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Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act [HB-4304]
Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act - Division I: Labor - Title I: Repeal of Davis-Bacon Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). States that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after the enactment of this Act shall be null and void. Title II: Union Contract
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/13/2014
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Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act [HB-4293]
Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of rights of way for natural gas pipelines through public lands, forest, and other reservations of the United States, and specified national parks in California. Defines "gas gathering line and associated field compression unit" as: (1) a pipeline installed to transport natural gas production associated with one or more wells drilled and completed to produce crude oil; and (2) if necessary, a compressor to raise the pressure of that transported natural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/20/2014
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American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 [HB-4286]
American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 - Amends the Natural Gas Act regarding natural gas exports to exclude from the expedited application and approval process any nation subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks, and related materials or equipment. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to repeal limitations on oil exports. Amends the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 04/16/2014
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Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 [HB-4194]
Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - Provides for the elimination or modification of reporting and notification requirements of specified federal agencies and departments. Title I: Department of Agriculture - Eliminates: peanut base acres data collection and publication under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the report on export credit guarantees to emerging markets; the evaluation of the rural development, business and industry guaranteed loan program financing of locally or regionally produced food products; quarterly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Became Public Law No: 113-188. on 11/26/2014
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Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act [HB-3895]
Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act or the EXPAND Act - Title I: Development of Federal Energy Resources - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to reduce or eliminate financial, regulatory, and technical barriers to energy exploration and production. Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing (or any related activity) in: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 06/20/2014
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Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act [HB-3885]
Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to declare that nothing in the Act shall prevent the commencement or continued payment of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to the extent that it: represents amounts established in an applicant's EUC account (EUCA); and is payable for a week ending on or before January 1, 2015. (Thus provides for a 12-month extension of EUC.) Revises the formula for crediting Tier-1 amounts to an applicant's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 01/22/2014
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Approve the Pipeline Now Act [HB-3703]
Approve the Pipeline Now Act - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) issue a Presidential permit approving the pipeline described in a specified application filed by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the Nebraska reroute evaluated in a certain Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality; and (2) issue a final environmental impact statement for such pipeline. Deems such final environmental impact statement, coupled with the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jack Kingston
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 12/17/2013
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Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2014 [HB-3628]
Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Eliminates certain mandatory reports to specified congressional committees from the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) on: (1) Airport Improvement Project grants, (2) Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities, (3) the pilot program for innovative financing of air traffic control equipment (under the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act), and (4) the application of new aircraft and aircraft engine standards or technologies to reduce aircraft noise levels (under the Wendell
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 01/09/2014
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2013 [HB-3574]
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2013 - 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. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 12/16/2013
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 [HB-3355]
Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that increasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers will strengthen the national economy. Title I: Investing in America's Workforce - Investing in America's Workforce Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds allocated to a local area for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. on 01/24/2014
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Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow Act [HB-334]
Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow Act - Approves a specified permit regarding certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on the international boundaries of the United States for the Keystone XL pipeline project. Includes within such permit the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013. Prescribes permit requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 01/28/2013
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North American Energy Infrastructure Act [HB-3301]
North American Energy Infrastructure Act - (Sec. 3) Prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a cross-border segment of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United States for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate of crossing under this Act. Requires the Secretary of State, with respect to oil pipelines, or the Secretary of Energy (DOE), with respect to electric transmission
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 442. on 06/26/2014
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Northern Route Approval Act [HB-3]
Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 1) Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor. (Sec. 3) Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs Discharged. on 04/24/2014
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To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property. [HB-2877]
Describes the following as acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce, and prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, (2) levying or collecting a tax on such an assessment, (3) levying or collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas pipeline property at a rate that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 09/13/2013
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Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 [HB-2724]
Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any compensation provided to or for the benefit of a victim of the pipeline rupture and oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 29, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Cotton
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/18/2013
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Job Creation Act of 2013 [HB-2674]
Job Creation Act of 2013 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets, (2) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy, (3) China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy. Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy. Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vern Buchanan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/24/2013
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2609]
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2014. Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 134. on 07/16/2013
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes. [HB-2576]
Revises certain minimum pipeline safety standards requirements to delay from January 3, 2012, to January 3, 2015, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) issue a regulation that incorporates by reference any pipeline safety regulatory documents or portions only if such documents are made available to the public, free of charge, on an Internet website. Eliminates the prohibition against issuing guidance unless such requirements are met. Eliminates also the restriction that such documents be made available to the public only on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Denham
Became Public Law No: 113-30. on 08/09/2013
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No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 [HB-2081]
No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of domestic use oil refinery facilities, (2) extend the tax credit for a facility using wind to produce electricity (with specified reductions to phase-out the credit over the course of the extension), (3) set the rate of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel, (4) extend through 2014 the excise tax credit for alternative fuel, (5) allow tax credits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mac Thornberry
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 06/03/2013
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act [HB-2]
American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. on 11/17/2014