NATURAL GAS see also Power Resources

Addresses

Southwest Liquefied Petoleum Gas Trade Show, Representative Andrews, 21353 [21SE]

Amendments

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: authorize competitive oil and gas leasing (S. 406), 2131 [9FE], 8573-8579 [9MY], 13168 [22JN], 13453 [23JN], 14605 [13JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: prohibit certain oil and gas production (H.J. Res. 281), 15939, 15957 [24JY]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (S. 324), 1571-1576 [2FE]

Prices: eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), 11332, 11337, 11369 [8JN], 11486, 11493, 11498, 11526-11531 [13JN], 11639, 11739 [14JN]

Analyses

Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK (S. 406), 2106-2108 [9FE]

Cofiring Promotion Act (S. 1740), 23846 [6OC]

———(S. 1848), 27672 [7NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1722, eliminate natural gas wellhead price controls, 11953 [15JN]

Articles and editorials

Absurd Study, 23108 [3OC]

Help LI Consumers—End Natural Gas Price Controls, 5264 [23MR]

Mandatory Carriage—Kill It Now, Try Later, 11646 [14JN]

Natural Gas Decontrol, 6789 [17AP]

Taking Natural Gas for Test Drive, 11805 [14JN]

When U.S. Wells Go Dry Don't Count on ``Cooking With Gas'', 3653 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust actions: limited exemptions (see H.R. 106)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: authorize competitive oil and gas leasing (see S. 406, 471)

Assistant Sec. of Energy for Natural Gas: establish position (see S. 389)

California: prohibit exploration of oil and gas in certain coastal areas (see S. 49)

Coal: cofiring demonstration project: promoting (see S. 1848; H.R. 1706)

Coastal zone: offshore oil and gas leasing (see S. 726)

Common Hydrocarbon-Bearing Area Cooperative Development Act: enact (see S. 1373)

Continental shelf: prohibit the issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions (see H.R. 3751)

———State disapproval of Federal offshore leasing decisions (see H.R. 1883)

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: prohibit certain oil and gas production (see H.J. Res. 281)

Dept. of Energy: establish Assistant Sec. of Energy for Natural Gas position (see H.R. 953)

Dept. of the Interior: issuing of certain oil and gas leases (see H.R. 734)

———prohibit further expenditures for Mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale number 121 (see H.R. 121)

Exploration and production: competition in onshore leasing program (see H.R. 3437, 3558)

———prohibit in national marine sanctuaries (see H.R. 2464)

FERC: affirm authority to issue certain orders (see S. 1730)

Florida: continental shelf oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 2945)

Lease LA 033164: reinstate (see S. 1805; H.R. 3727)

Motor vehicles: certain governmental use of vehicles that run on natural gas (see S. 1058; H.R. 2175)

National Energy Policy Act: enact (see S. 324)

Natural Gas Policy Act: eliminate the requirement for certain refunds or penalties (see H.R. 3288)

Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see S. 625)

Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act: enact (see S. 783)

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act: enact (see H.R. 3031)

Pipelines: prohibit certain expedited procedures relative to construction (see H.R. 724)

Prices: eliminate wellhead controls (see H.R. 1595, 1722)

Safety: regulate aboveground storage tanks (see S. 236)

Taxation: domestic oil and gas production programs and restriction eliminations (see H.R. 997)

———incentives for exploration and production (see S. 41, 234, 449; H.R. 654, 658, 760, 2393, 3121)

———State ad valorem property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2378)

Tight Formations Tax Credit Restoration Act: enact (see S. 425)

Cloture motions

Prices: eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), 11405 [9JN]

Explanations

Natural Gas Transmission Act (H.R. 540), 270 [19JA]

Letters

Appliance efficiency standards: several House Members, 1353 [31JA]

Wellhead price controls: George H. Lawrence, 11642, 11645 [14JN]

———James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, 11318 [8JN]

———John C. Rother, 11644, 11646 [14JN]

———Martha O. Hesse, 11641 [14JN]

———several organizations, 11318 [8JN]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 19923 [7SE]

Arkansas, 5394 [4AP]

California, 15620 [20JY]

Louisiana, 16669 [27JY]

Texas, 8916 [11MY]

Messages

Use of Natural Gas in Federal Facilities: President Bush, 10954 [6JN]

Notices

Gas firm seeks pipeline expansion, 19553 [6SE]

Petitions

Margate, FL, City Council, 17488 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Antitrust actions: exemptions (H.R. 106), 181 [3JA]

Appliances: efficiency standards, 1353 [31JA]

Coal: cofiring demonstration project (H.R. 1706), 5486 [5AP]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: prohibit certain gas production (H.J. Res. 281), 13554-13557 [27JN], 16194 [25JY]

Exploration and production: competition in onshore oil and gas leasing program (H.R. 3558), 26717 [31OC]

Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Program: review, 24031 [11OC]

Florida: impact of oil and gas development in the Keys area, 23108 [3OC]

Government regulations: decontrol, 5214 [23MR]

Long-term energy security: hearings, 30399-30402 [20NO]

———use of alternative fuels (H. Res. 140), 7552 [26AP], 7886 [2MY]

Motor vehicles: certain governmental use of vehicles that run on natural gas (H.R. 2175), 7749 [2MY], 11805 [14JN]

Natural Gas Policy Act: eliminate the requirement for certain refunds or penalties (H.R. 3288), 20935 [19SE]

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 3031), 16560 [27JY]

Prices: eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), 6787-6794 [17AP]

———eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), conference report, 14455-14459 [12JY]

———eliminate wellhead controls on first sale (H.R. 1595), 5262-5264 [23MR]

Sec. of the Interior: input in energy policy, 27071 [2NO]

Taxation: restore incentives for oil and gas exploration (H.R. 760), 1377 [2FE]

———State ad valorem property taxes on interstate transmission property (H.R. 2378), 9479 [17MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: oil and gas exploration within North Slope coastal plain region (S. 471), 3161 [1MR], 3420 [3MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: competitive oil and gas leasing (S. 406), 2100 [9FE], 3490 [3MR], 8596-8598 [9MY], 13485 [23JN], 14606 [13JY]

Assistant Sec. of Energy for Natural Gas: establish position (S. 389), 1983 [8FE]

California: prohibit exploration of oil and gas in certain coastal areas (S. 49), 630 [25JA]

———protection of continental shelf, 14510-14512 [13JY]

Coal: research on cofiring demonstration project (S. 1740), 23846, 23847 [6OC]

———research on cofiring demonstration project (S. 1848), 27671 [7NO]

Coastal zone: offshore oil and gas leasing (S. 726), 5757 [6AP]

Common Hydrocarbon-Bearing Area Cooperative Development Act: enact (S. 1373), 15636 [20JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: prohibit certain oil and gas production (H.J. Res. 281), 15957 [24JY]

Ecology: prohibit passing costs of environmental violations to consumers, 11486 [13JN]

Lease No. LA 033164: reinstate (S. 1805), 26436 [27OC]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (S. 324), 1483, 1507-1511, 1579 [2FE], 3028 [28FE], 7845 [2MY]

Natural Gas Cofiring Promotion Act: enact (S. 1848), 27671 [7NO]

Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 625), 4596 [16MR], 6052 [11AP]

Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act: enact (S. 783), 6564, 6565 [13AP]

Prices: eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), 11314-11341 [8JN], 11405 [9JN], 11480 [13JN], 11639-11657, 11669 [14JN]

———eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), appointment of conferees, 11698 [14JN]

———eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), conference report, 13030-13032 [22JN]

———eliminate wellhead controls (H.R. 1722), unanimous-consent agreement, 11461, 11500 [13JN]

Production, 3653 [7MR]

Safety: regulate aboveground storage tanks (S. 236), 970 [25JA]

Taxation: incentives for exploration and production (S. 41), 615 [25JA]

———incentives for exploration and production (S. 449), 2691, 2694 [23FE]

———incentives for exploration and production (S. 234), 4929 [17MR]

Tight Formations Tax Credit Restoration Act: enact (S. 425), 2451-2455 [22FE]

———enact (S. 383), 1955 [8FE]

Reports

Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—The Technology and the Alaskan Oil Context: OTA (summary), 3491 [3MR]

Reports filed

Eliminate Wellhead Price Controls: (H.R. 1722) (H. Rept. 101-100), 12932 [22JN]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 1722) (S. Rept. 101-39), 10327 [31MY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1722) (H. Rept. 101-29), 6804 [17AP]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 783) (S. Rept. 101-38), 10327 [31MY]

Reports from conference committees

Eliminate Wellhead Price Controls (H. Rept. 101-100), 12843 [22JN]

Summaries

Competitive Wholesale Electric Generation Act (S. 406), 14607-14608 [13JY]

Domestic Energy Security Act (S. 449), 2693 [23FE]

National Energy Policy Act (S. 324), 1505 [2FE]

Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act (S. 625), 4597 [16MR]

Natural Gas Transmission Act (H.R. 540), 270-272 [19JA]

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act (H.R. 3031), 16560 [27JY]

Storage Tank Safety Act (S. 236), 975 [25JA]

Tight Formations Tax Credit Restoration Act (S. 425), 2452-2455 [22FE]

Tables

Designated tight sands natural gas formations, 2452-2455 [22FE]

Funds authorized in the National Energy Policy Act, 1505 [2FE]

Texts of

H.R. 106, antitrust exemptions for certain producers, 181 [3JA]

H.R. 1722, eliminate wellhead price controls, 6787 [17AP], 11314 [8JN]

H.R. 2175, certain governmental use of vehicles that run on alcohol, natural gas, or electricity, 7750 [2MY]

H.R. 3288, eliminate the requirement for certain refunds or penalties under the Natural Gas Policy Act, 20936 [19SE]

S. 41, Energy Security Tax Act, 613 [25JA]

S. 49, California Ocean Sanctuary Act, 631 [25JA]

S. 236, regulate aboveground storage tanks to store regulated substances, 971-975 [25JA]

S. 324, National Energy Policy Act, 1485-1505 [2FE]

S. 406, authorizing competitive oil and gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK, 2102-2106 [9FE]

S. 425, Tight Formations Tax Credit Restoration Act, 2452 [22FE]

S. 449, Domestic Energy Security Act, 2691-2693 [23FE]

S. 625, Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act, 4597 [16MR]

S. 726, offshore oil and gas leasing, 5758 [6AP]

S. 1373, Common Hydrocarbon-Bearing Area Cooperative Development Act, 15637 [20JY]

S. 1740, research program on cofiring of natural gas and coal, 23846 [6OC]

S. 1805, reinstate oil and gas lease No. LA 033164, 26437 [27OC]

S. 1848, Natural Gas Cofiring Promotion Act, 27672 [7NO]