HR 4384 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Energy For Our Future Act

Introduced Nov 17, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Christopher Shays R-CT

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Latest action · Dec 16, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedNov 17, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Energy For Our Future Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, relating to alternative motor vehicle credit, to: (1) repeal the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for the credit; and (2) allow a composite energy efficient motor vehicle manufacturing tax credit consisting of an initial investment credit, a fuel economy achievement credit, and an eligible components research and development credit.

Instructs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) designate transit-oriented development corridors in urban areas; and (2) award grants to a state or local governments to construct or improve transit facilities, bicycle transportation facilities, and pedestrian walkways in such a corridor.

Amends federal transportation law to prescribe phased increases in automobile fuel economy standards.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles.

Instructs the Secretary of Transportation to implement a national passenger car and light truck tire efficiency program.

Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to double the appropriations authorized for weatherization assistance.

Authorizes appropriations for the Energy Star program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the credit for: (1) renewable electricity production; and (2) residential energy efficient property.

Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe: (1) efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers; (2) federal renewable portfolio standards; and (3) a revised standard for net metering.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal requirements for: (1) oil and gas royalties in-kind; (2) marginal property production incentives; (3) incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico; (4) royalty relief for deep water production; (5) comprehensive inventory of OCS oil and natural gas resources; (6) ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources; and (7) specified tax incentives.

Repeals the Alaska Offshore Royalty suspension.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to declare certain preemptions of state law inapplicable to state regulation of energy consumption or water use during a specified time period.

Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to restore the former procedure for appeals from consistency determinations revised by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 governing the siting of interstate electric transmission facilities.

Amends the Natural Gas Act to repeal the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to coordinate federal permits and other authorizations and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Amends federal transportation law to repeal the preemption of state law relating to automobile fuel economy standards.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2005 to Dec 5, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalNov 17, 2005
D-NMTom UdallDec 8, 2005
D-MABarney FrankDec 13, 2005
R-IAJames A. LeachDec 13, 2005
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Dec 13, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaDec 13, 2005
I-VTBernard SandersDec 14, 2005
D-COMark UdallDec 14, 2005
D-CABarbara LeeFeb 28, 2006
D-MDChris Van HollenFeb 28, 2006
R-CTRob SimmonsMar 14, 2006
D-WITammy BaldwinMar 28, 2006
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzMar 29, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyApr 25, 2006
D-NVShelley BerkleyApr 26, 2006
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMay 2, 2006
D-WAJay InsleeMay 2, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisMay 2, 2006
R-NYSue W. KellyMay 2, 2006
D-MNCollin C. PetersonMay 10, 2006
D-HIEd CaseMay 10, 2006
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMay 10, 2006
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonMay 10, 2006
D-FLRobert WexlerMay 10, 2006
D-NYJose E. SerranoMay 16, 2006
D-NYMichael R. McNultyMay 18, 2006
D-WARick LarsenMay 18, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 6, 2006
R-MIVernon J. EhlersJun 6, 2006
D-CATom LantosJun 13, 2006
D-NJDonald M. PayneJul 10, 2006
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJul 19, 2006
D-MAMartin T. MeehanDec 5, 2006

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2005
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Dec 16, 2005
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2005
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2005
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2005
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Nov 18, 2005

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 16, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
  2. Nov 18, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
  3. Nov 17, 2005Introduced in House
  4. Nov 17, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, 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.

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.

CRS reports 2

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Cite it 2

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Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To improve the energy efficiency of the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced
Energy For Our Future Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2005Introduced in House

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