Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

Bill: 110-hconres-417
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Congressional operations and organization
Energy research
Environmental technology
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Research and development
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Declares that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted into law that: (1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and oil shale reserves to environmentally prudent exploration and extraction; (2) extends expiring renewable energy incentives; (3) encourages the streamlined approval of new refining capacity and nuclear power facilities, and advanced research and development of clean coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon sequestration technologies; and (4) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that unreasonably delay or prevent actual domestic energy production.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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: 2008-09-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8280)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House