3.0.0 2747 2023-01-13T04:48:20Z 2023-01-13T04:48:20Z Senate S S 2006-05-04 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2006-06-22T15:38:17Z Referred to 2006-05-04T21:25:32Z 2006-06-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-666. Committee 2006-05-04 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4060-4068) IntroReferral 2006-05-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4059-4060) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2006-05-04 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2006-05-04 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-05-04 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2006-05-04 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2006-05-04 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2006-05-04 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-05-04 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-05-04 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-05-04 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2006-05-04 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-05-08 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2006-11-14 False Energy Administrative procedure Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Air conditioning Alternative energy sources Automobile engines Automobile industry Automobile parts Bicycles Biomass energy Car pools Cellulose Cogeneration of electric power and heat Commerce Commercialization Commuting Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer goods Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Transportation Diesel motor Disaster loans Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Electric batteries Electric power production Electric utilities Electric vehicles Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Energy assistance for the poor Energy conservation Energy consumption Energy efficiency Energy prices Energy research Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Federal aid to transportation Federal employees Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fuel cells Fuel consumption Gas companies Gasoline Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government lending Government procurement Government publicity Government trust funds Government vehicles Governmental investigations Heating Hydroelectric power Industrial buildings Industrial engineering Landfills Law Marketing Mass rapid transit Materials Methane Motor vehicle pollution control Nanotechnology Natural gas Ocean energy resources Office of Management and Budget Petroleum Propane Public meetings Public service advertising Refuse as fuel Research and development School buses Science, Technology, Communications Service stations Small Business Administration Small business Social Welfare Soil pollution Solar energy Standards Technological innovations Telecommuting Transportation and Public Works Transportation research Trucks Water pollution control Wind power Energy 00 2006-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-05T17:18:24Z Enhanced Energy Security Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy and other specified cabinet officials to promulgate regulations to implement a national oil savings plan.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to set forth federal fleet conservation requirements to achieve reduced petroleum consumption.

Provides assistance to states to: (1) retire fuel-inefficient motor vehicles; and (2) reduce school bus idling.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for electric drive transportation technology; and (2) establish a research and development program for lightweight materials research and vehicle weight reduction.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) provide loan guarantees for fuel-efficient automobile manufacturers and suppliers; and (2) require that the federal government consume specified amounts of renewable energy.

Establishes the Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Trust Fund.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) deploy new technologies to reduce oil use in transportation, including fuel from cellulosic biomass; (2) competitively award financial incentives for the manufacture of high-efficiency consumer products; and (3) conduct a national media campaign to decrease oil and natural gas consumption.

Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to: (1) set forth a federal renewable portfolio standard; and (2) require state regulatory authorities to implement energy efficiency resource programs that include electric utilities and gas utilities.

Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize a federal agency to: (1) enter into a separate contract for energy services and conservation measures; and (2) provide the financing necessary to implement such contract.

Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make disaster relief loans to small business concerns for substantial economic injury incurred because of a significant increase in heating oil prices.

Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary to establish, within the Weatherization Assistance Program, a program to assist in the replacement of unsafe or highly inefficient heating and cooling units in low-income households.

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