SAFE Energy Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 25, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
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.
- IntroducedAug 3, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007, or the SAFE Energy Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) revise renewable fuel standards for calendar years 2006-2020; (2) instruct the Secretary of Energy to assess the progress made toward creation of adequate infrastructure for the production and distribution of ethanol-blend fuel; and (3) require the Secretary to establish an incentives program for production of cellulosic ethanol and other emerging biofuels derived from renewable sources (including municipal solid waste).
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations governing uniform labeling of certified biodiesel blends.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research and development program for carbon dioxide capture technologies to: (1) recover liquid fuels from oil shale; and (2) produce liquid fuels in coal utilization facilities in order to minimize carbon dioxide emissions.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a phaseout of certain alternative fuels credits; and (2) a credit for advanced biomass fuel production.
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to study and report to specified congressional committees on the renewable fuels industry and market in the United States.
Authorizes activities and exports involving hydrocarbon resources.
Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize under a general license for travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with hydrocarbon resources exploration and extraction in any foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to reduce to 45 miles the range of the moratorium governing oil and gas leasing in the Eastern and Central Planning Area within the coastline of the state of Florida.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to inventory oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf other than those in the Gulf of Mexico or off the coast of Florida. Requires such Secretary to offer for oil and natural gas leasing all inventoried areas.
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President to establish within the National Security Council a Bureau of International Energy.
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish and operate a strategic energy infrastructure equipment reserve.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 7
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Aug 24, 2007 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Aug 14, 2007 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Sep 25, 2007 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Aug 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Aug 14, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
- Aug 3, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science and Technology, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- Aug 3, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33828 | Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 26, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 875 | SAFE Energy Act of 2007 | Text similarities | Jun 12, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve energy security of the United States through a reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States and expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SAFE Energy Act of 2007
- Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Carbon dioxide
- Caribbean area
- Cellulose
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Coal
- Coastal zone
- Commerce
- Continental shelf
- Cuba
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Energy development
- Energy research
- Energy security
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Equipment and supplies
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Exports
- Florida
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gas in submerged lands
- Gas industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hydrocarbons
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- International Affairs
- Labeling
- Latin America
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Municipal solid waste
- Natural gas
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil shales
- Oils and fats
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Research and development
- Right to travel
- Sanctions (International law)
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Service stations
- Standards
- Strategic materials
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Territorial waters
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
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.
