End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012
Latest action · Jul 11, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
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 15, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate royalty payments for oil and natural gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase minimum royalty payments for coal, oil, and natural gas leases.
Repeals the program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production.
Amends the Oil Pollution Act to eliminate the limitation on liability for offshore facilities and pipeline operators for oil spills.
Rescinds all unobligated balances made available to the World Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the Export-Import Bank, the Advanced Research Projects Agency in the Department of Defense (DOD), and other international financing entities to carry out any project that supports coal, oil, or natural gas.
Terminates the Office of Fossil Energy Research and Development in the Department of Energy (DOE) and the authority to carry out any of its programs.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to eliminate from the categories of projects eligible for loan guarantees for innovative technologies: (1) projects involving advanced fossil energy technology, and (2) and crude oil refineries.
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from making loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to carry out projects that will use coal, oil, or natural gas.
Prohibits the use of Department of Transportation (DOT) funds to award any grant or other direct assistance to any rail or port project that transports coal, oil, or natural gas.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit or repeal provisions allowing tax incentives for investment in fossil fuels.
Increases the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate.
Imposes a 13% tax on the removal price of any taxable crude oil or natural gas from the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.
Designates the Powder River Basin in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming as a coal producing region.Eliminates accelerated depreciation for property that is receiving a subsidy for fossil fuel production.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 1, 2012 to Sep 13, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 1, 2012 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 1, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 13, 2012 |
Committees 9
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2012 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2012 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2012 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 18, 2012 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2012 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred May 30, 2012 | |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
| Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 11, 2012 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2012 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
- Jun 18, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- May 30, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- May 23, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- May 18, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2714.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41684 | Enacted and Proposed Oil Spill Legislation in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 16, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3080 | End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 | Identical bill | May 10, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Business investment and capital
- Capital gains tax
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Energy
- Energy
- Energy research
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Mining
- Montana
- Motor fuels
- Multilateral development programs
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Pollution liability
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Railroads
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Sales and excise taxes
- Securities
- Solid waste and recycling
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Taxation of foreign income
- Transportation programs funding
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Water quality
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2012Introduced 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.
