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51 records in 2005
Germany · Bundesrat · 23 December 2005
Regelung der Kosten für Amtshandlungen der Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen
European Union · EUR-Lex · 23 December 2005
Austria · Federal Council · 21 December 2005
Mündliche Anfrage der Bundesrätin Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker (Grüne) an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Dr. Martin Bartenstein betreffend Steigerung des Anteils an erneuerbaren Energien
Austria · National Council · 21 December 2005
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Festlegung von wirksamen Klimaschutzzielen in Österreich und auf EU-Ebene
Austria · National Council · 21 December 2005
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Brigid Weinzinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Import- und Handelsverbot von Hunde- und Katzenfellen
Austria · National Council · 21 December 2005
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Wilhelm Molterer, Dr. Josef Cap, Herbert Scheibner, Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Verurteilung der antiisraelischen und antisemitischen Äußerungen des iranischen Präsidenten Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
United States · United States Senate · 21 December 2005
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2005
Directs the Clerk of the House of the Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 2863 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006) by striking Division C, the American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2005 (allowing oil well drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and Division D, the Distribution of Revenues and Disaster Assistance.
Austria · National Council · 19 December 2005
Sammelbericht des Ausschusses für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen über die Petitionen Nr. 59, 61, 62, 64, 68, 69 und 71 sowie über die Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 26 und 27
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2005
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish criteria for designating chemical sources, using specified risk factors, and evaluating the types of facilities (other than Department of Defense or Department of Energy facilities) in consideration; and (2) designate chemical sources already in existence. Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules establishing a risk-based tier system of chemical sources, based on such criteria, which enables a chemical source to develop appropriate site-specific measures to meet the security performance standards established for the applicable tier. Requires such rules to provide guidance to the chemical source owner or operator on steps that would enable the source to move to a lower risk tier. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require chemical source owners or operators to make vulnerability assessments, site security plans, and emergency response plans. Requires chemical sources regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA-regulated facilities) to comply with this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish an office under the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection that shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish in each Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region an Infrastructure Protection Regional Security Office. Establishes Area Security Committees for geographic areas designated by the Secretary, which shall prepare Area Security Plans for the Secretary's approval. Directs the Secretary to conduct drills and exercises periodically in each area for which an Area Security Plan is required and under the site security plan and emergency response plans of relevant chemical sources. Authorizes the Secretary to order mandatory security measures for a chemical source if the Secretary determines that additional measures are necessary to respond to a threat assessment or to a specific threat against the chemical sector. Prescribes administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for failure to comply with an order or directive issued by the Secretary under this Act or with a site security plan.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2005
Makes technical corrections to the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with respect to: (1) regulation of underground storage tanks; and (2) government-owned tanks. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the underground storage tank regulation program through FY2011. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to permit funds awarded under the Clean Coal Power Initiative for Fischer-Tropsch to be used to finance the cost of loan guarantees for projects that have been awarded such funds. Authorizes the Department of Energy to use for loan guarantee purposes certain funds awarded under the Clean Coal Power Initiative to implement a certain project located in a taconite-producing region that is entitled to enter into a long-term contract approved by a state public utility commission to sell at least 450 megawatts of output to a utility.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2005
Domestic Natural Gas Supply Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to incorporate into the annual plan for the ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and development program the goal of achieving a cumulative increase of 8.5 trillion cubic feet in domestic production of natural gas by 2015. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require that all excess federal royalties derived from federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases up to $200 million be deposited into the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund. Defines excess federal royalties as the amount calculated on the basis of the difference between the prevailing market prices upon which the royalty payment was made and 110 % of the assumed market prices contained in specified economic assumptions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 2005
Clean Alternatives for Energy Independence Act of 2005 - Repeals certain tax benefits relating to oil and natural gas enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase: (1) the tax credit for investment in residential and business fuel cell property; (2) the tax credit for investment in fuel cell motor and advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles; (3) the number of hybrid and advanced lean burn technology vehicles eligible for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit; and (4) the tax credit for investment in commercial and residential alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Extends through 2012 the tax credit for business fuel cell property. Extends through 2019 the tax credits for: (1) investment in qualified fuel cell motor vehicles; (2) investment in alternative fuel vehicle refueling hydrogen-related property (through 2011 for other fuel-related property).
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require federal agencies to include in annual budget requests and certain annual federal energy management reports submitted to the Secretary of Energy: (1) 18 months after completion of a new federal building, a report outlining the building's performance in achieving energy efficiency design goals, describing the reasons for any failure to meet such goals as well as corrective actions to be taken, and stating how performance was measured and an estimate of additional energy costs to be incurred by not meeting the design requirements; and (2) if a building fails to achieve design goals, a second report to Congress assessing the building's performance after corrective actions have been taken, which shall also state any reasons for failure to continue to meet the performance requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Nuclear Accountability Act - Prohibits operation of a nuclear utilization facility unless the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) finds that the state in which the facility is located, as well as each affected county or county-equivalent located within a 10-mile radius of such facility, has certified within the last year a radiological emergency response plan which provides reasonable assurance that public health and safety is not endangered by the facility's operation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Nuclear Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) establish a nuclear security force composed of NRC employees to provide for the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against the design basis threat; and (2) develop and implement a security plan containing specified elements for each sensitive nuclear facility to ensure the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against such threat. Authorizes a holder of a license for a sensitive nuclear facility to petition the NRC for additional requirements in the facility's security plan. Requires the NRC to establish a hiring and training program for the nuclear security force. Establishes the Nuclear Security Fund for use by the NRC to administer the security programs for sensitive nuclear facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Conservation and Production Act to subject buildings administered by the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to the energy management requirements and energy efficiency standards of such Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require, by October 1, 2012, all federal buildings, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and reduction in the cost of energy (currently, electricity) used in such buildings, to be metered. Requires agencies to use, to the maximum extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices for electricity, primary fuels, including natural gas and petroleum-based fuels, steam, and chilled water (currently, electricity, primary fuels, including natural gas and petroleum-based fuels, steam, and chilled water are not specified), that provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly consumption of electricity in the federal buildings of the agency. Requires that, by October 1, 2008, metering meeting the above requirements shall apply to: (1) buildings on which construction commenced after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) existing buildings with more than 100,000 square feet of enclosed space; and (3) existing buildings that use large amounts of energy per square foot such as process energy facilities, health care facilities, and data centers.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Amends the Clean Air Act to extend to 2025 certain requirements increasing the applicable volume of renewable fuel in gasoline. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the head of each federal agency to ensure that, in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available at a generally competitive price, the agency purchases such gasoline with at least 10% ethanol, rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for its vehicles that use gasoline. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2015 to the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program; and (2) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to give priority to production of both cellulosic ethanol, and hydrogen using ethanol technology. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make ethanol and biodiesel refining property eligible for 7-year depreciation. Creates a new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicle income tax credit. Extends: (1) the alternative technology vehicle credit through calendar 2014; (2) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit through calendar 2024; (3) the volumetric excise tax credit for alternative fuels and the alternative fuel mixture credit through FY2014; and (6) the biodiesel producer credit and the small ethanol producer credit through calendar 2024.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
High Performance Buildings Act of 2005 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 to require that state and local housing strategies include a description of the jurisdiction's strategies to encourage sustainable development for affordable housing. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to use for specified purposes to improve or carry out energy efficiency, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low-income communities. Establishes within the National Science Foundation a Sustainable Building Institute to undertake or support through providing grants, loans, or other assistance: (1) research regarding the relationships among indoor environmental quality, human health, and human productivity; and (2) research, development, and commercial application of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2005
Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to: (1) the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for support of basic research activities in the physical sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and engineering; and (2) the Department of Defense (DOD) for support of basic research activities. Makes at least 8% of such amounts available for high-risk, potentially high-payoff research. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to the NSF, National Institutes of Health (NIH), DOE, DOD, and NASA for the support of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers program. Directs NSF to institute the Graduate Scholar Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics program or GSA-STEM program, to award graduate fellowships in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Requires the NSF Director to establish an advisory board. Establishes a Presidential Innovation Award, which the President shall periodically award to individuals who develop one or more unique scientific or engineering ideas in the national interest. Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a National Coordination Office for Research Infrastructure to: (1) identify and prioritize deficiencies in research facilities and instrumentation in academic institutions and national laboratories; and (2) make recommendations for resource allocation. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to NSF and DOE for construction and maintenance of research facilities at institutions of higher education or national laboratories and other physical resources for performing leading-edge research.
Austria · National Council · 15 December 2005
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend tierische Nebenprodukte - Einfuhr und Kontrollen - Verarbeitung und Verwendung von Schlachtabfällen
Austria · National Council · 15 December 2005
Bericht des Rechnungshofausschusses über den Wahrnehmungsbericht (III-159 d.B.) des Rechnungshofes, Reihe Bund 2005/8
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2005
Home Energy Savings Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow an individual taxpayer a credit equal to $10 for each therm of certified natural gas savings and $0.65 for each kilowatt hour of certified electricity savings attributable to energy efficiency improvements made to the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits the amount of such credit to $5,000, less credits received for all prior taxable years. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the manner and method for making energy savings certifications for purposes of the tax credit. Terminates the credit after December 31, 2007.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2005
Household Energy and Taxpayer Assistance Act of 2005 - Provides additional appropriations for the low-income home energy assistance program for FY2006. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for 20% of their residential energy expenses. Imposes a $200 lifetime limitation on such credit ($300 for joint returns).
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2005
Supports strengthened economic, scientific, military, humanitarian, and anti-terrorism ties between the United States and India. States that the United States and India have a vital common interest in reducing the dangers posed by nuclear weapons through effective nonproliferation and disarmament endeavors. Expresses concern that the supply of nuclear fuel to India could result in the availability of India's existing fissile material stockpile, and in India's capacity to produce fissile material, for weapons purposes and thereby compromise U.S. ability to comply with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Finds that the proposal for full civilian nuclear cooperation between the United States and India poses potentially adverse implications for U.S. nuclear nonproliferation objectives. Disapproves of any nuclear cooperation proposal that would result in the export or transfer to any country that: (1) is not a party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and has detonated a nuclear explosive device; or (2) is a nonnuclear-weapon state under that Treaty, but has not accepted full International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards over all of its nuclear facilities, materials, equipment, or technology that could assist in nuclear weapons production.
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 December 2005
Eventuelle Projektänderungen, wirtschaftliche und außenpolitische Auswirkungen, Kosten im Vergleich zu alternativen Landrouten, Sicherheitsrisiken, Versorgungssicherheit und Preisentwicklung, Planfeststellungsverfahren, Trassenverlauf, Anwendung der Regeln der Espoo-Konvention und der Empfehlungen von HELCOM, Strategische Umweltprüfung (SUP) und Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVP) <p> </p>
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2005
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include in the Special Exposure Cohort for compensation purposes any employee of the Department of Energy (DOE), or DOE contractor or subcontractor, before 1986 on Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap, or Utrik Atolls who was exposed to ionizing radiation in the performance of duty, and was also a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2005
Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC. Confers upon the Secretary full responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all spent nuclear fuel transferred to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to accept the conveyance of title to all spent nuclear fuel with respect to which, before enactment of this Act, the NRC has certified that certain contractors have completed transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks in compliance with applicable regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2005
Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC. Confers upon the Secretary full responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all spent nuclear fuel transferred to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to accept the conveyance of title to all spent nuclear fuel with respect to which, before enactment of this Act, the NRC has certified that certain contractors have completed transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks in compliance with applicable regulations.
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 December 2005
Möglichkeit der Gefährdung der Versorgungssicherheit durch regional hohe Windenergieanteile, Schlussfolgerungen, Verlangsamung des Zubaus, Kosten eines evtl. notwendigen Stromnetzausbaus und technischer Modernisierung der Anlagen, Netzstudie der dena, Probleme beim Ausbau der Windstromerzeugung auf See, Erfahrungen anderer Länder
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 December 2005
Rückkehr zur Zwei-Endlagerstrategie, Eignung des Standorts Gorleben, Ausbau von "Schacht Konrad" und Öffnung des Endlagers für die Öffentlichkeit, Bund-Länder-Vereinbarung mit der Energiewirtschaft betr. Endlager <p> </p>
United States · United States Senate · 13 December 2005
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2005
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make a supplemental payment (equal to the direct payment that the producer received for a 2005 crop) to assist agricultural producers in mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer costs.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2005
150 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a feasibility study has been carried out on the need to construct a new interconnector between Ireland and Britain to enable the further development of wind energy here; the situation regarding wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2005
3 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the future of the sugar beet industry here; and the possible use of sugar beet as an energy crop. [38593/05]
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2005
Energy Consumer Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal oil and gas tax subsidies including: (1) the election to expense certain refineries; (2) treatment of natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property; (3) treatment of natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property; (4) the new rule for determining small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction; and (5) amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. Repeals certain oil and gas production incentives, including those with respect to: (1) royalty relief for deep water production; (2) the Alaska offshore royalty suspension; (3) oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; (4) management of federal oil and gas leasing programs; (5) oil and gas research programs); and (6) ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources. Instructs the President to suspend royalty relief for production of crude oil or natural gas from federal lands during periods in which the average price has risen over specified amounts. Requires that specified increased revenues received in the Treasury as the result of the enactment of this Act be made directly available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for obligation and expenditure under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable tax credit for energy cost assistance for farmers and ranchers. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish an Energy Emergency Grant Program to make grants to small business concerns that have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of a significant increase in the price of heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, transportation fuel, propane, or kerosene.
Austria · National Council · 7 December 2005
United States · United States House of Representatives · 7 December 2005
European Union · European Commission · 7 December 2005
Austria · National Council · 6 December 2005
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anita Fleckl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend die Förderung von Flüssiggas als Kraftstoff <i>(als Maßnahme gegen Feinstaubbelastung)</i>
Austria · National Council · 6 December 2005
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anita Fleckl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die Förderung von Flüssiggas als Kraftstoff <i>(als Maßnahme gegen Feinstaubbelastung)</i>
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
287 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made to date in 2005 to progress the requirement under the national climate change strategy to extend the mandatory energy labelling system for electrical goods such as condensing boilers, low energy lights, dishwashers, cookers, tumble dryers, televisions, kettles and other household appliances which are not covered under the current mandatory labelling system; the steps he intends to take to ensure that the system is extended to all such goods by 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37810/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
276 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals to ban energy efficient labels on the ground of non-tariff-barriers as part of the non-agricultural market access talks at the sixth WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005. [37939/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
96 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals to ban energy efficiency, recycling and other eco-labels on the grounds of non-tariff-barriers that are to be discussed as part of the non-agricultural market access talks at the sixth WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005. [37928/05]
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2005
10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish programs of grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) undergraduate scholarships and academic programs to recruit and educate elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers; and (2) master's degree scholarships and part-time graduate programs for inservice mathematics and science teachers. Requires the NSF Director to: (1) increase the number of awards under the Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century program and allow its grantees to operate one- to two-week summer teacher institutes; (2) add to the Teacher Professional Continuum Program a grants component for preparing to teach Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate science and mathematics courses; and (3) with a national panel and the Secretary of Education, disseminate effective materials and support development of new materials for K-12 science and mathematics teaching. Authorizes, or extends the authorization of, appropriations for NSF programs established or revised under this Act, including NSF Instructional Materials Development, as well as for the Department of Energy's Laboratory Science Teacher Professional Development program.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2005
Consumer Energy Assistance and Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain integrated oil companies for 50% of their annual net windfall profit. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal price (sales price) of a barrel of taxable crude oil over its adjusted base price (i.e., $40 per barrel, adjusted for inflation). Terminates such tax three years after the enactment of this Act. Allows a tax deduction for any windfall profit tax paid under this Act. Allows a $1,000 tax credit for the purchase of a fuel-efficient motor vehicle (i.e., a vehicle with a fuel economy rating of not less than 30 miles per gallon). Establishes in the Treasury an Energy Assistance Trust Fund to: (1) make grants under the Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act; and (2) carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Appropriates to such Fund tax windfall profit tax revenues generated by this Act. Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to establish emergency assistance programs to enable eligible low-income households to purchase gasoline. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize a state to use funds from any TANF grant to carry out a low-income gasoline assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2005
Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy to reduce the amount of energy the United States imports from foreign sources by 20% over the next 10 years. Establishes the Energy Independence Acceleration Fund, administered by the ARPA-E Director for the award of competitive grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to institutions of higher education, companies, or consortia, including federally funded research and development centers, to achieve specified goals through targeted acceleration of: (1) energy-related research; (2) development of resultant techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation; and (3) demonstration and commercial application of the most promising technologies and research applications. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures and criteria for recoupment of the federal share of each project supported under this Act. Requires the President's Committee on Science and Technology to evaluate for Congress and the public how well ARPA-E is achieving its goals and mission.
Austria · National Council · 5 December 2005
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (655 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Ökostromgesetz, das Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz und das Energie-Regulierungsbehördengesetz geändert werden
Austria · National Council · 2 December 2005
Bericht des Ausschusses für Wissenschaft und Forschung über die Regierungsvorlage (993 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Tierversuchsgesetz geändert wird