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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3240 

To promote energy production and security in the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 10 (legislative day, JULY 9), 2008 

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BARRASSO, 

and Mr. COCHRAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To promote energy production and security in the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Better Energy Strat5 egy for Tomorrow Act of 2008’’ or the ‘‘BEST Act of 

6 2008’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) AIR POLLUTANT.—The term ‘‘air pollutant’’ 

2 has the meaning given the term in section 302 of the 

3 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602). 

4 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of Energy. 

6 SEC. 3. FEDERAL ENERGY POLICIES. 

7 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) conduct an analysis of all policies of the 

10 Federal Government (including mandates, subsidies, 

11 tariffs, and tax policy) that encourage, or have the 

12 potential to encourage, energy production in the 

13 United States; and 

14 (2) submit to the Committee on Energy and 

15 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 

16 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep17 resentatives a report that contains recommendations 

18 for the adjustment of the policies described in para19 graph (1) to reduce— 

20 (A) the dependence of the United States 

21 on foreign sources of energy; 

22 (B) the quantity of air pollutants in the 

23 environment; 

24 (C) greenhouse gas emissions; and 

25 (D) the cost of energy. 


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1 SEC. 4. ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act and every 4 years thereafter, 

4 the President shall develop an energy security strategy 

5 that proposes comprehensive and long-range energy poli6 cies for the United States to reduce— 

7 (1) the dependence of the United States on for8 eign sources of energy; 

9 (2) the quantity of air pollutants in the environ10 ment; 

11 (3) greenhouse gas emissions; and 

12 (4) the cost of energy. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act and every 4 years year thereafter, 

15 the President shall submit to the Committee on Energy 

16 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 

17 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

18 a report that describes the latest energy security strategy 

19 developed under subsection (a), including— 

20 (1) an estimate of the domestic and foreign en21 ergy supplies needed to meet the projected energy 

22 demand of the United States consistent with the 

23 strategy developed under subsection (a); and 

24 (2) a summary of research and development ef25 forts funded by the Federal Government to achieve 

26 the strategy developed under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

2 (a) COMMENTS.—In preparing each report required 

3 under sections 3(2) and 4(b) (referred to in this section 

4 as ‘‘each report’’), the Secretary and the President, re5 spectively, shall seek the comments of State and local 

6 agencies and the private sector to ensure, to the maximum 

7 extent practicable, that the views and proposals of all seg8 ments of the economy are taken into account in preparing 

9 each report. 

10 (b) DATA AND ANALYSIS.—The Secretary and the 

11 President shall include in each report such data and anal12 yses as are necessary to support the objectives, resource 

13 needs, and policy recommendations of each report. 

14 (c) REVIEW.—The Secretary and the President shall 

15 enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of 

16 Sciences under which the Academy shall— 

17 (1) conduct a review of each report; and 

18 (2) submit to the Committee on Energy and 

19 Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on 

20 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa21 tives, and the Secretary a report that describes the 

22 results of each review. 

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