Responsible Ownership of Public Land Act
Latest action · Jun 12, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Responsible Ownership of Public Land Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee for federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.
Prescribes the fee amount for each acre of land from which oil or natural gas is produced for less than 90 days in a calendar year.
Establishes the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund to serve as depository for fees received under this Act.
Describes energy programs to be funded with such fees, including: (1) solar energy research and development; (2) next-generation wind turbines; (3) weatherization assistance low-income housing; (4) new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings; (5) energy storage systems to support electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution; (6) advanced vehicles research, development, and demonstration; and (7) low-income home energy assistance.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2008 to Jul 7, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jul 7, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 12, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5631)
- Jun 12, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 S7006 | Robert Menendez D-NJ | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6957 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5566, S5631 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT | Jun 12, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6256 | Responsible Ownership of Public Lands Act | Related bill | Jul 1, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore land that is subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring, to authorize use of the fee for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Ownership of Public Land Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Air pollution control
- Alternative energy sources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Continental shelf
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric batteries
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power transmission
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy assistance for the poor
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Fees
- Gas in submerged lands
- Government trust funds
- Housing and Community Development
- Low-income housing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Motor vehicles
- Natural gas
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Solar energy
- Technological innovations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation research
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2008Introduced 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.
