PUBLIC UTILITIES

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7140 [3NO], S7386, S7387 [10NO], S7396, S7416, S7417 [14NO], S7434, S7456, S7457, S7513, S7570, S7571, S7572, S7573, S7574, S7577, S7578, S7580, S7581, S7582, S7583 [15NO], S7621, S7622, S7623, S7624, S7625, S7626 [16NO], S7717, S7719, S7723, S7727, S7764, S7770 [17NO], S7873 [18NO], S8074 [30NO], S8157 [1DE], H4676 [6JY], H4752, H4753 [7JY], H4795 [8JY], H4799, H4800, H4801, H4802, H4803, H4804, H4805, H4806, H4807, H4809, H4810, H4812, H4815, H4816, H4818, H4819, H4821, H4834, H4835, H4836, H4837, H4838, H4839, H4840, H4841, H4843, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4847, H4848, H4852, H4853, H4854 [11JY], H4946, H4947 [12JY], H4995, H4997, H4998, H4999, H5001, H5003, H5005, H5006, H5008, H5009, H5010, H5014, H5020 [13JY], H5051, H5053, H5054, H5055, H5056, H5058, H5059, H5060, H5061, H5062, H5063, H5064, H5065, H5066, H5067, H5068, H5069, H5070, H5071, H5073, H5074, H5075, H5076, H5077, H5078, H5088 [14JY], H5091, H5092 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions

Commodity Exchange Act: clarify definition of swap dealer (see H.R. 3527), H7998 [30NO]

Conservation of energy: establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with establishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted residential tree-planting (see H.R. 2095), H3985 [2JN]

Consumers: provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information (see S. 1029), S3170 [19MY]

Courts: limit citizens suits against publicly owned water treatment works, provide for defenses, extend period of a permit, and limit attorneys fees (see H.R. 3544), H8075 [1DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow Rural Utilities Service to finance natural gas infrastructure in rural communities (see S. 1754, 1757), S6872 [20OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow inclusion of public water systems and treatment works in the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (see H.R. 2890), H6097 [12SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Office of Public Advocate (see H.R. 1696), H2998 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (see S. 500), S1329 [7MR] (see H.R. 461), H507 [26JA]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H8879 [13DE]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (see S. 1960), S8414 [7DE]

Electric power: allow transfer of rate-setting authority for small renewable energy projects from FERC to States (see S. 1491), S5250 [2AU]

———ensure rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in porportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit (see S. 400), S870 [17FE]

———establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 741), S2187 [6AP]

———promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 1598), H2910 [15AP]

Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers of Federal power marketing administrations about the costs associated with compliance (see H.R. 1719), H3060 [4MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 2354), H4573 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), consideration (see H. Res. 337), H4670 [6JY]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see S. 1669), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 2738), H5883 [1AU]

———delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants (see S. 1833), S7294 [9NO]

———establish a committee to assess the effects of certain Federal regulatory mandates and provide for relief from those mandates (see S. 1971), S8461 [8DE]

———reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works (see S. 711), S2046 [31MR]

———rescind funding for Flathead County, MT, Water and Sewer District water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 515), S1406 [8MR]

———rescind funding for Kalispell, MT, water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 469), S1218 [3MR]

FERC: establish a regional transmission planning process (see H.R. 3280), H7160 [27OC]

Government regulations: establish uniform national standards for the interconnection of certain small power production facilities (see H.R. 1624), H2911 [15AP]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (see S. 631), S1827 [17MR]

———improve (see S. 629), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 3680), H9430 [15DE]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish (see S. 1550), S5536 [13SE] (see H.R. 3259), H7068 [25OC]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H433 [24JA]

National Public Works Week: designate (see S. Res. 177), S2839 [10MY]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 143), S2387 [12AP]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 668), H723 [11FE]

———protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the U.S. from cybersecurity and other threats and vulnerabilities (see S. 1342), S4485 [11JY]

Renewable energy: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see S. 630), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 2994), H6342 [21SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see S. 1578), S5726 [19SE] (see H.R. 1340), H2266 [1AP]

———reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 1427), H2533 [7AP]

Taxation: create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H1722 [10MR]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 982), H1664 [9MR]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit (see S. 1291), S4156 [28JN] (see H.R. 2391), H4574 [24JN]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see S. 939), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 1802), H3159 [10MY]

Trinity County, CA: provide for a land exchange with Trinity Public Utilities District involving transfer of Forest Service and BLM lands (see H.R. 1237), H2037 [29MR]

Water: assist municipalities experiencing significant hardships raising revenue to finance projects and activities for construction of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 1189), H1984 [17MR]

———encourage efficiency (see H.R. 1967), H3409 [24MY]

———prevent enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or variance technology has been identified (see S. 999), S2992 [16MY]

Western Area Power Administration: repeal borrowing authority (see H.R. 2915), H6180 [14SE]

Cloture motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to proceed, S7183 [8NO], S7347 [10NO]

Letters

Energy Information Administration Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey funding: Lynn G. Bellenger, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., H4997 [13JY]

———several commercial real estate and energy efficiency organizations, H4997 [13JY]

Renewable energy tax incentives and grant programs extension: several Senators, S8503 [13DE]

Lists

California project labor agreement activity from 1984 through March 2010, H4051-H4055 [13JN]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7183 [8NO], S7434 [15NO], H5104, H5105 [15JY]

Remarks in House

Arizona: failure of the Navajo Generating Station to meet certain EPA requirements, H707 [11FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers, H331 [19JA]

Coal: impact of coal-powered energy on utility costs, H5819 [1AU]

Corps of Engineers: allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4810, H4811 [11JY]

Courts: limit citizens suits against publicly owned water treatment works, provide for defenses, extend period of a permit, and limit attorneys fees (H.R. 3544), H8007 [1DE]

Dept. of Energy: Building Technologies Program funding, H4844, H4845 [11JY]

———electric grid cybersecurity defense funding, H5105 [15JY]

———Energy Information Administration Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey funding, H4996 [13JY]

———Southeastern Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]

———Southwestern Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]

———Western Area Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow inclusion of public water systems and treatment works in the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (H.R. 2890), H6037 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (H.R. 461), H6994, H6995 [24OC]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H8914 [14DE]

———impact of Government regulations, H5244 [20JY], H5392 [22JY], H5437 [25JY]

Edison International (company): anniversary, E1637 [15SE]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H5070, H5071 [14JY]

———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H5055, H5056 [14JY], E1340 [15JY]

———making appropriations, H9892 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4776-H4786 [8JY], H4798, H4799-H4822, H4831-H4849 [11JY], H4877-H4887 [12JY], H4995-H5016 [13JY], H5033-H5080 [14JY], H5091-H5106 [15JY], E1281, E1284, E1286, E1287 [11JY], E1292, E1293, E1301, E1302 [12JY], E1308 [13JY], E1320, E1324, E1326, E1327, E1328, E1329, E1330 [14JY], E1331, E1334, E1335, E1337, E1338, E1339, E1340, E1341, E1342 [15JY], E1348 [18JY], E1353 [19JY], E1375 [21JY], E1401 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), consideration (H. Res. 337), H4762-H4765 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to recommit, H5105 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent agreement, H5050 [14JY]

EPA: disapprove proposed maximum achievable control technology for boilers, H987 [16FE], H4518 [23JN]

———enter into contract with National Academy of Sciences to review non-mercury hazardous air pollutants emitted by electric generating units and industrial boilers, H987, H988 [16FE]

———importance of environmental regulations, E1493 [2AU]

———provide that maximum achievement control technology and cross-State air pollution rules have no legal force or effect, H6433, H6434 [23SE]

Fox, Jeanne M.: Rutgers School of Law-Camden Alumni Association Arthur E. Armitage, Sr., Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, E2057 [15NO]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H1324, H1325 [18FE], H1671 [10MR], H1896 [16MR], H2251 [1AP], H4685 [7JY], H4784 [8JY], H5010, H5011 [13JY], H6448 [23SE], H6862 [13OC], H7073 [26OC], H7153 [27OC], H7266, H7315, H7316 [3NO], H7877 [18NO], H8002 [1DE], H8302-H8306 [8DE], H8736 [13DE], H9900 [16DE], E1284 [11JY]

NRC: prohibit funding for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant license renewal, H5061 [14JY]

———prohibit funding for draft supplemental environmental impact statement regarding Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, H5063, H5064 [14JY], E1353 [19JY]

Nuclear energy: ensure safety and security of nuclear powerplants, H1803 [15MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H528 [8FE], H1598, H1603 [8MR], H1627, H1655 [9MR], H1670 [10MR], H1849, H1850 [16MR], H1976 [17MR], H2045, H2050, H2095 [30MR], H2113, H2117 [31MR], H2992, H2993 [3MY], H3011, H3045-H3050 [4MY], H3083 [5MY], H3152-H3155 [10MY], H3169, H3170, H3193, H3204, H3215 [11MY], H3232, H3262, H3263, H3264 [12MY], H3322 [23MY], H4026 [3JN], H4473, H4474, H4521, H4524 [23JN], H4592, H4594 [6JY], H4682, H4686 [7JY], H4927-H4934 [12JY], H5081 [14JY], H7004 [24OC], H7988 [30NO], H8080, H8111-H8113, H8117-H8120, H8121 [2DE], E1171 [23JN]

Refuse disposal: disposal of materials generated by the combustion of coal in toxic landfills, H6938 [14OC]

———groundwater detection and assessment monitoring specific to coal combustion residuals, H6938-H6940 [14OC]

———remove recycled coal fly ash from hazardous waste list, H6936, H6938-H6940 [14OC]

Renewable energy: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (H.R. 2994), E1716 [23SE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Sacramento Municipal Utility District, E1993 [3NO]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (H.R. 1340), E623 [4AP]

S&C Electric Co.: anniversary, E1573 [9SE]

Taxation: create jobs through infrastructure investment, H6347 [22SE]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment (H.R. 992), H1857 [16MR]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S1419 [9MR], S3073 [18MY], S6825, S6827 [20OC], S7309 [10NO]

Consumers: provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information (S. 1029), S3176 [19MY]

Economy: provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (S. 1960), S8415-S8417 [7DE]

Electric power: allow transfer of rate-setting authority for small renewable energy projects from FERC to States (S. 1491), S5261 [2AU]

———establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities, S3031 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7395-S7412 [14NO], S7432-S7435, S7442 [15NO], S7587, S7596-S7598, S7600-S7604 [16NO], S7684, S7695 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to proceed, S7346 [10NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent agreement, S7183 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent request, S7433 [15NO]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (S. 1669), S6338 [6OC]

———delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants (S. 1833), S7328-S7330 [10NO], S7593 [16NO], S8701 [16DE]

———disapprove proposed maximum achievable control technology for boilers, S7176 [8NO]

———disapprove proposed maximum achievable control technology for powerplants, S7319 [10NO]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (S. 631), S1842 [17MR]

———improve (S. 629), S1841 [17MR]

National Public Works Week: designate (S. Res. 177), S3000 [16MY]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 143), S2402 [12AP]

Nuclear energy: ensure safety and security of nuclear powerplants, S1585 [14MR], S1749 [16MR], S3965 [21JN], S4894 [26JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S567 [4FE], S1195-S1197 [3MR], S1326 [7MR], S1516, S1517, S1522-S1525 [10MR], S1574, S1577, S1594 [14MR], S1641 [15MR], S1711, S1712 [16MR], S1806-S1808, S1812 [17MR], S1946 [30MR], S2227 [7AP], S2756 [9MY], S2818-S2820 [10MY], S2863, S2866-S2869 [11MY], S3024, S3028, S3031 [17MY], S3071-S3074, S3076 [18MY], S3720 [13JN], S3748 [14JN], S3799 [15JN], S6496 [13OC], S6828 [20OC], S8596-S8598 [14DE], S8721 [16DE]

Renewable energy: extend tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S8501-S8507 [13DE], S8715 [16DE]

———promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (S. 630), S1841 [17MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, S7175-S7178 [8NO]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (S. 1578), S7696 [17NO]

Water: prevent enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or variance technology has been identified (S. 999), S2993 [16MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2354, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 337) (H. Rept. 112-135), H4670 [6JY]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. 2354) (H. Rept. 112-118), H4573 [24JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2354) (S. Rept. 112-75), S5386 [7SE]

Grid Cyber Security Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1342) (S. Rept. 112-34), S4485 [11JY]

Hydropower Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 629) (S. Rept. 112-19), S3105 [18MY]

Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 630) (S. Rept. 112-31), S4485 [11JY]

South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 461) (H. Rept. 112-217), H6454 [23SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7432 [15NO], H4801, H4807, H4810, H4816, H4817, H4848 [11JY], H5006 [13JY], H5053, H5062, H5077 [14JY]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): energy and water development, H9831-H9834 [16DE]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4777-H4783 [8JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 337, consideration of H.R. 2354, energy and water development appropriations, H4762 [8JY]

H.R. 461, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H6994 [24OC]

S. 1029, Electric Consumer Right To Know (e-KNOW) Act, S3177 [19MY]

S. 1669, Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, S6338 [6OC]

S. Res. 143, support goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month, S2399, S2402 [12AP]

S. Res. 177, National Public Works Week, S2848 [10MY], S3000 [16MY]