To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 12, 2014 Received in the Senate.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 8, 2014
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing the plan.
Requires the plan to include: (1) recommendations to reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associated States from ports outside the United States, to develop and utilize domestic fuel energy sources, and to improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency; (2) a schedule for implementation of the recommendations and identification and prioritization of specific projects; (3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and sustaining projects; and (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation.
Requires Interior to approve the plan before it is implemented.
Extends the federal immigration law transition period for the Northern Mariana Islands through December 31, 2019, including the annual reduction of nonimmigrant workers who may be admitted during such period.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2014 to Dec 9, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Dec 8, 2014 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Dec 9, 2014 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Dec 9, 2014 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Dec 9, 2014 |
Committees 1
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 Dec 8, 2014Discharged Dec 12, 2014 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2014Received in the Senate.
- Dec 11, 2014Mr. Whitfield asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Dec 11, 2014Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Dec 11, 2014Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9292)
- Dec 11, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9292)
- Dec 11, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 8, 2014Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9292Text printed H9292 | Ed Whitfield R-KY | Dec 11, 2014 |
| House | Lists H8868H.R. 5803–5810 | — | Dec 8, 2014 |
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 H8868.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2014Received in Senate
- Dec 11, 2014Engrossed in House
- Dec 8, 2014Introduced in House
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