Energy Independence Act

Bill: 110-hr-6421
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2008-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alaska
Alternative energy sources
Animals
California
Coal
Coastal zone
Commerce
Congress
Continental shelf
Department of Labor
Depreciation and amortization
Education
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Energy development
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Florida
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
House rules and procedure
Impact aid
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Names
Natural gas
Nuclear energy
Nuclear exports
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear industry
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Ocean energy resources
Offshore structures
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Radioactive wastes
Reefs
Senate rules and procedure
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: 
Energy Independence Act - American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Sets forth an oil and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska.
 
Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund, to provide financial assistance to entities directly impacted by oil and gas exploration and development, and the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund. 
 
Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding: (1) Adjacent Zones and Planning Areas in the outer Continental Shelf (OCS) subsoil and seabed; (2) oil and gas lease administration; and (3) lease grants.
 

 

 

 

 
Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Act of 2008- Establishes the Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Program.
 

 

 

 
Redesignates the Minerals Management Service as the National Ocean Resources and Royalty Service.
 
Rigs to Reefs Act of 2008- Amends the OCSLA to prescribe requirements for the use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs.
 

 
Prescribes conditions for authorizing leases for areas located within 100 miles of California or Florida.

Repeals the coastal impact assistance program under OCSLA.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify terms and conditions governing: (1) federal authority to enter into contracts with sponsors of certain advanced nuclear facilities; and (2) the Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
 
Establishes the Interagency Working Group to promote increasing domestic manufacturing capacity and export of domestic nuclear energy products and services.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish: (1) a nuclear power manufacturing and facility construction credit; (2) a qualifying coal-to-liquid fuels project credit; (4) an election to expense certain coal-to-liquid fuels facilities; and (5) an extension of the alternative fuel credit for fuel derived from coal through the Fischer-Tropsch process or the Schobert process.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations for a workforce training program for workers skilled in the nuclear utility and nuclear energy products and services.
 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act to modify licensing procedures for new nuclear power plants.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Nuclear Energy Council.

Prescribes procedures for: (1) such Secretary to initiate and implement temporary nuclear fuel storage agreements; and (2) expedited congressional review of temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agreements.

Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to revise contracting procedures for certain civilian nuclear power reactors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2008-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2008-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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: 2008-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Introduced in House