Oil And Gas
US Congress 116th Congress
A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account. [S.3597]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Provides $3 billion in appropriations to the Department of Energy for expenses related to the acquisition, transportation, and injection of domestic petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The appropriations are available through FY2021 and are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
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CRUISE Integrity Act Cruise Reform and Uniform Industry Standards Evoke Integrity Act [HB-6625]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Tourism ]
Establishes requirements for cruise lines to receive federal funds and federal assistance, including a direct loan, loan guarantee, or tax credit. The bill prohibits cruise lines from receiving federal funds and federal assistance unless such cruise lines are incorporated in the United States; have at least 50% of vessels registered in the United States; certify compliance with certain requirements, including that they are in compliance with all applicable environmental dumping laws; offer full reimbursement to passengers for cancellations related
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To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account. [HB-6580]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Provides $3 billion in appropriations to the Department of Energy for expenses related to the acquisition, transportation, and injection of domestic petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The appropriations are available through FY2021 and are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
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GROCER Act of 2020 Giving Retailers and Our Convenience Employees Relief Act of 2020 [HB-6567]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Economic Development ]
Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation and other income up to $25,0000 paid to certain retail grocery and gasoline service station employees between the period of February 15, 2020, and June 15, 2020, who are working in a county that has at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The period may be extended for an additional three months if the Department of the Treasury determines that the COVID-19 emergency is likely to be ongoing during such extended period.
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STOP Act of 2020 Stop Trump’s Oil Payoff Act of 2020 [HB-6289]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Prohibits the Department of the Interior from suspending, waiving, or reducing rents or royalties that the government receives for the production of certain mineral resources (e.g., fossil fuel) on leased public land, including royalties or net profit shares received from oil and gas exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal a provision relating to the suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties by the Secretary of the Interior to promote development or operation, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the authority of the Secretary to reduce or eliminate certain royalties and net profit shares, and for other purposes. [S.3488]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
Prohibits the Department of the Interior from suspending, waiving, or reducing rents or royalties that the government receives for the production of certain mineral resources (e.g., fossil fuel) on leased public land, including royalties or net profit shares received from oil and gas exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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OFFSHORE Act of 2020 Opening Federal Financial Sharing to Heighten Opportunities for Renewable Energy Act of 2020 [S.3485]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Climate Change ]
A bill to expand the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expand revenue sharing for offshore wind, to reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act, and for other purposes.
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Expedient Workforce Screening Act of 2020 [HB-6186]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
To facilitate screening and criminal history background checks for individuals seeking access to qualified chemical and refining infrastructure entities, and for other purposes.
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Great American Outdoors Act [S.3422]
[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
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Northern Mariana Islands Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Act [HB-6123]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Provides $100 million in appropriations to the Northern Mariana Islands for general government operations. The bill also requires the Department of Energy to draw down and sell up to $100 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for FY2020.
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Northern Mariana Islands Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Act [HB-6123]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Provides $100 million in appropriations to the Northern Mariana Islands for general government operations. The bill also requires the Department of Energy to draw down and sell up to $100 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for FY2020.
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Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020 [HB-6094]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Finance ]
Requires the Department of State to submit a strategy outlining U.S. support for a transition to civilian-led government in Sudan, and it authorizes certain measures to support and assist such a political transition. Specifically, the bill requires the State Department to submit a strategy that includes (1) an articulation of specific U.S. objectives for the political transition in Sudan and a plan to achieve such objectives; (2) an assessment of reforms necessary to promote human rights, essential freedoms, and accountability, as well as a description
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Oil and Water Don’t Mix Act of 2020 [HB-6112]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
To require operators of oil and gas production facilities to take certain measures to protect drinking water, and for other purposes.
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Utah 2020 General Session
Rural Economic Development Amendments [SB-241]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Rural Economic Development Amendments
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Alabama Regular Session 2020
Oil and Gas Study Committee, permanent study commission, membership, duties, reporting requirements provided [SB-260]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
Oil and Gas Study Committee, permanent study commission, membership, duties, reporting requirements provided
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Environmental Justice For All Act [HB-5986]
[Environmental ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishes several environmental justice requirements, advisory bodies, and programs to address the disproportionate adverse human health or environmental effects of federal laws or programs on communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities. Specifically, the bill prohibits disparate impacts on the basis of race, color, or national origin as discrimination. Aggrieved persons may seek legal remedy when faced with such discrimination. In addition, the bill directs agencies to follow certain requirements concerning
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Fair Returns for Public Lands Act of 2020 [S.3330]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase certain royalty rates, minimum bid amounts, and rental rates, and for other purposes.
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California’s Land Preservation and Protection Act [HB-5936]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Delays hydraulic fracturing of oil or gas resources on certain federal lands in California. On December 12, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a record of decision for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the BLM Bakersfield Field Office. nullifies the EIS until the BLM completes and circulates for public comment a new EIS. The new EIS must consider the environmental effects of all oil or gas development in the planning area. After the new EIS is published, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must
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Utah 2020 General Session
Oil and Gas Modifications [SB-148]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
Oil and Gas Modifications
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Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act [HB-5914]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Trade ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale). The bill also authorizes the Department of the Treasury to classify as crude oil or as a petroleum product subject to such tax any fuel feedstock or finished fuel product transported by pipeline, vessel, railcar, or tanker truck if such
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