PETROLEUM

Amendments

Business and industry: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3380 [6JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2642 [16MY], H2707, H2759 [17MY], H2792, H2796, H2798, H2802, H2805, H2808, H2809, H2811, H2812, H2815, H2816, H2819, H2826, H2830, H2834, H2837, H2839, H2846, H2848, H2849, H2850, H2855, H2866, H2867, H2868, H2869, H2891 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2772 [18MY]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1583 [1MR], S1636, S1658 [2MR], S1798 [6MR], S1815, S1844, S1845, S1846 [7MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4845, H4860, H4866, H4869, H4870, H4871, H4872 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4817 [29JN]

Articles and editorials

Exxon Chairman Got Retirement Package Worth at Least $398 Million, H1816 [26AP]

Exxon Posts Another Record Profit—Political Heat May Rise as Industry Earnings Soar; Net of $80,842 a Minute, H1816 [26AP]

Fuel Costs Ease but Could Climb Higher, H1924 [2MY]

How We Got to $3 a Gallon, E845 [16MY]

North Slope Oil Spill Raises New Concerns Over Pipeline Maintenance, H3239 [25MY]

Outdated Ban, H4815 [29JN]

Quarterly Profit Tops $8 Billion at Exxon Mobil, H1955 [2MY]

State of Energy, H137 [1FE]

States Find It Tough To Prove Gas Prices Illegal, H1924 [2MY]

U.S. Probes Alaska Pipeline Repairs—EPA, FBI Check Allegations of Improper Repair Work on Two Big Storage Tanks, H3240 [25MY]

Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil, S3661-S3663 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry (see S. 2854), S4796 [18MY]

Business and industry: encourage major petroleum products companies to incorporate LIHEAP into their corporate citizenship and responsibility programs (see H. Res. 694), H389 [16FE]

———expedite consideration of permits for refineries (see S. 3649), S7415 [12JY]

———improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (see S. 2557), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5279), H2101 [3MY]

———provide a temporary minimum standard mileage rate for computing the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business purposes (see H.R. 5583), H3787 [12JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (see H. Res. 842), H3306 (see H. Res. 842), H3358 [25MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]

———require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see S. 3553), S6283 [21JN]

———require that gasoline contain a certain amount of renewable fuel by the year 2012 (see H.R. 5370), H2585 [11MY]

Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (see H.R. 5049), H1320 [29MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend relative to reporting and recordkeeping for positions involving energy commodities (see S. 2642), S3506 [25AP]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see S. 3458), S5598 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H3423 [6JN]

———establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 5679), H4554 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing (see S. 2253), S769 [7FE] (see H.R. 4908), H790 [8MR]

———offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing and provide a portion of the revenues from that leasing to producing States and coastal political subdivisions (see S. 2384), S1893 [8MR]

———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see S. 2314), S1414 [16FE] (see S. Res. 372), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4749), H273 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5386), H2596 [15MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (see H. Res. 818), H2704 (see H. Res. 818), H2756 [17MY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize setting of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles based on one or more vehicle attributes (see H.R. 5359), H2584 [11MY]

Energy Policy Act: repeal fossil fuel energy tax incentives (see S. 2790), S4469 [11MY]

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

EPA: establish Federal Fuels List applicable to State Clean Air Act implementation plans (see S. 2700), S3893 [2MY] (see H.R. 5124), H1677 [6AP]

Foreign policy: influence oil-producing nations to increase production and require Dept. of Energy to submit report detailing estimated production levels and capacity of all major oil-producing countries (see S. Res. 467), S4051 [4MY]

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]

Government regulations: establish requirements relative to transfer of oil to or from an onshore or offshore facility, or a vessel with a capacity of over 250 barrels in U.S. waters (see H.R. 4724), H224 [8FE]

Immigration: exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources (see S. 2682), S3704 [27AP] (see S. 2795), S4469 [11MY] (see H.R. 5292), H2173 [4MY]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see S. Con. Res. 93), S3985 [3MY] (see H. Con. Res. 348), H450 [28FE]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 2273), S1071 [10FE] (see S. 2320), S1414 [16FE] (see H.R. 4785, 4793), H388 [16FE]

———release contingency funds (see S. 2628), S3420 [24AP]

Motor vehicles: ensure that the average fuel economy achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2016 is no less than 33 miles per gallon (see H.R. 5543), H3496 [7JN]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (see S. 3543), S6154 [20JN]

———reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (see S. 2830), S4796 [18MY]

———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol (see S. 2263), S978 [9FE]

———temporarily increase standard mileage rate for certain tax deductions for the use of an automobile and temporarily increase reimbursement rate for use of an automobile by Federal employees (see S. 2757), S4155 [8MY]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 2440), S2313 [16MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: allocate a portion of the revenue derived from lease sales in the 181 Area to the land and water conservation fund for use by State and local governments for conservation purposes (see S. 3562), S6457 [23JN]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see S. 2294), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]

———prohibit offshore drilling in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas (see S. 2316), S1414 [16FE]

———prohibit offshore drilling off of Florida (see S. 2239), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4783), H388 [16FE]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 5649), H4327 [20JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (see H. Res. 897), H4794 [28JN]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: provide for payments for producing coastal States (see S. 2420), S2202 [15MR]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of energy products by pipeline (see H.R. 5678), H4554 [26JN]

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]

———enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas (see S. 2747), S4051 [4MY]

———enhance energy production, refining, infrastructure, conservation and efficiency capabilities of the U.S. (see S. 2755), S4107 [5MY]

———establish an alternative diesel standard (see S. 3554), S6283 [21JN]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 5429), H2961 [19MY]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (see H. Res. 835), H3225 [24MY]

———increase cooperation on energy issues between the U.S. and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the U.S. (see S. 2435), S2313 [16MR]

———increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2585 [11MY]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over certain suits on the application of a price threshold in determining the volume for which suspension of royalties applies to certain offshore oil and gas leases (see H.R. 5231), H1915 [27AP]

———permit U.S. companies to participate in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to U.S. exclusive economic zone (see S. 2787), S4469 [11MY] (see H.R. 5353), H2584 [11MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]

———promote energy production and conservation (see S. 2571), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5331), H2338 [9MY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see S. 2446), S2313 [16MR]

———reduce U.S. addiction to oil, ensure near-term energy affordability, accelerate clean fuels and electricity, provide government leadership for a reliable energy future (see S. 2829), S4695 [17MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

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

———suspend Federal highway fuels tax and authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 5462), H3137 [23MY]

States: penalize States that prohibit oil and gas exploration within their borders by denying them the use of any oil or natural gas produced domestically elsewhere (see H.R. 5663), H4423 [21JN]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (see H.R. 5365), H2584 [11MY]

Tariff: liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relative to petroleum products (see S. 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387), S5489 [6JN]

Taxation: allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 5203), H1851 [26AP]

———encourage use of alternative fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5251), H1916 [27AP]

———impose a temporary oil profit fee and use proceeds to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and expand certain energy tax incentives (see S. 2993), S4967 [23MY]

———include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles (see H.R. 5579), H3723 [9JN]

———increase certain alternative fuel and vehicle tax incentives and eliminate certain tax incentives for major integrated oil companies (see S. 2689), S3801 [1MY]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 5650), H4327 [20JN]

———promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale (see H.R. 5653), H4327 [20JN]

———provide a highway fuel tax holiday funded by the repeal of certain production incentives (see H.R. 5285), H2101 [3MY]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs (see S. 2636), S3506 [25AP]

———provide a refundable credit for certain home energy costs (see H.R. 4729), H224 [8FE]

———provide incentives to promote energy production and conservation (see S. 2748), S4051 [4MY]

———provide that oil and gas companies will not be eligible for effective rate reductions enacted for domestic manufacturers (see S. 2672), S3704 [27AP] (see H.R. 5218), H1915 [27AP]

———reduce Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels when the weekly U.S. retail gasoline price, regular grade, is over a certain dollar amount per gallon (see H.R. 5240), H1916 [27AP]

———reduce Federal fuel tax through suspension of royalty relief for oil production and certain energy production tax incentives (see S. 2673), S3704 [27AP]

———repeal oil industry subsidies (see H.R. 5234), H1915 [27AP]

———suspend excise tax on fuel used in commercial aviation (see H.R. 5702), H4794 [28JN]

———treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (see S. 3422), S5490 [6JN]

Transportation: set minimum fuel economy requirements for Federal vehicles and authorize grants to States for the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles (see S. 2675), S3704 [27AP]

Cloture motions

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1666 [3MR], S1815 [7MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

Cost Estimates

Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act (H.R. 4761): CBO, H4815 [29JN]

———CBO (Private Sector Mandates), H4792 [28JN]

LIHEAP funding (S. 2320): CBO, H1049 [15MR]

Letters

Allow legal action against foreign oil producing states that enter into agreements to restrict oil production to raise the price of oil: several Senators, S1948, S1950 [9MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: several members of Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2292 [16MR]

Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act: several Representatives, H4815 [29JN]

———William P. Hite, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices in the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, H4815 [29JN]

Federal Energy Price Protection Act: Leonard Bernstein, National Association of Pupil Transportation, and John D. Corr, Jr., National School Transportation Association, H2002 [3MY]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1999 [3MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H1999 [3MY]

LIHEAP funding: Donald B. Marron, CBO, H1048 [15MR]

———Michael O. Leavitt, Sec. of HHS, H1048 [15MR]

Limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments: several Senators, S6469 [26JN]

Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, H2786 [18MY]

———Edward C. Sullivan, AFL-CIO, H2864 [18MY]

Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act: Eddie Terrill, State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (organization), and John A. Paul, Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials, H2003 [3MY]

———Leonard Bernstein, National Association of Pupil Transportation, and John D. Corr, Jr., National School Transportation Association, H2002 [3MY]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2006 [3MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2007 [3MY]

———Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, H3473 [7JN]

U.S. policy on use of Armed Forces against Iraq: Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H4031 [15JN]

Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H4031 [15JN]

Memorandums

Oil Company Financial Data: Robert Pirog, Congressional Research Service, S7263 [10JY]

Motions

Business and industry: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3477 [7JN]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1632 [2MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3258 [25MY]

Proposals

Allow legal action against foreign oil producing states that enter into agreements to restrict oil production to raise the price of oil, S1951 [9MR]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H141, H142 [1FE], H1710 [25AP], H1749, H1815 [26AP], H1884, H1900-H1902 [27AP], H1988 [3MY], H2512 [11MY], H3025 [23MY], H3163 [24MY], H3230, H3236-H3244, H3247-H3259, H3345 [25MY], H4510 [22JN], H4564 [27JN], E1020 [6JN]

Business and industry: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S., H1748 [26AP], H1984 [3MY]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy, H1685 [25AP]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H1718, H1736 [25AP], H1836 [26AP], H1873, H1874 [27AP], H3377 [6JN]

———improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (H.R. 5279), E710 [3MY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H1999-H2007 [3MY], H2345 [10MY], H3431, H3432, H3467-H3476 [7JN], H3645 [9JN], E736 [5MY], E845 [16MY], E1100, E1106 [9JN], E1127 [13JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3376-H3380 [6JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), motion to recommit, H3477 [7JN]

CFTC: regulatory oversight of crude oil markets, H2874 [18MY]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (H.R. 4357), H1956 [2MY], H2480 [10MY]

Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (H.R. 5049), H1399 [4AP], H2829 [18MY], E446 [29MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, H3343, H3346-H3348 [25MY]

———relationship with special interest groups, H301 [15FE]

Corporations: quarterly profits of oil companies, H1955 [2MY], H2626 [16MY], H2762 [18MY], H4966 [11JY]

———year-end profits of oil companies, H5034, H5035 [11JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H3772-H3777 [12JN], H3983, H3986, H3988 [14JN], H4181-H4187 [16JN]

———national security policy, H1634-H1640 [6AP], H1905, H1911 [27AP], H2566-H2573 [11MY], H2883-H2886 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: designate closed military bases as sites for oil refineries, H3472, H3475, H3477 [7JN]

———effect of oil and gas leasing activities in Outer Continental Shelf on military training operations, H2858, H2863, H2865 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan to deal with potential disruptions in worldwide oil and natural gas production, H3191 [24MY]

———National Renewable Energy Laboratory funding, H279 [15FE]

———provide regulatory relief for use of non-petroleum oil in electric transformers, E51 [1FE]

———Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Onshore Natural Gas Supply Research and Development Program funding, H3185, H3186 [24MY]

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]

———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (H.R. 4749), H229, H244 [14FE], E144 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H2868, H2869 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2774-H2831, H2835-H2873 [18MY], E899, E900, E908, E909, E910, E911, E915 [19MY], E919, E920 [22MY], E949 [24MY], E1091 [9JN], E1159 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2765-H2773 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), unanimous-consent agreement, H2817, H2818 [18MY]

———programs funding through reductions in tax cuts, H2869 [18MY]

———prohibit funding to promulgate regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. business, H2847 [18MY]

Dept. of Transportation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) research funding, H3833, H3834 [13JN]

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

Economy: gasoline price levels, H1201 [29MR], H1684, H1709, H1710, H1717-H1728, H1734 [25AP], H1746, H1747, H1748, H1749, H1750, H1825, H1826, H1842 [26AP], H1873, H1874, H1884, H1892, H1898 [27AP], H1923, H1926, H1952, H1953, H1954, H1955, H1956 [2MY], H2094-H2099 [3MY], H2157 [4MY], H2182, H2183 [9MY], H2342, H2343, H2344, H2346, H2488, H2492 [10MY], H2626, H2629 [16MY], H2764 [18MY], H3024, H3025, H3131-H3135 [23MY], H3233, H3235 [25MY], H3772 [12JN], H4181 [16JN], H4205 [19JN], H4392 [21JN], H4684 [28JN], H5033-H5035 [11JY], H5101, H5115 [12JY], E736 [5MY]

———impact of increasing oil prices, H2161 [4MY]

———increase in household debt, H3646 [9JN]

EPA: National Clean Diesel Initiative funding, H2815 [18MY]

Eximbank: prohibit funding for making any loans or loan guarantees for oil and gas field development projects, H3693-H3695 [9JN]

Foreign trade: dependence on foreign sources, H220 [8FE], H1169 [28MR], H1638 [6AP], H1908, H1909 [27AP], H2342 [10MY], H2567 [11MY], H3133 [23MY], H4206 [19JN]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, H1723 [25AP]

———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H1836 [26AP], H2094 [3MY]

Hugo, Chavez: condemn move toward nationalized energy industry in Venezuela, H2156 [4MY]

Iran: resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically, H4562 [27JN]

Iraq: clarify that U.S. Armed Forces are not deployed to control the flow of Iraqi oil, H2515 [11MY], H4054 [15JN]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (S. Con. Res. 93), H2566 [11MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H245 [14FE], H294 [15FE], H1116, H1117 [16MR]

———funding (S. 2320), H1047-H1051 [15MR]

———prohibit use of certain funding relative to Federal prohibition on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration, H1047 [15MR]

Mining and mineral resources: development of oil shale reserves, H4816 [29JN]

Motor vehicles: provide additional incentives to encourage purchase and use of hybrid and other fuel efficient vehicles, H2334 [9MY]

National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (H.R. 2828), H1640 [6AP], H4207-H4212 [19JN]

Navy: commend for purchase of alternative fuel vehicles, H4273 [20JN]

Older Americans Act: provide a non-binding formula for calculating annual increases in fuel costs for senior citizen programs, H4355 [21JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: authorize a portion of funds generated by oil and gas leases be used to support the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, H4870, H4871 [29JN]

———limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments, H2830, H2831, H2835-H2837 [18MY], H3259 [25MY]

———maintain moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions and provide oil companies with incentives to renegotiate certain leases, H4871, H4872 [29JN]

———open oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H4866 [29JN], E911 [19MY]

———prohibit offshore drilling off of Florida, H4835 [29JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H141-H143 [1FE], H1900-H1902 [27AP], H2624 [16MY], H2766, H2769, H2783-H2789, H2797, H2811-H2813, H2855-H2866 [18MY], H4510 [22JN], H4564 [27JN], E909 [19MY], E920 [22MY], E1159 [15JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4812, H4873-H4875 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4685 [28JN], H4830-H4875 [29JN], E1369, E1374 [11JY]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), amendment process, E1274 [26JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4808-H4817 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), corrections in engrossment, H4893 [29JN]

Pennsylvania: prohibit funding for the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, H4718, H4719 [28JN]

Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, H207-H213 [8FE], H945-H950 [14MR], H1717-H1728 [25AP], H1898-H1905 [27AP], H1970-H1975 [2MY], H2480 [10MY], H2618-H2624 [16MY], H2874 [18MY], H3988-H3994 [14JN]

———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]

———diesel emissions reduction programs funding, H2794 [18MY]

———eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, H1842 [26AP]

———energy security programs funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H2512, H2515 [11MY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H1709, H1718, H1723, H1727 [25AP], H1842 [26AP], E51 [1FE]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3245-H3259 [25MY], E1020 [6JN], E1097 [9JN], E1159 [15JN]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3236-H3245 [25MY]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), motion to recommit, H3259 [25MY]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H2874 [18MY], H3219 [24MY]

———increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to address issue of peak oil, H2618-H2624 [16MY]

———increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil, H207-H213 [8FE], H945-H950 [14MR], H1970-H1975 [2MY], H3988-H3994 [14JN]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, H1169 [28MR], H1902-H1905 [27AP], H2480, H2492, H2493 [10MY], H3124, H3132 [23MY]

———increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (H.R. 5372), H3216 [24MY], E856 [17MY], E904 [19MY]

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

———national energy policy, H132, H141-H145 [1FE], H213, H220 [8FE], H269 [14FE], H316, H317 [15FE], H1201 [29MR], H1325 [30MR], H1748, H1749, H1750, H1821, H1823, H1824-H1826, H1836 [26AP], H1873, H1892, H1898-H1905 [27AP], H1925 [2MY], H1984, H1985, H1986, H1988, H2094-H2099 [3MY], H2162, H2163 [4MY], H2182, H2307 [9MY], H2342, H2346 [10MY], H2626 [16MY], H3012 [22MY], H3020, H3024, H3025, H3124, H3133 [23MY], H3218 [24MY], H3725 [12JN], H4185 [16JN], H4685 [28JN], H4966 [11JY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, H2106 [4MY], H3019, H3023, H3134 [23MY], H3216 [24MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), H1993-H1999 [3MY], H2183 [9MY], E701 [3MY], E736 [5MY], E823 [12MY], E845 [16MY]

———promote oil shale and tar sand development, H2621 [16MY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (H.R. 3936), H1685 [25AP], H1750, H1821 [26AP], H1874 [27AP], H1923 [2MY], H1995 [3MY], H3216 [24MY], H4814, H4816 [29JN], H5101 [12JY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, H144, H148 [1FE], H2334 [9MY], E40 [1FE]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (H.R. 4409), H1293 [29MR], H2342 [10MY], H3345 [25MY], H4373 [21JN]

———reduce emission levels of carbon dioxide, H2767, H2768, H2770, H2787 [18MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of ethanol and diesel fuel contain a certain percentage of biodiesel (H.R. 1398), H1823 [26AP]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, H3720 [9JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3134, H3135 [23MY]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve, H3376, H3379 [6JN]

———establish a strategic refinery reserve (H.R. 5365), E805 [11MY]

Taxation: close certain tax loopholes for large integrated oil companies, H1813-H1819 [26AP], H2066-H2071 [3MY], H2488, H2490 [10MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers, H1719 [25AP], H1986 [3MY], H2874 [18MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers, H1683, H1684, H1733-H1737 [25AP]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (H.R. 2070), H1746 [26AP]

———include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles (H.R. 5579), E1104 [9JN]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (H.R. 5650), E1228 [21JN]

———reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (H.R. 1097), H3955 [14JN]

———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies, H1984 [3MY]

———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (H.R. 4623), H1956 [2MY]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, H2344 [10MY], H3131-H3134 [23MY]

———suspend Federal gas tax throughout the summer driving season, H1956 [2MY], H1986 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust policy: allow legal action against foreign oil producing states that enter into agreements to restrict oil production to raise the price of oil, S1948-S1952 [9MR]

———prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry (S. 2854), S4803 [18MY], S4834 [19MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S391 [1FE], S2292 [16MR], S3487 [25AP], S3555-S3557 [26AP], S3854, S3857 [2MY], S3934 [3MY]

———use oil and gas exploration proceeds to fund certain Energy Policy Act programs, S2272 [16MR]

Association of Energy Service Companies: anniversary, S5948 [15JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3409-S3411 [24AP]

———State of the Union Message, S389 [1FE]

Business and industry: address price gouging and market manipulation and provide for a report on oil industry mergers, S3686 [27AP]

———improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (S. 2557), S3213-S3216 [6AP]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 555), S2898 [5AP]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (S. 3553), S6287 [21JN]

Corporations: quarterly profits of oil companies, S7262 [10JY]

———year-end profits of oil companies, S439 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior: offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing (S. 2253), S772, S773 [7FE], S842, S843, S854, S857 [8FE], S1345 [15FE], S3440 [25AP], S3782 [1MY]

———offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing and provide a portion of the revenues from that leasing to producing States and coastal political subdivisions, S5321 [26MY]

———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts, S3633, S3634 [26AP], S3639, S3641-S3667 [27AP], S7262 [10JY]

Ecology and environment: encourage reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S.J. Res. 5), S6365 [22JN]

Economy: gasoline price levels, S391, S439 [1FE], S3405-S3408, S3431 [24AP], S3437-S3442, S3479, S3482, S3487, S3492 [25AP], S3528-S3532, S3547-S3550 [26AP], S3637 [27AP], S3787 [1MY], S3935, S3936, S3964-S3966 [3MY], S4102, S4106 [5MY], S7261 [10JY]

EPA: establish Federal Fuels List applicable to State Clean Air Act implementation plans (S. 2700), S3931 [2MY], S3994 [3MY]

Foreign trade: dependence on foreign sources, S1344-S1346 [15FE], S1860 [8MR]

Forest Service: forest health projects funding, S3878 [2MY]

———hazardous fuels and forest health projects funding, S3668 [27AP]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, S3439, S3482 [25AP], S3936 [3MY]

———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products (S. 1743), S3782 [1MY]

Immigration: exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources (S. 2682), S3717 [27AP]

———exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources (S. 2795), S4508 [12MY]

Indy Racing League: tribute for use of ethanol in race cars, S4691 [17MY]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (S. Con. Res. 93), S3991 [3MY], S6266 [21JN]

———prohibit funding to establish permanent U.S. military bases or to exercise U.S. control over oil infrastructure or reserves, S6230 [21JN], S6396 [22JN]

———prohibit use of funds to establish permanent U.S. military bases or to exercise U.S. control over oil infrastructure or oil reserves, S3957-S3963 [3MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S186 [26JA], S2088 [14MR], S2230, S2254 [16MR]

———funding (S. 2273), S1075 [10FE], S1133 [13FE]

———funding (S. 2320), S1448 [16FE], S1474 [17FE], S1632-S1638 [2MR], S1665 [3MR], S1778-S1780 [6MR], S1808-S1815, S1824-S1828 [7MR], S1887 [8MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

———funding (S. 2320), unanimous-consent agreement, S1632 [2MR], S1804 [6MR]

———improve distribution of funding to States, S1824-S1826 [7MR]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: repeal certain provisions relative to transport of petroleum products (S. 1977), S1600 [2MR]

Motor vehicles: encourage the availability and use of vehicles that have improved fuel efficiency, S3855 [2MY]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (S. 3543), S6159 [20JN]

———reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (S. 2830), S4798-S4800 [18MY]

———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol, S3547 [26AP]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 2440), S2329 [16MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments, S4830-S4832 [19MY], S6468, S6469 [26JN]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (S. 2294), S1415, S1416 [16FE], S1958 [9MR]

———prohibit offshore drilling in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas (S. 2316), S1433 [16FE]

———prohibit offshore drilling off of Florida (S. 2239), S453 [1FE], S854 [8FE], S943 [9FE]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, S6771 [29JN]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: provide for payments for producing coastal States (S. 2420), S4958-S4960 [23MY]

Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, S3409-S3411, S3431 [24AP], S3437-S3442 [25AP], S3547-S3550 [26AP], S3781-S3786 [1MY], S3854-S3857 [2MY]

———energy crisis in Western States, S6744 [29JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S3441 [25AP], S3529-S3532 [26AP], S3769 [1MY]

———enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas (S. 2747), S4059 [4MY]

———establish an alternative diesel standard (S. 3554), S6288 [21JN]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), S5322, S5394 [26MY], S5433 [5JN]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and decrease energy dependence, S2230 [16MR]

———increase cooperation on energy issues between the U.S. and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the U.S. (S. 2435), S2326 [16MR]

———increase supply of natural gas, home heating oil, and refining capacity, S1778-S1780 [6MR]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, S1860 [8MR], S4106 [5MY]

———national energy policy, S391, S439 [1FE], S973 [9FE], S1322 [15FE], S1376 [16FE], S1666 [3MR], S1811 [7MR], S2086-S2090, S2095 [14MR], S3552, S3553, S3555-S3557 [26AP], S3636-S3638 [27AP], S3781-S3787 [1MY], S3854-S3857 [2MY], S4243, S4244 [10MY], S6609-S6611 [28JN]

———oil and gas exploration in ecologically determined no-drill areas, S4243, S4244 [10MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, S4028 [4MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), S5394 [26MY]

———prohibit price gouging relating to gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major disasters (S. 1744), S3782 [1MY]

———promote energy production and conservation, S3863 [2MY]

———promote energy production and conservation (S. 2571), S3231-S3234 [6AP], S3783 [1MY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, S3529-S3532 [26AP], S3855 [2MY], S3933 [3MY], S4006 [4MY], S6771 [29JN]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (S. 2025), S2089 [14MR], S3783 [1MY], S4691 [17MY], S6610 [28JN]

———reduce U.S. addiction to oil, ensure near-term energy affordability, accelerate clean fuels and electricity, provide government leadership for a reliable energy future (S. 2829), S4706 [17MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, S4106 [5MY]

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

Senate: legislative priorities, S5436, S5446-S5449, S5451, S5465, S5467-S5470 [6JN], S7363-S7366 [12JY]

Taxation: impose a temporary oil profit fee and use proceeds to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and expand certain energy tax incentives (S. 2993), S6593 [28JN]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers, S3483 [25AP], S3528, S3529 [26AP], S3936 [3MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers (S. 1631), S1346 [15FE], S3785 [1MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and use proceeds to provide a consumer rebate, fund LIHEAP, provide incentives for manufacture of energy efficient vehicles, and support funding of highway projects (S. 1981), S3441 [25AP]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs, S3548, S3550 [26AP], S3769 [1MY]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs (S. 2636), S3439 [25AP]

———provide incentives to promote energy production and conservation (S. 2748), S4059 [4MY]

———provide that oil and gas companies will not be eligible for effective rate reductions enacted for domestic manufacturers (S. 2672), S3712 [27AP]

———reduce price of gasoline through Federal fuel tax suspension, S3486 [25AP]

———repeal certain benefits relative to oil and gas well intangible drilling and development costs, S1105, S1106 [13FE]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, S3485, S3486 [25AP], S3530 [26AP], S4438 [11MY], S4830-S4832 [19MY]

———treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 3422), S5493 [6JN]

Transportation: set minimum fuel economy requirements for Federal vehicles and authorize grants to States for the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles (S. 2675), S3716 [27AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 897) (H. Rept. 109-540), H4794 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 842) (H. Rept. 109-482), H3306, H3358 [25MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5386, Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 818) (H. Rept. 109-469), H2704, H2756 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5429, American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 835) (H. Rept. 109-480), H3225 [24MY]

Dept. of Energy Grant Program To Expand Infrastructure To Increase Availabilty of Alternative Fuels Funded by Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5534) (H. Rept. 109-535), H4794 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5386) (H. Rept. 109-465), H2596 [15MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5386), S6783 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior Offer of the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Leasing: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2253) (S. Rept. 109-240), S3419 [24AP]

Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2557), S3703 [27AP]

Oil Pollution Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2023) (S. Rept. 109-272), S6783 [29JN]

Setting of Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Automobiles Based on One or More Vehicle Attributes: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5359) (H. Rept. 109-475), H3015 [22MY]

U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2730) (H. Rept. 109-543), H4914 [29JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2816, H2826, H2829, H2830, H2869 [18MY]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1826 [7MR]

Statements

Consolidation in the Oil and Gas Industry—Raising Prices? Senator Specter, S3214 [6AP]

Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act: Donald Kaniewski, Laborers International Union, Tim James, International Union of Operating Engineers, and Chris Heinz, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, H4814 [29JN]

Prohibit Oil and Gas Leasing Activities on Certain Portions of the Outer Continental Shelf: Representative Kucinich, E920 [22MY]

Summaries

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

Tables

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2776-H2781 [18MY]

Earmarks for States of cosponsors of LIHEAP funding legislation, S1814 [7MR]

Testimonies

Oil Industry Subsidies: Several Oil Company Executives, S3486 [25AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 818, consideration of H.R. 5386, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H2765 [18MY]

H. Res. 835, consideration of H.R. 5429, American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act, H3236 [25MY]

H. Res. 842, consideration of H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act, H3376 [6JN]

H. Res. 897, consideration of H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, H4808 [29JN]

H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, H4845-H4860 [29JN]

H.R. 5253, Federal Energy Price Protection Act, H1993 [3MY]

H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act, H1999 [3MY], H3467 [7JN]

H.R. 5429, American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act, H3245-H3247 [25MY]

S. 2253, require Dept. of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, S772 [7FE]

S. 2320, LIHEAP funding, S1828 [7MR], H1047 [15MR]

S. 2400, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S2330-S2334 [16MR]

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

S. 2672, Restore a Rational Tax Rate on Petroleum Production Act, S3714 [27AP]

S. 2682, exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources, S3718 [27AP]

S. 2747, Enhanced Energy Security Act, S4060-S4068 [4MY]

S. 2748, Enhanced Energy Security Tax Incentives Act, S4068-S4072 [4MY]

S. 2830, Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act, S4799 [18MY]

S. 2854, Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act, S4804 [18MY]

S. 3422, tax treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S5494 [6JN]

S. 3543, Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act, S6160-S6162 [20JN]

S. 3553, 10 by 10 Act, S6288 [21JN]

S. Con. Res. 93, develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces from Iraq, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil, S3991 [3MY]

S. Res. 372, suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts, S1180 [14FE]

S. Res. 467, influence oil-producing nations to increase production and require Dept. of Energy to submit report detailing estimated production levels and capacity of all major oil-producing countries, S4077 [4MY]