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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5349" measure-id="id114hr5349" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2016-05-26" update-date="2016-11-15">
<title>Energy Contracting Opportunities Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr5349v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-11-15">
<action-date>2016-05-26</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Energy Contracting Opportunities Act </b></p> <p>This bill expands, from 10 to 30 years, the maximum length of a federal agency contract for the acquisition of renewable energy or energy from cogeneration facilities.</p> <p>In addition, the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior must establish an interagency working group to study the impact thatenergy development hashad on bird populations.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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