Energy Independence Act
Latest action · Jul 14, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy Independence Act - American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Sets forth an oil and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska.
Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund, to provide financial assistance to entities directly impacted by oil and gas exploration and development, and the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.
Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding: (1) Adjacent Zones and Planning Areas in the outer Continental Shelf (OCS) subsoil and seabed; (2) oil and gas lease administration; and (3) lease grants.
Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Act of 2008- Establishes the Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Program.
Redesignates the Minerals Management Service as the National Ocean Resources and Royalty Service.
Rigs to Reefs Act of 2008- Amends the OCSLA to prescribe requirements for the use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs.
Prescribes conditions for authorizing leases for areas located within 100 miles of California or Florida.
Repeals the coastal impact assistance program under OCSLA.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify terms and conditions governing: (1) federal authority to enter into contracts with sponsors of certain advanced nuclear facilities; and (2) the Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
Establishes the Interagency Working Group to promote increasing domestic manufacturing capacity and export of domestic nuclear energy products and services.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish: (1) a nuclear power manufacturing and facility construction credit; (2) a qualifying coal-to-liquid fuels project credit; (4) an election to expense certain coal-to-liquid fuels facilities; and (5) an extension of the alternative fuel credit for fuel derived from coal through the Fischer-Tropsch process or the Schobert process.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations for a workforce training program for workers skilled in the nuclear utility and nuclear energy products and services.
Amends the Atomic Energy Act to modify licensing procedures for new nuclear power plants.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Nuclear Energy Council.
Prescribes procedures for: (1) such Secretary to initiate and implement temporary nuclear fuel storage agreements; and (2) expedited congressional review of temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agreements.
Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to revise contracting procedures for certain civilian nuclear power reactors.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 6
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 Jun 26, 2008 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jul 10, 2008 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 | |
| Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 14, 2008 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2008 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2008 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2008 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2008 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2008 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Jul 10, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jun 27, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jun 27, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Jun 27, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jun 27, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rules, 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.
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6346 | Bill Shuster R-PA | Jul 10, 2008 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of Alaska, to provide for expanded leasing of the oil and gas resources of the outer Continental Shelf for exploration, to eliminate certain impediments to the development of nuclear energy sources, to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Energy Independence Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Rigs to Reefs Act of 2008
- Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Act of 2008
- American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act
- Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Alaska
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- California
- Coal
- Coastal zone
- Commerce
- Congress
- Continental shelf
- Department of Labor
- Depreciation and amortization
- Education
- Electric utilities
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee training
- Energy
- Energy development
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Federal advisory bodies
- Florida
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Gas in submerged lands
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- House rules and procedure
- Impact aid
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legislation
- Licenses
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Names
- Natural gas
- Nuclear energy
- Nuclear exports
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear industry
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear reactors
- Ocean energy resources
- Offshore structures
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Radioactive wastes
- Reefs
- Senate rules and procedure
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Wildlife refuges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced 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.
