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Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 [S.741]
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Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2015-FY2019 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater
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BTU Act of 2015 Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2015 [S.727]
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BTU Act of 2015 Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include 30% of qualified biomass fuel property expenditures made in taxable years beginning before 2021 in the residential energy efficient property tax credit. Defines "qualified biomass fuel property expenditure" as an expenditure for property which uses the burning of biomass fuel (a plant-derived fuel available on a renewable or recurring basis) to heat a dwelling used as a residence, or to heat water for use in such dwelling, and which has a thermal
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 [S.720]
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[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, the federal government, and certain appliances. TITLE I--BUILDINGS Subtitle A--Building Energy Codes (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to require states and Indian tribes to measure and certify their compliance with certain residential and commercial building energy codes by a specified deadline. The Department of Energy (DOE) must: (1) provide technical
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A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program. [S.600]
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[Nonprofit ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program. This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award matching grants for nonprofit organizations to retrofit their buildings with energy-efficiency improvements. This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to decrease the amount of appropriations authorized in FY2015 for the Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative.
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Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015 [S.577]
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[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Agriculture ]
Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by eliminating the annual renewable fuel standard that requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022. The bill would not affect the separate requirements for the following renewable fuels that are not corn starch ethanol: advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.
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Geothermal Exploration Opportunities Act of 2015 [S.562]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Mining ]
Geothermal Exploration Opportunities Act of 2015 This bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to categorically exclude from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) a geothermal exploration test project on National Forest System land or land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) if the project is either: a geophysical exploration activity that does not require drilling; test drilling causing soil or vegetation disruption of fewer
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Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 [S.535]
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Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 TITLE I--BETTER BUILDINGS Better Buildings Act of 2015 (Sec. 102) This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) develop and publish model leasing provisions to encourage building owners and tenants to use greater cost-effective energy efficiency and water efficiency measures in commercial buildings, (2) develop policies and practices to implement the measures for the realty services provided by the GSA to agencies, and (3) make available the model provisions and best practices to state
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A bill to coordinate the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools. [S.523]
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[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
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A bill to coordinate the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools. This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs and assistance that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. DOE must: carry out a review of existing
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Sugar Reform Act of 2015 [S.475]
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[Food ]
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[Trade ]
Sugar Reform Act of 2015 This bill revises the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program to decrease price support levels and make other modifications. The bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to decrease the rate for price support loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets. The loan rate is the price level at which processors can take out loans. The bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require USDA to set the marketing allotments at a level appropriate to maintain
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California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 [S.414]
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[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Recreation ]
California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: (1) establish or designate national monuments, wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, a national scenic area, and an area of critical environmental concern; (2) release specified wilderness study areas; (3) adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and (4) specify land withdrawals, exchanges, and acquisitions. Directs that specified federal land be taken into trust for
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A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. [S.3382]
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A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.
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Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 [S.3248]
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[Energy ]
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[Climate Change ]
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Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2020 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes
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Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2016 [S.3188]
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[Small Business ]
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify and extend: (1) the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel, and (2) the excise tax credit for biodiesel fuel mixtures. The bill: (1) makes the credits available to domestic producers of the fuels rather than the policy under current law of providing a mixture credit to the blender of the fuel, (2) increases the income tax credit for certain small biodiesel producers, and (3) extends the credits through 2019.
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A bill to support basic energy research and eliminate the wind production tax credit. [S.3169]
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A bill to support basic energy research and eliminate the wind production tax credit. This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2019 the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate on January 1, 2017, the tax credit for electricity produced from wind.
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Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016 [S.3159]
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Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that: (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified
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American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016 [S.3110]
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American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016
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Food Recovery Act of 2016 [S.3108]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Food Recovery Act of 2016
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Secure the Northern Triangle Act [S.3106]
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[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Secure the Northern Triangle Act
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Climate Change Education Act [S.3074]
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[Public Health ]
[Education ]
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Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to: broaden the understanding of human-induced climate change, possible consequences, and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; conduct a national information campaign to help people understand and promote implementation
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Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act [S.3044]
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[Economic Development ]
[Elections ]
[Energy ]
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[Healthcare ]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act This bill establishes a Puerto Rico Reconstruction Finance Corporation to accept applications from the government of Puerto Rico or its municipalities to restructure their bond debts through a process under which: (1) the corporation will purchase the bonds from bond holders at the price the holder paid for the bond, and (2) the par value of each bond is reduced to the last price paid for the bond. Impairment of pension benefits is not permitted. The board of the corporation must consist of
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