3.0.0 5805 2019-11-15T21:29:07Z 2019-11-15T21:29:07Z House H HR 2008-04-15 110 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-21T13:24:43Z Referred to 2008-04-15T14:02:10Z 2008-04-21 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2008-04-15 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2008-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 N M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2008-04-23 False M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2008-04-23 False H001041 Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] Dean Heller R NV 2 2008-04-23 False S001167 Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] Bill Sali R ID 1 2008-04-29 False R000574 Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] Rick Renzi R AZ 1 2008-04-29 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2008-05-01 False B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2008-05-07 False Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. 0 2008-05-07 False K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] Steve King R IA 5 2008-05-07 False F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 2008-05-22 False S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2008-06-05 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Alternative energy sources Arizona California Electric power transmission Energy Energy development Energy storage Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Governmental investigations Land use Leases Nevada New Mexico Solar energy Utah Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2008-04-15 Introduced in House 2008-06-23T20:47:33Z Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program for the leasing of federal lands for the advancement, development, assessment, installation, and operation of commercial photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to: (1) identify lease sites comprising 6.4 million acres of federal lands under BLM jurisdiction in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah that are suitable and feasible for the installation and operation of such energy systems; and (2) incorporate solar energy development into the relevant agency land use and resource management plans or equivalent plans for such identified sites.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the size of such sites; (2) annual milestones for the number of acres of sites to be leased by each of the years 2010-2019; and (3) the collection and payment of royalties from projects under such program.

Prohibits the following federal lands from being included within such program: (1) Components of the National Landscape Conservation System; (2) Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas; (3) Wild and Scenic Rivers; (4) National Scenic and Historic Trails; (5) Monuments; and (6) Resource Natural Areas.

Requires the Secretary to complete: (1) a programmatic environmental impact statement for such program prior to implementing it; and (2) a study of federal lands available for a compressed air energy storage system, barriers to access to federal lands for transmission of energy produced under the program, and the need for energy transmission corridors on public lands.

]]> Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 Display Title Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To establish a new solar energy future for America through public-private partnership and energy leasing for reliable and affordable energy for the American people, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5805ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5805ih.xml 2008-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. 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.