Alternative And Renewable Resources
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Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019 [HB-4175]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires an electric utility to provide interconnection and net billing service for community solar facilities. (A community solar facility is a solar photovoltaic system that allocates electricity to multiple individual electric consumers of an electric utility and has a nameplate rating of 2 megawatts or less.) Specifically, the bill requires each state regulatory authority and nonregulated electric utility to commence consideration of and determine ratemaking standards that allow community solar facilities to be connected to the power distribution
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 [S.2470]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and independent agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,
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Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act [HB-4026]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
Revises provisions related to geothermal energy projects on federal land.
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Low-Income Solar Energy Act [S.2462]
[Energy ]
[Poverty ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to help reduce household energy burdens by expanding access to solar energy for low-income households.
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Low-Income Solar Energy Act [HB-4291]
[Energy ]
[Poverty ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
To help reduce household energy burdens by expanding access to solar energy for low-income households, and for other purposes.
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American Energy First Act [HB-4294]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
[Mining ]
Addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands. Among other things, the bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders; limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS; establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [HB-4278]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [S.2457]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
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American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 [S.2447]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes a process for expediting and standardizing the permitting process for certain distributed energy systems. The bill defines such systems as equipment or materials installed in, on, or near a building to support onsite or local energy use, such as solar energy, batteries, and charging systems for electrical vehicles. Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish or designate a Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a voluntary program to (1) expedite the process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying
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Clean Industrial Technology Act of 2019 [HB-4230]
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[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Provides incentives for the nonpower industrial sector to reduce nonwater greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research, development, and demonstration program to further the development and commercial application of innovative industrial emissions reduction technologies. Under the program, DOE must award grants and fund demonstration projects to develop and evaluate technologies designed to increase (1) the industrial competitiveness of the United States, and (2)
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Climate Action Rebate Act of 2019 [HB-4051]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Imposes a carbon fee on the use, sale, or transfer of certain fossil fuels and fluorinated gases that emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The fee is imposed on producers and importers of such fuels and is deposited into a Climate Action Rebate Fund established by this bill. The bill establishes an gradual emissions reduction schedule for such fuels between 2020 and 2050 (100% reduction). The bill requires payment of an equalization fee by fossil fuels and carbon-intensive imported goods at the border and provides for refunds of comparable
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Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2019 [S.2261]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds.
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Renewable Energy Extension Act of 2019 [S.2289]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
Extends the energy tax credit for certain renewable resources and the credit for residential energy efficient property for five years.
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Sustainable Agriculture Research Act [HB-4134]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
Revises the goals of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA). Specifically, the bill expands the goals to require AGARDA to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that address (1) the impact of extreme weather on crop production, (2) the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through agriculture, (3) increased economic and practical feasibility for renewable and sustainable energy on farms
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Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 [S.2393]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a comprehensive nationwide program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries with existing or expected worker shortages. Emphasis shall be placed on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs. DOE must establish an online resource center to maintain and update information and resources on training programs for such jobs; and as a resource for specified agencies, organizations, and apprenticeship
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Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2019 [S.2415]
[Energy ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
Provides incentives for programs that prepare students for careers in the wind energy industry. The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to award grants to community colleges or technical schools that offer wind training programs. Such colleges and schools must use the grants for large pieces of wind component equipment (e.g., towers or blades) for use in training wind technician students. DOE must also establish a program to prepare veterans for careers in the wind energy industry that shall be modeled off of the Solar Ready Vets
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Desalination Development Act [HB-3723]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes through FY2025 a grant program for constructing desalination projects. The bill also revises the program, including by requiring the prioritization of projects that maximize energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.
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SWEET Act Saving Workers by Eliminating Economic Tampering Act [HB-3705]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Food ]
Eliminates certain Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar subsidy programs. Specifically, the bill eliminates (1) the price support loan program available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets, (2) the sugar marketing allotments and tariff-rate quotas that limit the quantities of domestically produced sugar that processors may sell and the sugar that may be imported under lower tariff rates, and (3) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers which operates to avoid loan forfeitures to the USDA's Commodity Credit
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Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019 [HB-3744]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
Allows energy tax credits through 2021 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 property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel. "Qualified manure resource
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019 [S.2137]
[Energy ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
Revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, and the federal government, including by encouraging energy efficiency in residential, commercial, federal, or school buildings; energy-efficient technologies and processes for industrial applications; sustainable manufacturing; energy-efficient electric motors or transformers; or federal use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.