Energy for America Act

Bill: 110-hr-2483
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Building construction
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
Cellulose
Coal
Commerce
Commercialization
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Energy conservation
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Groundwater
Higher education
Hydrology
International competitiveness
Irrigation
Research and development
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Subsidies
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water purification
Water quality
Water supply
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Energy for America Act - Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration of technologies for environmentally sustainable utilization of produced water for agriculture, irrigation, municipal, industrial uses, or other environmentally sustainable purposes
 
Requires the program to address: (1) produced water recovery, including research for desalination and demineralization; (2) reinjection of produced water into subsurface geological formations; and (3) safety and environmental impacts of such activities.
 
Biomass Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include specified advanced biofuel technologies within the bioenergy program.
 
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application on technologies for the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
 
Energy Storage Solutions for America Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to support the ability of the United States to remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution; and (2) establish an Energy Storage Advisory Council.
 
Energy Efficient Buildings Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to award grants to businesses and organizations for new construction of energy efficient buildings, or major renovations of buildings that will result in energy efficient buildings, to demonstrate innovative energy efficiency technologies, especially those sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
Prescribes criteria for mandatory consideration by the Secretary when identifying for support &quot;ARPA-E&quot; projects (that show promise to accelerate efforts to overcome barriers to development of advanced energy technologies).
 
Green Energy Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds to the National Science Foundation for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support projects that enable graduate education related to DOE research,demonstration, and commercial application activities, especially those related to high performance buildings.
 
Instructs the Secretary to transmit to Congress the results of a feasibility study of large-scale biological sequestration of carbon dioxide for coal power systems, including the feasibility of creating a closed loop carbon cycle through biological sequestration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House