American Energy, American Innovation Act of 2008
Latest action · Dec 1, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Energy, American Innovation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to publish a plan for the sale and replacement of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to extend the jurisdiction of the Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) to energy commodities.
Establishes the National Commission on Energy Independence in the legislative branch.
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a national renewable electricity standard.
Declares the sense of the Senate that by calendar 2030 the United States should be energy independent.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and fuel-efficient motor vehicles placed in service by a taxpayer.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of alternative fuel transportation technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application.
Increases and revises the formula for corporate fuel economy standards.
Prescribes tax credits and exclusions for: (1) enhancing the efficiency of specified conventional vehicles; (2) advanced coal and coal gasification (carbon mitigation) project investments; and (3) qualified energy conservation bonds. Extends tax credits for specified alternative fuels and biofuels and qualified green buildings and sustainable design projects.
Prescribes renewable energy and geothermal tax incentives.
Prohibits oil or natural gas leasing in any except specified areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and only according to certain requirements.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish Federal OCS Joint Regional Permitting Offices.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a coal innovation direct loan program.
Authorizes appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish an additional 60 full-time equivalent positions to expedite and streamline the processing of applications for new nuclear plants.
Establishes an interagency working group to make recommendations to coordinate federal government actions and programs to promote increasing domestic manufacturing capacity and export of domestic nuclear energy products and services.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.
Offsets expenditures under this Act by terminating specified tax deductions and credits. Includes in gross income any compensation deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan of a nonqualified entity when there is no substantial risk of forfeiture of the rights to such compensation.
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 Sep 29, 2008 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2008 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2008 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2008 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2008 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Dec 1, 2008 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 30, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2161-2162)
- Sep 30, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Sep 30, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 30, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2161 | Mark Udall D-CO | Sep 30, 2008 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45913 | Electricity Portfolio Standards: Background, Design Elements, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce gasoline prices, to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Energy, American Innovation Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Commodities markets
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax deferral
- Income tax exclusion
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Motor fuels
- Motor vehicles
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Oil and gas
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Securities
- Strategic materials and reserves
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 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.
