RENEWABLE ENERGY related term(s) Power Resources

Addresses

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: Senator Alexander, S1924 [25MR]

Amendments

GSA: issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for charging of Federal electric motor vehicles (S. 2193), S6764 [21NO]

Articles and editorials

Vote on the Green New Deal, S1317 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs (see S. 1751), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 537), H543 [14JA]

Business and industry: provide labor standards, develop infrastructure, and provide workforce training and development relative to clean energy sector (see S. 2185), S4948 [18JY]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (see S. 67), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 376), H357 [9JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: encourage Architect of the Capitol to transition to exclusive use of electricity derived from renewable energy sources to power the U.S. Capitol Complex by 2032 (see H. Con. Res. 74), H8878 [14NO]

Climate: protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 330), H283 [8JA]

Climate Action Rebate Fund: create to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide rebates to consumers, encourage innovation of clean energy technologies, and create new economic opportunities (see S. 2284), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4051), H7466 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and conduct a GAO study on renewable energy efficiency in such territories (see H.R. 2360), H3283 [25AP]

——— repeal bioenergy subsidy programs (see H.R. 82), H204 [3JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish clean technology consortia to enhance economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies (see S. 3135), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 5505), H12289 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: improve consultation by Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse with installations affected by windfarm projects (see S. 1580), S3005 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see S. 266), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 865), H1332 [30JA]

Dept. of Energy: advance integration of clean distributed energy into electric grids (see S. 2422), S5311 [1AU]

——— assure a long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of energy critical elements (see H.R. 4481), H7901 [24SE]

——— carry out Clean Cities Coalition Program (see H.R. 5518), H12290 [19DE]

——— establish a council to conduct a survey and analysis of employment figures and demographics in U.S. energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors (see S. 2508), S5577 [18SE]

——— establish a grant program for training wind technicians (see S. 2415), S5311 [1AU]

——— establish a program to prepare veterans for careers in the energy industry, including solar, wind, cybersecurity, and other low-carbon emissions or zero-emissions sectors (see S. 876), S1987 [26MR]

——— establish a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems (see S. 1602), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2986), H4163 [23MY]

——— establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and technical assistance program (see S. 1183), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 4447), H7865 [20SE]

——— establish an offshore wind career training grant program (see S. 1769), S3284 [10JN]

——— establish Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) Program (see S. 2425), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 1480), H2314 [28FE]

——— establish energy storage research program, loan program, and technical assistance and grant program (see S. 1593), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 1743), H2717 [13MR] (see H.R. 2909), H4118 [22MY]

——— establish Energy Technology Maturation Program to facilitate commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at departmental facilities with promising commercial potential (see S. 1286), S2612 [2MY] (see H.R. 2495), H3439 [2MY]

——— establish grant program for transformation of electric grid (see S. 2380), S5248 [31JY]

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see S. 253), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 762), H1210 [24JA]

——— establish or designate Distributed Energy Opportunity Board and certify Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities to streamline clean energy technology permitting (see S. 2447), S5360 [9SE] (see H.R. 5335), H9346 [6DE]

——— improve education and training of underrepresented groups for employment in energy-related industries (see H.R. 4061), H7466 [25JY]

——— make innovative technology loan guarantee support available for battery storage technologies (see S. 2277), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 1742), H2717 [13MR]

——— promote geothermal energy (see S. 1901), S3843 [19JN]

——— provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (see S. 2660), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 3609), H5269 [2JY]

——— provide for consideration of energy storage systems by electric utilities as part of a supply side resource process (see H.R. 1744), H2717 [13MR]

——— provide for study and evaluation of net metering, which allows consumers and businesses who generate their own electricity to be compensated for energy they provide to the electric grid (see S. 346), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1009), H1390 [6FE]

——— provide funding to research and develop ways to lower the cost of energy storage technologies (see S. 1741), S3251 [5JN]

——— provide grants for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities (see S. 1890), S3652 [18JN] (see H.R. 3322), H4770 [18JN]

——— provide loans to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures (see S. 2382), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 5514), H12290 [19DE]

——— provide research, development, and deployment of marine energy (see S. 1821), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 3203), H4431 [11JN]

——— reauthorize hydroelectric production and efficiency improvement incentives (see S. 859), S1939 [25MR] (see H.R. 3361), H4917 [19JN]

——— reauthorize Office of Minority Economic Impact to improve education and training of underrepresented groups for employment in energy-related industries (see H.R. 1315), H2046 [22FE]

——— require certain financial assistance to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives (see S. 185), S293 [17JA]

——— support access to all domestic energy sources in an effort to achieve full energy security (see H. Res. 597), H8054 [26SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection authority relative to national security determinations about wind turbines proposed to be constructed in the U.S. in bodies of water that border Canada (see H.R. 4441), H7865 [20SE]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant programs for public housing authorities to rehabilitate, upgrade, and transition public housing into zero-carbon homes and provide economic opportunities for public housing residents (see S. 2876), S6605 [14NO] (see H.R. 5185), H9057 [19NO]

Dept. of Labor: report on trends and shortages in clean energy technology industry and provide grants to establish and enhance training programs for occupations where shortages are identified (see H.R. 4148), H7488 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior: consider threat of invasive species before imposing a fishway requirement on a hydroelectric dam license (see H.R. 380), H357 [9JA]

——— develop and publish quadrennial all-of-the-above onshore energy production plan strategy to meet domestic energy needs (see H.R. 785), H1211 [24JA]

——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (see H.R. 4294), H7665 [11SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds to increase investment in domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see S. 2261), S5106 [25JY] (see H.R. 4041), H7465 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along National Highway System (see S. 674), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 2616), H3678 [9MY]

——— require buses purchased by public transit systems using Federal Transit Administration funds to be zero-emissions buses (see H.R. 2164), H3216 [9AP]

——— require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs (see H.R. 3822), H7149 [18JY]

Depts. of Transportation and Energy: establish a working group on electric vehicles (see S. 2040), S4629 [27JN]

Employment: establish an offshore wind career training grant program (see H.R. 3068), H4216 [3JN]

Energy Efficiency Day: designate (see S. Res. 347), S5748 [26SE]

EPA: account for small refineries exemption of renewable fuels provisions under Clean Air Act by increasing other refineries’ production (see H.R. 3410), H5036 [21JN]

——— account for small refineries exemption of renewable fuels provisions under Clean Air Act by increasing other refineries’ production and recapture volume lost due to prior exemptions (see H.R. 3411), H5036 [21JN]

——— adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by small refineries that are allowed certain exemptions (see H.R. 4385), H7773 [18SE]

——— alleviate ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 2540), H3473 [7MY]

——— eliminate corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (see S. 2298), S5108 [25JY]

——— establish certain requirements for small refineries exemption of renewable fuels provisions under Clean Air Act (see S. 1840), S3476 [13JN]

——— impose an annual deadline for small refineries to submit petitions for exemptions from certain renewable fuel requirements based on disproportionate economic hardship (see H.R. 3006), H4163 [23MY]

——— modify definition of renewable biomass under renewable fuel program to allow use of biomass from certain Federal lands, reduce brush and trees that fuel wildfires, and allow use of mill residuals for biofuels (see S. 1614), S3059 [22MY]

——— provide regulatory relief to alternative fuel producers, automobile manufacturers, and consumers to allow for fuel choice options (see S. 581), S1540 [27FE]

——— reform renewable fuel standard by mitigating harmful environmental impacts and advancing the next generation of biofuels (see S. 2873), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 5113), H8878 [14NO]

——— repeal expansion of renewable fuel program and prohibit authorization of higher ethanol blends for motor vehicle and gasoline engine fuels (see H.R. 104), H205 [3JA]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 3427), H5037 [21JN]

——— revise labeling requirement for fuel pumps that dispense E15 ethanol-blend gasoline (see H.R. 1024), H1391 [6FE]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see S. 383), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1166), H1580 [13FE]

FERC: allow examination of licenses of any hydroelectric project located in a Presidentially declared disaster area (see H.R. 441), H461 [10JA]

——— initiate rulemaking to reform interregional transmission planning process (see S. 3109), S7207 [19DE] (see H.R. 5511), H12290 [19DE]

——— require States to adopt standards to allow community solar projects to be connected to the grid and allow electricity produced by shared solar facilities to be credited to consumers to offset electricity bills (see H.R. 4175), H7492 [6AU]

Government regulations: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for electricity suppliers (see S. 1974), S4565 [26JN]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and hazardous and other wastes, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 132), H2032 [14FE]

Green Real Deal: address climate change by harnessing the power of free markets, embracing technological innovation and entrepreneurship, and cutting excessive governmental red tape (see H. Res. 288), H3068 [3AP]

Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative: establish to facilitate installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System land, National Park System land, and certain other public lands (see S. 2041), S4629 [27JN] (see H.R. 3681), H5583 [10JY]

GSA: issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for charging of Federal electric motor vehicles (see S. 2193), S4948 [18JY]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish (see S. 2005), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3575), H5257 [27JN]

Infrastructure: ensure any infrastructure plan provides for job creation, public investment, clean energy jobs, fair hiring and wage standards, and protection of Federal aid programs, the environment, and civil rights (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3283 [25AP]

——— improve through investment in broadband, water systems, clean energy, brownfield redevelopment, and health care projects (see H.R. 2741), H3840 [15MY]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (see S. Res. 348), S5749 [26SE] (see H. Res. 565), H7835 [19SE]

National Climate Bank: establish (see S. 2057), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 5416), H10257 [12DE]

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: designate (see S. Res. 346), S5748 [26SE] (see H. Res. 615), H8095 [4OC]

Nuclear weapons: abolish and redirect resources to certain domestic initiatives while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy conversion (see H.R. 2419), H3339 [30AP]

Power resources: export clean energy technology around the world (see H.R. 5188), H9120 [20NO]

——— transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5221), H9167 [21NO]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5142), H8958 [18NO]

Public lands: promote development of renewable energy (see S. 2666), S5966 [22OC] (see H.R. 3794), H5998 [17JY]

Solar energy: authorize microenterprise assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries (see H.R. 212), H209 [3JA]

——— expand access to low-income households (see S. 2462), S5447 [11SE] (see H.R. 4291), H7665 [11SE]

——— guide and authorize basic research programs for research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see S. 2668), S5966 [22OC] (see H.R. 3597), H5265 [28JN]

Taxation: allow for transfers of renewable electricity production credit, energy credit, and credit for carbon oxide sequestration (see S. 3032), S7026 [12DE]

——— allow for transfers of renewable electricity production credit and energy property credit (see H.R. 2704), H3788 [14MY]

——— extend advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 5165), H9056 [19NO]

——— extend alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (see S. 2038), S4629 [27JN]

——— extend alternative fuels credit (see H.R. 5089), H8877 [14NO]

——— extend certain credits relative to solar energy (see H.R. 2356), H3283 [25AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (see S. 617), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 3301), H4770 [18JN]

——— extend certain tax credits relative to electric cars (see S. 993), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 2042), H2986 [2AP]

——— extend credit for carbon capture and sequestration (see H.R. 5156), H9056 [19NO]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3099 [4AP]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 1841), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3249), H4693 [13JN]

——— extend tax credit for residential energy efficient property and investment tax credit for clean energy technologies (see S. 2289), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 3961), H7462 [25JY]

——— include biomass heating appliances for tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy property (see S. 628), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 1479), H2314 [28FE]

——— include fuel cells using electromechanical processes for purposes of the energy tax credit (see S. 329), S866 [5FE]

——— include geothermal energy in energy credit (see H.R. 5154), H9056 [19NO]

——— include waste energy recovery property in energy credit (see H.R. 5155), H9056 [19NO]

——— make fuel cells using electromechanical processes eligible for the energy tax credit (see H.R. 2040), H2986 [2AP]

——— make permanent second generation biofuel producer credit (see H.R. 2059), H3067 [3AP]

——— make qualified biogas and manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see S. 2542), S5663 [24SE] (see H.R. 3744), H5774 [12JY]

——— modify alternative vehicle fuel refueling property credit (see H.R. 5164), H9056 [19NO]

——— modify credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources and investment credit for certain qualified investment credit facilities (see H.R. 4186), H7500 [13AU]

——— modify limitations on credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see S. 1094), S2329 [9AP] (see H.R. 2256), H3254 [10AP]

——— permanently extend alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (see H.R. 2025), H2985 [2AP]

——— permanently extend qualified fuel cell motor vehicles credit (see H.R. 1929), H2885 [27MR]

——— provide a credit for previously-owned plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see H.R. 5161), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide a credit for zero-emission buses (see H.R. 5163), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide a credit for zero-emission heavy vehicles (see H.R. 5162), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1957), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3473), H5166 [25JN]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1988), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 4887), H8539 [28OC]

——— provide for elective payments for energy property and electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5157), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide for elective payments to Indian tribal governments for energy property and electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5158), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide for issuance of exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure (see S. 2039), S4629 [27JN]

——— provide incentives for increased investment in clean energy (see S. 1288), S2612 [2MY]

——— provide investment and production tax credits for emerging energy technologies (see H.R. 5523), H12290 [19DE]

——— provide investment tax credit for Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC) and resume investment tax credit for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) (see H.R. 5375), H10015 [10DE]

——— provide investment tax credit for waste heat to power technology (see S. 2283), S5107 [25JY]

——— provide investment tax credits for energy storage technologies (see S. 1142), S2432 [11AP] (see H.R. 2096), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 5409), H10257 [12DE]

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 322), H283 [8JA]

——— revise incentives for electric vehicles (see H.R. 5393), H10123 [11DE]

——— temporarily increase the residential energy credit and investment tax credit for certain small solar energy projects (see H.R. 476), H462 [10JA]

——— terminate credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and provide for Federal highway user fee on alternative fuel vehicles (see S. 343), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1027), H1391 [6FE]

Territories: authorize management of Federal submerged lands off of territories for offshore energy, establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, and provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation (see S. 499), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1014), H1390 [6FE]

Three Seas Initiative: support efforts to increase energy resilience and infrastructure connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe, reaffirm U.S. authority to finance projects, and condemn Russian efforts to weaponize energy (see H. Res. 672), H8718 [31OC]

Trump, President: rescind and prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on promoting energy independence and economic growth (see S. 2505), S5577 [18SE]

U.S. Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy and energy efficiency projects and issue Green Bonds to acquire capital stock of such bank (see S. 1528), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3423), H5036 [21JN]

Cloture motions

Essays

State of the Union: Andy Siki, S796 [31JA]

——— Henry Wu, S798 [31JA]

——— Ragulan Sivakumar, S797 [31JA]

Letters

Alternative fuel tax incentives extension: several organizations, S1360 [14FE]

Biodiesel tax incentives extension: several biofuel and renewable energy organizations, S1359 [14FE]

——— several organizations, S1360 [14FE]

Extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief: several organizations, S1598 [28FE]

Motions

Remarks in House

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, H7821 [19SE], H7840 [20SE]

Ann Arbor, MI: tribute to community-led solar installation project, E1219 [27SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H3228 [10AP], H9125 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: recognize importance of goal to procure renewable energy, reduce greenhouse emissions, and make military more resilient in the face of climate change, H3418 [2MY]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (H.R. 865), H8608 [30OC]

Dept. of Energy: distributed wind technologies and research programs funding, H4744 [18JN]

——— energy efficiency and renewable energy funding through reductions in fossil fuel research and development funding, H4742 [18JN]

——— Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs funding, H4742 [18JN]

——— Water Power Technologies Office funding, H4744 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior: empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (H.R. 4294), H7629 [11SE], H7675 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Transit Administration Low or No Emission Grant Program funding, H5066, H5067 [24JN]

Ecology and environment: recognize ability to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, invest in clean energy alternatives, and provide affordable energy options to consumers, H3417, H3418 [2MY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, H8666–H8668 [30OC]

First Solar, Inc.: tribute, H8850 [14NO]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 109), H1488 [8FE], H2089–H2096 [25FE], H2298 [28FE], H2787–H2793 [25MR], H2799 [26MR], H3359 [1MY], H3846 [16MY], H10009 [10DE]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, H1530 [13FE]

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA: Sec. of Defense Environmental Award recipient, H4015 [21MY]

NASA: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ultra efficient, including electric flight research funding, H4886 [19JN]

Nashville, TN: tribute to Whites Creek High School Future Farmers of America Alternative Energy Sustainable Logistics Academy, E527 [2MY]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (H. Res. 565), H7873 [24SE]

——— observance, H8060 [27SE]

Nuclear weapons: abolish and redirect resources to certain domestic initiatives while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy conversion (H.R. 2419), E511 [30AP]

Power resources: interstate renewable electricity production transfer, H3837–H3839 [15MY]

——— national energy policy, H2791 [25MR]

——— transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5221), H9352 [9DE]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5142), H9126 [21NO]

Public lands: promote development of renewable energy (H.R. 3794), H7822 [19SE]

Rachel Carson Council, Inc.: report on wood pellets, Enviva Partners, LP, and environmental justice, E159 [11FE]

South Carolina: tribute to efforts to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean and renewable energy, H7997 [26SE]

South Shore Clean Cities, Inc.: anniversary, E779 [14JN]

Taxation: allow for transfers of renewable electricity production credit and energy property credit (H.R. 2704), E586 [14MY]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (H.R. 2089), H4776 [19JN]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: recognize importance of clean energy technology development for the implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions of Paris Agreement, H3395, H3396 [1MY]

——— recognize role clean energy jobs play in meeting U.S. commitments under Paris Agreement, H3420 [2MY]

——— require President to report on impact of Paris Agreement on clean energy job development in rural communities, H3384 [1MY]

——— require President’s plan to consider affected populations, regions, and industries, including jobs, energy costs, and ability to develop and deploy new technologies, H3419, H3420 [2MY]

U.S. Export Finance Agency: support exports in electric battery vehicles, batteries for electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, H8867, H8868 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: address agriculture issues by enacting long-term farm policies, provide access to mental health care, invest in alternative energy sources, and resolve trade disputes, S6055–S6057 [23OC]

Agriculture Improvement Act: impact, S1507 [27FE]

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, S5551 [18SE]

Alaska: impact of natural resource development, S1688 [6MR]

BioLogiQ, Inc.: tribute, S5358 [9SE]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (S. 67), S104 [9JA]

Climate: assessment of Chinese efforts to address climate change, S5687 [25SE]

——— effects of climate change, S5043–S5048 [24JY]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry, corporations, and trade associations to impede climate protection efforts and call for corporate political action to demand climate change legislation, S2703–S2705 [7MY], S3187 [4JN], S6291–S6293 [30OC]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry to deny and discredit science behind climate change, S1316 [13FE], S1559 [28FE], S1653 [5MR], S2364 [10AP], S2982–S2984 [20MY]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): accomplishments, S7012, S7013, S7014 [12DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S2798 [14MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S2247 [4AP], S6365 [5NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S55 [8JA]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, S6377 [5NO]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (S. 266), S743 [29JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems (S. 1602), S3062 [22MY]

——— provide funding to research and develop ways to lower the cost of energy storage technologies (S. 1741), S3258 [5JN]

——— provide research, development, and deployment of marine energy (S. 1821), S3367 [12JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along National Highway System (S. 674), S1707 [6MR]

Economy: benefits of clean energy technologies, S207 [15JA], S880 [6FE], S1103 [7FE]

Energy Efficiency Day: designate (S. Res. 347), S5760 [26SE]

EPA: modify definition of renewable biomass under renewable fuel program to allow use of biomass from certain Federal lands, reduce brush and trees that fuel wildfires, and allow use of mill residuals for biofuels (S. 1614), S3062 [22MY]

——— proposed rule adjusting the renewable fuel standard program fuel percentages calculations, S6631 [19NO]

——— reform renewable fuel standard program, S5617 [23SE], S6579 [14NO]

——— remove waiver requirement for the year round sale of E15 ethanol-blend gasoline, S3341 [12JN], S6503, S6504 [12NO], S7125 [18DE]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (S. 383), S1497 [27FE], S1690 [6MR], S1788 [12MR], S1822, S1823 [13MR], S2028 [27MR], S4538 [26JN]

——— support vehicle emissions standards and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, S2363 [10AP]

FuelCell Energy, Inc.: anniversary, S1894 [14MR]

Government regulations: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for electricity suppliers (S. 1974), S4899 [17JY]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S. Res. 59), S1178, S1190 [12FE], S1348 [14FE], S1469 [26FE], S1546–S1550 [27FE], S1558, S1561 [28FE], S1611 [4MR], S1637 [5MR], S1686, S1688, S1689, S1699–S1701 [6MR], S1820, S1822–S1824 [13MR], S1889 [14MR], S5646 [24SE]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), S1316, S1336 [13FE], S1337, S1342–S1344, S1348 [14FE], S1468, S1470, S1471 [26FE], S1497–S1501, S1519 [27FE], S1556, S1557, S1559–S1563 [28FE], S1635, S1637 [5MR], S1671–S1674, S1680–S1692, S1711 [6MR], S1718 [7MR], S1749 [11MR], S1788 [12MR], S1808, S1811, S1816 [13MR], S2536 [1MY], S2895 [16MY], S2987 [21MY], S3021 [22MY], S4924 [18JY], S6869 [5DE]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), motion to proceed, S1882 [14MR], S1921, S1922, S1926–S1931, S1946 [25MR], S1949–S1975, S1981, S1989–S1991 [26MR], S2011, S2014–S2017, S2021, S2026–S2029 [27MR], S2063 [28MR]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, S556, S574 [24JA]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish, S1577 [28FE]

Minnesota: tribute to efforts to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean and renewable energy, S2021 [27MR]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (S. Res. 348), S5760 [26SE]

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: designate (S. Res. 346), S5760 [26SE]

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: establish, S1922 [25MR]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, S5047 [24JY]

——— national energy policy, S1955–S1958 [26MR], S4537 [26JN], S5648 [24SE], S6869–S6871 [5DE]

——— support innovative energy technologies to reduce costs and emissions, S3021 [22MY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities, S2021 [27MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S2799 [14MY]

Taxation: clarify that mixture of gasoline and butane does not qualify for alternative fuel mixture credit, S7185 [19DE]

——— extend biodiesel tax incentives, S1359 [14FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S5037 [24JY], S6871 [5DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (S. 617), S1597–S1599, S1605 [28FE], S1633 [4MR], S2400 [11AP], S2905 [16MY]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, S1577 [28FE]

——— extend wind production tax credit, S6638–S6640 [19NO]

——— terminate credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and provide for Federal highway user fee on alternative fuel vehicles (S. 343), S886–S889 [6FE]

Trump, President: Executive order removing certain restrictions on year-round sale of E15 ethanol-blend gasoline, S3301 [11JN]

Reports

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity—A Second Notice (excerpt): William J. Ripple et al., BioScience (publication), E757 [12JN]

Reports filed

Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1602) (S. Rept. 116–135), S5965 [22OC]

Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1751) (S. Rept. 116–140), S6091 [23OC]

Charging Helps Agencies Realize General Efficiencies (CHARGE) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2193) (S. Rept. 116–95), S5406 [10SE]

CHP Support Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2425), S7112 [17DE]

Energy Jobs for Our Heroes Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 876), S7112 [17DE]

Energy Technology Maturation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1286) (S. Rept. 116–76), S5360 [9SE]

Marine Energy Research and Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1821) (S. Rept. 116–141), S6091 [23OC]

Offshore Wind for Territories Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1014) (H. Rept. 116–230), H8110 [11OC]

Promoting American Energy Jobs Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2508), S7112 [17DE]

Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization (RIVER) Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 859) (S. Rept. 116–81), S5406 [10SE]

Renew America’s Schools Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1890), S7156 [18DE]

Solar Energy Research and Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2668), S7113 [17DE]

Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 762) (S. Rept. 116–108), S5602 [19SE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 253) (S. Rept. 116–107), S5602 [19SE]

Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383), S2385 [10AP]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383) (S. Rept. 116–38), S2786 [13MY]

Wind Energy Research and Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2660), S7156 [18DE]

Statements

Green New Deal: Representative Ocasio-Cortez, H2091–H2093 [25FE]

Texts of

H.R. 762, Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act, H2328 [5MR]

S. 674, Clean Corridors Act, S1707–S1709 [6MR]

S. 2193, issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for charging of Federal electric motor vehicles, S6764 [21NO]

S. Res. 59, address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities in Green New Deal, S1140 [7FE]

S. Res. 347, Energy Efficiency Day, S5754 [26SE]

S. Res. 348, National Clean Energy Week, S5754 [26SE]

S. Res, 346, National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, S5753 [26SE]

S.J. Res. 8, address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities in Green New Deal, S1327 [13FE]