NATURAL GAS see also Power Resources

Amendments

Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), 6726, 6727 [27MR]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 26445, 26500 [21SE]

Analyses

Conservation Service Reform Act (S. 2872), 21187-21189 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

America's Plentiful Energy Resource (excerpt), 15779 [11JN]

Gas Bill Rebellion—Fired Up Over Decontrol, 5077 [8MR]

Natural Gas ``FLY-DOWN''?, 31445 [10OC]

Natural Gas Gains as Fuel for Vehicles, 31758 [10OC]

Natural Gas Pressure Builds to a Head, 936 [30JA]

Natural Gas Surplus Will Slightly Lower Prices, Official Says, 24731 [10SE]

New View of Offshore Drilling, 20923 [25JY]

OCS Moratoriums Harm Nation's Best Energy Hope, 8270 [5AP]

Oil Lease ``Non-Sale'' Rearms Policy's Foes, 28700 [2OC]

Pipeline Extension Not Expected, 3767 [29FE]

Senators Get Some Praise and Criticism, 9913 [25AP]

Sharp's Gas Bill Addresses Past or Illusory Problems, 18472 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: repeal required reports under Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act (see S. 2557)

Bank regulatory agencies: examiners to exercise caution and restraint in adversely classifying loans made to independent oil and gas producers (see H. Con. Res. 269)

Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act: enact (see H.R. 5740)

Commercial and apartment conservation service: repeal (see S. 2872)

Corpus Christi, TX: remove impediment to leasing on certain public lands (see S. 2834; H.R. 4742, 5787)

Energy conservation expenditures: extend and modify tax credit (see H.R. 6244)

Excise tax (see H.R. 6356)

FERC: authority to require interstate transportation (see S. 2575)

———biannual reports on interstate pipelines' sales and transportation tariffs (see H.R. 5550)

Foreign investments: report on transactions and holdings to Sec. of Energy (see S. 2989)

Foreign trade: domestic price condition for authorization to import (see H.R. 5537)

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 2932)

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 2688; S. 5058; H.R. 5313)

Offshore installations: improve safety (see H.R. 6291)

Port Hueneme, CA: remove impediment to leasing on certain public lands (see S. 2834; H.R. 5787)

Powerplants: treatment of small natural gas-fired generators (see H.R. 5434)

Prices: limit operation of indefinite escalator clauses and repeal certain Fuel Use Act restrictions and incremental provisions (see S. 2465)

———restraint (see S. 2230)

Public lands: restrictions on leasing to merger parties (see S. 2362)

Residential conservation service: reform (see S. 2872)

Tariff: hearings on proposed rate increases (see H.R. 5550)

Taxation: extend and modify credit for residential energy conservation expenditures (see H.R. 6244)

———limit State severance taxes (see H.R. 6356)

———percentage depletion not allowable for lease bonuses, advance royalties or similar payments (see H.R. 5022)

Trans-Alaska pipeline: FERC cost methodology to set tariff rates (see H.R. 4819)

Utility holding companies: encourage cogeneration activities (see S. 2991)

Factsheets

Natural gas prices, 927 [30JA]

Letters

Continental scientific drilling program: G. A. Keyworth, 28328 [2OC]

Dept. of the Interior's oil-gas lottery plan: OMB, 13126 [21MY]

Energy supply projections and energy needs in the U.S.: Sec. of Energy Hodel, 12490 [16MY]

Moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling: businesses and associations in opposition, 26709 [25SE]

———Elizabeth Raisbeck, for Friends of the Earth, 28313 [2OC]

Natural gas policy: White House (excerpt), 3196 [23FE]

Noncompetitive oil and gas leasing system: Fortune Oil Co., 28325 [2OC]

———Independent Petroleum Association of America (excerpt), 28321 [2OC]

———James D. Collums for Oil & Gas Properties & Leasing Service, 28326 [2OC]

———Representative Udall (excerpt), 28318 [2OC]

———Robert O. Byron for True Oil Co., 28325 [2OC]

———Sec. of the Interior Clark, 28322 [2OC]

———Sec. of the Interior Clark and David A. Stockman, 28322 [2OC]

———several Members of Congress (Dear Colleague), 28323 [2OC]

OMB on Dept. of the Interior's oil-gas lottery plan: attorney general of California, 13127 [21MY]

``Senators Get Some Praise and Criticism'': response by Senator Murkowski, 9913 [25AP]

Memorandums

Natural Gas Issues—Supply, Demand, and Price Effects by Region: Library of Congress (summary), 12387 [16MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 4347 [5MR], 4529 [5MR], 29612 [3OC], 29861 [4OC]

Florida, 1057 [31JA]

Michigan, 882 [30JA]

Wisconsin, 121 [23JA], 882 [30JA]

Motions

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5313), S. 2688 passed in lieu, 18483 [25JN]

Remarks in House

Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act: enact (H.R. 5740), 16841 [18JN]

California: continue moratorium on oil and gas off the Outer Continental Shelf, 11493 [8MY]

Canadian natural gas: pricing, 21431 [27JY]

Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition: fundraising campaigns, 24541 [6SE]

Corpus Christi, TX: removing impediment to leasing on public lands (H.R. 5787), 26540 [24SE]

Decontrol (H.R. 4277), 30763 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: oil and gas leasing policy, 28699 [2OC]

Independent producers: projections of natural gas prices after decontrol, 31442 [10OC]

Interstate pipelines: report on sales and transportation tariffs (H.R. 5550), 10499 [1MY]

Lease numbered U-39711: extending terms (S. 1770), 26537 [24SE]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act: enact (H.R. 2154), 1401 [1FE]

Natural Gas Market Policy Act: enact (H.R. 4277), 18472 [22JN], 25210 [12SE]

———rule providing for consideration, 23099 [8AU]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5313), 18479 [25JN], 18482 [27JN]-18483 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 27186 [26SE], 27187 [4OC]

National policy: implement, 3196 [23FE]

Offshore oil and gas leases: ban off the northern California coast, 2629 [9FE]

Oil and gas industries: tax reform, 16332 [13JN]

Oil and gas owners: reverse Supreme Court ruling on tax deduction for percentage depletion, 4537 [5MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: moratorium on oil and gas leases, 8270 [5AP]

Port Hueneme, CA: removing impediment to leasing on public lands (H.R. 5787), 26540 [24SE]

Prices: effect of decontrol, 10499 [1MY], 31442 [10OC]

Pricing and marketing practices: improve (H.R. 2154), 1401 [1FE]

Regulation: proposals, 19016 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act: enact (H.R. 5740), 19738 [28JN]

———enact (H.R. 5740), placed on calendar, 19341 [27JN]

———enact (S. 2762), 16560 [14JN]

Conservation Service Reform Act: introduction (S. 2872), 21182 [26JY]

Continental scientific drilling program: development, 28328 [2OC]

Corpus Christi, TX: remove impediment to leasing on certain public lands (H.R. 5787), 30661 [5OC]

———remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands (S. 2834), 20119 [29JN]

Natural Gas Market Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2065), 617 [26JA]

Natural Gas Market Correction Act: introduction (S. 2230), 677 [27JA]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 17893 [21JN], 26445-26448 [21SE]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (S. 1715), 23637-23642 [10AU]

``Natural Gas Price Increases in Kansas City, MO'': GAO report findings, 3603 [28FE]

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Fund: establish (S. 800), 31236 [10OC]

Oil and gas drilling: development of offshore sites, 26709 [25SE], 28312 [2OC]

———extend lease numbered U-39711 (S. 1770), 23414 [9AU]

———funding restrictions on noncompetitive leasing system, 28315-28327 [2OC]

———increase in offshore leasing, 20923 [25JY]

———proposed reform of Federal leasing system, 1057 [31JA]

———remove impediment on certain lands (H.R. 5787), placed on calendar, 29286 [3OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: revenue sharing program, 31289 [10OC]

Pennsylvania: funding for acquisition of mineral rights, 29705 [4OC]

Port Hueneme, CA: remove impediment to leasing on certain public lands (H.R. 5787), 30661 [5OC]

———remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands (S. 2834), 20119 [29JN]

Power resources: prohibitions on excessive severance tax, 20563, 20565 [24JY]

Price: facilitate competitive (H.R. 4277), 22093 [2AU]

———gas purchase costs, 12387 [16MY]

———impose certain restrictions (S. 2465), 6423 [22MR]

———negotiated contract carriage (S. 2575), 9301 [12AP]

———pipeline gas purchase costs, 3603 [28FE], 23637-23642 [10AU]

Public utilities: cogeneration activities of gas utility holding company systems (S. 2991), 25365 [13SE]

Severance Tax Equity Act: enact (S. 463), 20563, 20565 [24JY]

Reports

Activities Affecting Coastal Zone: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2324) (S. Rept. 98-512), 16158 [13JN]

Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 98-456), 12716 [17MY]

———Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 5620) (H. Rept. 98-748), 12321 [15MY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5313) (H. Rept. 98-780), 12322 [15MY]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5313) (H. Rept. 98-780), 12322 [15MY]

Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5740) (H. Rept. 98-843), 16445 [14JN]

Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition Projections of 1985 Consumer Gas Bill Increase, 24541 [6SE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendment Regarding Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3880) (H. Rept. 98-1033), 25923 [18SE]

Energy Policymaking, Public Opinion, and the Media: Aspen Institute, 23919-23921 [10AU]

Federal Oil and Gas Lease Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1770) (S. Rept. 98-540), 19643 [28JN]

Making the Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing System More Competitive: GAO (excerpt), 28318 [2OC]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Amendments: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 98-456), 12716 [17MY]

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendment Providing Consumer Price Relief and Improving Natural Gas Industry Markets: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4277) (H. Rept. 98-814), 14688 [31MY]

Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands in California and Texas: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5787) (H. Rept. 98-1047), 26589 [24SE]

Osage Indian Oklahoma Estate Inheritance Tax Exemption: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 6303) (H. Rept. 98-1115), 28143 [1OC]

Take-or-Pay Renegotiations of Distressed Natural Gas Pipelines (sundry excerpts), 23639-23642 [10AU]

Statements

Discrimination in Property Taxation of Interstate Commerce: Marlow W. Cook, 17893 [21JN]

Noncompetitive Oil and Gas Leasing System: Craig Gottach, 28317 [2OC]

———Ed Herschler, Governor of Wyoming, 28317 [2OC]

———Sec. of the Interior Clark, 28318 [2OC]

Severance Tax on Power Resources: Senator Dixon, 20564 [24JY]

———Senator Stevens, 20565 [24JY]

Studies

Policy Analysis of Current and Future Natural Gas Prices Under the NGPA: I. M. Olson & Associates, 31442-31445 [10OC]

Summaries

Natural Gas Price Outlook (sundry excerpts), 23638 [10AU]

Tables

Crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquid reserves, 6685 [27MR]

Dept. of the Interior's land acquisition accounts, 31802 [11OC]

Natural gas prices: Kansas City, MO, 3605 [28FE]

———(sundry), 23637, 23638 [10AU]

Texts of

H.R. 5313, authorizing appropriations for Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, 18479 [25JN]

H.R. 5740, Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act, 16841 [18JN]

H.R. 5787, removing impediment to leasing on public lands in Corpus Christi, TX and Port Hueneme, CA, 26540 [24SE]

S. 1770, extend oil and gas lease numbered U-39711, 23414 [9AU], 26538 [24SE]

S. 2230, Natural Gas Market Correction Act, 677 [27JA]

S. 2575, negotiated contract carriage of natural gas, 9301 [12AP]

S. 2578, low-income housing energy assistance program, 9303 [12AP]

S. 2834, remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands in Corpus Christi, TX, and Port Hueneme, CA, 20119 [29JN]

S. 2872, Conservation Service Reform Act, 21183-21187 [26JY]