PETROLEUM

Amendments

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement, encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, and phase out use of MTBE (S. 2962), S7937 [27JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2607 [4MY], H2849, H2858, H2861, H2865, H2868, H2871, H2872, H2875, H2877, H2884, H2887, H2890, H2891, H2895, H2898, H2900, H2902 [10MY], H2908, H2909, H2910, H2911, H2913, H2916, H2918, H2920, H2921, H2923, H2926, H2931, H2951 [11MY]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11385 [27OC]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1123 [20MR], H1164, H1165, H1166, H1167, H1172, H1173 [21MR], H1231, H1232, H1234, H1235, H1236, H1242 [22MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1208 [22MR]

Foreign trade: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S9484 [28SE]

Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), S2805 [13AP]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8222, S8225 [7SE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (S. 2214), S2120 [4AP]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10469, S10499 [12OC]

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2002 [30MR], S2466, S2467, S2468 [10AP], S2547, S2548 [11AP]

Articles and editorials

All That Gas Tax—The Difference That 4.3 Cents Can Make, S1918 [29MR]

Baghdad Restraint Revisited, E1536 [20SE]

Blast in the Night, S8231 [7SE]

Buffering Oil Prices, S547 [9FE]

Candidate in the Balance, S9369 [27SE]

Case of Unrefined Behaviour, S9352 [27SE]

Collins, Snowe Criticize Oil Reserve Release Plan, H11590 [30OC]

Conservation Money, S9914 [5OC]

Cubin Goes Astray With Attack on Whistleblowers, H11388 [27OC]

DOE Sends Report to Congress Analyzing Costs, Benefits of Regional Oil Product Reserve, S546 [9FE]

Draw Down of Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S10141 [10OC]

Drop in the Barrel?, S9352 [27SE]

EPA Can't Find Reason for Hikes, H4476 [14JN]

Europe's Low Oil Supplies May Blunt U.S. Effort, H11589 [30OC]

Family Reflects on Lost Loved Ones, S8021 [5SE]

Fueling the Future, S1333 [8MR]

Gas Line Rupture Forces Evacuation in Paterson, H7842 [19SE]

Gas Prices, Misery and Mystery—Costs in Midwest Exceed $2 a Gallon, H4475 [14JN]

Gasoline Prices Surge Shocks Toledo Drivers, H4476 [14JN]

Gasoline Tax Follies, S1941 [30MR]

Gore's War on Business, S8541 [14SE]

Green Bill in the House, H2946 [11MY]

Growth Reshapes Coasts, S7433-S7435 [21JY]

House Mulls Rare Contempt Citation, H11389 [27OC]

Iraq Pumps Critical Oil, and Knows It, S8779 [20SE]

Kazakhstani President Suspects Terrorism Aimed at Oil Exports, E450 [30MR]

Land Plan—Worthwhile Conservation Act Stuck in Committee, E1138 [28JN]

Last Pipeline Victim Dies, S8022 [5SE]

Losses of Life That Have Resulted From Smaller Vehicles, S5206 [15JN]

Occidental Deal Benefits Gores—Sale of Federal Oil Field Boosts Family Fortune, S5874 [27JN], S7489 [24JY]

Oil From Reserve in High Demand—Bidders Grab 30 Million Barrels, S9917 [5OC]

Oil Output May Be Hostage to Iran, Iraq Agendas, S1165 [6MR]

Oil Price Falls Nearly Enough for OPEC To Cut Production, S2488 [11AP]

Oil Prices Generating Bad Ideas, E1644 [2OC]

Oil Reserves—Tapping This Supply Won't Solve Energy Dependency, S10140 [10OC]

OPEC Bases New Production Strategy on Price Band Experiment, S1959 [30MR]

OPEC Oil Production, S7148 [18JY]

Pipeline Safety—Don't Sacrifice the Good for the Status Quo, H9560 [10OC]

Public Wants SUV's To Guzzle Less, S11411 [31OC]

Release of Oil Barely Helps Needy States, H11590 [30OC]

See Don Jump, Jump, Don, Jump, H11389 [27OC]

Summers Slams Plan To Sell Oil in U.S. Reserve, S8873 [21SE]

Sweetheart Deals? Strategic Reserve Contracts Look Highly Questionable, H11591 [30OC]

Tight U.S. Gas Market Boosts Oil Prices, S3959 [16MY]

U.S. Announces a New Royalty System for Oil From Federal Land, H11389 [27OC]

U.S. Tightens Rules for Bidding on Oil, H11591 [30OC]

Young Forgets Whistleblowers' Value, Risk, H11389 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 5318), H8405 [27SE]

Business and industry: impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 3902), H921 [9MR]

———phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (see S. 2971), S7839 [27JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 2123), S930 [29FE] (see S. 2567), S4014 [16MY] (see H.R. 4377), H2605 [4MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), consideration (see H. Res. 497), H2769 [9MY]

Commission on Gasoline and Fuel Pricing: establish (see H.R. 4777), H5435 [28JN]

Consumers: reimburse fines levied and collected due to illegal practices engaged in by participants in the petroleum industry to injured consumers based on the consumers' distance from Eau Claire, WI (see H.R. 4913), H6718 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for oil shale research (see H.R. 4160), H1674 [3AP]

———create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see S. 2047), S538 [9FE] (see H.R. 3608), H278 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3533), H48 (see H.R. 3543), H49 [27JA]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to cases of severe emergency supply interruptions on a State or regional level (see H.R. 3644), H341 [10FE]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 5252), H7990 [21SE] (see H. Con. Res. 273, 274), H921 [9MR]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see S. 2072), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 3662), H454 [15FE]

———study causes of home heating fuel price spikes in the Northeast and create a heating oil reserve (see H.R. 3641), H341 [10FE]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. Con. Res. 88), S1118 [2MR] (see H. Con. Res. 267), H756 [8MR] (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H1476 [28MR]

Ecology and environment: allow State regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), increase production and use of renewable fuels, and provide EPA funds to States for leaking underground storage tanks (see S. 2503), S3513 [4MY]

———permit States to waive the oxygenate content requirements for reformulated gasoline if a separate implementation plan attains and maintains the ambient air quality standards (see H.R. 4120), H1587 [29MR]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 2233), S1392 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see S. 2546), S3916 [11MY] (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]

———study health effects of ingesting methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), research methods for removal from water supplies, and require public water systems to monitor for its presence (see H.R. 3536), H49 [27JA]

Foreign policy: establish U.S. interests relative to antitrust lawsuits asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices (see H.R. 4731), H5083 [23JN]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 2778), S5663 [22JN] (see H.R. 5241), H7990 [21SE]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see S. 2182), S1173 [6MR] (see H.R. 3822), H641 [2MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H1162 [21MR]

———require certain actions relative to OPEC or any other cartel engaged in oil price fixing, production cutbacks, or other market-distorting practices (see H.R. 4732), H5083 [23JN]

Foreign trade: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (see S. 2557), S4013 [16MY] (see H.R. 5316), H8405 [27SE]

———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see S. 2275), S1596 [22MR] (see H.R. 4017), H1118 [16MR]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H1118 [16MR]

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE): prohibit the use in reformulated gasoline, accelerate cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, and assist communities with drinking water contamination (see H.R. 3798), H631 [1MR]

Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve: establish (see H.R. 4784), H5654 [29JN]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H2966 [11MY]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 5479), H10036 [17OC]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 453), H1674 [3AP]

———promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), consideration (see H. Res. 424), H573 [29FE]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs (see S. 2181), S1173 [6MR]

Oceans: establish Ocean and Coast Conservation Fund (see S. 2223), S1316 [8MR]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions on the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (see S. 3268), S11494 [1NO] (see H.R. 5617), H11781 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (see S. 2944), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 5100), H7209 [27JY]

Patents: mandatory licensing of patents on reformulated gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 4739), H5084 [23JN]

Pipelines: improve safety (see S. 2004), S85 [26JA]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H5654 [29JN]

———improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2409), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 2438), S2728 [13AP] (see S. 3002), S8019 [5SE] (see H.R. 4276), H2337 [13AP] (see H.R. 4849), H6051 [13JY]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 5361), H8735 [3OC]

Power resources: address recent price increase in heating oil and other petroleum distillates (see H. Con. Res. 287), H1119 [16MR]

———develop a national energy policy and repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 5278), H8061 [25SE]

———encourage summer fill and fuel budgeting programs for propane, kerosene, and heating oil (see S. 2224), S1316 [8MR] (see H.R. 4264), H2238 [12AP]

———ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see S. 2094), S799 [24FE] (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

———ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11207 [26OC]

———establish a commission to review and explore ways for the U.S. to become energy self-sufficient (see H.R. 4035), H1123 [20MR]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

———permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H2339 [13AP]

———support increase in world crude oil supplies (see S. Res. 263), S867 [28FE] (see H. Con. Res. 284), H1077 [15MR]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (see S. Res. 267), S1392 [9MR]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (see S. 2506), S3513 [4MY] (see H.R. 4385), H2606 [4MY]

———require the adoption of response plans for cargo tankers carrying oil (see H.R. 5025), H7207 [27JY]

———temporarily exempt the transport of petroleum and petroleum products between certain ports from restrictions on carriage in coastwise trade (see H.R. 5485), H10256 [18OC]

Taxation: allow a credit for conversion of heating oil to natural gas or to a renewable energy source (see H.R. 4958), H7002 [25JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see S. 2884), S7160 [18JY] (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see S. 3171), S9945 [5OC] (see H.R. 5401), H9011 [5OC]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 4974), H7128 [26JY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (see S. 3118), S9381 [27SE]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (see S. 2262, 2263), S1512 [21MR] (see S. 2285), S1671 [23MR] (see S. 2790, 2791), S5790 [26JN] (see S. 2808), S6015 [28JN]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 2265), S1512 [21MR]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (see S. 2591), S4190 [18MY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 4006), H1118 [16MR]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 3881), H920 [9MR] (see H.R. 3982), H1076 [15MR]

———require fines paid to the U.S. as a result of motor fuel price investigations to be rebated to consumers in the form of reductions in Federal motor fuel excise taxes (see H.R. 4804), H5655 [29JN]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4111), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4834), H5955 [12JY]

———temporary deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (see S. 2799), S5884 [27JN]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes (see S. 2090), S799 [24FE] (see H.R. 3711), H572 [29FE]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (see S. 2161), S1117 [2MR]

———treatment of gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene (see H.R. 3749), H573 [29FE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see S. 2588), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]

Waterways: prevent and reduce contamination of navigable waters by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene (see H.R. 5049), H7208 [27JY]

White House Conference on U.S. Energy Policy: convene (see H.R. 5191), H7651 [14SE]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H931 [13MR]

Brochures

Why Is Ethanol Good for Your Car? Mobil Corp., H1281 [22MR]

Bulletins

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) potential for water contamination: Dick Newpher, American Farm Bureau Federation, H1277 [22MR]

Cloture motions

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1831 [28MR], S1970 [30MR]

Excerpts

Arkansas Code relative to Federal excise tax on motor fuels, S2497 [11AP]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act editorial support: several publications, S9913 [5OC]

Investigation of Payments Made to Two Federal Employees by the Project on Government Oversight (organization) Relative to False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Oil Companies: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7490 [24JY]

Factsheets

ETBE Fact Book: Clean Fuels Development Coalition, S7815 [27JY]

Letters

Alaskan North Slope crude oil exports: Larry D. Burton, BP Amoco Plc., S1648 [23MR], S2277 [6AP]

Average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks: Alan Reuther, UAW, S5203 [15JN]

———Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, S5200 [15JN]

———John D. Graham, Harvard University Center for Risk Analysis, S5199 [15JN]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S5204 [15JN]

Committee on Resources (House) report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies: Representative George Miller, H11728 [1NO]

———several Representatives, H11727 [1NO]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land (organization), H2861 [10MY]

———Andrea L. Colnes, Northern Forest Alliance, H2861 [10MY]

———Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii and Dirk Kempthorne, Governor of Idaho, H2842 [10MY]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, H2860 [10MY]

———Greg Walcher, Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, H2839 [10MY]

———Jane Danowitz, Americans for Our Heritage and Recreation (organization), H2860 [10MY]

———Paul W. Hansen, Izaak Walton League of America, H2861 [10MY]

———several conservation organizations, H2860 [10MY]

———Tom Vilsack and Frank Keating, National Governors' Association, S9460 [28SE]

Conservation and Stewardship Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land (organization), S1176 [6MR]

———Deborah Gangloff, American Forests (organization), S1176 [6MR]

———Kathleen Selz and Dale Penny, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, S1176 [6MR]

———several environmental organizations, S1176 [6MR]

———Steven J. Shimberg, National Wildlife Federation, S1176 [6MR]

———Suzanne Probart, Alliance for Community Trees, S1177 [6MR]

———Suzanne Probart, Tree New Mexico, Inc., S1177 [6MR]

Draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Senator Murkowski, S10586 [13OC]

Economic impact of increasing oil prices: Senators Specter and Biden, S1943, S1944 [30MR]

Ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund: C. Vernon Gray, National Association of Counties, S2200 [5AP]

———Dennis J. Slater, Construction Industry Manufacturers Association, S2504 [11AP]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S2199 [5AP], S2503 [11AP]

———John Horsley, William Millar, and William Dodge, S2200 [5AP]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S2203 [5AP]

———Lawrence H. Summers, Sec. of the Treasury, and Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S2505 [11AP]

———Leo F. Peters, American Consulting Engineers Council, S2200 [5AP]

———Mike Acott, National Asphalt Pavement Association, S2200 [5AP]

———Richard C. Creighton, American Portland Cement Alliance, S2201 [5AP], S2505 [11AP]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S2203 [5AP], S2504, S2505 [11AP]

———T. Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S2504 [11AP]

———Terrence M. O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of North America, S2504 [11AP]

———several State and local government organizations, S2203, S2204 [5AP]

Federal gasoline tax: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———John R. Cady, National Food Processors Association, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S1919 [29MR]

———Mike Parkhurst, Independent Truckers Association, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S1918 [29MR]

———Thomas R. Warne, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S1918 [29MR]

Gasoline inventories and prices: Mike Bowlin, Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO), S2607 [12AP]

Impact of low oil prices and increasing oil imports on U.S. national security: several Senators, S1545 [22MR]

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) potential for water contamination: Ed Wiederstein, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, H1278 [22MR]

———Eric Vaughn, Renewable Fuels Association, H1277 [22MR]

———Leon Corzine, Illinois Corn Growers Association, H1278 [22MR]

———Lynn Jensen, National Corn Growers Association, H1277 [22MR]

OPEC oil production levels: Representative Gilman, E1586 [25SE]

Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S6321 [10JY]

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, H9556 [10OC]

Strike assumed revenue based on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration from budget resolution: Athan Manuel, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S2210 [5AP]

———Carl Pope, Sierra Club, S2210 [5AP]

———Courtney Curf, Friends of the Earth (organization), S2210, S2219 [5AP]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S2209, S2220 [5AP]

———John H. Adams, Natural Resources Defense Council, S2210, S2220 [5AP]

———Martha A. Marks, Republicans for Environmental Protection America (organization), S2220 [5AP]

———Paul W. Hansen, Izaak Walton League of America, S2210 [5AP]

———Raymond Chretien, Canadian Ambassador, S2211 [5AP]

———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S2210, S2220 [5AP]

———William H. Meadows, Wilderness Society, S2220 [5AP]

Temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes: Andrew F. Quinlan, CapitolWatch (organization), S6625 [13JY]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S6619 [13JY]

———Eric V. Schlecht, National Taxpayers Union, S6619 [13JY]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S6619 [13JY]

———several State and local government organizations, S6622 [13JY]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S6620 [13JY]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S6619 [13JY]

Venetie Tribal Government Council negotiation rights relative to lands offered for competitive oil and gas leases: Native Village of Venetie, S1318 [8MR], S1647 [23MR]

Lists

Conservation and Revinvestment Act Coalition members, S9913 [5OC]

Senators and staff supporting Conservation and Revinvestment Act, S9913 [5OC]

Virginia organizations supporting Conservation and Reinvestment Act, S9937 [5OC]

Memorandums

Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Potential for Water Contamination: EPA, H1274 [22MR]

Motions

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2949 [11MY]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1245 [22MR]

Foreign trade: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S10039 [6OC], S11206 [27OC]

Opinion polls

Temporary Federal gasoline tax reduction: Gallup Organization, S2489 [11AP]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado Wildlife Commission: Conservation and Reinvestment Act, H2839 [10MY]

Press releases

Arctic Refuge Needs Your Help: Sierra Club, S1318 [8MR]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: National Governors' Association, H2842 [10MY]

Fuel Economy Cost May Be Compromised To Meet Tougher Emission Standards in Next-Generation Cars: National Research Council, S6320 [10JY]

Proposals

Venetie Tribal Government Council negotiation rights relative to lands offered for competitive oil and gas leases: Native Village of Venetie, S1318 [8MR], S1647 [23MR]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H540 [29FE], H705 [8MR], H4910 [21JN], H7348 [7SE], H8774-H8781, H8783-H8785 [4OC], H8918, H8919 [5OC], H9873, H9874 [12OC], H11412-H11414 [27OC], H12089, H12090 [14DE], E519 [10AP]

———oil and gas leasing, H493 [16FE]

Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H10818 [25OC], E1373 [27JY]

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of pipeline accident, H4172 [9JN]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (H.R. 3902), H4178 [12JN], H5090 [26JN]

Coastal zones: prohibit use of offshore oil and gas revenues by States under Federal moratorium on offshore leasing, H2861-H2864 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H8596 [2OC], H8641-H8648, H8650, H8651, H8655, H8656 [3OC], H9870 [12OC], E1669 [4OC]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2470 [3MY], H2827-H2903 [10MY], H2907-H2952 [11MY], E154 [16FE], E571 [13AP], E722, E724 [15MY], E740 [17MY], E779 [19MY], E1138 [28JN]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2821-H2826 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), motion to recommit, H2949-H2951 [11MY]

Colorado Coalition for New Energy Technologies: tribute, E1628 [28SE]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: assure funding parity between oil and gas revenue producing States and non-producing States, H2912 [11MY]

———condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2872-H2875 [10MY], H2949-H2951 [11MY], E779 [19MY]

———mandatory funding mechanisms, H2887-H2890 [10MY], E740 [17MY]

Contra Costa County, CA: eligibility to receive offshore oil drilling environmental impact assistance, H2890, H2891 [10MY]

Crown Central Petroleum Corp.: anniversary of lockout of union workers, H192 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5709, H5711, H5712 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: conduct a study on the economic basis of the recent increase in gasoline price levels, H5257 [27JN]

———create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather, H1205 [22MR], H8656 [3OC], E547 [12AP]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H.R. 3533), H417 [15FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H.R. 3543), H418 [15FE]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H7937, H7939 [21SE], H8037, H8054-H8056 [25SE], H8205 [27SE], H8410, H8411, H8413-H8415, H8423, H8434 [28SE], H8777 [4OC], H8914-H8921 [5OC], H11589 [30OC]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities, H1202, H1203 [22MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to create a heating oil reserve for the Northeast, H5848 [12JY]

———extend Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H5269-H5274 [27JN]

———protection of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, E55 [2FE]

———purchase ethanol and biodiesel fuel through a draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H1607 [30MR], H4554 [15JN]

———purchase of oil from marginal domestic wells, H5269-H5274 [27JN]

———report on all possible means to increase domestic oil production without harming the environment, H1235, H1236 [22MR]

———report on efforts to address high gasoline price levels and to develop a national energy policy, H5259 [27JN]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H. Con. Res. 267), E257 [9MR]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H. Con. Res. 291), E543 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4544-H4550 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy, H1330 [23MR]

Ecology and environment: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (H.R. 4011), H1272-H1282 [22MR]

Economy: impact of EPA implementation of reformulated gasoline regulations on gasoline prices, H6055 [17JY]

———impact of increasing oil prices, H705 [8MR], H760 [9MR], H924 [13MR], H960-H962 [14MR], H1000 [15MR], H1082, H1115 [16MR], H1156-H1158 [21MR], H1176 [22MR], H1289 [23MR], H1491 [29MR], H1614, H1615, H1622, H1623, H1626 [30MR], H1835-H1840 [5AP], H4178 [12JN], H4227 [13JN], H4344, H4475-H4477 [14JN], H4658 [19JN], H4910 [21JN], H5165 [26JN], H5174, H5175, H5210, H5271 [27JN], H5441, H5442 [29JN], H5660 [10JY], H5850 [12JY], H6057 [17JY], H6369 [18JY], H6604 [20JY], H7285 [7SE], H7743, H7828 [19SE], H8205 [27SE], H8434 [28SE], H8914, H8916, H8919 [5OC], E329 [16MR], E413 [23MR], E430 [28MR], E519 [10AP], E1644 [2OC], E2157 [8DE]

EPA: impact of implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions on energy prices, H6475 [19JY]

Federal-State relations: remove incentives for offshore oil development, protect open spaces and natural resources, and require that State conservation plans comply with Federal environmental regulations, H2858 [10MY]

Foreign policy: establish U.S. interests relative to antitrust lawsuits asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices (H.R. 4731), E1107 [23JN], E1585 [25SE]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1218-H1246 [22MR], H1402 [23MR], E399, E413 [23MR], E427, E430 [28MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), amendment process, H1083 [16MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1200-H1218 [22MR]

———require certain actions relative to OPEC or any other cartel engaged in oil price fixing, production cutbacks, or other market-distorting practices (H.R. 4732), E1103 [23JN], E1585 [25SE]

Foreign trade: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H5250-H5254 [27JN], H8420 [28SE], H8774-H8781 [4OC], E1644 [2OC], E1790 [13OC]

———dependence on foreign sources, H540 [29FE], H760 [9MR], H924 [13MR], H1115 [16MR], H1143 [21MR], H1289 [23MR], H1631 [3AP], H1724 [4AP], H4463-H4465 [14JN], H4658 [19JN], H5075 [23JN], H5174, H5175, H5248, H5268 [27JN], H5850 [12JY], H6057 [17JY], H8783-H8785 [4OC], H8899 [5OC], H9871, H9872 [12OC], H11463 [28OC], E55 [2FE], E547 [12AP], E1970 [28OC]

———influences on rise in prices, H415 [15FE]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands, H1232 [22MR]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (H.R. 4007), H11792 [2NO]

Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4462-H4466 [14JN]

Galveston, TX: Offshore Rig Museum funding, H3394 [18MY]

Iran: U.S. policy, H3910 [6JN]

LIHEAP: funding, E152 [16FE]

———redistribution of funds to States with the most need, H418 [15FE]

Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve: establish (H.R. 4784), E1171 [30JN]

Mineral Management Service: revise certain royalty-in-kind procedures relative to payments for transportation to wholesale market centers, H4454, H4455 [14JN]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H3425, H3428 [19MY], H4534, H4535 [15JN], E820 [24MY]

———impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (H.R. 4441), H9569-H9573 [10OC], E706 [11MY]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (H.R. 5479), E1803 [17OC]

National Energy Self-Sufficiency Commission: establish, H5268 [27JN]

Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments (H. Res. 453), H1634-H1636 [3AP]

Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve: funding, H5211, H5269-H5274 [27JN], H8413-H8415, H8420, H8421, H8423 [28SE], E1049 [19JN]

Oil Pollution Act: reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (H.R. 5100), E13671 [27JY]

Patents: mandatory licensing of patents on reformulated gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 4739), H5165 [26JN]

Pennsylvania: impact of petroleum shortages and prices on local producers, H8921 [5OC]

Persian Gulf Conflict: decision not to invade Iraq, E1536 [20SE]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (H.R. 4792), H7841, H7843 [19SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection, H7627, H7628 [14SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H8773 [4OC], H9548-H9562 [10OC], H9819 [12OC], E1752, E1759, E1766 [12OC], E1777 [13OC]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (H.R. 5361), H9559 [10OC], E1656 [3OC]

Power resources: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast, E543 [12AP]

———ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (H.R. 5585), E1965 [28OC]

———establish a commission to review and explore ways for the U.S. to become energy self-sufficient, E1162 [30JN]

———establish a commission to review and explore ways for the U.S. to become energy self-sufficient (H.R. 4035), H8899 [5OC], H11589 [30OC], H12089 [14DE]

———fuel cell power system development funding, H4451 [14JN]

———incorporation of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel into strategic fuel reserves, H4475-H4477 [14JN]

———national energy policy, H1491 [29MR], H1614, H1615, H1622, H1623, H1626 [30MR], H1835-H1840 [5AP], H5075 [23JN], H5174, H5175, H5268, H5269, H5271 [27JN], H5850 [12JY], H7828 [19SE], H8037, H8054-H8056 [25SE], H8066, H8067 [26SE], H8205, H8283 [27SE], H8595 [2OC], H8774-H8781, H8783-H8785 [4OC], H8898, H8899, H8909, H8914, H8921 [5OC], H9808 [11OC], H9872 [12OC], H11459-H11461 [28OC], H12034 [7DE], H12089, H12090 [14DE], E413 [23MR], E430 [28MR], E519 [10AP], E1970 [28OC]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding through reductions in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4550-H4555 [15JN]

———permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (H.R. 4043), E364 [21MR]

———promote use of hydrogen in combination with fossil and synthetic fuels, H5252 [27JN]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (H.R. 4385), H2637 [8MY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: extend and improve, H1232, H1233 [22MR], H1614, H1615, H1622, H1623, H1626 [30MR]

———reauthorize, H5223 [27JN], H8413-H8415, H8420, H8421, H8423 [28SE]

Taft, CA: anniversary, E1806 [17OC]

Tariff: finished petroleum derivatives, E2086 [13NO]

Taxation: adoption of windfall profits tax on oil companies relative to gasoline price levels, H4681 [20JN]

———gasoline tax, H5660 [10JY], H7828 [19SE]

———incentives to encourage domestic production, H12089 [14DE]

———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (H.R. 1116), H1143 [21MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, H1241-H1243 [22MR]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (H.R. 3849), E257 [9MR]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes, H939 [14MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4111), E448 [30MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4776), E1153 [29JN]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes (H.R. 3711), E183 [29FE]

———use revenues from excise taxes imposed on fuel used in trains for the elimination of railway-highway crossing hazards (H.R. 2060), H1988 [10AP], H2505 [3MY]

Texas: anniversary of the discovery of the Spindletop Oil Field and the Lucas Gusher, E2130 [5DE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 4165), E499 [5AP]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S1448 [20MR], S1645-S1651 [23MR], S2035 [3AP], S9132 [25SE], S9440-S9443 [28SE], S9788-S9793, S9795 [4OC]

———strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2206-S2222 [5AP], S2275-S2277 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of pipeline accident, S4542 [6JN]

Budget: ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2197-S2206 [5AP], S2273-S2275 [6AP], S2452 [10AP]

China, People's Republic of: require disclosure of information relative to compliance with World Trade Organization subsidy obligations, S8298-S8300 [11SE], S8354 [12SE]

———phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (S. 2971), S7884 [27JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S9808-S9813, S9816, S9826, S9829-S9835 [4OC], S9907-S9909, S9911-S9916, S9937 [5OC], S10075 [6OC], S10126 [10OC], S10401 [12OC], S11232, S11293 [27OC]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), S6837 [14JY], S6992, S7039 [17JY], S7431-S7435 [21JY], S8877, S8878 [21SE], S9256 [26SE], S9460 [28SE]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 2123), S936-S946 [29FE], S1019 [1MR]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 25), S598 [10FE]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 2567), S4018, S4029 [16MY], S4031 [17MY]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): investigation of payments made to two Federal employees by the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies, S7490 [24JY], S7993-S7995 [5SE]

Conservation of energy: incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S2036 [3AP]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (S. 2047), S545-S547 [9FE], S1622 [23MR]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (S. 1951), S1543 [22MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S1448 [20MR], S1646 [23MR], S8872-S8874 [21SE], S9020, S9023, S9025 [22SE], S9129-S9131 [25SE], S9232, S9235, S9242 [26SE], S9350, S9368 [27SE], S9876, S9877, S9885, S9892-S9895, S9917 [5OC], S10069-S10071 [6OC], S10140, S10141 [10OC], S10486-S10488 [12OC], S11290-S11293 [27OC]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, S6319-S6322 [10JY]

———renewable energy research and development funding, S7986, S7987 [5SE], S8185 [7SE], S8282 [8SE]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather, S8171 [7SE]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (S. 2072), S632-S634 [10FE]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities, S5173-S5176 [15JN]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (S. Con. Res. 88), S1129 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: fossil energy research and development program funding, S9914 [5OC]

———rulemaking relative to valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, S9379 [27SE]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 2233), S1402-S1406 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (S. 2546), S3919-S3921 [11MY]

Economy: gasoline price levels, S670, S674-S676 [22FE]

———impact of EPA implementation of reformulated gasoline regulations on gasoline prices, S7145-S7149 [18JY]

———impact of increasing oil prices, S1164, S1165 [6MR], S1281, S1331-S1334 [8MR], S1370, S1379 [9MR], S1447-S1449 [20MR], S1541-S1548 [22MR], S1620-S1624, S1646, S1652-S1655 [23MR], S1701-S1706, S1737 [27MR], S1915-S1923 [29MR], S1942-S1944 [30MR], S2029, S2034-S2037 [3AP], S2449, S2459 [10AP], S2496 [11AP], S4969 [12JN], S5197, S5198, S5201, S5208, S5210, S5211 [15JN], S5723-S5726 [23JN], S5776-S5779 [26JN], S6244 [30JN], S7145-S7149 [18JY], S7763 [27JY], S8189 [7SE], S8250-S8252 [8SE], S8872 [21SE], S9020-S9026 [22SE], S9128-S9132, S9208-S9211 [25SE], S9232-S9235 [26SE], S9368 [27SE], S9564 [2OC], S9783-S9785 [3OC], S10045 [6OC], S11318-S11320 [29OC]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 711), S2521 [11AP]

Foreign policy: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 2778), S5683 [22JN]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy, S1622 [23MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (S. 2182), S1184 [6MR]

Foreign trade: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, S9331-S9333 [27SE], S10069-S10071 [6OC]

———decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S3957-S3962, S4005 [16MY], S4031 [17MY], S5291 [16JN], S5764-S5766, S5773-S5776 [26JN], S5875 [27JN], S8778-S8780 [20SE], S9029 [22SE], S9232-S9235 [26SE], S9350, S9351, S9375 [27SE], S10769 [19OC], S10885, S10886 [23OC], S11318-S11320 [29OC]

———decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), motion to proceed, S9376 [27SE], S9569-S9572 [2OC], S10770 [19OC], S11104 [26OC], S11378 [30OC], S11417 [31OC]

———dependence on foreign sources, S670, S674-S676 [22FE], S846 [28FE], S1164, S1165 [6MR], S1281, S1331-S1334 [8MR], S1370, S1379 [9MR], S1620-S1624 [23MR], S1701-S1706, S1737 [27MR], S1925 [30MR], S2035 [3AP], S2282 [6AP], S2460 [10AP], S2485-S2491 [11AP], S2879 [25AP], S3220 [2MY], S4969 [12JN], S5193 [15JN], S5771-S5773 [26JN], S5873-S5876 [27JN], S6244 [30JN], S6319-S6322 [10JY], S7145-S7149 [18JY], S7487 [24JY], S7627 [26JY], S8250-S8252 [8SE], S8778-S8780 [20SE], S9208-S9211 [25SE], S10140 [10OC], S10486-S10488 [12OC], S11290-S11293 [27OC], S11409-S11413, S11419-S11421 [31OC]

———influences on rise in prices, S204-S207 [1FE]

———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil, S1648 [23MR]

———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (S. 2275), S1608 [22MR]

Gore, Vice President: views on drilling for oil in Colombia versus domestic drilling, S7490 [24JY]

Iraq: U.S. policy, S2490 [11AP]

LIHEAP: funding, S5603 [22JN]

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE): phase-out use in reformulated gasoline, S846 [28FE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles, S5093, S5096 [14JN], S5197-S5215 [15JN]

———average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, S5193, S5194, S5197-S5215 [15JN], S6626 [13JY], S7793 [27JY]

———improve energy efficiency standards for automobiles and small trucks, S1621, S1622 [23MR]

Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments, S2805-S2807 [13AP]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs (S. 2181), S1173-S1184 [6MR]

Oceans: establish Ocean and Coast Conservation Fund (S. 2223), S1325 [8MR]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions concerning the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (S. 3268), S11494 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (S. 2944), S7841-S7843 [27JY]

OPEC: encourage stabilization of crude oil prices, S776 [24FE]

Pipelines: civil penalties against owners or operators relative to the availability of certain information during an incident investigation, S8235 [7SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2409), S2621-S2624 [12AP]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S2714, S2757 [13AP], S8225-S8241 [7SE], S9230-S9232, S9255 [26SE], S10237 [11OC], S10894 [23OC]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 3002), S8019 [5SE]

———improve safety (S. 2004), S86-S88 [26JA], S1268, S1294 [8MR], S1660 [23MR], S4542 [6JN], S7782, S7790 [27JY], S8041 [6SE]

———regulatory requirements for exposed pipes on bridges, S8235, S8236 [7SE]

Power resources: elimination of internal combustion engine, S2279, S2280, S2284, S2295 [6AP]

———encourage summer fill and fuel budgeting programs for propane, kerosene, and heating oil (S. 2224), S1326 [8MR]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (S. 2214), S1316-S1318 [8MR]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing programs for the Coastal Plain, S1648 [23MR]

———national energy policy, S846 [28FE], S1541-S1548 [22MR], S1620-S1624, S1652-S1655 [23MR], S1701-S1706 [27MR], S2029, S2034-S2037 [3AP], S2458-S2460 [10AP], S2485-S2491, S2501 [11AP], S5723-S5726 [23JN], S5764-S5766, S5771-S5779 [26JN], S5873-S5876 [27JN], S6244 [30JN], S6319-S6322 [10JY], S7487 [24JY], S7763, S7764 [27JY], S8189 [7SE], S9020-S9026 [22SE], S9128-S9132, S9208-S9211 [25SE], S9232-S9235, S9242 [26SE], S9331-S9333, S9335, S9368 [27SE], S9440-S9443 [28SE], S9564, S9565 [2OC], S9783-S9785 [3OC], S9788-S9793, S9795 [4OC], S9876, S9877, S9885, S9892-S9895 [5OC], S10045 [6OC], S10140 [10OC], S10486-S10488 [12OC], S11290-S11293 [27OC], S11318-S11320 [29OC], S11409-S11413, S11419-S11421 [31OC], S11773 [14DE]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, S7027, S7028 [17JY], S7101 [18JY]

———support increase in world crude oil supplies (S. Res. 263), S1661 [23MR], S1752, S1753 [27MR]

———use of ethanol blended gasolines, S7814 [27JY]

Presidential Energy Commission: establish, S7989, S7990 [5SE]

Public lands: encourage domestic oil, gas, and coal exploration and production, S1623 [23MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5323-S5325 [19JN]

———return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10499 [12OC]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (S. 2506), S3520 [4MY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, S8810 [20SE]

Taxation: allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (S. 2884), S7161 [18JY]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (S. 3171), S9956 [5OC]

———gasoline tax, S2280 [6AP]

———impact of gasoline tax reduction on Highway Trust Fund, S2492-S2496, S2501, S2503, S2505 [11AP]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (S. 3118), S9384 [27SE], S10992 [25OC]

———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports, S1274 [8MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday, S6499-S6501 [12JY]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2262), S1528 [21MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2263), S1528 [21MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1663 [23MR], S1701 [27MR], S1915-S1923 [29MR], S1925, S1941, S1942, S1944-S1946, S1958-S1961 [30MR], S2432 [7AP], S2449, S2451-S2460 [10AP], S2485-S2506 [11AP], S2607 [12AP], S2699, S2700 [13AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), cloture motion, S1831 [28MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1968-S1970 [30MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), unanimous-consent request, S1830, S1831 [28MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2790), S5809-S5811 [26JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2791), S5773-S5775 [26JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2808), S6040 [28JN], S6185 [30JN]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (S. 2265), S1522 [21MR], S1542, S1546, S1547 [22MR]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (S. 2591), S4199-S4201 [18MY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes, S1620-S1624 [23MR]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes, S6617-S6627 [13JY]

———temporary deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (S. 2799), S5905 [27JN]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds, S2502 [11AP]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (S. 2161), S1123 [2MR], S1620 [23MR]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes (S. 2090), S803 [24FE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (S. 2588), S4192 [18MY]

Reports

Economic Effects of Replacing Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) With Ethanol: Dept. of Agriculture, H1275-H1277 [22MR]

Ethanol Use in Gasoline: Sarah R. Armstrong, Cambridge Environmental, Inc., H1278-H1280 [22MR]

Refusals To Comply With Subpoenas in Investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) Relative to False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Oil Companies: Committee on Resources (House), H11368-H11384 [27OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (Minority Rebuttal), H11395-H11398 [27OC]

World Oil Market Demands: International Energy Agency, S9352 [27SE]

Reports filed

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 701) (S. Rept. 106-413), S8584 [14SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 701) (H. Rept. 106-499), H572 [29FE]

Consideration of H.R. 701, Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 106-612), H2769 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3822, Oil Price Reduction Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 445) (H. Rept. 106-533), H1162 [21MR]

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2962) (S. Rept. 106-426), S9464 [28SE]

Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4340) (H. Rept. 106-1012), H11206 [26OC]

Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4441) (H. Rept. 106-865), H7869 [19SE]

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2778), S8941 [21SE]

Oil Price Reduction Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 3822) (H. Rept. 106-528), H1123 [20MR]

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 106-387), S8019 [5SE]

Project on Government Oversight (organization) Compliance With Subpoenas: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Rept. 106-801), H7205 [27JY]

Senate Return of Certain Treaties to the President: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 267), S1391 [9MR]

Support Increase in World Crude Oil Supplies: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 263), S1391 [9MR]

Resolutions by organizations

National energy supply policies: National Association of Manufacturers, E1971 [28OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1232, H1233 [22MR]

Statements

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Representatives Shuster and Bliley, H9559 [10OC]

Top 10 Reasons Why Repealing Part of the Federal Gas Tax Is a Bad Idea: American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S1918 [29MR]

Summaries

Clean and Renewable Fuels Act (S. 2971), S7884-S7886 [27JY]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act (S. 2123), S1020 [1MR]

Pipeline Safety Act (H.R. 5361), E1657 [3OC]

Tables

Daily average supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products, S9918 [5OC]

Exported distillate fuel, heating oil, and diesel, S9918 [5OC]

Oil companies third quarter profits, S10993 [25OC]

State gasoline taxes (1998), S5906 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 445, consideration of H.R. 3822, Oil Price Reduction Act, H1200 [22MR]

H. Res. 453, Senate amendments to H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act, H1634 [3AP]

H. Res. 497, consideration of H.R. 701, Conservation and Reinvestment Act, H2821 [10MY], H2939 [11MY]

H. Res. 657, Committee on Resources (House) report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies, H11385 [27OC]

H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act, S2805 [13AP]

H.R. 4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act, H9569 [10OC]

H.R. 4731, Foreign Trust Busting Act, E1107 [23JN]

H.R. 4732, International Energy Fair Pricing Act, E1103 [23JN]

S. 2047, Home Heating Oil Price Stability Act, S546 [9FE]

S. 2072, Home Heating Readiness Act, S632 [10FE]

S. 2090, America's Transportation Recovery Act, S803 [24FE]

S. 2094, Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating Act, S807 [24FE]

S. 2123, Conservation and Reinvestment Act, S937-S945 [29FE]

S. 2161, American Transportation Recovery and Highway Trust Fund Protection Act, S1124 [2MR]

S. 2181, Conservation and Stewardship Act, S1177-S1184 [6MR]

S. 2233, MTBE Elimination Act, S1404 [9MR]

S. 2265, Marginal Well Preservation Act, S1523 [21MR]

S. 2409, Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act, S2621-S2624 [12AP]

S. 2438, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, S8225-S8230, S8236-S8241 [7SE], H9548-H9553 [10OC]

S. 2503, Renewable Fuels Act, S3515-S3519 [4MY]

S. 2506, reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers, S3521 [4MY]

S. 2588, Ute-Moab Land Restoration Act, S4193 [18MY]

S. 2790, Federal Fuel Tax Relief Act, S5811 [26JN]

S. 2791, Federal Fuels Tax Suspension Act, S5812 [26JN]

S. 2799, Emergency Fuel Tax Act, S5906 [27JN]

S. 2884, allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit, S7161 [18JY]

S. 2944, reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes, S7843 [27JY]

S. 2962, Federal Reformulated Fuels Act, S7853-S7855 [27JY]

S. 3002, Pipeline Integrity, Safety and Reliability Research and Development Act, S8020 [5SE]

S. 3118, Windfall Oil Profits for Heating Assistance Act, S9385 [27SE]

S. 3171, Energy Security for American Consumers Act, S9956 [5OC]

S. 3268, Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act, S11494 [1NO]

S. Con. Res. 88, treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities, S1128 [2MR]

S. Res. 263, support increase in world crude oil supplies, S871 [28FE]

S. Res. 267, Senate return of certain treaties to the President, S1423 [9MR]