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Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 [S.2668]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program to research, develop, evaluate, and commercialize solar energy technologies and systems.
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Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act [HB-4735]
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[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Mining ]
Allows a new tax credit for the production of electricity from a coal refuse facility. A "coal refuse facility" means any facility (1) that was originally placed in service prior to January 1, 2019, and combusts coal refuse or fuel composed of at least 75 percent coal refuse by BTU energy value; and (2) uses at a minimum, a circulating fluidized bed combustion unit or a pressurized fluidized bed combustion unit, equipped with a limestone injection system for control of acid gases, and a fabric filter particulate emission control system.
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MARKET CHOICE Act Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act [HB-4520]
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[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses. The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund (RISE Trust Fund) established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development
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PROTECT Act of 2019 Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2019 [S.2556]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide energy cybersecurity investment incentives, to establish a grant and technical assistance program for cybersecurity investments, and for other purposes.
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 [S.2583]
[International ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations, and International Commissions. The bill provides appropriations for Related Agencies and Related Programs, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship
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To amend titles 49 and 10, United States Code, to provide for the authority of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border protection with respect to national security determinations concerning wind turbines proposed to be constructed in the United States in bodies of water that border Canada, and for other purposes. [HB-4441]
[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Water ]
[Defense ]
Authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make national security determinations concerning the proposed construction or alteration of wind turbines located in waters of the United States bordering Canada.
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Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act [HB-4447]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, designing, and demonstrating energy storage and microgrid projects that utilize energy from renewable energy sources. A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can connect and disconnect from the electric grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode.
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Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act [HB-4444]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website a database of specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged to customers for power and transmission services, listed by power system; the amount of capacity or energy sold by power system; and a detailed accounting of its expenditures and costs by region and for the headquarters office. Additionally, WAPA must annually update the information it provides
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Promoting American Energy Jobs Act of 2019 [S.2508]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of Energy to establish an Energy Jobs Council to (1) conduct a survey of employers in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the U.S. economy; (2) preform an analysis of the employment figures and demographics in those sectors; and (3) publish a U.S. Energy and Employment Report that is based on the survey and analysis.
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Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act [S.2505]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Reinstates a variety of rules regarding climate change that were repealed, suspended, delayed, withdrawn, or replaced and prohibits the implementation of certain policies and proposed rules. Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 13783 titled Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. In addition, the bill nullifies the following rules: the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations rule
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Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019 [HB-4175]
[Energy ]
[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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Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day. [HR-478]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
This resolution expresses support for the designation of Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day. (A journeyman lineman is a person who builds and maintains electrical power systems.)
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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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Providing Recovery Opportunities & Mitigating Industry’s Shifting Economics (PROMISE) Act [HB-4318]
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[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
To provide economic stabilization resources to distressed rural communities directly impacted by the closure of an electric generating station, and for other purposes.
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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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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations". [SJR-53]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule that repealed the Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for states to follow in limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants; finalized the Affordable Clean Energy rule, which replaced the Clean Power Plan with emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to limit carbon dioxide; and revised requirements that govern the process under which the EPA and states develop emission standards for pollutants emitted by existing stationary
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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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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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Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019 [S.2368]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to support licensing and relicensing of certain nuclear facilities and nuclear energy research, demonstration, and development, and for other purposes.