3.0.0 245 2023-03-22T19:50:58Z 2023-03-22T19:50:58Z Senate S 2017-01-30 115 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2017-12-01T16:50:20Z Discharged from 2018-11-30T15:59:00Z Referred to 2017-11-30T22:46:41Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Discharged from 2018-11-15T19:34:46Z Referred to 2017-12-04T20:06:35Z hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2017-12-04T20:06:44Z Reported by 2018-11-30T15:57:32Z Markup by 2018-11-15T19:40:17Z Referred to 2017-11-30T22:46:40Z slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Reported by 2017-05-24T22:39:41Z Referred to 2017-01-30T22:45:49Z S. Rept. 115-84 H. Rept. 115-1057 Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 115 1460 S 2017-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. Related bill CRS 2018-12-18 Became Public Law No: 115-325. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-18 Became Public Law No: 115-325. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-18 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-18 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-12 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-12 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-10 16:34:11 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2018-12-10 16:33:56 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9782-9788) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2018-12-10 16:33:56 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9782-9788) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-10 16:26:29 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 245. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-10 16:26:25 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9782-9789) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-10 16:25:44 Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2018-11-30 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 823. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00823 2018-11-30 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-11-30 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-11-30 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1057, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2018-11-30 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1057, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2018-11-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2018-11-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2018-11-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged. Committee 2017-12-04 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2017-12-04 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. Committee 2017-12-01 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Committee 2017-11-30 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2017-11-30 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2017-11-30 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2017-11-30 14:55:36 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2017-11-29 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7491-7497; text: CR S7491-7497) Floor 2017-11-29 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7491-7497; text: CR S7491-7497) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-24 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 104. Calendars 2017-05-24 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-84. Committee 2017-05-24 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-84. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress slia00 Indian Affairs Committee 2017-02-08 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably. Committee 2017-01-30 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S492) IntroReferral 2017-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2017-01-30 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-01-30 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-01-30 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-01-30 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-01-30 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2017-02-09 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-02-17 False 2017-05-03T21:13:35Z S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52693 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 8, 2017 2018-11-27T20:40:00Z S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54839 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2018 Public Law 115-325 Native Americans Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Alternative and renewable resources Archaeology and anthropology Congressional oversight Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Energy assistance for the poor and aged Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Historical and cultural resources Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Licensing and registrations Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Montana Oil and gas Public contracts and procurement Residential rehabilitation and home repair Watersheds Native Americans 00 2017-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-07T17:25:28Z Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to revise the Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program, including to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants.

Eligibility for DOE energy development loan guarantees is expanded to include tribal energy development organizations.

The bill revises provisions regarding energy-related tribal leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way, including to revise the process for the Department of the Interior to approve tribal energy resource agreements. Interior must make available to a tribe the amount Interior would have expended to carry out an activity that the tribe is carrying out pursuant to such an agreement.

This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to give tribes, in addition to states and municipalities, preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses.

Interior and the Department of Agriculture must enter into agreements with tribes and tribal organizations to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production.

This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise requirements for home weatherization grants to tribes.

Interior, an affected tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the tribe must appraise tribal mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring Interior's approval.

This bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to revise limits on leasing of certain lands of the Navajo Nation and the Crow Tribe of Montana.

]]> 80 2017-05-24 Reported to Senate without amendment 2017-07-10T18:26:07Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

TITLE I--INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of the Interior to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program is expanded to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants and to allow grants to be used to increase the capacity of tribes to manage energy development and energy efficiency programs.

Eligibility for DOE energy development loan guarantees is expanded to include tribal energy development organizations.

(Sec. 103) This bill allows leases and business agreements that pool, unitize, or communitize a tribe's energy resources with other energy resources.

An energy-related tribal lease, business agreement, or right-of-way does not require Interior's approval if it complies with a tribal energy resource agreement or it is a lease with a tribal energy development organization that Interior has certified, and the term does not exceed specified limits.

The process and conditions for Interior's approval of tribal energy resource agreements are revised.

This bill revises the process for determining whether an interested party has a valid claim to be suffering an adverse environmental impact due to a tribe's noncompliance with such an agreement.

Interior must make available to a tribe the amount Interior would have expended to carry out an activity that the tribe is carrying out pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement.

(Sec. 104) DOE must collaborate with the Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of DOE technical and scientific resources available for tribal energy activities and projects.

TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 201) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to give tribes, in addition to states and municipalities, preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses.

(Sec. 202) This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct Interior, for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for land under Forest Service jurisdiction, to enter into agreements with tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands.

Interior and USDA must enter into agreements with tribal organizations to carry out additional biomass demonstration projects.

(Sec. 203) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise requirements for direct home weatherization grants to tribes.

(Sec. 204) Interior, an affected tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the tribe must appraise mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring Interior's approval.

(Sec. 205) This bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without Interior's approval. The maximum term of a Navajo Nation lease that does not require Interior's approval is extended for commercial and agricultural leases.

(Sec. 206) The Crow Tribe of Montana may enter into leases of their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.

(Sec. 207) This bill sets forth provisions for money held by Interior in connection with the review and approval of a sale, lease, permit, or other conveyance of Indian land.

]]> 82 2017-11-29 Passed Senate without amendment 2017-12-04T20:56:59Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

TITLE I--INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of the Interior to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program is expanded to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants and to allow grants to be used to increase the capacity of tribes to manage energy development and energy efficiency programs.

Eligibility for DOE energy development loan guarantees is expanded to include tribal energy development organizations.

(Sec. 103) This bill allows leases and business agreements that pool, unitize, or communitize a tribe's energy resources with other energy resources.

An energy-related tribal lease, business agreement, or right-of-way does not require Interior's approval if it complies with a tribal energy resource agreement or it is a lease with a tribal energy development organization that Interior has certified, and the term does not exceed specified limits.

The process and conditions for Interior's approval of tribal energy resource agreements are revised.

This bill revises the process for determining whether an interested party has a valid claim to be suffering an adverse environmental impact due to a tribe's noncompliance with such an agreement.

Interior must make available to a tribe the amount Interior would have expended to carry out an activity that the tribe is carrying out pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement.

(Sec. 104) DOE must collaborate with the Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of DOE technical and scientific resources available for tribal energy activities and projects.

TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 201) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to give tribes, in addition to states and municipalities, preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses.

(Sec. 202) This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct Interior, for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for land under Forest Service jurisdiction, to enter into agreements with tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands.

Interior and USDA must enter into agreements with tribal organizations to carry out additional biomass demonstration projects.

(Sec. 203) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise requirements for direct home weatherization grants to tribes.

(Sec. 204) Interior, an affected tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the tribe must appraise mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring Interior's approval.

(Sec. 205) This bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without Interior's approval. The maximum term of a Navajo Nation lease that does not require Interior's approval is extended for commercial and agricultural leases.

(Sec. 206) The Crow Tribe of Montana may enter into leases of their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.

(Sec. 207) This bill sets forth provisions for money held by Interior in connection with the review and approval of a sale, lease, permit, or other conveyance of Indian land.

]]> 49 2018-12-18 Public Law 2019-01-08T17:49:26Z Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

TITLE I--INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of the Interior to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program is expanded to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants and to allow grants to be used to increase the capacity of tribes to manage energy development and energy efficiency programs.

This bill makes tribal energy development organizations eligible for DOE energy development loan guarantees.

(Sec. 103) This bill allows leases and business agreements that pool a tribe's energy resources with other energy resources.

An energy-related tribal lease, business agreement, or right-of-way does not require Interior's approval if it complies with a tribal energy resource agreement or it is a lease with a tribal energy development organization that Interior has certified, and the term does not exceed specified limits.

The process and conditions for Interior's approval of tribal energy resource agreements are revised.

This bill revises the process for determining whether an interested party has a valid claim to be suffering an adverse environmental impact due to a tribe's noncompliance with such an agreement.

Interior must make available to a tribe the amount Interior would have expended to carry out an activity that the tribe is carrying out pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement.

(Sec. 104) DOE must collaborate with the Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of DOE technical and scientific resources available for tribal energy activities and projects.

TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 201) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to give tribes, in addition to states and municipalities, preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses.

(Sec. 202) This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct Interior, for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for land under Forest Service jurisdiction, to enter into agreements with tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands.

Interior and USDA must enter into agreements with tribal organizations to carry out additional biomass demonstration projects.

(Sec. 203) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise requirements for direct home weatherization grants to tribes.

(Sec. 204) Interior, an affected tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the tribe must appraise mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring Interior's approval.

(Sec. 205) This bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without Interior's approval. The maximum term of a Navajo Nation lease that does not require Interior's approval is extended for commercial and agricultural leases.

(Sec. 206) The Crow Tribe of Montana may lease their land for a term of up to 99 years.

(Sec. 207) This bill sets forth provisions for money held by Interior in connection with the review and approval of a sale, lease, permit, or other conveyance of Indian land.

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