3.0.0 4956 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z House H HR 2014-06-24 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALZ:H.R. 4956.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I ofthe United States Constitution.____________________[Page H5725]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2014-11-17T21:52:56Z Referred to 2014-06-24T14:01:20Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee Referred to 2014-07-21T14:42:44Z Referred to 2014-06-24T14:00:43Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy20 Energy Subcommittee Referred to 2014-07-15T13:49:05Z Referred to 2014-06-24T14:01:00Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2014-07-08T16:30:03Z Referred to 2014-06-24T14:00:33Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2014-06-25T20:50:22Z hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2014-06-25T20:50:10Z hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2014-06-25T20:49:38Z Referred to 2014-06-24T14:00:53Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-24T14:01:15Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-24T14:01:10Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-24T14:01:05Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-24T14:00:48Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-24T14:00:38Z Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013 113 184 HR 2013-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act 113 787 HR 2013-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Related bill CRS MORE Act of 2013 113 1165 HR 2013-03-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 113 2502 HR 2013-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013 113 775 S 2013-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2014-11-17 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2014-07-21 hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Committee 2014-07-15 hssy20 Energy Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Committee 2014-07-08 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2014-06-25 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2014-06-25 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2014-06-25 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hsru00 Rules Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hsbu00 Budget Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 2014-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, and Education and the Workforce, 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 2014-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 N C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] Jim Costa D CA 16 2014-06-24 True C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2014-06-24 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Aquaculture Building construction Business investment and capital Buy American requirements Coal Department of the Interior District of Columbia Ecology Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Energy revenues and royalties Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Federal appellate courts Government buildings, facilities, and property Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Gulf of Mexico Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Income tax credits Income tax deductions Industrial facilities Infrastructure development Intergovernmental relations International organizations and cooperation Judicial review and appeals Jurisdiction and venue Legal fees and court costs Licensing and registrations Lighting, heating, cooling Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Military operations and strategy Motor fuels Nuclear power Oil and gas Pipelines Postal service Public transit Railroads Research administration and funding Research and development Roads and highways Securities State and local finance State and local government operations Strategic materials and reserves Water quality Water resources funding Energy 00 2014-06-24 Introduced in House 2014-09-04T18:30:16Z American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 - Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior to be approved as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Deems the Secretary to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the Program under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Directs the Secretary to:

  • conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas production leases;
  • prepare an inventory of U.S. offshore energy resources; and
  • promulgate regulations concerning the production of oil or gas resources of the OCS, including regulating the installation of surface facilities, mitigating the impact of such facilities on coastal vistas, and allowing onshore facilities to draw upon such resources that are within 10 miles of shore.

Extends from three geographical miles to nine nautical miles a coastal state's allowable seaward boundary.

Repeals the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico, (2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the Florida coastline, and (3) specified areas within the Central Planning Area and within 100 miles of the Florida coastline.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a final leasing plan for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for all areas where there exists commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas leases for production.

Specifies revenue sharing percentages for sums received from leasing offshore pursuant to this Act, including 30% for producing states.

Authorizes the President authority to waive requirements relating to the approval of oil and natural gas activity deemed to be important to national interests.

Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) revise the definition of "renewable biomass" to include trees, tree residue, and slash and pre-commercial thinnings that are from forestlands on public lands; and (2) require new source review regulations relating to the construction of a new source or the modification of an existing source to provide that routine maintenance and repair do not constitute a modification of an existing source.

Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to:

  • implement a grant and loan program for the construction or modernization of coal fired generation units to enable use of technology to reduce greenhouse gases,
  • publish a plan to exchange a specified amount of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy grade petroleum plus additional cash bonus bids that reflect the difference in market value; and
  • set aside net proceeds from such exchange for the Energy Independence and Security Fund (established by this Act).

Prescribes Energy Independence and Security Fund allocations to the Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund, specified Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy accounts, the Weatherization Assistance Program, specified Fossil Energy Research and Development accounts, the Basic Energy Sciences account.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:

  • extend through 2019 tax credits for energy conservation and production, including credits for producing electricity from renewable resources, alternative fuel vehicles and refueling property expenditures, residential energy efficiency and solar energy and fuel cell property expenditures, and biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel;
  • extend through 2018 the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings;
  • increase the limitation on the issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds;
  • allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property;
  • extend through 2019 the tax credit for fuel cell motor vehicles, advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, alternative fuel motor vehicles, and plug-in conversions;
  • repeal the limitation on the number of hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for such credit;
  • extend through 2019 the tax credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles;
  • allow a new tax credit for the purchase of a motor vehicle identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the most efficient vehicle in its class; and
  • allow an excise tax credit through 2019 for alternative fuels and fuel mixtures involving compressed or liquefied natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.

Prescribes requirements for the use of electric drive vehicles and alternative fuel motor vehicles. Requires that at least 10% of the federal fleet be plug-in electric drive vehicles by FY2014, with such percentage increasing by at least 2% (up to 50%) each fiscal year. Directs DOE to: (1) provide grants to assist local governments in the installation of recharging facilities for electric drive vehicles, and (2) guarantee loans for any purchaser of at least 5,000 battery systems that use advanced battery technology.

Includes innovative low-carbon technology projects as projects eligible for loan guarantees made by DOE for innovative technologies.

Requires programs or directives established by this Act concerning increasing diversification and efficiency of transportation and electric systems, but not extensions of tax credits, to be offset with funds in the Carbon Free Reserve.

]]> American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 Display Title American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To greatly enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, to rebuild our Nation's aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4956ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4956ih.xml 2014-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 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.