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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 23, 2001
Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to reauthorize Federal Energy Conservation Programs and revise requirements with respect to: (1) Federal energy savings performance contracts; (2) State energy conservation plans, including energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, and establishment of a High Performance Public Buildings grants program; (3) establishment of an Energy Star Program to promote energy efficient consumer products and buildings; and (4) energy-efficient vehicles.Establishes a Federal Energy Bank to make loans to Federal agencies to finance energy efficiency projects.Prescribes requirements for automobile fuel economy.Moves the Nuclear Waste Fund off-budget. Revises the Atomic Energy Act with respect to combined construction and operating licenses and depleted uranium hexafluoride. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to use certain funds: (1) to implement cold standby status and plan hot restart for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant; and (2) for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Prohibits Federal commercial sales of uranium (with certain exceptions) until 2009.Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize alternative hydroelectric project conditions and fishway prescriptions.National Electricity and Environmental Improvement Act - Prescribes guidelines for a clean coal power production program that incorporates cost and performance goals and establishes a Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal power initiative.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits (refundable for specified organizations and governmental units) with respect to emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based electricity generation facilities and investment in and production from qualifying clean coal technology, including advanced technology.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence a rulemaking to determine the need for modified regulations regarding high ozone season reformulated gasoline and gasoline blendstock requirements.Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prohibit the Secretary from establishing criteria or procedures governing renewable energy production incentives that effectively assigns a different priority to incentive payment applications on the basis of the energy source proposed.Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and of Energy to implement an accelerated cooperative research and development program to ensure the integrity of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.Prohibits Federal approval of a certain pipeline route that would: (1) transport natural gas from lands within the Prudhoe Bay oil and gas lease area; and (2) traverse specified submerged lands.
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Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] · R–LA
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For Further Action See H.R.4.
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 107-162, Part II.
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 107-162, Part II.
PERMISSION TO FILE A REPORT - Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Commerce be allowed to file a Supplemental Report on the bill H.R. 2587, the Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001. Agreed to without objection.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Committee on The Budget discharged.
Committee on The Budget discharged.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Science discharged.
Committee on Science discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2001.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2001.
House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2001.
House Committee on Science Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2001.
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2001.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-162, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-162, Part I.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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