[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 843 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 843

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
  States should seek to achieve complete energy independence by 2015.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2006

 Mrs. Drake submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
  States should seek to achieve complete energy independence by 2015.

Whereas all Americans have the right to affordable energy;
Whereas, for too long, the United States has failed to develop its own natural 
        resources and to encourage the innovative spirit necessary to achieve 
        energy independence;
Whereas, by operating a 21st Century economy through an energy infrastructure 
        built in the 1970's, the United States has made itself vulnerable to 
        rogue nations, dictators, and a commodities market that is sensitive to 
        global political and natural events; and
Whereas the 109th Congress took decisive action to begin to restore our 
        infrastructure after decades of neglect by passing the Energy Policy Act 
        of 2005, but more must be done: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that the United States should seek to achieve complete energy 
independence by 2015, by--
            (1) investing in the production infrastructure necessary to 
        increase the use of renewable and alternative fuels;
            (2) exploring and producing more American natural 
        resources;
            (3) increasing the number of domestic refineries;
            (4) revising and streamlining the permitting process for 
        constructing and operating energy production facilities;
            (5) promoting small businesses and entrepreneurs to further 
        develop the use of renewable and alternative energy;
            (6) encouraging gasoline servicing stations to become 
        capable of supplying new sources of energy for automobiles;
            (7) furthering the proliferation of fuel efficient 
        vehicles;
            (8) improving the energy efficiency of Federal, State, and 
        local government facilities and promoting energy conservation 
        in the private sector;
            (9) enabling businesses and homeowners to produce their own 
        electricity and sell the abundance back to the grid; and
            (10) engaging the bright minds in academia to further 
        explore research and development into new technologies and uses 
        of renewable and alternative fuels.
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