SYNTHETIC FUELS
Addresses
Colorado New Energy Summit: Senator Salazar, S3734 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions
Clean Air Act: promote use of fuels with low lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, establish motor vehicle fuel greenhouse gas performance standard, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see S. 1073), S4161 [29MR]
Dept. of Energy: establish a program for making prizes for technologies for the production, consumption, and distribution of nonpetroleum-based alternative energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2867), H7201 [26JN]
———provide grants for research, development, and demonstration projects on cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure to enable retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol (see S. 167), S40 [4JA] (see H.R. 395), H342 [10JA]
———use funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see S. 331), S753 [18JA] (see H.R. 570), H759 [18JA]
EPA: provide States with financial and technical resources to expand domestic fuels facilities and streamline process for obtaining environmental permits (see S. 1503), S6845 [24MY]
Motor vehicles: establish a working group to identify and advance the development and use of alternative sources for motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 817), H1210 [5FE]
———establish Federal fleet refueling centers (see H.R. 3117), H8185 [19JY]
Power resources: express need for a nationwide diversified energy portfolio (see H. Con. Res. 153), H5621 [22MY]
———improve energy security by reducing oil intensity of the U.S. economy, expanding secure oil supplies, increasing vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, and fostering oil exploration (see S. 875), S3124 [14MR] (see H.R. 3435), H9707 [3AU]
———increase use of ethanol and bio-diesel (see H.R. 4306), H14492 (see H.R. 4306), H15206 [6DE]
———modify alcohol and alternative fuel tax credits, promote installation of fuel pumps for E-85, and require manufacture of dual fueled automobiles (see S. 162), S40 [4JA]
———promote development of renewable fuels infrastructure (see H.R. 3238), H9274 [31JY]
———promote production and use of ethanol (see H.R. 2858), H7201 [26JN] (see H.R. 3118), H8185 [19JY]
———require all diesel fuel sold to consumers for motor vehicles to contain not less than 2 percent biofuel (see H.R. 2178), H4486 [3MY]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 635), H886 [23JA]
Taxation: increase credit for biodiesel used as fuel (see H.R. 927), H1413 [8FE]
———make permanent law the credits for nonbusiness energy property, for gas produced from biomass, and for synthetic fuels produced from coal (see H.R. 3593), H10625 [19SE]
Letters
Dept. of Agriculture Bioenergy Crop Transition Assistance Program improvements: John Thaemert, National Association of Wheat Growers and Brian Foody, Iogen Corp., S15124 [11DE]
———several conservation organizations, S15124 [11DE]
———several organizations, S15123 [11DE]
Dept. of Energy establishment of a Coal Innovation Direct Loan Program to help build low emission coal gasification plants and increase syngas-based liquid fuels and other feedstocks: Andrew N. Liveris, Dow Chemical Co., S7858 [19JN]
———several labor unions, S7859 [19JN]
Increase the production and use of ethanol: Senator Grassley, S6541, S6542 [23MY]
Provide States with financial and technical resources to expand domestic fuels facilities and streamline process for obtaining environmental permits: Stephanie Hallock, Environmental Council of the States, S7520 [12JN]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, H3004-H3010 [23MR]
Climate: reduction of greenhouse gases through fuel efficiency and renewable fuels, H16654 [18DE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H16935 [19DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide grants for research, development, and demonstration projects on cellulosic ethanol, H8768 [27JY], H11055 [1OC]
Dept. of Energy: Office of Science funding, H6668 [19JN]
Independence Renewable Energy Corp.: tribute to opening of Claiborne, AL, biodiesel plant, E628 [23MR]
Power resources: alternative energy research funding, H16936 [19DE]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, H1090 [31JA], H7968-H7974 [17JY]
———increase the production and use of ethanol, H2233 [6MR], H7969 [17JY], H12440-H12443 [1NO]
———national energy policy, H975-H978 [29JA], H1206 [5FE], H3681 [19AP], H4739-H4743 [9MY], H4763 [10MY], H4971, H4973 [15MY], H5059 [16MY], H5537 [22MY], H5628 [23MY], H5932 [5JN], H6012, H6079 [6JN], H6665 [19JN], H7210, H7211 [27JN], H7494 [11JY], H7961-H7974 [17JY], H8735-H8737 [26JY], H9188 [31JY], H9538-H9541 [1AU], H10205-H10211 [6SE], H11236-H11241 [3OC], H11380 [9OC], H12097-H12101 [25OC], H12377-H12381 [31OC], H13829-H13835, H13841-H13846 [13NO]
———promote energy independence and security through science and technology research funding, H9727 [4AU]
———promote production and use of ethanol, H8300 [24JY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, H1674 [15FE]
Taxation: increase credit for biodiesel used as fuel, H1350, H1353, H1369 [8FE]
Remarks in Senate
Clean Air Act: promote use of fuels with low lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, establish motor vehicle fuel greenhouse gas performance standard, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (S. 1073), S4210 [29MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve Bioenergy Crop Transition Assistance Program, S15122-S15125 [11DE], S15451 [13DE]
———research and development on cellulosic ethanol, S15623 [14DE]
Dept. of Energy: establish Coal Innovation Direct Loan Program to help build low emission coal gasification plants and increase syngas-based liquid fuels and other feedstocks, S7845, S7846-S7849, S7856, S7858-S7861 [19JN], S8050 [20JN]
———provide grants for research, development, and demonstration projects on cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure to enable retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol (S. 167), S164 [4JA]
———use funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (S. 331), S756, S757 [18JA], S1900 [13FE]
Energy Policy Act: implementation, S1833 [12FE]
EPA: provide States with financial and technical resources to expand domestic fuels facilities and streamline process for obtaining environmental permits, S7516-S7521 [12JN], S7582-S7589 [13JN]
———provide States with financial and technical resources to expand domestic fuels facilities and streamline process for obtaining environmental permits (S. 1503), S6866 [24MY]
Indy Racing League, LLC: tribute for use of ethanol in racecars, S3514 [21MR]
Latin America: visit by President Bush, S2895-S2897 [8MR]
National Commission on Energy Independence: establish, S7782 [15JN]
Power resources: allow clean fuels to meet the renewable fuel standards, S7780 [15JN]
———improve energy security by reducing oil intensity of the U.S. economy, expanding secure oil supplies, increasing vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, and fostering oil exploration, S5679-S5681 [8MY]
———improve energy security by reducing oil intensity of the U.S. economy, expanding secure oil supplies, increasing vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, and fostering oil exploration (S. 875), S3112, S3127 [14MR], S5329-S5331 [1MY], S7508-S7512 [12JN]
———increase the production and use of ethanol, S6539-S6543 [23MY]
———national energy policy, S728-S730 [18JA], S3733-S3735 [26MR], S4233 [10AP], S5757-S5759 [9MY], S13497 [29OC], S14434 [15NO], S14777 [5DE]
———promote energy production and conservation, S7596 [13JN], S8199 [21JN]
———provide incentives to enhance the use of wind power and renewable fuels, S15050 [10DE]
———set an annual renewable fuels standard, S15047-S15049 [10DE]
Reports filed
Promote Development of Renewable Fuels Infrastructure: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3238) (H. Rept. 110-306), H9704 [3AU]
Testimonies
Consolidation in the Oil and Gas Industry—Raising Prices? Several Major Oil Companies' Chief Executive Officers, S6540 [23MY]
Texts of
S. 167, Cellulosic Ethanol Development and Implementation Act, S164 [4JA]
S. 875, Security and Fuel Efficiency (SAFE) Energy Act, S3127-S3133 [14MR]