From: Global Action Network via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: ALERT: National Energy Efficiency Act of 1991 (1991?)
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 22 Jul 1992 08:59:28 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet gan.actionalerts Conference]

=> From: gan@igc.org 
=> Subject: National Energy Strategy Alert 
 
Global Action Network                                  July 21, 1992 
Action Alert Update 
 
BILLS:  H.R. 776 by Sharp, Philip (D-IN) 
        National Energy Efficiency Act of 1991 
 
        S.2166 by JOHNSTON, BENNETT (D-LA) 
        Reducing the Nation's Dependence on Imported Oil, Provision 
        (Formerly S. 1220 and S. 341) 
 
ACTION:  Call or fax a letter to your Senator, demanding that H.R. 776  
will be procedurally passed so that discussion on national energy  
strategy can continue and so that a bill will be passed this session. 
 
STATUS:  Finally, H.R. 776 has been placed on the Senate calendar.   
Action is expected on late-Wednesday or early-Thursday before the full  
Senate.  In what should be simply a procedural process, a filibuster may  
be mounted by Senators from Nevada who oppose the Yucca Mountain waste  
repository provisions in the bill.  The Senate must merely bring the  
House bill to the floor, delete all of the language, insert the pre- 
approved Senate bill's (S. 2166) language, and vote on the "new" bill.   
Once this is complete, the House version of H.R. 776 and the "new"  
Senate version of H.R. 776 (S. 2166) can then begin to be reconciled in  
conference committee.  Yet because Nevada opposes one small section of  
the bill, they will attempt to stall the bill in any way they can, which  
in this case, means stalling this procedural step.  In order to invoke  
cloture (stop the filibuster), 60 Senators must vote in favor of  
stopping the prolonged debate.  Sen. Majority Leader Mitchell (D-ME) has  
made a public statement saying that the vote will be too close to call. 
 
WHAT TO WRITE/SAY:  
 
     1. We've come too far on developing comprehensive energy policy to  
        stop now.  With the session quickly coming to a close, with  
        elections nearing, and with a number of other highly debated  
        bills yet to be resolved, Congress can't afford to let its two- 
        years of work on energy policy be derailed. 
 
     2. Decide your opinion on forcing Nevada to be site of the only 
        high-level waste by preempting the proper state channels and let  
        it be known (full information on the so-called "screw Nevada"  
        provisions can be found in other bill reviews and action alerts  
        on these two bills).  
 
     3. Tell your Senators that one issue, nuclear waste, should not 
        hinder a bill which promotes energy efficiency, alternative  
        fuels, renewable energy, natural gas, reduced global emissions 
        and a more "independent" general energy policy for the future.   
        Either remove the "screw Nevada" provision and proceed or vote  
        to invoke cloture keeping that language in the bill and proceed! 
 
     4. E-mail gan@igc.org a message detailing your actions. 
 
 
WHO TO WRITE/CALL: 
 
Your Senators: 
 
The Honorable (name) 
United States Senate 
Washington, DC 20510 
 
Call or fax their local offices, D.C. offices or the Congressional  
switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for their offices or their offices  
fax number. 
 
 
 
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