, provide start-up capital for enterprises in the energy technology fields, and strengthen businesses dealing with the Department. Prescribes the eligibility criteria for such businesses. Requires the Director to select from among bids submitted to the Office an administrative financial institution (AFI) to administer the loan program component. Requires the AFI to establish a loan committee to oversee loan applications. Requires such committee and the Director to jointly establish a scheme for the participation of additional financial institutions. Authorizes a minority business enterprise (MBE) to request the participation of a specific financial institution with which it conducts business. Outlines loan application procedures. Sets a five-year maximum loan term. Authorizes an MBE to request technical or managerial assistance through the central Energy Related Minority Business Enterprise Center of the Department. Requires the Director to establish venture capital partnerships with venture capital organizations. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary of the Department of Energy to: (1) provide financial assistance in the form of grants to an MBE to assist its full participation in the Department's research, development, and contract activities; and (2) limit the use of such assistance to providing funds necessary for such MBEs to bid for and obtain contracts. Directs the Secretary to hire a specified number of additional personnel to administer the working capital program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 to the Department for a working capital program and for an economic development program involving the establishment of a central energy-related minority business enterprise development center in the Office. Directs the Office to coordinate and develop: (1) Department of Energy programs involving historically black colleges and universities; and (2) the Minority Financial Institution Deposit Program. Title II: Nuclear Waste Fund - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest excess Nuclear Waste Fund monies in the Minority Bank Deposit Program of the Department of the Treasury.

To apply the provisions of OSHA to certain Department of Energy nuclear facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to apply it to certain Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including specified defense, production, utilization, and waste storage or disposal facilities). Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate specific regulations and standards to govern the application of OSHA to such facilities. Requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and its Director to: (1) perform functions authorized by OSHA at such facilities; and (2) conduct hazard evaluations, including ionizing radiation evaluations, at such facilities. Requires the Secretary of Energy and each contractor operating such a facility to: (1) cooperate with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the conduct of an inspection or investigation under OSHA at such facility; (2) grant access to enable the conduct of such inspection or investigation; and (3) provide all information necessary for such inspection or investigation. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, to protect the confidentiality of information, to deny access to any person who has not been granted a security clearance or access authorization or does not require access in connection with duties to enforce OSHA.

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1989

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest. Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act. States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only. Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers. Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap regulation based on base rates and cumulative changes in a Competitive Pipeline Price Index. Precludes a pipeline from conditioning its services upon entering into other transactions or on taking or refraining from any action. Retains the applicability of all antitrust laws to pipeline transportation of crude oil or refined oil products. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of this Act five years after the conclusion of all adjudications.

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1989

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest. Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act. States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only. Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers. Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap regulation based on base rates and cumulative changes in a Competitive Pipeline Price Index. Precludes a pipeline from conditioning its services upon entering into other transactions or on taking or refraining from any action. Retains the applicability of all antitrust laws to pipeline transportation of crude oil or refined oil products. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of this Act five years after the conclusion of all adjudications.

Department of Energy National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1989

Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 - Title I: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1990 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) verification and control technology; (4) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (5) security investigations; (6) new production reactors; (7) naval reactors development; and (8) capital equipment not related to construction. Places special funding limitations for DOE for FY 1990 on the following programs and projects: (1) SDI; (2) inertial confinement fusion; (3) special isotope separation; and (4) Lance Warhead follow-on. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified FY 1990 DOD research and development funds for the performance of work on SDI. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Part C: Defense Energy Technology Transfer - Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure: (1) that by means of appropriate transfers of federally owned or originated technology to the public or private sectors the investment of research and development funds in the military application of atomic energy results in the development of civilian applications for, and commercialization of, advanced technologies; and (2) that such transfers do not interfere with the national security mission of DOE. Provides that, whenever in the course of a Government contract or subcontract entered into in connection with a DOE nuclear defense research program a contractor makes an invention or discovery which would normally vest as a property right of the United States, such contractor may submit a request to the Secretary of Energy for a waiver of any or all of such property right of the Government in such invention or discovery. Provides that, in the case of a granted waiver, all rights of the United States not reserved by the Secretary shall vest in the contractor. Authorizes the Secretary to deny the request for a waiver if the Secretary determines that such invention or discovery: (1) is covered by a provision of a funding agreement; (2) has been designated as sensitive technical information under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or (3) is in the best interest of the United States to retain. Requires the Secretary to notify the contractor of such a denial in a timely manner. Outlines other matters to be considered by the Secretary in determining whether or not to grant or deny such a waiver request. Requires each DOE contract for the management and operation of a defense programs national laboratory to include a provision which authorizes the manager or operator of the laboratory to negotiate any cooperative research and development agreement with: (1) any other Federal department or agency; (2) any unit of State or local government; (3) any industrial organization; (4) any public or private foundation; (5) any institution of higher education or any other nonprofit organization; (6) any licensee of an invention or computer software owned by the laboratory manager or operator; and (7) any other person or entity. Outlines provisions authorized to be included in such cooperative research and development agreements. Provides that such agreement may not take effect unless the Secretary approves it or fails to take any action which indicates disapproval of such agreement. Requires the laboratory manager or operator to submit such agreement to the Secretary for approval or disapproval. Allows the Secretary 30 days to disapprove such an agreement. Requires written notice to the laboratory manager or operator of disapproval. Requires agreements between related persons or entities to be specifically approved by the Secretary before taking effect. Outlines factors to be considered by the Secretary in determining whether to approve, disapprove, or require the modification of a proposed cooperative research and development agreement. Outlines the effect of other laws on a specifically-approved agreement. Limits to ten percent of the revenue provided for in an annual budget of a defense programs national laboratory the amount which may be derived from nonappropriated funds pursuant to cooperative research and development agreements. Requires each DOE contract for the management or operation of a defense programs national laboratory to specify that: (1) any royalties or other income earned by the manager or operator of such laboratory from the licensing or assignment of intellectual property rights in any invention made in the course of a cooperative research and development agreement shall be used in the same manner as income under Federal funding agreements; (2) any such royalties obtained in like manner from the licensing or assignment of intellectual property rights in any computer software or other technical data made in the course of such an agreement shall also be used in the same manner as income under Federal funding agreements; and (3) the costs of obtaining, protecting, and licensing intellectual property rights in inventions, computer software, or other technical data made in the course of such an agreement shall be allowable costs under contracts for the management and operation of such a laboratory. Outlines additional intellectual property rights matters in relation to such agreements. Exempts the United States and any laboratory manager or operator from liability for damages resulting from the use of a product that is related to any invention, discovery, software, or other data in which the United States or such manager or operator has an intellectual property interest reserved or acquired pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act and to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees if regulations are not issued within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to modify existing contracts with laboratory managers and operators in order to incorporate the changes made under this Act. Repeals a provision of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 relating to the protection of sensitive technical information in DOE inventions or discoveries (superseded by this Act). Part D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to require the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to jointly report to the Congress concerning the production of the 155-millimeter artillery-fired automatic projectile. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to designate not more than 25 positions in DOE as critical positions. Terminates such designation authority three years after enactment of this Act. Outlines provisions concerning the rates of pay for positions designated as critical. Authorizes the Secretary to designate not more 250 positions in DOE as special scientific, engineering, and managerial positions. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to provide equal participation of the Secretary of Defense with the Secretary in the nuclear test ban readiness program outlined under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make necessary payments, and earmarks funds, for a Rocky Flats, Colorado, decontamination and cleanup agreement entered into between DOE and the State of Colorado. Title II: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title III: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the President to make specified changes in quantities of materials to be acquired for the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) as provided under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Authorizes the President, during FY 1990 and 1991, to use specified amounts from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for the purpose of stockpile acquisitions. Authorizes the President, during FY 1990 and 1991, to dispose of specified materials in the NDS that have been determined to be excess to the current requirements of the stockpile. Title IV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act of 1989 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to protect against hydrocarbon (oil or gas) drainage within Federal-State boundaries by fostering cooperative development of hydrocarbon resources. Authorizes either a State or the Attorney General to institute a civil action in Federal district court to prevent the drainage of hydrocarbon resources: (1) of the United States by a State or State permittee; or (2) of the State by the United States or a Federal permittee. Mandates that the court provide temporary injunctive relief if the Secretary and the State do not agree upon a cooperative development method for the common hydrocarbon-bearing area. Authorizes appropriations to compensate the State of Louisiana for the net drainage of oil and gas resources as determined in a specified Third Party Factfinder Study.

To extend the deadlines under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Washington.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1989

Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend, for a designated period, the time required for a specified licensee to commence construction on certain small hydroelectric generation facilities on the Cowlitz River in Washington.

Victor Stello, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Defense Programs), vice Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 24 July 1989

To extend time limitations on certain projects.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1989

Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend, for a designated period, the time required for specified licensees to commence and complete construction for certain small hydroelectric generation facilities (on the White River, Arkansas), including the acquisition of real property for such facilities.

An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1990 for environmental restoration and the management of defense waste and transportation, to establish and carry out a defense waste cleanup technology program, to provide for the establishment of a blue ribbon task group on environmental restoration and defense waste management, to modify the Department of Energy nuclear defense mission, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989

Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1990 for environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) report periodically to specified congressional committees regarding each major Department of Energy (DOE) national security program; and (2) identify all such programs for such committees. Requires the Secretary to submit to the committees a five-year budget plan for DOE national security programs at the same time as the President submits the budget to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to establish a defense waste cleanup technology program for: (1) the reduction of environmental hazards and contamination resulting from defense waste; and (2) environmental restoration of inactive defense waste disposal sites. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual status report to the Congress on such program. Directs the President to establish a Blue Ribbon Task Group on Environmental Restoration and Defense Waste Management to examine and report to the President and the Congress regarding environmental restoration activities and defense waste management operations and disposal. Requires the President to report to certain congressional committees on the Task Force membership and a detailed plan for completing the Task Force's report to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to establish a management training program for DOE personnel involved in the management of atomic energy defense activities. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) provide for the safe disposition of hazardous waste resulting from nuclear materials activities; and (2) implement research and development of technologies needed for effective negotiation and verification of international agreements on control of special nuclear materials and weapons.

A bill to provide a method underwhich the state of New Mexico can continue certain federal highway road work.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989

Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the design, row acquisition, construction, and upgrading of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities and destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project.

Common Hydrocarbon-Bearing Area Cooperative Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989

Common Hydrocarbon-Bearing Area Cooperative Development Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to protect against hydrocarbon (oil or gas) drainage within Federal-State boundaries by fostering cooperative development of hydrocarbon resources. Authorizes either a State or the Attorney General to institute a civil action in Federal district court to prevent the drainage of hydrocarbon resources: (1) of the United States by a State or State permittee, or (2) of the State by the United States or a Federal permittee. Mandates that the court provide temporary injunctive relief if the Secretary and the State do not agree upon a cooperative development method for the common hydrocarbon-bearing area. Authorizes appropriations to compensate the State of Louisiana for the net drainage of oil and gas resources as determined in a specified Third Party Factfinder Study.

For the relief of Noco Energy Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989

Requires the reliquidation of a certain numbered duty entry and the refund of duty made.

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the outer continental shelf off the State of Florida.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from engaging in any leasing activity with respect to specified submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida. Directs the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for the United States to follow when buying back any existing oil or gas lease on such lands.