ENERGY POLICY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Coastal zones: repeal the ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and development program (see S. 2251), S769 [7FE]

Government: ensure that Federal agencies purchase ethanol-blended gasoline containing a certain percentage of ethanol for use in vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline (see H.R. 5592), H3907 [13JN]

Power resources: authorize discounted sales of royalty oil and gas taken in-kind from a Federal oil or gas lease to provide additional resources to LIHEAP (see H.R. 5111), H1562 [5AP]

———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see S. 2670), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]

Taxation: repeal certain tax provisions (see H.R. 5226), H1915 [27AP]

———repeal fossil fuel energy tax incentives (see S. 2790), S4469 [11MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Energy: provide regulatory relief for use of non-petroleum oil in electric transformers, E51 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior: suspend collection of royalty payments for offshore oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, H2182 [9MY]

Enact (H.R. 6): conference report, H1709, H1718, H1723, H1727 [25AP], H1842 [26AP], E51 [1FE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1201 [29MR], H2764 [18MY], H5033-H5035 [11JY], H5115 [12JY]

———protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H1366 [30MR]

Power resources: authorize discounted sales of royalty oil and gas taken in-kind from a Federal oil or gas lease to provide additional resources to LIHEAP (H.R. 5111), E533 [6AP], E554 [7AP]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, H1169 [28MR]

———investigate role of oil company executives in development of energy policy legislation, H4949 [10JY]

———national energy policy, H1201 [29MR]

Public buildings: prohibit funding for contravention of Federal buildings energy performance or reporting requirements, H3087 [23MY], H3338 [25MY], H3934, H3935 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: use oil and gas exploration proceeds to fund certain Energy Policy Act programs, S2272 [16MR]

Enact (H.R. 6): conference report, S3441 [25AP], S3529-S3532 [26AP], S3769 [1MY]

Power resources: restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (S. 2670), S3712 [27AP]

Summaries

Royalty-in-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act (H.R. 5111), E533 [6AP]

Texts of

S. 2670, Energy Fairness for America Act, S3712-S3714 [27AP]