3.0.0 3523 2019-11-15T21:59:21Z 2019-11-15T21:59:21Z Senate S S 2008-09-18 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T21:25:30Z 2008-09-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9034) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N Energy Administrative procedure Air pollution control Alaska Alcohol as fuel Alternative energy sources Animals Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Bonds Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide Cellulose Civil actions and liability Coal Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Defense procurement Department of the Interior Depreciation and amortization Easements Economics and Public Finance Electric appliances Electric batteries Electric power production Electric power transmission Electric vehicles Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy facilities Energy research Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental assessment Environmental law enforcement Export controls Fees Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Fuel cells Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government trust funds Home repair and improvement Housing and Community Development Hydrogen Impact aid Income tax Investment tax credit Judicial review Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Methane Minimum tax Nevada Nuclear power plants Oil and gas leases Oil shales Oil well drilling Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum refineries Petroleum reserves Public Lands and Natural Resources Radioactive wastes Railroad engineering Research and development Revenue sharing Right-of-way Science, Technology, Communications Service stations Solar energy Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Transportation and Public Works Waste disposal sites Wildlife refuges Energy 00 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-22T21:12:07Z Eight Steps to Energy Sufficiency Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) take designated actions to promote advanced batteries research and development for (plug-in) electric drive vehicles, including a direct loan program for domestic production.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prescribe procedures for oil and natural gas preleasing and leasing activities in certain new producing areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the prohibition against final regulations for a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) enter into a streamlined refinery permitting process (upon request of a state governor or Indian tribe); and (2) report to certain congressional committees regarding additional federal incentives to increase production of cellulosic ethanol.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress regarding actions to limit litigation under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for hydrogen installation, infrastructure, and fuel costs; and (2) extend and modify tax credits for renewable energy production, solar energy and fuel cell investment, residential energy efficient property, renewable energy bonds, energy efficient new and existing homes, and energy efficient appliances produced after 2007.

Extends and modifies the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to declare certain large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities eligible for the federal loan guarantee program.

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

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit the Secretary of Energy to construct storage facilities near pipeline infrastructure and a military base and store coal-to-liquid products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Authorizes specified funds for the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue support efforts to test and procure coal-derived synthetic fuels for aviation jet use.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow specified tax incentives for coal-to-liquid production.

Energy Security and Climate Enhancement Through Clean Coal Technology Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe specified clean coal technology incentives, including: (1) an investment credit for carbon dioxide capture, transport, and storage equipment; and (2) a credit for carbon dioxide sequestration in the generation of electricity.

Provides for the issuance of clean energy coal bonds.

Withdraws specified lands from certain leasing, mining and materials sales laws, and places them under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy for nuclear waste access to Yucca Mountain.

Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe infrastructure activities related to a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the Yucca Mountain site.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish: (1) a nuclear power facility construction credit; and (2) a five-year accelerated depreciation for new nuclear power facilities.

Prescribes a leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development and production within the Coastal Plain of Alaska (known as the 1002 Coastal Plain Area).

Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund.

Prohibits exportation of oil or gas produced under this Act.

]]> Eight Steps to Energy Sufficiency Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Eight Steps to Energy Sufficiency Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Energy Security and Climate Enhancement Through Clean Coal Technology Act of 2008 Display Title Eight Steps to Energy Sufficiency Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide 8 steps for energy sufficiency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3523is/xml/BILLS-110s3523is.xml 2008-09-18 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.