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BTU Act of 2019 Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2019 [S.628]
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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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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2019
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Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019 [S.617]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Retirement ]
Extends certain tax credits and deductions expiring in 2018 and 2019, and provides disaster tax relief, including penalty-free withdrawal of retirement funds for disaster expenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 28. on 03/04/2019
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Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019 [S.581]
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[Air Quality ]
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Revises requirements governing the use of alternative fuels in vehicles. Among other things, the bill revises requirements on aftermarket vehicle conversions that enable older vehicles to use alternative fuels. Under current law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must certify such conversions. removes such certification requirements. The bill also bans the EPA from prohibiting or controlling biomass fuel. In addition, the bill revises the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for certain vehicles that are able to operate on something
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/27/2019
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Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019 [HB-1315]
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[Education ]
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[Funding ]
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Reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact. The bill (1) renames the office as the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment; and (2) directs the office to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs. The office must provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/17/2019
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Restore Our Parks Act [S.500]
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(1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2020-FY2024 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting the priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 02/25/2020
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Offshore Wind for Territories Act [S.499]
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Addresses offshore wind development and coral reef conservation. The Department of the Interior may conduct wind and mineral development lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to U.S. territories. The bill establishes the Coral Reef Conservation Fund for the Department of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, including to preserve, sustain, and restore the condition of coral reef ecosystems. The bill also specifies requirements for distributing revenues from the leases authorized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 05/14/2019
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Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act [HB-1225]
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[Infrastructure ]
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Establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund into which, through FY2024, there shall be deposited an amount equal to 50% of all energy development revenues due and payable to the federal government from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters that would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts under federal law. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.3 billion for any such fiscal year. From such amounts 80% shall be allocated to the National
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-250, Part I. on 10/22/2019
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DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 [HB-1158]
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[Defense ]
[Aerospace ]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice; science-related
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Became Public Law No: 116-93. (txt | Pdf) on 12/20/2019
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A joint resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. [SJR-8]
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This joint resolution declares that the government has a duty to create a Green New Deal with the goals of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions; establishing millions of high-wage jobs and ensuring economic security for all; investing in infrastructure and industry; securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and promoting justice and equality. The joint resolution calls for accomplishment of these goals through a 10-year national mobilization effort.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. on 03/26/2019
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A resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. [SR-59]
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[Climate Change ]
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This resolution calls for the creation of a Green New Deal with the goals of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions; establishing millions of high-wage jobs and ensuring economic security for all; investing in infrastructure and industry; securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and promoting justice and equality. The resolution calls for accomplishment of these goals through a 10-year national mobilization effort. The resolution also enumerates the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. (text: Cr S1140-1142) on 02/07/2019
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National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2019 [S.346]
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[Science ]
Directs the Department of Energy to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies must study and evaluate net metering. Net metering allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/06/2019
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Fairness for Every Driver Act [S.343]
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Terminates and repeals the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles. It also imposes a user fee on alternative fuel vehicles used in the United States and requires the fees to be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund. "Alternative fuel vehicles" include plug-in electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, and other motor vehicles propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor that draws power from any source that is not subject to certain fuel taxes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/06/2019
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Linear Generator Parity Act [S.329]
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[Taxes ]
Modifies the tax credit for investments in energy property to make qualified fuel cell property (certain fuel cell power plants) that uses an electromechanical process eligible for the credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/05/2019
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Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act [S.253]
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Requires the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to act as the lead federal agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs that support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. The bill also outlines the requirements for such coordination and outreach. Specifically, the office must: review such programs and financing mechanisms for such projects; establish a federal cross-departmental collaborative coordination, education, and outreach effort to communicate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 116-107. on 09/19/2019
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act [S.241]
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[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
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[Recreation ]
[Climate Change ]
Provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado. Specifically, the bill designates specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the proposed Williams Fork Wilderness as a potential wilderness area, the Tenmile Recreation Management Area, the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area, the Williams Fork Wildlife Conservation Area, the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape, the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, and the Curecanti
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 11/18/2020
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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act [S.216]
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[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe in relation to the construction and operation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Payments made to the tribe may be used or invested in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. The initial payment extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Became Public Law No: 116-100. (txt | Pdf) on 12/20/2019
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Investing in State Energy Act [S.185]
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[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
Requires the Department of Energy to distribute funds for the Weatherization Assistance Program and the state energy assistance program within 60 days of Congress making the funds available for such programs. The Weatherization Assistance Program reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing the energy efficiency. The State Energy Program supports state energy conservation plans and energy emergency planning and response.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/17/2019
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes. [S.79]
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[Energy ]
[Recreation ]
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States that the authorization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch may include improvements or replacements that are consistent with the management of a specified river segment of the main Salmon River pursuant to the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980, and would reduce the impact of commercial recreation facilities or services on wilderness or wild and scenic river
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Sponsored by: Sen. James Risch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/10/2019
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California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 [S.67]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Provides for conservation, additional recreational opportunities, and renewable energy development in the California Desert Conservation Area. Specifically, the bill, among other things establishes or designates wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; releases specified wilderness study areas; adjusts national park and preserve boundaries; and specifies land withdrawals, transfers, and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S104-105) on 01/09/2019
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Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act [S.60]
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[Mining ]
[Energy ]
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Withdraws specified National Forest System land in the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Park County, Montana, identified on the map titled "Emigrant Crevice Proposed Withdrawal Area," dated November 10, 2016, from (1) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing. Any land within the withdrawal area that is acquired by the federal government after enactment of this bill must be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/09/2019