Roadmap for America's Energy Future

Bill: 111-hr-5899
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2010-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: 
A Roadmap for America's Energy Future - Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 to have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior as a final oil and gas leasing program in full compliance with specified environmental law. 
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a lease sale every 270 days in each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning region for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas leases for OCS production.
 
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to: (1) modify the OCS leasing program; and (2) direct the Secretary to include, in each 5-Year Program, lease sales proposals offering for oil and gas leasing at least 75% of the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area.
 
Prescribes requirements for coordination with adjacent states regarding pipeline construction for crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas.
 
Prohibits, on either federal OCS or state waters, uses that are incompatible with: (1) oil and gas leasing; or (2) full oil or natural gas exploration and production on geologically prospective tracts.
 
Requires the Secretary to accept, in satisfaction of mitigation requirements, proposals for mitigation measures on a site away from the area impacted by exploration and production activities. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a leasing program for oil, gas and oil shale within the Alaska Coastal Plain (ANWR). 
 
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA) to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
 
Allocates to the state of Alaska 50% of federal revenues derived from federal oil and gas leasing operations.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund.
 
Requires the Secretary to hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop, construct, and operate a coal-to-liquids facility.
 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the limitation on federal agency contracting for procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels with respect to associated lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the American-Made Energy Trust Fund to receive certain revenues from oil, gas, and oil shale leases.
 
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) issue operating permits for 200 new commercial nuclear reactors; (2) continue to review certain license applications to construct the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain (Nevada); (3) use certain funds to develop, construct, and operate a facility for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel; (4) establish a process for licensing facilities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel; and (5) deem that sufficient capacity will be available for spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste disposal.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to promulgate regulations to conduct reverse auctions to award funds from the American-Made Energy Trust Fund to owners or operators of qualified renewable energy facilities to generate electric energy.
 
Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention to examine and report on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2010-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2010-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Introduced in House