NATURAL GAS see also Power Resources

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 3072, 3138 [5FE], 3371, 3404 [17FE]

Royalty payments: certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases (H.R. 3479), 30627 [3NO]

Analyses

NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act (S. 1814), 29161 [23OC]

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act Amendments (S. 1944), 35297 [11DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2700, making appropriations for energy and water development, 34772 [10DE]

Articles and editorials

Corps Illegally Oversees Energy Leases—Technical Snafu Cited for Failure To Transfer Management to BLM, 7584 [31MR]

Dept. of the Interior Handling of Gas and Oil Royalties, 25490 [29SE]

Domestic Oil Production—A National Defense Issue, William C. Mott, 18372 [30JN]

Don't Sacrifice Keys—Martinez Must Fight Proposed Oil Drilling, 12429 [14MY]

Gas Lines—The PSC Should Be the Agency to Consider Bypass Arrangements, 31455 [9NO]

Gas Rates Under Fire, 31454 [9NO]

Hodel Squanders Our Birthright, 12397 [13MY]

Let's Avoid More Energy Hysteria—Why Gamble Our Resources on Hodel's Apocalyptic Visions?, 16574 [17JN]

Michcon's Uninvited Guest, 31454 [9NO]

Natural Gas on a Frontier of New Challenges, 16412-16415 [17JN]

Offshore Drilling Plan Imperils Florida's Ecology, 12428 [14MY]

Offshore Drilling—Plan Is Environmental Suicide, 12428 [14MY]

Oil and Fish and Insanity, 1113 [8JA]

Oil Leases Threaten Florida Coast, 12427 [14MY]

Oil Slicks on Florida's Horizon, 12428 [14MY]

Our Coast in Jeopardy, 12429 [14MY]

U.S. Lifts Controls on Export of Drilling Gear to Soviets, 1379 [16JA]

Worse Than Watt, 17956 [27JN]

You Think the NSC Is Screwed Up? Take a Look at Washington's Worst Run Program, 7582, 7583 [31MR]

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for exploration (see H.R. 1082)

Big Thicket National Preserve, TX: natural gas pipeline (see H.R. 3385)

Continental shelf: gas and oil leasing (see H.R. 2554)

Courts: permit to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2953)

Dept. of the Interior: sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (see H.R. 1662)

———transfer mineral lease royalty collection functions to Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 2911)

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 2780)

———standards for appliances (see S. 83)

Federal Mineral Collection Efficiency Act: enact (see H.R. 2911)

Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Act: enact (see S. 1388, 1730)

Foreign trade: fair regulatory treatment of imported natural gas (see S. 1973)

Government regulation: remove certain controls to encourage production (see H.R. 534)

———uniformity in jurisdiction (see S. 1717)

Industry: eliminate artificial distortions and enhance competition in marketplace (see S. 536)

Interstate pipelines: regulation (see S. 1998)

Liquid form: exempt from minimum price requirement for petroleum produced from the naval petroleum reserves (see H.R. 2372)

Mineral Leasing Act: leasing of public lands in coastal plain of Alaska's North Slope for oil and gas production (see S. 1217)

Motor vehicles: requirement for buses purchased with Federal funds to be alcohol fueled, natural gas fueled, or LP-gas fueled (see H.R. 3832)

National Petroleum Security Act: enact (see S. 1355)

Natural Gas Act: require pipeline rates for the sale of imported natural gas to be determined on same basis as rates for domestic production (see S. 751)

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2266)

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 2701)

———deregulate natural gas subject to a new, renegotiated, or expiring contract, and repeal provisions allowing reimposition of price controls (see S. 751)

———reform (see H.R. 375)

———repeal incremental pricing requirements (see S. 85)

NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act: enact (see S. 1814), 29156 [23OC]

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: reform (see H.R. 2851)

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act: amend (see S. 1372, 1944)

Pipelines: expedited consideration (see H.R. 1458)

———expedited procedures in consideration of applications for construction (see H.R. 1053)

———interstate (see H.R. 3445)

———local distribution systems (see H.R. 3445)

Power resources: domestic energy security (see H.R. 1456)

———energy policy (see S. 1439)

———enhance capital investment to ensure future exploration (see H.R. 2769)

———independent natural gas producer cooperatives (see H.R. 310)

———remove certain controls over domestic sources to encourage exploration (see H.R. 1614)

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: amend (see H.R. 1524, 1553)

———repeal end use constraints on natural gas (see S. 85)

Prices: repeal incremental requirements (see H.R. 1496)

Public lands: competitive leasing procedures (see H.R. 933)

———royalty payments under certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases (see H.R. 3479)

Public utilities: benefits to consumers from effect of certain corporate tax reductions (see H.R. 1049)

Royalty payments: certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases (H.R. 3479), consideration (see H. Res. 299), 29936 [29OC]

Taxation: increase depletion allowance (see H.R. 1613, 1642)

———promote energy security of U.S. by amending the code to encourage continued exploration for domestic oil and natural gas (see S. 846)

Trade adjustment assistance: extend to workers and firms in oil and gas industry whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports (see S. 734)

Transportation: deregulate (see S. 656)

———Government regulation (see H.R. 2884)

Use restrictions: eliminate certain (see H.R. 1796)

Cloture motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2700), 31070 [5NO], 31466 [10NO]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 3157 [5FE]

Court decisions

Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc. v. O'Leary: Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 31871 [13NO]

Explanations

Federal Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act (S. 66), 528 [6JA]

Hearings

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Utilization Act (S. 85) (testimony from Larry Hobart, George Lawrence, Kenneth P. Woodcock, Kenneth L. Lay, James G. Harlow, Jr., Senator Heinz, Tom Chema, Christopher G. Farrand, Nick Bush, Jerome McGrath, Michael Buckner and Edwin S. Rothschild), 145 D145 [12MR]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: radon gas issues (S. 743, 744) (testimony), D226 [2AP]

Letters

Appliance efficiency standards: several appliance manufacturers, 3374 [17FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: Jay S. Hammond, 18715 [1JY]

Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc. v. O'Leary decision: George E. Palmer, 31872 [13NO]

———Peter D. Junger, 31872, 31873 [13NO]

Dept. of the Interior oil and gas product value regulations: Representatives Rahall and Udall, 36341 [18DE]

Development of natural resources on Indian lands: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 25473 [29SE]

Outer Continental Shelf 5-year plan: Senator Graham, 12427 [14MY]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: repeal end use constraint on natural gas, D192 [25MR]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 11946 [11MY], 16569 [17JN]

California, 25749 [30SE], 26156 [1OC]

Idaho, 9648 [23AP], 11614 [7MY]

New Mexico, 9648 [23AP], 9772 [27AP], 16191 [16JN]

Texas, 16290 [16JN], 16569 [17JN], 16641 [18JN]

Washington, 18948 [8JY]

Petitions

Five-State Legislative Conference, 26903 [7OC]

Oil and gas exploration and production wastes: Five-State Legislative Conference, 26708 [6OC]

Remarks in House

Arctic Coastal Plain Leasing Act: enact (H.R. 1082), 3326 [11FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: oil and gas development, 18715 [1JY]

California: protection of coastline and Continental Shelf (H.R. 996), 3178 [5FE]

California Ocean Sanctuary Act: enact (H.R. 920), 3178 [5FE]

Continental Shelf: offshore oil and gas development, 22772 [6AU]

Courts: permit to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission (H.R. 2953), 20121 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Mineral Management Service product valuation guidelines, 18388 [30JN]

———petroleum and natural gas research, 17389-17391 [25JN]

———regulations of royalties from leases, 12396 [13MY]

———sharing of amounts received from the national forests, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (H.R. 1662), 9362 [22AP]

Deregulation, 5284, 5285 [10MR]

Domestic industry: incentive policy, 11585 [6MY]

Emergency Energy Act: enact (H.R. 534), 5265 [10MR]

EPA: authority to regulate air pollution over Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 1764), 6619 [24MR]

Georges Bank: environmental impact of oil and gas exploration on fishing industry, 1113 [8JA]

Independent producer cooperatives: antitrust exemption (H.R. 310), 876 [7JA], 5232 [10MR]

Indians: development of natural resources on tribal lands, 25473 [29SE]

National Oil Security Act: enact (H.R. 308), 881 [7JA]

Offshore Energy Security Act: enact (H.R. 1593), 5669 [12MR]

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: reform (H.R. 2851), 18371 [30JN]

Pipeline safety: improve, 934 [7JA]

Power Plant and Industrial Fuels Use Act: extend, 5664 [12MR]

Power resources: comprehensive energy policy, 4426 [26FE]

———exploration and development of Outer Continental Shelf, 3281 [11FE]

———national policy, 3479 [18FE], 20660 [22JY]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal, 7682 [1AP]

Public lands: competitive leasing procedures (H.R. 933), 7581 [31MR]

Public utilities: refund deferred income tax payments to customers (H.R. 1049), 3959 [24FE]

———refund of excess deferred taxes to consumers, 19878 [15JY]

Reagan, President: energy policies, 16574 [17JN]

Royalty payments: certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases (H.R. 3479), 30621 [3NO], 30625 [4NO]-30629 [3NO], 36338, 36343 [18DE]

Utility Ratepayer Refund Act: enact (H.R. 1049), 19878 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: petroleum resources in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 23352 [7AU]

Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: Dept. of the Interior report, 9423 [23AP]

Crystalline rock repository funding, 31759-31764 [12NO]

———health and safety consideration in site selection, 31764-31767 [12NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Subseabed Disposal Research, 31778 [12NO]

———Verification and Control Technology Program funding, 31786 [12NO]

Dept. of the Interior: gas and oil royalties, 25490 [29SE]

Economic conditions: trade-offs for efficiency, 8686 [9AP]

Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Act: enact (S. 1388), 16644 [18JN]

Foreign trade: fair regulatory treatment of imported (S. 1973), 36224 [18DE]

Government regulation: uniformity in jurisdiction (S. 1717), 25186 [24SE]

Hodel, Sec. of the Interior: impact of oil and gas leases on environmental concerns, 17956 [27JN]

Iroquois Gas Transmission System: application, 37958 [22DE]

Market changes, 16412 [17JN]

Middle East: protection of U.S. shipping, 32030 [17NO]

Mineral Leasing Act: leasing of public lands in coastal plain of Alaska's North Slope for oil and gas production (S. 1217), 12588, 12590 [15MY]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 801 [6JA], 2648 [3FE], 2860 [4FE], 2997-3003, 3061-3073 [5FE], 3370-3382 [17FE]

———enact (S. 83), cloture motion, 3157 [5FE]

Natural Gas Act: require pipeline rates for the sale of imported natural gas to be determined on same basis as rates for domestic production (S. 751), 5872 [17MR]

Natural Gas Policy Act: deregulate natural gas subject to a new, renegotiated, or expiring contract, and repeal provisions allowing reimposition of price controls (S. 751), 5872 [17MR]

———repeal incremental pricing requirements (S. 85), 8421-8429 [8AP], 8887 [9AP]

Natural Gas Utilization Act: enact (S. 85), 547 [6JA]

NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act: enact (S. 1814), 29160 [23OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: proposed Dept. of the Interior final 5-year plan on oil and gas leasing, 12426 [14MY]

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act: amend (S. 1372), 16168 [16JN]

———amend (S. 1944), 35295 [11DE]

Power resources: adjust minimum fuel efficiency standard for gas steam boilers, 3072 [5FE]

———energy policy (S. 1439), 17835-17841 [26JN]

———national energy security, 6018 [18MR]

———royalty payments under certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases (H.R. 3479), 34565 [9DE], 37672-37675, 37728 [21DE]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal end use constraints on natural gas (S. 85), 8421-8429 [8AP], 8887 [9AP]

Prices: eliminate artificial distortions and enhance competition (S. 536), 3393 [17FE]

Taxation: domestic oil and gas industry (S. 233), 678 [6JA]

———promote energy security of U.S. by amending the code to encourage continued exploration for domestic oil and natural gas (S. 846), 7025 [26MR]

Trade adjustment assistance: extend to workers and firms whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports (S. 734), 5593 [12MR]

Transportation: deregulate (S. 656), 4630 [3MR]

Reports

Dept. of the Interior Handling of Gas and Oil Royalties: GAO, 25490 [29SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House), 25490 [29SE]

Energy Conservation Standards for Appliances: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. Rept. 100-6), 2446 [2FE]

Energy Security: Dept. of Energy, 18441 [1JY], 20459 [21JY]

Reports filed

Federal On-Shore Oil and Gas Leasing Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1730) (S. Rept. 100-188), 25862 [30SE]

Natural Gas Exemption From Minimum Price Requirement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2372) (H. Rept. 100-267), 22312 [4AU]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2266) (H. Rept. 100-445), 32551 [17NO]

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program Reform: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2851) (H. Rept. 100-378), 28346 [19OC]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act and Natural Gas Policy Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 85) (S. Rept. 100-30), 7530 [31MR]

Royalty Payments Under Certain Federal Onshore and Indian Oil and Gas Leases: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3479) (H. Rept. 100-377), 27986 [15OC], 28346 [19OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3479), Consideration (H. Res. 299) (H. Rept. 100-412), 29932, 29936 [29OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Funding for research and development: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 15098 [9JN]

Statements

Dept. of the Interior Oil and Gas Product Value Regulations: Representative Udall, 36341 [18DE]

Funding for Oil and Gas Research and Development Programs: Dept. of Energy, 15097 [9JN]

Power Plant and Industrial Fuels Use Act, 5664 [12MR]

Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Plan: Senator Graham, 12427 [14MY]

Summaries

Energy Preservation Act (S. 751), 5874 [17MR]

Tables

Offscoring of energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2700), 32584 [18NO]

Tax data for major utilities, 19878 [15JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 155, consideration of H.R. 1039, Mineral Land Leasing Act amendments, 14035 [28MY]

H.R. 1593, Offshore Energy Security Act, 5670 [12MR]

H.R. 2700, energy and water development appropriations, 30682 [4NO]

H.R. 3479, royalty payments under certain Federal onshore and Indian oil and gas leases, 30626, 30627 [3NO], 36338-36340 [18DE], 37672-37674 [21DE]

S. 66, Federal Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act, 526 [6JA]

S. 83, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act, 3062-3069 [5FE], 3375-3382 [17FE]

S. 85, Natural Gas Utilization Act, 547 [6JA], 8421, 8428 [8AP]

S. 536, Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act, 3394 [17FE]

S. 743, trade adjustment assistance for workers and firms in petroleum and gas whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports, 5593 [12MR]

S. 751, Energy Preservation Act, 5874 [17MR]

S. 1372, amend Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act, 16169 [16JN]

S. 1388, Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Act, 16644 [18JN]

S. 1439, Energy Emergency Preparedness Act amendments, 17836-17841 [26JN]

S. 1814, NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act, 29160 [23OC]

S. 1944, Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act amendments, 35296 [11DE]