Clean EDGE Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2829
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Advertising
Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Air conditioning
Air pollution control
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Antitrust law
Automobile industry
Automobile tires
Automobiles
Awards, medals, prizes
Bicycles
Biomass energy
Bonds
Building construction
Business records
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
Cellulose
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commemorations
Commerce
Commercialization
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity exchanges
Commuting
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer goods
Corporate mergers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Depreciation and amortization
Developing countries
Diesel motor
Disaster loans
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Electric vehicles
Electronic government information
Electronics
Emergency Management
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Excise tax
Executive reorganization
Export finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fluorocarbons
Food stamps
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade promotion
Fossil fuels
Fringe benefits
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gas industry
Gasoline
Geology
Geophysical prediction
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Heating
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Hydrogen
Imports
Incineration
Income tax
Independent regulatory commissions
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Internet
Inventories
Investment guaranty insurance
Investment tax credit
Irrigation
Job creation
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Landfills
Law
Legislation
Light rail transit
Marketing
Mass rapid transit
Methane
Minimum tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Nitrogen oxides
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear energy
Ocean energy resources
Office of Management and Budget
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil well drilling
Parties to actions
Patents
Performance measurement
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Petroleum reserves
Poverty
President and foreign policy
Profit
Propane
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public housing
Public service advertising
Refuse as fuel
Research and development
Research and development facilities
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Small business
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Standards
Sulphur
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Taxation of foreign income
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks
Urban affairs
Urban economic development
Waste reduction
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Clean Energy Development for a Growing Economy Act of 2006, or the Clean EDGE Act of 2006 - Instructs the President to develop measures to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign petroleum imports by reducing petroleum in end-uses.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify or create specified alternative fuel, vehicle, and energy tax credits.
 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a low-interest loan program for farmer-owned retail delivery of alternative fuels.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to promulgate rules to increase renewable fuel content of motor fuels and clean energy sources.
 

 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop Transit-Oriented Development Corridors.
 
Declares that it is unlawful to sell crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates at a price exceeding certain standards.
 
Amends the Clayton Act to declare unlawful for any person to refuse to engage in certain regular petroleum or natural gas marketing practices with the primary intention of increasing prices or creating a market shortage.
 
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2006 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to instruct the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to promulgate rules governing reporting and recordkeeping for positions involving energy commodities.
 
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 regarding utility costs.
 
Amends the Small Business Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, to make loans to small business concerns injured by significant increases in gas and heating oil prices. 
 

 
Prescribes specified measures to realize improved vehicle fuel economy.
 

 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with respect to federal agency purchases of renewable energy products.
 

 

 

 

 
 Establishes the Clean Energy Security Collaborative.
 
Instructs the Secretary of Transportation to establish the National Motor Vehicle Efficiency Improvement Program.
 
Amends the Global Environmental Protection Assistance Act of 1989 to direct the President to establish a Task Force on International Clean Energy Cooperation.
 
Establishes the Interagency Center in the Office of International Energy Market Development of the Department of Energy.
 
Provides for clean energy assistance to developing countries. 
 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish the Office of Advanced Energy Research, Technology Development, and Deployment.
 
Prescribes guidelines for a near-term vehicle technology program.
 
H-Prize Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to award competitive cash prizes biennially to advance hydrogen energy technologies.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that no tax should be imposed on hydrogen fuel before January 1, 2014.
 

 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to postsecondary educational institutions to train 10,000 individuals in green building and zero-energy home design and construction.
 
Establishes the Clean Energy Investment Administration (CEIA).
 

 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct Secretary of Energy to establish a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve.
 
Establishes the Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Fund. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate certain tax incentives for major integrated oil companies.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain oil and gas royalty provisions.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4706-4707)
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate