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SAVE Jobs Act Save American Vital Energy Jobs Act [S.4041] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Climate Change ] [Economic Development ]
Extends energy-related tax provisions and expands incentives for job creation in the energy sector during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period. Specifically, the bill extends for one year the construction period for carbon oxide sequestration facilities for purposes of the tax credit, suspends capitalization rules in 2020 to permit immediate expensing of certain inventory costs, reduces the required deposit of certain motor fuel excise taxes from 95% to 25%, allows expensing of intangible drilling costs in 2020, permits (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/23/2020

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A bill to express the sense of Congress regarding the need for a nationwide moratorium on electric and natural gas utility disconnections during the nationwide emergency relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus. [S.4029] [Energy ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Public Safety ]
Calls for states and electric or natural gas utilities to place a moratorium on utility disconnections during the emergency relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. In addition, the bill calls for states and utilities to ensure that reasonable efforts are made to safely reconnect electric and natural gas consumers that have lost service; fees for reconnection services, late fees, and other penalties are waived; and there are no increases in cost-of-service to consumers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/22/2020

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Moving Forward Act [HB-2] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Climate Change ] [Energy ] [Manufacturing ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ]
Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate. on 07/20/2020

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National Defense Net Zero Review Act of 2020 [HB-7169] [Defense ] [Energy ] [Climate Change ] [National Security ] [Military ]
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to prepare a report on the progress of the Department of Defense toward reaching net zero goals, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings Introduced In House on 06/11/2020

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Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 [S.3944] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Consumer Protection ] [Water ] [Animals ] [Food ]
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/11/2020

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Continuity of the Economy Act of 2020 [S.3928] [Economic Development ] [Budget and Spending ] [Disaster Relief ]
A bill to require the President to develop a plan for the continuity of the economy in response to a significant event, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/10/2020

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Maritime Administration Authorization and Improvement Act [S.3930] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Trade ] [Infrastructure ] [National Security ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Military ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Safety ] [Economic Development ]
Revises provisions related to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. The bill addresses several aspects of MARAD, including reauthorizing MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine; establishing a tanker security fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/10/2020

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Offshore Cap Parity Act [S.3906] [Energy ] [Mining ] [Budget and Spending ]
Eliminates the cap on the revenue that states may receive from oil and gas drilling off their coasts in the Gulf of Mexico.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Kennedy Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/08/2020

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Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 [S.3897] [Energy ] [International ] [Trade ] [National Security ]
Expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in certain activities relating to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream energy pipelines. Current law generally imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly took actions such as selling or leasing vessels that engaged in pipe laying related to the pipelines. Under this bill, the President shall also impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in other specified activities, such as (1) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/04/2020

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Great American Outdoors Act [HB-7092] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Recreation ]
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 all federal revenues from the development of oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy 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 that are administered by the National Park Service, the Forest (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 06/04/2020

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INVEST in America Act Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act [HB-7095] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Climate Change ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Manufacturing ] [Public Safety ]
Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 06/05/2020

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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act [HB-7019] [Energy ] [National Security ]
Revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underutilized storage facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. In addition, DOE must conduct a pilot program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Introduced In House on 05/26/2020

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Landowners’ Right to Due Process in Rehearings at FERC Act of 2020 [HB-6982] [Energy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the rehearing process, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster Introduced In House on 05/22/2020

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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act [S.3816] [Energy ] [National Security ]
Revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underused storage facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. In addition, DOE must conduct a program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products at storage facilities of the Strategic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/21/2020

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To direct the Secretary of Defense to phase-in zero-emission non-tactical vehicles and reduce the petroleum consumption of the Department of Defense Federal fleet, and for other purposes. [HB-6932] [Defense ] [Energy ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Climate Change ] [Military ]
Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to phase in zero-emission non-tactical vehicles and reduce the petroleum consumption of the DOD federal fleet. DOD must replace non-tactical vehicles ending their service lives with vehicles that are zero-emission. DOD must report on the feasibility of this requirement and may request an exception. DOD must endeavor to reduce by October 1, 2030, its federal fleet annual petroleum consumption by 50% compared to FY2005 levels. If DOD cannot meet this goal, it must report on technical and practical constraints.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Lowenthal Introduced In House on 05/19/2020

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AG CHAIN Act Assistance and Gratitude for Coronavirus Heroes in Agribusiness who are Invaluable to the Nation Act [HB-6841] [Agriculture ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Small Business ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of wages and other income earned by certain qualified employees for the period between February 15, 2020, and June 15, 2020. The aggregate amount of such exclusion for any such employee may not exceed $25,000. A qualified employee is an essential food and agriculture employee who provides services at grocery stores, gasoline stations, restaurants, and other food service establishments that are located in a county that has at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alma Adams Introduced In House on 05/12/2020

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Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2020 [S.3688] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy to offer assistance in securing the assets of the owners and operators of energy infrastructure against threats and increasing the security of the electric grid, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/12/2020

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A bill to take certain actions in response to Saudi Arabia's aggression towards the United States petroleum industry. [S.3687] [Energy ] [International ] [Trade ] [Taxes ] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ]
Directs the President to withdraw all U.S. Armed Forces from Saudi Arabia, prohibits the use of funds to maintain the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Saudi Arabia, and requires the President to impose an import tariff on petroleum or any petroleum-related product or byproduct from Saudi Arabia to ensure that the price of such goods is not less than $40 per barrel.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/12/2020

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ReWIND Act Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling Act [HB-6707] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Public Health ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Limits the financial assistance that fossil fuel companies may receive from programs that provide relief to businesses affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak, the Department of Interior's authority with respect to fossil fuels, the types and amount of oil that may be placed in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and the issuance or modification of rules until the COVID-19 national emergency terminates. Specifically, it prohibits fossil fuel businesses from receiving financial assistance, loans, and loan guarantees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 05/27/2020

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ReWIND Act Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling Act [S.3611] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Public Health ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Limits the financial assistance that fossil fuel companies may receive from programs that provide relief to businesses affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak, the Department of Interior's authority with respect to fossil fuels, the types and amount of oil that may be placed in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and the issuance or modification of rules until the COVID-19 national emergency terminates. Specifically, it prohibits fossil fuel businesses from receiving financial assistance, loans, and loan guarantees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/05/2020

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