3.0.0 3240 2020-01-29T20:30:06Z 2020-01-29T20:30:06Z Senate S S 2008-07-10 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-10T19:50:41Z 2008-07-10 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-07-10 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2008-07-10 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2008-07-10 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-07-10 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-07-14 False Energy Air pollution control Climate change and greenhouse gases Congress Congressional reporting requirements Energy prices Energy security Environmental Protection Energy 00 2008-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-08T17:55:43Z Better Energy Strategy for Tomorrow Act of 2008, or the BEST Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Energy each year to: (1) analyze all federal policies that encourage, or have the potential to encourage, energy production in the United States; and (2) report to specified congressional committees recommendations for the adjustment of such policies to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy, air pollutants in the environment, greenhouse gas emissions, and the cost of energy.

Requires the President to develop every four years and report to Congress on an energy security strategy that proposes comprehensive and long-range energy policies to reduce such dependence, air pollutants, emissions, and cost.

]]> BEST Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced BEST Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Better Energy Strategy for Tomorrow Act of 2008 Display Title BEST Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote energy production and security in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3240is/xml/BILLS-110s3240is.xml 2008-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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.