American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act

Bill: 110-hr-6107
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air pollution control
Air traffic
Airports
Alaska
Alternative energy sources
Animal breeding
Animals
Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Caribou
Chlorine
Citizen participation
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Drainage
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy development
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Explosives
Export controls
Fishes
Fishing
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel storage
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Hazardous wastes
History
Hunting
Impact aid
Indian claims
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Industrial pollution
Infrastructure
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Mining engineering
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority employment
Native Americans
Natural areas
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Pipelines
Planning
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Refuse and refuse disposal
Revenue sharing
Right-of-way
Riparian ecology
Roads and highways
Sand and gravel industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Solvents
Sports and Recreation
Standards
State laws
Subcontractors
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Trapping
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: 
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 with ANWR purposes.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough.
 
Permits directional drilling in the Special Area.
 
Prescribes procedures governing Coastal Plain lease sales, as well as terms and conditions, including: (1) environmental protection; (2) federal and state distribution of revenues; (3) rights-of-way; and (4) local government impact aid and community service assistance.
 
Sets forth: (1) a &quot;no significant adverse effect&quot; standard to govern Coastal Plain activities; and (2) guidelines for expedited judicial review of complaints.
 
Establishes the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Bachmann. Petition No: 110-15. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/110/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis15.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House