BOLD Energy Act of 2006
Latest action · Apr 6, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Breaking Our Long-Term Dependence Energy Act of 2006 or the BOLD Energy Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) a rebate program for reducing fuel consumption levels; and (2) a National Tire Efficiency Program.
Requires motor vehicle manufacturers to equip 30% of their 2011 models and 100% of all 2017 models with alternative fuel technology.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow new tax credits for: (1) idling reduction devices; (2) the manufacture of advanced technology motor vehicles; (3) wind energy property; and (4) investment in clean energy coal bonds and combined heat and power system property.
Repeals the limitation on the number of hybrid and advanced lean burn technology vehicles eligible for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit.
Extends through 2010: (1) the tax credits for electric vehicles, energy efficient homes, and nonbusiness energy property; and (2) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings.
Extends through 2012 tax credits for: (1) producing energy from certain renewable resources; (2) investment in clean renewable energy bonds; (3) residential energy efficient property; and (4) investment in solar energy property.
Extends through 2013 income and excise tax credits for alcohol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel used as fuel.
Increases from 30 to 50% the tax credit rate for alternative vehicle refueling property (service stations for dispensing alternative fuels to retail consumers) and extends such credit through 2013.
Allows use of civil penalties for noncompliance with fuel economy standards to finance alternative vehicle refueling properties.
Increases the tax credit rate for enhanced oil recovery from 15 to 20% for enhanced oil recovery project costs.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish programs for: (1) new vehicles technology research and development; (2) building refineries for converting coal into liquid transportation fuel; (3) energy trading credits; and (4) advanced clean low-rank coal development.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area (Gulf of Mexico) for oil and gas leasing within one year of enactment of this Act.
Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) increase the volume of renewable fuels (including biodiesel) to 30 billion gallons by 2025; (2) increase the level of cellulosic biomass and sugar in renewable fuels; (3) establish a program to produce cellulosic ethanol and ethanol produced from sugar; and (4) set forth a renewable fuel program for the diesel motor pool.
Authorizes appropriations for projects to promote the transition to a hydrogen-based economy.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2006 to Apr 27, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Apr 24, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Apr 27, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Apr 6, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3231-3233)
- Apr 6, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S3783 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM | May 1, 2006 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3231–S3234 | Kent Conrad D-ND, Lamar Alexander R-TN | Apr 6, 2006 |
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 2
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. 109-1147 | CAPITALIZING ON RENEWABLES FOR OREGON'S ECONOMY64 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Aug 16, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-1119 | REFORMING CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY (CAFE) STANDARDS89 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 9, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5331 | BOLD Energy Act of 2006 | Identical bill | Sep 7, 2006 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote energy production and conservation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Breaking Our Long-Term Dependence Energy Act of 2006
- BOLD Energy Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Agricultural conservation
- Agriculture and Food
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Automobile engines
- Automobile industry
- Automobile tires
- Automobiles
- Biomass energy
- Bonds
- Building construction
- Carbon dioxide
- Cellulose
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continental shelf
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric batteries
- Electric power transmission
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy security
- Environmental Protection
- Excise tax
- Federal aid to research
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Florida
- Fuel cells
- Fuel consumption
- Gas in submerged lands
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Great Plains
- Gulf of Mexico
- High technology
- Housing and Community Development
- Hydroelectric power
- Hydrogen
- Incineration
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Investment tax credit
- Irrigation
- Landfills
- Law
- Lighting
- Materials
- Methane
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Nanotechnology
- Natural gas
- Ocean energy resources
- Oil and gas leases
- Oils and fats
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum refineries
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rebates
- Refuse as fuel
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Service stations
- Solar energy
- Standards
- Steel
- Submarine oil well drilling
- Sugar
- Synthetic fuel
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax-exempt securities
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation research
- Trucks
- Water Resources Development
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced 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.