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To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for States to provide incentives to natural gas distribution companies for the improvement of natural gas distribution systems, and for other purposes. [HB-5542]
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Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grant program for states to improve public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system by offsetting rate increases to low-income households and providing incentives for natural gas distribution companies to accelerate, expand, or enhance improvements to the natural gas distribution system. Grants must be used for (1) replacement of cast and wrought iron and bare steel pipes and other leak-prone components of the natural gas distribution system, or (2) inspection
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Fairness for Landowners Facing Eminent Domain Act [HB-5454]
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[Real Estate ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Property Tax ]
Addresses the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of eminent domain unless the holder (1) obtains all federal and state permits required by law for the construction and operation of pipeline facilities, and (2) complies with all environmental conditions appended to the certificate order; suspends eminent domain authority if (1) the holder requests
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Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act [HB-5457]
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[Inflation ]
Imposes an excise tax based on the carbon content of fuel. The tax is equal to $40 per ton of carbon contained in fuel (1) produced at a coal mine or an oil or gas well located in the United States; or (2) entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. The bill requires the tax rate to be adjusted for inflation. The bill also allows a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 for each individual taxpayer and each dependent of the taxpayer. The credit must be reduced by a specified amount if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income
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Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act [HB-5457]
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[Inflation ]
Imposes an excise tax based on the carbon content of fuel. The tax is equal to $40 per ton of carbon contained in fuel (1) produced at a coal mine or an oil or gas well located in the United States; or (2) entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. The bill requires the tax rate to be adjusted for inflation. The bill also allows a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 for each individual taxpayer and each dependent of the taxpayer. The credit must be reduced by a specified amount if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income
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FRAC Act of 2019 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019 [S.3062]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Revises requirements governing hydraulic fracturing operations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill repeals the exemption for such operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under the act. The bill allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prescribe
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American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019 [HB-5435]
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Requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands. The bill increases royalties on fossil fuels produced from public lands and creates annual, per-acre fees for federal oil and gas leases. The bill prohibits Interior from holding new lease sales for coal, oil, or gas for one year and until Interior (1) certifies that additional fossil fuel leasing on public lands is not inconsistent with achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from public lands by 2040, and (2) releases a
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Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019 [HB-5374]
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[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To establish and support advanced geothermal research and development programs at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
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A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve State loan eligibility for projects for innovative technologies. [S.2399]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve State loan eligibility for projects for innovative technologies.
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California Central Coast Conservation Act [HB-5303]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
To establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public land on the Central Coast of California.
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Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019 [S.2167]
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[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Manufacturing ]
Directs (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws. FERC and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances. The Energy Information Administration must collect and publish
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BIG OIL Cabinet Act Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act [S.2935]
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[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Prohibits the appointment of an individual to specified high-level federal positions if that individual has served as an executive officer of a fossil fuel entity, a fossil fuel lobbyist, or an employee of a fossil fuel trade association in the previous 10 years. The applicable federal positions include the Chief of Staff to the President, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.
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Libya Stabilization Act [S.2934]
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[Human Rights ]
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Provides for sanctions and aid related to the conflict in Libya. The bill provides statutory authority for an April 19, 2016, executive order imposing property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons contributing to the violence in Libya. The President shall impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that (1) knowingly supports or engages in a significant transaction with a foreign person knowingly operating in Libya on behalf of Russia in a military capacity, (2) engages in significant actions threatening peace or stability
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National Heritage Areas Reauthorization Act of 2019 [S.2952]
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Reauthorizes certain National Heritage Areas and increases the total amount that may be made available for certain National Heritage Corridors. The bill increases the total amount that may be appropriated for (1) the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (formerly the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor) in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and (2) the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in New York. The bill reauthorizes through FY2022 (1) the National Aviation National Heritage Area in Ohio and Indiana, and
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Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act of 2019 [HB-5186]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Trade ]
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.
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Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act [S.2906]
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[Climate Change ]
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.
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Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-5175]
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[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide enhanced safety in pipeline transportation, and for other purposes.
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SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019 Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally Responsible Pipelines Act of 2019 [HB-5120]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Addresses pipeline safety with respect to natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2023 for pipeline safety activities; prioritizes assessment methods for transmission pipelines that can provide a greater level of safety than direct assessment, including the use of internal inspection devices or pressure testing; makes it mandatory for each operator of a transmission pipeline facility in a high consequence area to install automatic or remote shutoff valves; directs owners and
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GREENER Fuels Act Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act [S.2873]
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[Energy ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reform the renewable fuel program under that Act, and for other purposes.
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Superfund Polluter Pays Act [HB-5101]
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Reinstates and extends the Hazardous Substance Superfund Financing rate through 2023 and increases the rate to 16.3 cents a barrel, adjusted for inflation beginning after 2019. The bill imposes on corporations a 0.12% tax of the excess of the modified environmental tax taxable income of the corporation over $3.13 million.
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GREENER Fuels Act Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act [HB-5113]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To amend the Clean Air Act to reform the renewable fuel program under that Act, and for other purposes.