National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 28, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the existing impediments to construction of renewable energy projects on Federal lands and the measures necessary to expedite project development.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2002 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Oct 24, 2002 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Oct 24, 2002 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2002 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Oct 28, 2002 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Oct 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- Oct 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Oct 17, 2002Introduced in House
- Oct 17, 2002Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow for the augmentation of electric power production at hydroelectric facilities located on certain Federal lands by making other Federal lands available for renewable energy production, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- Aquatic ecology
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Ecosystem management
- Electric power plant sites
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Energy development
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Geothermal power plants
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Habitat conservation
- Hydroelectric power
- Leases
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Renewable natural resources
- Right-of-way
- Solar energy
- Solar power plants
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water Resources Development
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2002Introduced in House
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