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Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2011 [S.1001]
Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2011 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include projects for infrastructure for provision and distribution of alternative fuels among the types of innovative technology projects that are eligible for loan guarantees. (Sec. 4) Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to redefine, for purposes of the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program: (1) "advanced technology vehicle" to include certain vehicles that will reduce consumption
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Bingaman With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-72. on 09/06/2011
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Promoting global energy supply security through increased cooperation among the United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, and Georgia. [HR-611]
Commends Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, and Kazakhstan for their contributions to the East-West Energy Corridor and to regional energy security. Supports the efforts of the United States Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy and encourages the continued engagement with the countries in the region, notably Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Iraq. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is in the U.S. national interest to enhance Europe's energy security by working with the governments of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 05/07/2012
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend Federally funded unemployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries. [HR-501]
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend federally funded unemployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries: (1) extend the payroll tax holiday through December 31, 2012; (2) extend and reform federally funded unemployment insurance benefits; (3) eliminate for two years the cut in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) reduce spending from areas throughout
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Price
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 12/20/2011
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Providing for a correction to the enrollment of the bill H.B. 2845. [HCR-93]
Makes corrections to the enrollment of H.B. 2845 (Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011).
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/16/2011
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Consumer Bounty Act [HB-6697]
Consumer Bounty Act - Directs courts to require defendants to pay a minimum of $10,000 to prevailing plaintiffs in civil actions brought under specified citizen suit provisions of: (1) the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); (2) the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; (3) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act); (4) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (5) the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; (6) the Noise Control Act of 1972; (7) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; (8)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 01/02/2013
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To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. [HB-6164]
Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Declares that this Act does not affect the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 07/27/2012
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-5972]
- Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2013 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts. (Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. (Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Latham
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H4630-4635) on 06/29/2012
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Emergency Water Supply Restoration Act [HB-5791]
Emergency Water Supply Restoration Act - Allows state agencies and political subdivisions, when a state of emergency declared by the governor of a state authorizes access to, reconstruction of, repairs to, or restoration of water sources, supplies, or infrastructure in a wilderness area to take all reasonable and necessary means to access, reconstruct, repair, or restore such sources, supplies, or infrastructure. Prohibits federal agencies from interfering or otherwise impeding such access, reconstruction, repairs, or restoration during a declared
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/08/2012
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 [HB-5745]
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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To amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to improve the Alaska pipeline construction training program, and for other purposes. [HB-562]
Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to add to the purpose of any grants by the Secretary of Labor to the Alaska Workforce Investment board support of a program to train workers in the construction, operation, maintenance, and performance of all related environmental processes involving existing and future oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska. Modifies grant requirements by replacing the current ones with a mandatory certification by the Governor of Alaska that there is a need for the funds in order to ensure an adequately skilled, safe, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 02/09/2011
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Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2011 [HB-550]
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 02/14/2011
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American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act [HB-49]
American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Deems any oil and gas leasing programs and activities authorized by this Act to be in compliance
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 02/10/2011
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To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property. [HB-4847]
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. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Commercial And Administrative Law. on 05/18/2012
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To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes. [HB-4606]
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (including all appurtenances used in their operation) that, as of March 1, 2012, are within the boundary of Glacier National Park in Montana. Specifies that each such permit shall be: (1) issued as a right-of-way renewal, (2) for a width of not more than 25 feet on either side of the centerline of the pipeline, and (3) subject to any terms and conditions that are determined by the Secretary to be necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Denny Rehberg
Became Public Law No: 112-268. on 01/14/2013
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MAP-21 [HB-4348]
Title I: Surface Transportation Extension - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II - Subtitle A: Federal-Aid Highways - (Sec. 111) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, Part II to continue through FY2012, and authorizes appropriations through that date for, specified federal-aid highway programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Terry
Signed By President. on 07/06/2012
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Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act [HB-4301]
Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act or EXPAND Act - Title I: Development of Federal Energy Resources - 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 125 miles of the Florida coastline; or (3) specified areas within the Central Planning Area and within 100 miles of the Florida coastline. Amends the Outer Continental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 07/10/2012
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American Energy First Act [HB-4211]
American Energy First Act - Prohibits petroleum product from being drawn down, sold, or exchanged from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) unless the President has taken the actions required by this Act. Instructs the President to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) and the heads of other relevant federal agencies to treat certain Bureau of Land Management final regulations regarding oil shale management as well as the November 17, 2008, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 04/02/2012
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Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 [HB-4067]
Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 - Approves, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute, the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, except to the extent that it conflicts with this Act. Requires all water rights of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to be held in trust for the Nation, the Tribe, and their allottees. Directs the Bureau of Reclamation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to plan, design, and construct: (1) the Leupp-Dilkon Groundwater Project
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 03/01/2012
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Keep American Natural Gas Here Act [HB-4025]
Keep American Natural Gas Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases will be offered for sale only in the United States. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit granting a new right-of-way for a natural gas pipeline unless the right-of-way applicant certifies that all natural gas transported via
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/17/2012
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow partnerships invested in infrastructure property to be treated as publicly traded partnerships, to reduce the depreciation recovery periods for such property, and for other purposes. [HB-4001]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat income and gains from the use, sale, or exchange of infrastructure property as qualifying income for purposes of the tax treatment of publicly-traded partnerships; (2) exempt publicly-traded partnerships from the limitation on the tax deduction for income attributable to oil-related qualified production activities; (3) allow accelerated depreciation of infrastructure property (i.e., classify such property as five-year property); and (4) treat exchanges of infrastructure property as like-kind exchanges
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Campbell
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/09/2012