PUBLIC UTILITIES

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7691 [16JY], S7739, S7790, S7825, S7826, S7827, S7828 [17JY], S7854, S7865, S7884 [18JY], S7897, S7969, S7970 [19JY], S8008 [20JY], H3520 [25JN], H3619 [26JN], H3657, H3662, H3669, H3672, H3676, H3714 [27JN], H3723, H3724, H3726, H3727 [28JN]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1529 [15FE]

Analyses

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178), H10189 [18DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S7905 [19JY], H5857 [20SE]

Articles and editorials

California's Utility Sent Parent Firm $4.8 Billion—Audit Results Anger Consumer Groups, S2207 [13MR], S2275 [14MR]

Canada Urges Against Hasty U.S. Move on Arctic Oil, S9847 [26SE]

Coming Energy Wars, E1014 [5JN]

Drilling for Oil on Gwich'in Land, S9847-S9849 [26SE]

Falling Energy Prices Could Spark the Economy, S8695 [2AU]

FERC Likely To Put New Limits on California Energy Prices, H3183 [14JN]

Masssive Herd Remains Soul of Native Band—Debate Rages Over the Environmental Costs of Drilling in Refuge, S9849 [26SE]

National Energy Policy Needs Farmers' Support, E2207 [5DE]

No Immediate Relief Is Promised, E1024 [6JN]

Of Arsenic, and Art of Governing, E1522 [3AU]

Power of Advertising Fights Electricity Rate Caps—Worried GOP, White House Give Blessing to Utilities' California Campaign, H3121 [13JN]

Price Caps Make It Worse, E1058 [7JN]

Selling the Energy Policy, S4408 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1256), H1189 [27MR]

———reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H1488 (see H. Res. 117), H1500 [4AP]

Congress: establish joint committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices (see S. Res. 87), S4822 [10MY]

Dept. of Energy: impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (see S. 26), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 238), H76 [20JA]

———study potential regulatory improvements that may help alleviate high fuel prices (see H.R. 1834), H2183 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior: planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (see S. 934), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 1946), H2570 [22MY]

District of Columbia: make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the Water and Sewer Authority (see H.R. 2306), H3518 [25JN]

Electric power: authorize grants to utilities to be passed through as credits toward electric bills and to consumers that reduce consumption, and establish an Electric Energy Conservation Fund (see S. 1213), S8014 [20JY]

———modernize generation capacity, improve efficiency, reduce hazardous emissions, require compliance with certain review requirements by generating units, and promote alternative, clean energy sources (see S. 1131), S7083 [28JN]

———promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 172), S527 [24JA]

———provide for electricity emergencies (see H.R. 1647), H1714 [1MY]

———provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry (see H.R. 2814), H5337 [2AU]

———provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and promote renewable and alternative electric power generation sources (see H.R. 3406), H8948 [5DE]

———provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system (see H.R. 312), H111 [30JA]

———provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see S. 552), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 381), H165 [31JA]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (see H.R. 1468), H1485 (see H.R. 1468), H1495 [4AP]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (see H. Res. 165), H3150 [13JN]

———waive restrictions on operation of certain facilities used to address an emergency power shortage declared by a State Governor (see H.R. 1664), H1715 [1MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1171), S7589 [12JY] (see H.R. 2311), H3617 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration (see H. Res. 180), H3618 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 272), H7591 [31OC]

EPA: congressional disapproval of delay in effective date for revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see S.J. Res. 14), S5439 [22MY]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see S. 1593), S11198 [30OC] (see H.R. 3178), H7528 [30OC]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see S. 632, 635), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 751), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1189 [27MR]

Federal Power Act: require guaranteed payment whenever any electric energy supplier is required to sell electric energy to a purchaser under the emergency authority (see H.R. 971), H827 [8MR]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: provide authority to reduce vandalism and destruction of property (see H.R. 2924), H5926 [21SE]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 287), S1218 [8FE]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (see S. 80), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 268), H109 [30JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (see S. 1068), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 2274), H3464 [21JN]

———provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates (see H.R. 1941), H2570 [22MY]

———provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates and under certain circumstances to expand and revoke the market mitigation plan (see H.R. 1974), H2679 [23MY]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (see H.R. 2757), H5335 [2AU]

Fund for Environmental Priorities: establish and fund with a portion of consumer savings resulting from retail electricity choice (see H.R. 416), H219 [7FE]

Government regulations: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 1335), H1407 [3AP]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see S. 1875), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 2729), H5333 [2AU]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 3166), H7308 [24OC]

Land use: establish that public lands be used for public utility infrastructure before private lands are condemned for such purpose (see H.R. 2101), H2997 [7JN]

Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S3852 [24AP]

NRC: ensure that sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets have been established near nuclear power plants and that appropriate plans for their utilization exist (see H.R. 3279), H8132 [13NO]

Office of Homeland Security: establish a National Energy Infrastructure Security Program (see S. 1529), S10457 [10OC]

Orange County, CA: increase the ceiling on the Federal share of certain costs of the Regional Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 1729), H1924 [3MY]

Power resources: assist municipalities and local communities to explore and determine options for the alternative provision of electricity and to create new public power systems (see H.R. 2233), H3259 [19JN]

———ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see S. 883), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 1830), H2182 [15MY]

———establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see S. 1333), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 3037), H6379 [4OC]

———improve environmental review process for construction, operation, or maintenance of energy facilities (see S. 1590), S11198 [30OC]

———national energy policy (see S. 1766), S12447 [5DE]

———promote safe and efficient supply of energy while maintaining strong environmental protections (see S. 1591), S11198 [30OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 3224), H7718 [1NO]

———provide for research on methods to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies (see H.R. 3227), H7718 [1NO]

———provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H1113 [22MR]

———restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water (see S. 796), S3994 [26AP]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1187 [27MR]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see S. 1194), S7878 [18JY]

———State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H1187 [27MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H1860 [2MY]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 582), H323 [13FE]

———deduction for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 1702), H1923 [3MY]

———exclude certain amounts received by power utilities from gross income as contributions to capital (see H.R. 2431), H3805 [28JN]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see S. 794), S3994 [26AP]

———impose a windfall profit tax on electric generating facilities having excess profits (see H.R. 2079), H2955 [6JN]

———impose a windfall profit tax on wholesale electric energy sold in the Western System Coordinating Council (see H.R. 443), H220 [7FE]

———impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of domestic electricity and use resulting revenues to fund rebates to consumers (see S. 173), S527 [24JA]

———prevent electric generating facilities having excess profits from obtaining tax incentives by denying accelerated depreciation (see H.R. 2080), H2955 [6JN]

———provide a credit to individuals for energy conservation expenditures and energy efficient appliances in residences (see H.R. 2393), H3803 [28JN]

———provide a refundable personal credit for energy conservation expenditures (see S. 196), S636 [29JA]

———provide tax credits with respect to nuclear facilities (see S. 741), S3706 [6AP]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see S. 726), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H3202 [14JN]

———treatment of water and sewage disposal property conveyed under the Dept. of Defense privatization program (see H.R. 2130), H3066 [12JN]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (see S. 821), S4245 [3MY] (see S. 1288), S8574 [1AU] (see S. 1331), S8704 [2AU]

TVA: increase ownership of electric power generation assets by municipal and rural electric cooperative utilities that provide retail electric service in the Tennessee Valley region (see S. 608), S2894 [26MR]

Water: allow public water systems to avoid filtration requirements (see H.R. 2183), H3201 [14JN]

———authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (see H.R. 2112), H2997 [7JN]

———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 109), H59 [6JA]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (see S. 223), S914 [31JA]

Chronologies

GAO investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group, S10447 [10OC]

Cloture motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7870 [18JY]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 2311), H7418-H7512 [30OC]

Cost Estimates

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178): CBO, H10190 [18DE]

Explanations

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (H.R. 3448): Assessment of Vulnerability of Water Supply Systems, E2410 [20DE]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178), H10188 [18DE]

Letters

California energy crisis relative to electricity competition program: C. Lourenco Goncalves, California Steel Industries, Inc., S4066 [1MY]

———Henry Knaust, H.K. Canning, Inc., S4068 [1MY]

———Jim Gomes, California Dairy Coalition of Concerned Energy Consumers, S4067 [1MY]

———Jim Relles, California State Floral Association, S4067 [1MY]

———K. Maurice Johannessen, California State Senate, S4068 [1MY]

Drinking water standards for arsenic: Representative Luther, H4745 [27JY]

———Senators Domenici, Kyl, Craig, Hatch, and Bennett, S8555 [1AU]

EPA drinking water standards for arsenic: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA, H7940 [8NO]

FERC authority to order certain refunds of electric rates and under certain circumstances to expand and revoke the market mitigation plan: Joe Ronan, Calpine Corp., H3312 [20JN]

GAO investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group: Vice President Cheney, S10447 [10OC]

National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic: Representative Bereuter, E866 [21MY]

National energy policy: Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, S12143 [29NO]

Nondischargeability of debts in bankruptcy arising from the exchange of electric energy: Edwin D. Hill and Jerry J. O'Connor, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, S2206 [13MR]

———Gray Davis, Governor of California, S2205 [13MR]

———Jeanne Connelly, Calpine Corp., S2204 [13MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International (corporation), S2205 [13MR]

———Keith E. Bailey, Williams Cos., S2204 [13MR]

———Lynne H. Church, Electric Power Supply Association, S2205 [13MR]

———Nettie Hoge, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), S2205 [13MR]

———Robert D. Glynn, PG&E Corp., S2205 [13MR]

———Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, S2204 [13MR]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H10191 [18DE]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10191 [18DE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10190 [18DE]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S7853 [18JY]

Supporters of H.R. 3178, Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act, H10190 [18DE]

Memorandums

National Energy Policy: Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S12399 [5DE]

Messages

National Energy Policy: President Bush, S7081 [28JN], H3789 [28JN]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7897, S7905 [19JY], H3684 [27JN]

Petitions and memorials

Idaho Republican Party: national energy policy, E1761 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (H.R. 1256), E457 [27MR]

Bonneville Power Administration: transmission upgrading, H7608 [1NO], E1575 [5SE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3724 [28JN]

California: energy crisis, H3121 [13JN]

———energy crisis relative to electricity competition program, H130 [31JA], H305-H307 [13FE], H1475-H1478 [4AP]

Dept. of Energy: commercial nuclear power plants site selection study funding, H5111 [1AU]

———impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (H.R. 238), H2552 [22MY], H3154 [14JN]

———provide loans and loan guarantees to improve existing electric power transmission systems, H3316-H3318 [20JN]

District of Columbia: make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the Water and Sewer Authority (H.R. 2306), E1178 [21JN], E1194 [25JN]

Electric power: provide for electricity emergencies (H.R. 1647), H2269 [16MY], H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), H2374 [21MY], H2840 [25MY]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (H. Res. 165), H3622, H3623, H3624, H3625, H3627 [27JN], H3810 [10JY], E1509 [2AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3626, H3646-H3685 [27JN], H3717-H3738 [28JN], H5857 [20SE], E1272, E1283, E1284 [29JN], E1289 [10JY], E1303 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, H7599-H7609 [1NO], E1986 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration (H. Res. 180), H3641-H3644 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H7596-H7599 [1NO]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (H.R. 3178), H8252, H8253 [16NO], H10186-H10193 [18DE], E2020 [6NO], E2369 [20DE], E2524 [3JA]

———New York University School of Medicine study on related rates of breast cancer in Rockland County, NY, and the East Side of Manhattan to air pollution and powerplant radiation funding, H7931 [8NO]

———prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4743-H4751 [27JY], H7931, H7937, H7939 [8NO], E1477, E1478 [31JY]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H1065 [22MR], H1397 [3AP]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (H.R. 1413), E576 [5AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic, E1522 [3AU]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: provide authority to reduce vandalism and destruction of property (H.R. 2924), H7150 [23OC]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H3183 [14JN], H3289, H3310-H3315 [20JN], H5142-H5146 [1AU]

———imposition of caps on electricity rates, H3263, H3283, H3284, H3287, H3288 [20JN], H3524, H3525 [26JN], H3623 [27JN]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates, H3321, H3322 [20JN]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (H.R. 268), H130 [31JA], H829 [12MR], H1119 [26MR]

———price regulations relative to national energy crisis, H2684 [24MY], H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN], H2982 [7JN], H3078, H3079 [13JN], H3155 [14JN], H3234 [19JN]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (H.R. 2757), E1517 [3AU]

Government regulations: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (H.R. 1101), E401 [20MR]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H2187 [16MY], H2390 [22MY], H2894 [6JN], H8751 [4DE], H10357 [19DE], E771 [10MY]

———reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, H883 [14MR], H1045 [21MR]

Homeland Security Task Force: ensure bioterrorism preparedness of State and local governments, H7283 [24OC]

Hydroelectric power: research projects funding, H3869 [11JY]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities, H7233 [24OC]

———invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (H.R. 3166), E2524 [3JA]

Lansing, MI: tribute to Lansing Board of Water and Light environmentally friendly energy program, E1305 [11JY]

North Carolina: tribute to electric cooperatives' partnership with schools, E2068 [13NO]

NRC: Inspector General funding, H3726, H3727 [28JN]

Nuclear energy: reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, H5041 [1AU]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel, H3283 [20JN]

———transportation of nuclear waste, H4380 [23JY]

Oak Creek, WI: Oak Creek Water and Sewer Utility and CH2M Hill, Inc., recipients of the American Consulting Engineers Council Engineering Excellence Awards, E343 [13MR]

Oak Harbor, OH: tribute to Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station employees for safety efforts, E1596 [6SE]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.: decision to provide bonuses to senior executives during bankruptcy filing, H3008 [12JN]

Pico Rivera, CA: anniversary of Pico Water District, E1619 [10SE]

Power resources: effect of certain environmental groups on utility costs, H114 [31JA]

———energy assistance funding, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226 [28MR]

———impact of environmentalists on the development of a national energy policy, H2058 [9MY]

———national energy policy, H2006-H2012 [8MY], H2065 [9MY], H2150, H2154, H2176-H2181 [15MY], H2188, H2204, H2205, H2219, H2256, H2259-H2278 [16MY], H2324-H2330 [17MY], H2366, H2367, H2372-H2385 [21MY], H2390, H2391, H2548-H2557, H2562, H2563, H2567 [22MY], H2575, H2576, H2645, H2646, H2647, H2652, H2653, H2662-H2670 [23MY], H2682-H2685 [24MY], H2716-H2718 [25MY], H2864 [5JN], H2929, H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN], H2960, H2961, H2982 [7JN], H3141-H3147 [13JN], H3154, H3155, H3183 [14JN], H3233, H3250 [19JN], H3691-H3698, H3705 [27JN], H3789 [28JN], H3832 [10JY], H3869, H3872, H3951-H3955 [11JY], H3964 [12JY], H4118, H4119 [18JY], H4368 [20JY], H4437 [24JY], H4548, H4577-H4586 [25JY], H4762 [27JY], H4865, H4870, H4969-H4976 [31JY], H7286 [24OC], H8429 [28NO], H9755, H9756 [12DE], E831, E851 [17MY], E903 [23MY], E994 [26MY], E1024, E1037 [6JN], E1111 [14JN], E1761 [2OC], E2207 [5DE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (H.R. 3224), E1991 [2NO]

San Diego, CA: manipulation of electricity prices at the South Bay Power Plant by Duke Energy Corp., H3829 [10JY], H3936, H3937 [11JY]

Taxation: clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (H.R. 582), E153 [13FE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (H.R. 1986), E931 [24MY]

———treatment of water and sewage disposal property conveyed under the Dept. of Defense privatization program (H.R. 2130), E1077 [12JN]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4577-H4586 [25JY]

Water: authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (H.R. 2112), E1052 [7JN]

———National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic, E866 [21MY]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (S. 223), H1932, H1934 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (S. 556), S2411 [15MR]

Bankruptcy: ensure additional expenses associated with home energy costs are included in debtors' monthly expenses, S2198, S2199 [13MR], S2274 [14MR]

———nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy, S2197-S2212 [13MR], S2272-S2276 [14MR], S2385 [15MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: construction funding, S3655 [6AP]

California: energy crisis relative to electricity competition program, S508-S510 [24JA], S4066-S4069 [1MY], S4412 [7MY]

Congress: establish joint committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices, S4871 [14MY]

———establish joint committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices (S. Res. 87), S4846 [10MY], S5806 [5JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: bio-based energy development funding, S11085 [25OC]

Dept. of Energy: energy efficiency programs funding, S7571, S7572 [12JY]

———impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (S. 26), S298 [22JA], S1184 [8FE]

———renewable energy research and development funding, S7789, S7790 [17JY], S7899, S7900 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior: planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (S. 934), S5468 [22MY], S5533 [23MY]

Electric power: electric power transmission reliability system funding, S7899 [19JY]

———modernize generation capacity, improve efficiency, reduce hazardous emissions, require compliance with certain review requirements by generating units, and promote alternative, clean energy sources (S. 1131), S7099 [28JN]

———promote reliability of the bulk-power system (S. 172), S543 [24JA]

———provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system, S4851 [14MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7652 [12JY], S7671-S7678 [16JY], S7739-S7741, S7789-S7796 [17JY], S7839-S7845, S7851-S7871, S7889 [18JY], S7895-S7905 [19JY], S8008 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, S11333-S11340 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11329 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), unanimous-consent agreement, S7652 [12JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1171), indefinitely postponed, S11867 [14NO]

———reduce appropriations for low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S11338 [1NO]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S7902 [19JY]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (S. 1593), S11214 [30OC]

———establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8552-S8561 [1AU], S8896 [3AU]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, S3649 [6AP], S3815 [24AP], S7907 [19JY], S11600, S11602 [8NO]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (S. 632), S2999 [27MR]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (S. 751), S3759 [6AP]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: provide authority to reduce vandalism and destruction of property (H.R. 2924), S11926 [15NO]

FERC: ensure refund calculations for consumers in the Northwest and California harmed by unjust electricity rates are equitable, S7665-S7667 [16JY]

———impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1220 [8FE], S1529 [15FE]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (S. 80), S338 [22JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (S. 1068), S6522 [20JN]

Government regulations: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (S. 206), S710 [30JA], S4816 [10MY]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S7840-S7843, S7852 [18JY], S11520 [7NO]

Nuclear energy: storage and transport of nuclear waste, S7939 [19JY]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel, S11520 [7NO]

Office of Homeland Security: establish a National Energy Infrastructure Security Program (S. 1529), S10462 [10OC]

Power resources: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (S. 1333), S8752-S8755 [2AU], S13353 [17DE]

———national energy policy, S4407-S4410 [7MY], S4851 [14MY], S4932 [15MY], S4999-S5001 [16MY], S5199 [21MY], S5572-S5574 [24MY], S5667, S5668-S5671, S5679 [25MY], S6657 [22JN], S7298-S7300 [9JY], S7476 [11JY], S7793-S7796 [17JY], S7839, S7851 [18JY], S8150 [25JY], S8373-S8378 [30JY], S9013 [4SE], S9156-S9159 [6SE], S9480 [19SE], S9571 [21SE], S9843, S9846-S9851 [26SE], S9945, S9946 [1OC], S10029-S10031 [2OC], S10404-S10407, S10413-S10417, S10420-S10423, S10430 [10OC], S10526, S10636 [11OC], S10674-S10676 [15OC], S10806, S10822-S10824 [18OC], S11161, S11162 [30OC], S11275-S11280 [31OC], S11355 [1NO], S11401 [2NO], S11584-S11587 [8NO], S12019 [27NO], S12083-S12091, S12094 [28NO], S13917, S14042-S14045 [20DE]

———national energy policy (S. 1766), S12398-S12400, S12426-S12432, S12448, S12449, S12463 [5DE], S12465, S12466 [6DE], S13352-S13354 [17DE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (S. 1299), S8596 [1AU]

———restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water (S. 796), S4011 [26AP]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (S. 1194), S7881 [18JY]

Taxation: impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of domestic electricity and use resulting revenues to fund rebates to consumers (S. 173), S548 [24JA]

———provide a refundable personal credit for energy conservation expenditures (S. 196), S644 [29JA]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (S. 726), S3712 [6AP]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (S. 1288), S8579 [1AU]

———modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (S. 821), S4254 [3MY]

Water: revise drinking water levels for arsenic and aid water companies in securing tax-exempt bonds to meet standards, S5496 [23MY]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (S. 223), S915 [31JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2311, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 272) (H. Rept. 107-260), H7591 [31OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2311, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 180) (H. Rept. 107-114), H3617 [26JN]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2311) (H. Rept. 107-258), H7526, H7528 [30OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2311) (H. Rept. 107-112), H3617 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1171), S7588 [12JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1171) (S. Rept. 107-39), S7688 [16JY]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 206) (S. Rept. 107-15), S4589 [9MY]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1593) (S. Rept. 107-118), S12771 [10DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3723 [28JN]

Statements

Assist Small Communities With Achieving or Maintaining Compliance With Drinking Water Standards: National Rural Water Association, S8555 [1AU]

Demand for Documents Relative to GAO Investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group: Office of the Vice President, S10448 [10OC]

National Energy Policy: Several Organizations and Bush Administration Officials, S12085 [28NO]

Summaries

Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act (S. 1131), S7104 [28JN]

Economic Security and Recovery Act (H.R. 3090): Borski Proposal To Invest Funds in Infrastructure To Restore the Economy and To Enhance Security of Transportation and Environmental Facilities, H7233 [24OC]

Surveys

Citizens for Real Energy Solutions: Ipsos-Reid Group, S12399 [5DE]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S11340 [1NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1171, energy and water development appropriations, S7796 [17JY]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3648 [27JN]

———conference report, H7601 [1NO]

H.K. Canning, Inc., natural gas billing analysis, S4068 [1MY]

Testimonies

National Energy Policy Relative to Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy Research and Development: Arthur T. Katsaros, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., E1112 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 180, consideration of H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, H3641 [27JN]

H. Res. 272, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, H7596 [1NO]

H.R. 2306, make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, E1179 [21JN]

H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S8024-S8031 [20JY]

H.R. 2924, provide authority to Federal Power Marketing Administration to reduce vandalism and destruction of property, H7150 [23OC]

H.R. 3178, Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act, H10187 [18DE]

S. 172, Electric Reliability Act, S544-S548 [24JA]

S. 206, Public Utility Holding Company Act, S710-S712 [30JA]

S. 223, terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels, S916 [31JA]

S. 632, Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act, S3000 [27MR]

S. 635, Arsenic Standard Reinstatement Act, S3054 [28MR]

S. 726, Municipal Utility Natural Gas Supply Act, S3713 [6AP]

S. 796, Community Right-to-Know Arsenic Risk Act, S4011 [26AP]

S. 821, modify Tennessee Valley Authority Act provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors, S4255 [3MY]

S. 883, Energy Independence Act, S4944 [15MY]

S. 1068, Electricity Gouging Relief Act, S6522 [20JN]

S. 1131, Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act, S7100-S7103 [28JN]

S. 1288, modify provisions of Tennessee Valley Authority Act relative to TVA Board of Directors, S8579 [1AU]

S. 1299, Community Drinking Water Assistance Act, S8596 [1AU]

S. 1333, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Investment Act, S8752-S8755 [2AU]

S. Res. 87, establish joint congressional committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices, S4846 [10MY]