3.0.0 3926 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z Senate S S 2006-09-21 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-21T22:59:19Z 2006-09-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9904-9906) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N Energy Administrative procedure Alaska Alcohol as fuel Alternative energy sources Animals Arctic and polar regions Automobile industry Biomass energy California Carbon cycle Career education Cellulose Coal Coastal zone Commerce Commercialization Computers Congress Congressional agencies Congressional employees Continental shelf Department of the Interior Diesel motor Economics and Public Finance Education Electric vehicles Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy prices Energy research Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Excise tax Federal Trade Commission Federal aid to education Federal employees Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Florida Fossil fuels Fringe benefits Fuel cells Fuel consumption Gas in submerged lands Gasoline Geology Geophysical prediction Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government publicity Government trust funds Higher education Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Indian lands Investment tax credit Judicial review Labor and Employment Land transfers Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mines and mineral resources Mining engineering Mining leases Mining royalties Minorities Minority education Natural gas Ocean energy resources Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Oil shales Oil well drilling Petroleum Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum industry Petroleum refineries Petroleum reserves Profit Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Research and development Restrictive trade practices Right-of-way Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Submarine oil well drilling Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Taxation Technological innovations Telecommuting Transportation and Public Works Wildlife refuges Energy 00 2006-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-08T21:36:25Z Empower America: Securing America's Energy Future Act of 2006 - Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make eligible for Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees any large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities that use domestic coal resources to produce at least 10,000 barrels a day of liquid transportation fuel.

Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to establish a coal-to-liquid facilities loan program.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds to the Secretary for a clean coal power initiative.

Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act, or the Gas PRICE Act - Obligates the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take specified steps to streamline the petroleum refinery permitting process.

Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 - Sets forth actions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) with respect to oil and natural gas production from leased tracts within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), especially the sharing of OCS receipts with neighboring states.

Rigs to Reefs Act of 2006 - Revises OCSLA to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations for authorizing use of a decommissioned offshore oil and gas platform or other facility for an artificial reef, scientific research, or any other authorized use.

Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund Act of 2006 - Institutes a Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund.

Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to historic and existing state-chartered recognized petroleum or mining schools and related institutions.

National GEO Fund Act of 2006 - Creates a National Geo Fund for grants to support geothermal and geopressure oil and gas energy production, as well as a new program for fuel production from strategic unconventional resources and oil and gas resources using CO2 enhanced recovery.

Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2006 - Keeps specified areas in the Coastal Plain of Alaska, including the Sadlerochit Spring Area, separate from oil and natural gas leasing activity for purposes of environmental, wildlife, and cultural management. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain. Specifies lease terms and related requirements.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to fund biomass and other renewable energy resource research and development.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct an electric drive transportation technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an income tax credit for qualified teleworking expenses; and (2) exclude employer-provided computer equipment from gross income as a fringe benefit.

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to require the Secretary of Transportation to revise average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide funding for the Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed and energy efficient public building programs, and the energy efficiency public information initiative.

Gasoline Consumer Anti-Price-Gouging Protection Act - Prohibits suppliers from selling gasoline or petroleum distillates at unjustifiably increased prices in areas where the President or the Federal Trade Commission has proclaimed an emergency owing to an abnormal market disruption. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the excise tax credit for coal-to-liquids, the alternative motor vehicle credit, biodiesel income and excise tax credits, the investment tax credit with respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, the credit for production of natural gas, and the credit for residential energy efficient property.

Extends specified tax incentives to encourage cellulosic ethanol production and the renewable electricity production credit.

Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the authority of the EPA Administrator to make boutique fuel reductions.

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