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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6709 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2008 Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Costa, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Boren, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Sali, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Holden, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Cazayoux, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Mica, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Terry, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Souder, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Pence, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, and Mr. Taylor) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science and Technology, Education and Labor, the Budget, and Rules, 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 A BILL To greatly enhance the Nation’s path toward energy independence and environmental, energy, economic, and national security, by amending Federal policy to increase the production of domestic energy sources, to dedicate fixed percentages of the royalties received for conservation programs, environmental restoration projects, renewable energy research and development, clean energy technology research and development, increased development of existing energy sources, and energy assistance for those in need, and to share a portion of such royalties with producing States, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act.

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Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Offshore and Onshore Leasing and Other Energy Production Sec. 101. Termination of prohibitions on expenditures for, and withdrawals from, offshore and onshore leasing and other limitations on energy production. Sec. 102. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. Sec. 103. Sharing of revenues. Sec. 104. Policies regarding buying and building American. Sec. 105. Elimination of other restrictions on use of energy alternatives. Title II—Cleaner Energy Production and Energy Conservation Incentives Sec. 201. Extension of renewable energy credit. Sec. 202. Extension of credit for alternative fuel vehicles. Sec. 203. Extension of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit. Sec. 204. Extension of credit for energy efficient appliances. Sec. 205. Extension of credit for nonbusiness energy property. Sec. 206. Extension of credit for residential energy efficient property. Sec. 207. Extension of new energy efficient home credit. Sec. 208. Extension of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction. Sec. 209. Extension of energy credit. Sec. 210. Extension of credit for clean renewable energy bonds. Sec. 211. Extension of credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel. Sec. 212. Credit for plug-in hybrid vehicles. Title III—Modifying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Funding Conservation and Energy Research and Development Sec. 301. Findings. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Objectives. Sec. 304. Modification of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Sec. 305. Energy Independence and Security Fund.