Congress 112 - HR 6631 - Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act

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Appropriations Electric power generation and transmission Energy Energy assistance for the poor and aged Oil and gas Public utilities and utility rates U.S. territories and protectorates Virgin Islands

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Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to make a grant to the Water and Power Authority of the U.S. Virgin Islands for energy generation, transmission, and distribution in rural communities with extremely high energy costs. Provides related funding through FY2015.

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to the Authority to convert base power production in the Virgin Islands from fuel oil to liquefied natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. Authorizes appropriations through FY2017.

Increases, through FY2018, the number of Virgin Islands households eligible for low-income energy assistance.

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Dec 20, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Dec 17, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Dec 7, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Dec 5, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Dec 4, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Dec 4, 2012

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1875)
Dec 4, 2012

Introduced in House

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