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September 2, 2003
Ordered to be printed as passed
In the Senate of the United States,
July 31 (legislative day, July 21), 2003.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 6) entitled ‘‘An Act to enhance energy conserva-
tion and research and development, to provide for security
and diversity in the energy supply for the American people,
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Policy Act of
2003’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
DIVISION A—RELIABLE AND DIVERSE POWER GENERATION AND
TRANSMISSION
TITLE I—REGIONAL COORDINATION
Sec. 101. Policy on regional coordination.
Sec. 102. Federal support for regional coordination.
TITLE II—ELECTRICITY
Subtitle A—Amendments to the Federal Power Act
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Electric utility mergers.
Sec. 203. Market-based rates.
Sec. 204. Refund effective date.
Sec. 205. Open access transmission by certain utilities.
Sec. 206. Electric reliability standards.
Sec. 207. Market transparency rules.
Sec. 208. Access to transmission by intermittent generators.
Sec. 209. Enforcement.
Sec. 210. Electric power transmission systems.
Subtitle B—Amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company Act
Sec. 221. Short title.
Sec. 222. Definitions.
Sec. 223. Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Sec. 224. Federal access to books and records.
Sec. 225. State access to books and records.
Sec. 226. Exemption authority.
Sec. 227. Affiliate transactions.
Sec. 228. Applicability.
Sec. 229. Effect on other regulations.
Sec. 230. Enforcement.
Sec. 231. Savings provisions.
Sec. 232. Implementation.
Sec. 233. Transfer of resources.
Sec. 234. Inter-agency review of competition in the wholesale and retail markets
for electric energy.
Sec. 235. GAO study on implementation.
Sec. 236. Effective date.
Sec. 237. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 238. Conforming amendments to the Federal Power Act.
Subtitle C—Amendments to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
Sec. 241. Real-time pricing and time-of-use metering standards.
Sec. 242. Adoption of additional standards.
Sec. 243. Technical assistance.
Sec. 244. Cogeneration and small power production purchase and sale require-
ments.
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Sec. 245. Net metering.
Subtitle D—Consumer Protections
Sec. 251. Information disclosure.
Sec. 252. Consumer privacy.
Sec. 253. Office of Consumer Advocacy.
Sec. 254. Unfair trade practices.
Sec. 255. Applicable procedures.
Sec. 256. Federal Trade Commission enforcement.
Sec. 257. State authority.
Sec. 258. Application of subtitle.
Sec. 259. Definitions.
Subtitle E—Renewable Energy and Rural Construction Grants
Sec. 261. Renewable energy production incentive.
Sec. 262. Assessment of renewable energy resources.
Sec. 263. Federal purchase requirement.
Sec. 264. Renewable portfolio standard.
Sec. 265. Renewable energy on Federal land.
Subtitle F—General Provisions
Sec. 271. Change 3 cents to 1.5 cents.
Sec. 272. Bonneville Power Administration bonds.
TITLE III—HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING
Sec. 301. Alternative conditions and fishways.
TITLE IV—INDIAN ENERGY
Sec. 401. Comprehensive Indian energy program.
Sec. 402. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.
Sec. 403. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 404. Siting energy facilities on tribal lands.
Sec. 405. Indian Mineral Development Act review.
Sec. 406. Renewable energy study.
Sec. 407. Federal Power Marketing Administrations.
Sec. 408. Feasibility study of combined wind and hydropower demonstration
project.
TITLE V—NUCLEAR POWER
Subtitle A—Price-Anderson Act Reauthorization
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Extension of indemnification authority.
Sec. 503. Department of Energy liability limit.
Sec. 504. Incidents outside the United States.
Sec. 505. Reports.
Sec. 506. Inflation adjustment.
Sec. 507. Civil penalties.
Sec. 508. Treatment of modular reactors.
Sec. 509. Effective date.
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Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 511. Uranium sales.
Sec. 512. Reauthorization of thorium reimbursement.
Sec. 513. Fast Flux Test Facility.
Sec. 514. Nuclear Power 2010.
Sec. 515. Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research.
Sec. 516. Decommissioning pilot program.
Subtitle C—Growth of Nuclear Energy
Sec. 521. Combined license periods.
Subtitle D—NRC Regulatory Reform
Sec. 531. Antitrust review.
Sec. 532. Decommissioning.
Subtitle E—NRC Personnel Crisis
Sec. 541. Elimination of pension offset.
Sec. 542. NRC training program.
DIVISION B—DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND
TRANSPORTATION
TITLE VI—OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Sec. 601. Permanent authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Sec. 602. Federal onshore leasing programs for oil and gas.
Sec. 603. Oil and gas lease acreage limitations.
Sec. 604. Orphaned and abandoned wells on Federal land.
Sec. 605. Orphaned and abandoned oil and gas well program.
Sec. 606. Offshore development.
Sec. 607. Coalbed methane study.
Sec. 608. Fiscal policies to maximize recovery of domestic oil and gas resources.
Sec. 609. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Sec. 610. Hydraulic fracturing.
Sec. 611. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 612. Preservation of oil and gas resource data.
Sec. 613. Resolution of Federal resource development conflicts in the Powder
River Basin.
TITLE VII—NATURAL GAS PIPELINES
Subtitle A—Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Findings.
Sec. 703. Purposes.
Sec. 704. Issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Sec. 705. Environmental reviews.
Sec. 706. Pipeline expansion.
Sec. 707. Federal Coordinator.
Sec. 708. Judicial review.
Sec. 709. State jurisdiction over in-State delivery of natural gas.
Sec. 710. Loan guarantee.
Sec. 711. Study of alternative means of construction.
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Sec. 712. Clarification of ANGTA status and authorities.
Sec. 713. Definitions.
Sec. 714. Sense of the Senate.
Sec. 715. Alaskan pipeline construction training program.
Subtitle B—Operating Pipelines
Sec. 721. Environmental review and permitting of natural gas pipeline projects.
Subtitle C—Pipeline Safety
PART I—SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49
Sec. 741. Short title; amendment of title 49, United States Code.
PART II—PIPELINE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2003
Sec. 761. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations.
Sec. 762. NTSB safety recommendations.
Sec. 763. Qualifications of pipeline personnel.
Sec. 764. Pipeline integrity inspection program.
Sec. 765. Enforcement.
Sec. 766. Public education, emergency preparedness, and community right-to-
know.
Sec. 767. Penalties.
Sec. 768. State oversight role.
Sec. 769. Improved data and data availability.
Sec. 770. Research and development.
Sec. 771. Pipeline integrity technical advisory committee.
Sec. 772. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 773. Operator assistance in investigations.
Sec. 774. Protection of employees providing pipeline safety information.
Sec. 775. State pipeline safety advisory committees.
Sec. 776. Fines and penalties.
Sec. 777. Study of rights-of-way.
Sec. 778. Study of natural gas reserve.
Sec. 779. Study and report on natural gas pipeline and storage facilities in New
England.
PART III—PIPELINE SECURITY SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Sec. 781. Meeting community right-to-know without security risks.
Sec. 782. Technical assistance for security of pipeline facilities.
Sec. 783. Criminal penalties for damaging or destroying a facility.
DIVISION C—DIVERSIFYING ENERGY DEMAND AND IMPROVING
EFFICIENCY
TITLE VIII—FUELS AND VEHICLES
Subtitle A—CAFE Standards, Alternative Fuels, and Advanced Technology
Sec. 801. Increased fuel economy standards.
Sec. 802. Expedited procedures for congressional increase in fuel economy stand-
ards.
Sec. 803. Revised considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel
economy.