3.0.0 1133 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z House H HR 2007-02-16 110 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-01T17:13:56Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:03:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-27T20:24:26Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:03:30Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy20 Energy Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-21T17:23:38Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:03:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-02-16T13:03:20Z 2007-03-01 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2007-02-27 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2007-02-21 hssy20 Energy Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 N S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2007-04-23 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-04-23 False H000762 Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] DARLENE HOOLEY D OR 5 2007-04-23 False S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 2007-04-23 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. 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Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2007-12-13 False Energy Administrative procedure Alaska Alternative energy sources Automobiles Commerce Condominium (Housing) Conservation of natural resources Continental shelf Cooperative housing Department of Transportation Depletion allowances Depreciation and amortization Economics and Public Finance Education Electric power production Electric utilities Elementary and secondary education Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy prices Energy research Energy supplies Energy transportation Environmental Protection Federal aid to education Fees Fines (Penalties) Fuel cells Fuel consumption Gas in submerged lands Gas industry Geology Geophysical prediction Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Gulf of Mexico Housing and Community Development Hydroelectric power Income tax Investment tax credit Landfills Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Methane Natural gas Nuclear power plants Ocean energy resources Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Oil well drilling Petroleum Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum industry Petroleum refineries Petroleum reserves Pipelines Propane Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Refuse as fuel School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Secondary recovery of gas Secondary recovery of oil Small business Solar energy Standards Submarine oil well drilling Subsidies Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Wind power Energy 00 2007-02-16 Introduced in House 2007-03-16T19:24:15Z Freedom through Renewable Energy Expansion (FREE) Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal provisions regarding: (1) the next generation nuclear plant project; (2) standby support for certain nuclear plant delays; and (3) incentives for oil and gas production from federal lands.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal: (1) the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; (2) the election to expense certain refineries; (3) treatment of natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property; (4) treatment of natural gas gathering lines as seven-year property; (5) the rule for determining the small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction; and (6) the amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to repeal the suspension of: (1) offshore royalties pertaining to the Planning Areas offshore Alaska; and (2) the royalty with respect to the national petroleum reserve in Alaska.

Sets forth price thresholds for royalty suspension provisions affecting leases in Central and Western Gulf of Mexico.

States that Congress reaffirms the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to vary, based on the price of production from an oil lease, the suspension of royalties (in effect, impose price thresholds for certain lease sales) under any lease subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act.

Sets forth prerequisites for issuance of new leases in the Gulf of Mexico, and for lease transfers.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish conservation of resources fees for federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.

Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate certain average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles manufactured after model year 2009.

Amends the IRC to extend the credit for: (1) renewable electricity production; (2) solar energy property, qualified fuel cell property, and geothermal property; and (3) residential energy efficient property.

Allows a tax credit for wind energy property installed in residences and businesses.

Authorizes appropriations for geothermal research.

Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe a federal renewable portfolio standard.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise certain federal energy purchase requirements.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for local schools and school districts to promote the use of renewable energy sources in school facilities.

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