National Energy Security Act of 2001
Latest action · Feb 28, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1333-13336)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prescribes research and development programs pertaining to designated energy technologies.
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water and Frontier Royalty Relief Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate the royalty or net profit share set forth in leases in the Western, Eastern and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
Mandates that: (1) Federal oil or gas royalties accruing to the United States under any lease or permit be paid in kind in oil or gas; and (2) such royalty-in-kind oil be transferred to the Secretary of Energy to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 2000 (sic) - Mandates transfer to a State, upon its request, of Federal authority over oil and gas lease operations on Federal land within the State.
Directs the Secretary, when the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil or natural gas reach certain levels, to grant a specified credit against the payment of royalties on oil and gas exploration and development on Federal land and the Outer Continental Shelf in order to encourage those activities.
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2001 - Establishes Federal grant programs for incentive payments for nuclear energy technology and research.
Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2001 - Prescribes leasing guidelines for the Arctic Coastal Plain (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) for private sector oil and gas exploration, development, and production, including rights-of-way and easements for oil and gas transportation.
Establishes Federal grant programs for: (1) local governmental use of alternative fuel vehicles; and (2) residential renewable energy.
Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001 - Delineates mandatory factors for consideration by Federal agencies in connection with hydroelectric power licensing procedures.
National Electric Reliability Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve an Electric Reliability Organization, which shall adopt standards for the reliable operation of a bulk power system.
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Practices Act of 1978 to repeal the requirement that an electric utility enter into a new contract to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to requirements governing cogeneration and small power production.
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Deems State actions to support emission-free electricity sources to be control measures meeting Clean Air Act requirements and included in a State Implementation Plan.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2001 to Jul 16, 2001; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Feb 28, 2001 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Mar 14, 2001 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Apr 6, 2001 | |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Apr 23, 2001 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Jul 16, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Jesse Helms | Jul 16, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2001Hearings Jul 26, 2001 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1333-13336)
- Dec 5, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12399)
- Jul 26, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held and concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-144 pt.3.
- Jul 25, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- Jul 24, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1548–S1565 | Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO, Chuck Hagel R-NE, Conrad R. Burns R-MT, Frank H. Murkowski R-AK, Jeff Bingaman D-NM, Jon Kyl R-AZ, Larry E. Craig R-ID, Trent Lott R-MS | Feb 26, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 11
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-240 | BPA IN PROMOTING ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLES60 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Aug 13, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES348 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 19, 2001–Jul 26, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES260 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 13, 2001–Jul 18, 2001 |
| Serial No. 107-55 | HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND NUCLEAR ENERGY185 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 27, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES202 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 24, 2001–Jul 12, 2001 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 390 | No description on file | Mike Crapo R-ID | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect the energy and security of the United States and decrease America's dependency on foreign oil sources to 50% by the year 2011 by enhancing the use of renewable energy resources conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies, and increasing domestic energy supplies; improve environmental quality by reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect of increases in energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and the elderly; and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Energy Security Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- National Electric Reliability Act
- Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001
- Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2001
- Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 2000
- Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2001
- Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001
- Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water and Frontier Royalty Relief Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Affiliated corporations
- Air pollution control
- Alaska
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Alternative fuels
- Animal breeding
- Animal migration
- Animals
- Antitrust law
- Apartment houses
- Arctic and polar regions
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Automobile fuel consumption
- Biomass energy
- Business records
- Canada
- Capital investments
- Car pools
- Caribou
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Climate
- Coal
- Coal research
- Coal-fired power plants
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Competition
- Competitive bidding
- Condominium (Housing)
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Consumer protection
- Continental shelf
- Contracts
- Cooperative housing
- Corrosion
- Cost effectiveness
- Dams
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior
- Deregulation
- Diesel motor
- Drainage
- Easements
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power plant sites
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Electric utilities
- Electric utility rates
- Electric vehicles
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Elementary schools
- Emissions trading
- Energy
- Energy assistance for the poor
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy security
- Energy supplies
- Energy transportation
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental risk assessment
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid highway program
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Federal-state relations
- Feedstock
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fishery management
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fuel
- Fuel cells
- Gas companies
- Gas in submerged lands
- Gas pipelines
- Gasoline
- Geophysical prediction
- Geothermal resources
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government regulation
- Government trust funds
- Government vehicles
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Gulf of Mexico
- Habitat conservation
- Health
- High schools
- Higher education
- Holding companies
- Housing and Community Development
- Hydroelectric power
- Imports
- Indemnity
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Indigenous peoples
- Infrastructure
- Injunctions
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- International control of nuclear power
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Latin America
- Law
- Leases
- Legal fees
- Legislation
- Liability for environmental damages
- Liability for nuclear damages
- Liability for oil pollution
- Liability for toxic substances pollution damages
- Liability insurance
- Licenses
- Locomotives
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Materials research
- Mexico
- Military bases
- Minorities
- Minority employment
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- National forests
- Natural gas
- Natural gas vehicles
- North America
- Nuclear energy research
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear power plant accidents
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear reactors
- Occupational health and safety
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil and gas royalties
- Oil pollution control
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum pipelines
- Petroleum prices
- Petroleum refineries
- Petroleum reserves
- Petroleum storage
- Photovoltaic power systems
- Pipeline safety
- Pipeline siting
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public utilities
- Public utility regulation
- Public-private partnerships
- Radiation safety
- Radioactive wastes
- Railroad safety
- Reactor fuel reprocessing
- Reclamation of land
- Recycling of waste products
- Regional planning
- Rent
- Research and development
- Residential energy conservation
- Restrictive trade practices
- Revenue sharing
- Right of petition
- Right-of-way
- Risk assessment
- School buildings
- School districts
- School planning
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Service stations
- Social Welfare
- Solar cells
- Solar energy
- Solar heating and cooling
- Standards
- State laws
- Strategic materials
- Strategic planning
- Submarine oil well drilling
- Subsidies
- Surety and fidelity
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Tax-exempt securities
- Technological innovations
- Trade agreements
- Trade secrets
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation research
- Treaties
- Water conservation
- Water Resources Development
- Weather
- Wildlife conservation
- Wildlife refuges
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
