American Energy Production Act of 2008
Latest action · May 6, 2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 727.
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.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit projected lines of states adjacent to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf to be used for oil and gas preleasing and leasing activities.
Authorizes the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the submerged land of the state to petition the Secretary of Energy to make new producing areas available for oil and gas leasing.
Sets forth a lease sales program for oil and gas development within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Prescribes environmental protection procedures for the Coastal Plain.
Requires Alaska to establish in its state treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to assist designated Alaska entities impacted by the oil and gas exploration and production.
Prohibits exportation of oil or gas produced under this Act.
Prescribes a refinery permitting process.
Suspends petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
Amends the Clean Air Act to include renewable biomass within its purview.
Sets forth an advanced battery manufacturing incentive program.
Instructs the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency to implement a research and development program for adding materials to biofuels to make them more compatible with infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of increasing consumption in the United States of ethanol-blended gasoline with specified levels of ethanol; and (2) specified diesel vehicle attributes.
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that covered fuel introduced into commerce in the United States on an annual average basis contains a specified volume and percentage of clean coal-derived fuel.
Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the prohibition against final regulations for commercial oil shale leasing program on public land.
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the prohibition against federal agency contracts for procurement of alternative or synthetic fuel.
Authorizes the Department of Defense to enter into multiyear contracts to purchase synthetic fuels.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2008 to May 7, 2008; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | May 2, 2008 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | May 7, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2008Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 727.
- May 2, 2008Introduced in Senate
- May 2, 2008Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 8
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 S6991 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6956 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5541 | Michael B. Enzi R-WY | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5468, S5490 | Christopher S. Bond R-MO, Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5177 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Jun 5, 2008 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2958 | American Energy Production Act of 2008 | Identical bill | May 1, 2008 |
| HR 6412 | Comprehensive Energy Exploration, Price Reduction, and Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 14, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Energy Production Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Air pollution control
- Alaska
- Alcohol as fuel
- Animals
- Arctic and polar regions
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biomass energy
- Coal
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continental shelf
- Defense contracts
- Diesel motor
- Electric batteries
- Energy
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Gas in submerged lands
- Gas industry
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Law
- Licenses
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Motor vehicles
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil and gas royalties
- Oil shales
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum refineries
- Petroleum reserves
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State finance
- Strategic materials
- Synthetic fuel
- Transportation and Public Works
- Wildlife refuges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2008Placed on Calendar Senate
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