Alternative And Renewable Resources
US Congress 116th Congress
Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real Deal. [HR-288]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
This resolution recognizes the duty of the federal government to create a Green Real Deal to achieve robust, economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019 [HB-2096]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
Allows 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 by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. The bill also
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Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019 [HB-2089]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
Extends the following tax provisions through 2019: the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel, the excise tax credit for biodiesel mixtures, and the payments that are equivalent to the excise tax credit for biodiesel mixtures.
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To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes. [HB-2088]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. Under the program, the Department of Energy provides grants to local governments, states, and Indian tribes for energy efficiency and conservation projects and programs. expands the allowable uses of grant funds to include the deployment of energy distribution technologies that significantly expand access to alternative fuels.
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Electric CARS Act of 2019 Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2019 [S.993]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Modifies and extends several tax credits related to electric cars. The bill extends the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles through 2029. In addition, the bill modifies the credit to remove the limitation on the number of vehicles per manufacturer that are eligible for the credit, allow a taxpayer to assign the credit to a financing entity, and allow an unused credit to be carried forward for five years. The bill also extends through 2029 the tax credits for (1) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and (2)
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Taxpayer First Act of 2019 [HB-1957]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. For FY2021-FY2025, there shall be deposited into the fund an amount equal to 50% of energy development revenues credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.9 billion for any fiscal year. The fund must be used for priority deferred maintenance projects in specified systems
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Nuclear Energy Leadership Act [S.903]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the nonbusiness energy property credit. [HB-1906]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
Permanently extends the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property, which applies to certain expenditures for energy-efficient improvements or residential energy property. Under current law, the tax credit expired at the end of 2017.
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Climate Action Now Act [HB-9]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the President to develop and update annually a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement on climate change. (Sec. 3) In addition, the bill prohibits federal funds from being used to withdraw from the agreement. (Sec. 4) The bill outlines what must be included in the plan, including descriptions of steps to (1) cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26%-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, and (2) confirm that other parties to the agreement with major economies are fulfilling their announced contributions.
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Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act of 2019 [S.876]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
Establishes the Energy-Ready Vets Program within the Department of Energy. The program must prepare eligible veterans for careers in the energy industry.
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RIVER Act Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act [S.859]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Extends through FY2036 authorization and eligibility for the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency.
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Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2019 [HB-1743]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish certain energy storage programs. DOE must carry out, within the Office of Electricity, a program for the research of energy storage systems (systems or strategies that improve the ability to shift the dispatch of energy in time, across multiple timescales). DOE must carry out a loan program for (1) the demonstration and deployment of energy storage systems in a specific project, and (2) programs that finance the demonstration and deployment of multiple energy storage systems through a financial
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Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019 [HB-1619]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibits the Department of Energy from licensing, planning, developing, or constructing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada until the Office of Management and Budget conducts a study on the economic viability of alternative uses of the site and Congress holds a hearing on the findings. (A nuclear waste repository is a site used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.)
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European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 [HB-1616]
[Energy ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Directs the Department of State to prioritize assistance to develop energy infrastructure in Europe and Eurasia, in particular for projects involving the European Commission and countries in the region. Assistance shall include political and diplomatic support and funding assistance. Projects eligible for such assistance include infrastructure for natural gas, electricity transmission, and renewable energy. The State Department shall give preference to projects that (1) improve the capacity to transfer gas and electricity within and between regional
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Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019 [S.721]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibits the Department of Energy from licensing, planning, developing, or constructing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada until the Office of Management and Budget conducts a study on the economic viability of alternative uses of the site and Congress holds a hearing on the findings. (A nuclear waste repository is a site used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.)
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European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 [S.704]
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[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Directs the Department of State to prioritize assistance to develop energy infrastructure in Europe and Eurasia, in particular for projects involving the European Commission and countries in the region. Assistance shall include political and diplomatic support and funding assistance. Projects eligible for such assistance include projects that improve electricity transmission infrastructure, energy efficiency, or power generation. The State Department shall give preference to projects that (1) link the energy systems of regional countries, (2) have
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PURPA Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-1502]
[Energy ]
To modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
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Sites Reservoir Project Act [HB-1435]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Directs the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to federal support for the construction of water infrastructure in California. Specifically, with respect to the Sites Project (a water storage project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California), Reclamation shall (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either Reclamation or the Sites Project Authority to construct the project; and (2) ensure that all such reviews,
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European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 [HB-1453]
[Energy ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
Directs the Department of State to prioritize assistance to develop energy infrastructure in Europe, in particular for projects involving the European Commission and governments in the region. Assistance shall include political, technical, and diplomatic support. Projects eligible for such assistance include infrastructure for natural gas, electricity transmission, and renewable energy. The State Department shall give preference to projects that (1) improve the capacity to transfer gas and electricity within and between European countries, (2) have
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BTU Act of 2019 Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2019 [HB-1479]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
Expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include 30% of qualified biomass fuel property expenditures for property placed in service before 2024. A qualified biomass fuel property expenditure is an expenditure for property that 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 efficiency rating of at least 75%. The bill also allows (1) a 15% energy tax credit until
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