3.0.0 689 2020-01-29T20:36:19Z 2020-01-29T20:36:19Z Senate S S 2011-03-30 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-30T20:55:09Z 2011-03-30 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-03-30 True Energy Alternative and renewable resources Budget process Climate change and greenhouse gases Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental technology Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Manufacturing Oil and gas Energy 00 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-25T21:12:36Z Energy Security Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the national energy security program to coordinate federal government activities and policies to ensure that the United States meets goals for reducing oil dependence, oil imports, and oil consumption as well as other energy policy goals.

Declares it is the goal of the United States to reduce oil consumption by 2030 by an amount equal to or greater than the quantity of oil imported from outside of North America.

Directs the President, in coordination with the National Energy Security Council (established by this Act) and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to develop a national oil independence plan, which shall be updated biennially.

Directs the President to review existing federal programs and authorities (including tax policies) to determine: (1) which of them could be used to accelerate reductions in oil dependence, and (2) the means to maximize such reductions.

Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the National Energy Security Council.



]]> Energy Security Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Energy Security Act of 2011 Display Title Energy Security Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the oil independence of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s689is/xml/BILLS-112s689is.xml 2011-03-30 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.