Responsible Ownership of Public Lands Act

Bill: 110-hr-6256
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2008-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Continental shelf
Economics and Public Finance
Electric batteries
Electric power distribution
Electric power transmission
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Fees
Gas in submerged lands
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Lighting
Low-income housing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Motor vehicles
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation research
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: 
Responsible Ownership of Public Land Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee for federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.
 
Prescribes the fee amount for each acre of land from which oil or natural gas is produced for less than 90 days in a calendar year.

Establishes the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund to serve as depository for fees received under this Act.
 
Enumerates energy programs to be funded with such fees, including: (1) low-income home energy assistance; (2) advanced vehicles research, development, and demonstration; (3) new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings; (4) energy storage systems to support electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution; (5) next-generation wind turbines; (6) weatherization assistance low income housing; and (7) wind and solar energy research and development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1217)
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Introduced in House