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No More Solyndras Act [HB-6213]
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No More Solyndras Act - (Sec. 3) Prohibits the Secretary of Energy (DOE) from issuing any new loan guarantee of an innovative energy project under title XVII (Incentives for Innovative Technologies) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for any application submitted to DOE after December 31, 2011. Prohibits a loan guarantee for any application pending before that date until the Secretary of the Treasury furnishes, within 30 days after receiving the guarantee proposal from DOE, a written analysis of the its financial terms and conditions. Requires DOE,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/19/2012
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True Cost of Coal Act of 2012 [HB-6202]
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True Cost of Coal Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a $10 per ton excise tax on the extraction of coal; (2) establish in the Treasury the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to hold revenues from such tax; and (3) extend to 50 years the recovery period, for depreciation purposes, for specified coal port property used for the export of coal. Allows expenditures from the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to assist states in mitigating noise, vibration, traffic delays, pollution and other threats to public health, and emergencies in connection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Coast Guard And Maritime Transportation. on 07/26/2012
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American Advanced Energy Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2012 [HB-6182]
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American Advanced Energy Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the qualifying advanced energy project program, to: (1) allow, through December 31, 2016, an additional credit amount for the cost of manufacturing equipment that uses solar energy to generate electricity, fuel cell power plants, and systems for the electro-chemical storage of electricity; and (2) increase for 2012 the amount of credits that may be allocated under such program. Provides for an offset against such increased
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/25/2012
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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible. [HB-6172]
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Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until three of four specified officials (the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General, the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology) publish and submit to Congress a report
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/20/2012
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American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act [HB-5967]
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American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce federal combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard. Requires each retail electric supplier to submit to FERC, annually, an amount of federal renewable electricity credits and demonstrated total annual electricity savings for the previous year that, in the aggregate, is equal to the supplier's annual combined target for that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 06/19/2012
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Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2011 [HB-587]
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Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to rename the Public Lands Corps as the Public Lands Service Corps (the Corps). Permits Corps participants to work in the National Marine Sanctuary System, coral reefs, and other coastal, estuarine, and marine habitats, and other lands and facilities administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requires the: (1) establishment of a department-level office within the Department of the Interior, Forest Service, and NOAA for the coordination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/08/2011
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Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2012 [HB-5827]
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Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to integrate water considerations into energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects of the Department of Energy (DOE), to: (1) advance energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that meet the objectives of minimizing freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increasing water use efficiency, and utilizing nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve the quality of water from those sources; (2) consider the effects climate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 06/18/2012
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Coordinating Water Research for a Clean Water Future Act of 2012 [HB-5826]
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Coordinating Water Research for a Clean Water Future Act of 2012 - Requires the President to begin to implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative through the National Science and Technology Council, the National Water Research Coordination Office, and federal agencies. Requires such Initiative to: (1) establish the goals, priorities, and metrics for the evaluation of federal water research and development and other activities related to water; (2) invest in research and development activities related to water to achieve the goals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Tonko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 06/18/2012
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Ports as Small Business Incubators Act of 2012 [HB-5813]
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Ports as Small Business Incubators Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program. Requires the Administrator to award grants of at least $300,000 and up to $500,000 to port authorities selected by the Administrator. Allows grant funds to be used only for the costs of providing selected small businesses with access to commercial real property. Requires each Program participant, in providing such access, to give a priority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Hahn
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E837) on 05/17/2012
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 [HB-5745]
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate royalty payments for oil and natural gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase minimum royalty payments for coal, oil, and natural gas leases. Repeals the program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production. Amends the Oil Pollution Act to eliminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On International Monetary Policy And Trade. on 07/11/2012
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Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2011 [HB-502]
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Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund, to be administered through the International Trade Administration, to ensure that U.S. clean energy technology firms have the information and assistance they need to be competitive and to create clean energy technology sector jobs; and (2) administer the Fund to promote policies that will reduce production costs and encourage innovation, investment, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/09/2011
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Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2011 [HB-487]
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Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2011- Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 100% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States beginning in the fourth fiscal year after enactment of this Act. Provides that such percentage shall be 30% in the first fiscal year after enactment, 50% in the second fiscal year, and 80% in the third fiscal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations And Procurement Reform . on 02/08/2011
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Supercritical Advanced Coal Project Incentive Act of 2012 [HB-4826]
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Supercritical Advanced Coal Project Incentive Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects to include a credit for supercritical advanced coal-based generation technology projects. Defines such projects as including a coal-fired boiler that reaches an electricity generating efficiency of at least 36%, and operates at a minimum pressure of 3,200 pounds per square inch. Increases from $2.55 billion to $3.8 billion the aggregate amount of credits allowable for qualifying
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Costello
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/26/2012
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HOMES Act [HB-4230]
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Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2012 or the HOMES Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates to: (1) contractors to be passed through as discounts to homeowners who retrofit their homes to achieve energy savings, or (2) homeowners to be transferred to contractors for retrofit work. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a Federal Rebate Processing System to enable rebate aggregators to submit claims for reimbursement, and (2) a national retrofit website
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 04/23/2012
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Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012 [HB-4185]
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Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to guarantee loans of small businesses that manufacture a clean energy technology in the United States. Requires the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to carry out the program in a manner similar to the SBA 7(a) general business loan program.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Keating
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 03/08/2012
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Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2012 [HB-3793]
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Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states to establish state and multistate infrastructure banks that make loans to local educational agencies, public libraries, and charter schools or their developers to construct or renovate public elementary or secondary schools and public libraries. Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks. Directs the Secretary to make grants to such banks to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Heath Shuler
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/29/2012
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To ensure the viability of a technology described in section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. [HB-3759]
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Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to take actions to ensure the viability of innovative technology projects to avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases that are eligible for loan guarantees with potential applicants for such guarantees. Requires a person that fails to achieve technical criteria that is provided in such a loan guarantee agreement to surrender to the Secretary any property leased from the Secretary or otherwise acquired or used using funds
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 01/12/2012
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Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act [HB-3757]
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Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act or the SHORE Act - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to: (1) review the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) capacity to respond to oil spills; (2) be responsible for developing and maintaining oil spill trajectory modeling capabilities; (3) create and update NOAA's environmental sensitivity index products for each coastal area of the United States and for each offshore area that is leased or under consideration for leasing for offshore energy production;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Bass
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 01/12/2012
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Act for the 99% [HB-3638]
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Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act or Act for the 99% - Title I: Emergency Job Creation to Rebuild America - Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for: (1) subgrants to local education agencies (LEAs) to modernize, renovate, or repair public school facilities; and (3) grants to pay maintenance costs. Requires LEAs to use such funds, to the maximum extent practicable, for green schools. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for grants to institutions of higher education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 02/09/2012
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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 [HB-3630]
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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 - Title I: Extension of Payroll Tax Reduction - (Sec. 101) Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through the remainder of 2012 the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employees and self-employed individuals. Eliminates the special rule for 2012 limiting the amount of wages eligible for such tax rate reduction. Title II: Unemployment Benefit Continuation and Program Improvement - Extended Benefits, Reemployment, and Program Integrity
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton
Became Public Law No: 112-96. on 02/22/2012