3.0.0 680 2019-11-15T21:52:37Z 2019-11-15T21:52:37Z Senate S S 2005-03-17 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-18T02:27:02Z Efficient Energy Through Certified Technology and Electricity Reliability (EFFECTER) Act of 2005 109 1834 HR 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Identical bill CRS 2005-03-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2005-03-17 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-03-17 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-03-17 True Energy Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Air conditioning Alternative energy sources Apartment houses Building construction Building materials Canada Cogeneration of electric power and heat Commerce Computer software Condominium (Housing) Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction industries Consumer education Consumer goods Cooperative housing Corporation taxes Cost effectiveness Department of Agriculture Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Treasury Economics and Public Finance Electric appliances Electric batteries Electric power distribution Electric power production Electric power transmission Electric utilities Energy conservation Energy consumption Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Trade Commission Federal aid to housing Federal office buildings Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Fuel cells Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Government service contracts Heat pumps Heating Housing and Community Development Housing authorities Hydroelectric power Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Industrialized building International Affairs International cooperation Jurisdiction Labeling Latin America Law Licenses Lighting Local laws Mexico Mobile homes Natural gas Negotiations Performance measurement Public Lands and Natural Resources Public housing Public utilities Refrigeration Regional planning Regulatory impact statements Rental housing Residential rehabilitation Science, Technology, Communications Signs and signboards Solar energy Standards State laws Sunset legislation Tax credits Tax deductions Tax returns Taxation Technological innovations Traffic signs and signals Transportation and Public Works Treaties User charges Valuation Vending machines Waste water treatment Water Resources Development Water conservation Water pollution control Energy 00 2005-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-26T21:11:16Z Efficient Energy Through Certified Technologies and Electricity Reliability (EFFECTER) Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives affecting: (1) energy efficient commercial building property; (2) new energy efficient homes; (3) certain energy efficient property used in business; (4) nonbusiness energy property; and (5) combined heat and power system property; and (6) energy efficient appliances.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to expand the scope of consumer products that fall within the Energy Conservation Program (other than automobiles), including: (1) commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment; and (2) commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking regarding: (1) the effectiveness of the current consumer products labeling program in assisting consumers to make purchasing decisions and to improve energy efficiency; and (2) changes to the labeling rules that would improve the effectiveness of consumer product labels.

Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to prescribe guidelines under which the head of an executive agency shall procure either an Energy Star product or a Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated product in order to meet agency requirements for an energy consuming product.

Repeals the termination of authority to enter into new energy savings performance contracts (thereby making such authority permanent).

Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish certain revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include within the mandatory activities funded by the Capital Fund: (1) installing fixtures and fittings to improve energy and water-use efficiency; and (2) integrated utility management and capital planning to maximize energy conservation and efficiency measures.

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate energy efficiency standards for rehabilitation and new construction of certain public and assisted housing.

Amends the Federal Power Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over the FERC-certified Electric Reliability Organization, including any regional entities, and all users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system for purposes of approving specified reliability standards.

]]> Efficient Energy Through Certified Technologies and Electricity Reliability (EFFECTER) Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Efficient Energy Through Certified Technologies and Electricity Reliability (EFFECTER) Act of 2005 Display Title Efficient Energy Through Certified Technologies and Electricity Reliability (EFFECTER) Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for various energy efficiency programs and tax incentives, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-17T05:00:00Z 2005-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.