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| 100-s-2919 | 100 | s | 2919 | Hydroelectric Fairness Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-10-20 | 1988-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 1 | Hydroelectric Fairness Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing a license for the operation of any existing hydroelectric project located on non-navigable waters and unimproved since August 26, 1935, to anyone but the project's owner. | 2025-08-28T20:06:56Z | |
| 100-s-2886 | 100 | s | 2886 | A bill to provide a method under which the State of New Mexico can continue certain highway road work. | Energy | 1988-10-13 | 1988-10-18 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the construction of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities. | 2021-06-10T22:30:32Z | |
| 100-s-2890 | 100 | s | 2890 | A bill to allow for the use of certain lands in Alaska for small hydropower power projects. | Energy | 1988-10-13 | 1988-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 1 | Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to facilitate the construction of small hydroelectric power projects at Lake Clark and Grace Lake in Alaska. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-5503 | 100 | hr | 5503 | A bill to require the coloring of certain gasolines in order to enable the public to better identify the octane of gasoline purchased. | Energy | 1988-10-12 | 1988-11-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations requiring refiners to implement a procedure for the coloring of unleaded gasoline to enable a retail purchaser to identify its octane. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-2879 | 100 | s | 2879 | A bill to provide a method under which the state of New Mexico can continue certain federal highway road work. | Energy | 1988-10-11 | 1988-10-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the construction of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2867 | 100 | s | 2867 | Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-10-06 | 1988-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 5 | Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1987 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2005 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2005, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I: National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Energy Least-Cost Policy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Prescribes plan contents. Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately following its submission to the Congress. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan. Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Grants the Secretary final discretion concerning the commitment of funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a review of all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures to determine if they are consistent with the National Least-Cost Energy Plan. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II: Energy Efficiency - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in: (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1994 include the Secretary's recommendations regarding the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices. Directs the Se… | 2025-08-28T20:08:24Z | |
| 100-hr-5460 | 100 | hr | 5460 | Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-10-05 | 1988-11-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] | RI | R | S000136 | 39 | Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1987 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2005 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2005, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I: National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Energy Least-Cost Policy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Prescribes plan contents. Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately following its submission to the Congress. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan. Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Grants the Secretary final discretion concerning the commitment of funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a review of all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures to determine if they are consistent with the National Least-Cost Energy Plan. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II: Energy Efficiency - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in: (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1994 include the Secretary's recommendations regarding the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices. Directs the Se… | 2025-08-28T20:05:32Z | |
| 100-hr-5461 | 100 | hr | 5461 | Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-10-05 | 1988-11-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5] | TN | D | C000503 | 0 | Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act of 1988 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish procedures, standards, and criteria permitting the approval of standardized designs and facility sites for production or utilization facilities or discrete subsystems of such facilities. Mandates that such procedures provide an opportunity for a public hearing prior to the issuance of a design approval or site permit. Prohibits the NRC from modifying a final determination on an issue made in a permit or license proceeding unless it determines, based on significant new information, that a modification is required to protect and enhance the public safety or common defense and security. Authorizes the Commission to issue a combined construction permit and operating license for a production or utilization facility based upon an approved standardized design if certain conditions are met. Requires the Commission to specify in any such license the emergency preparedness requirements that shall apply and the standards for meeting such requirements. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register a notice of intended operation no later than 60 days prior to commencement of the operation of a licensed facility. | 2025-08-28T20:06:47Z | |
| 100-hr-5459 | 100 | hr | 5459 | A bill to extend the period for Congressional review of the proposed subsequent arrangement, under the Agreement for Cooperation between the United States and Japan, involving United States approval for sea transport of plutonium from either France or the United Kingdom to Japan. | Energy | 1988-10-04 | 1988-10-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. | House | Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3] | MI | D | W000682 | 10 | Extends the period of congressional review specified in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to the proposed arrangement under the Agreement for Cooperation between the United States and Japan involving U.S. approval for the sea transport of plutonium from France or the United Kingdom to Japan. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | |
| 100-hr-5445 | 100 | hr | 5445 | Public Interest Hydroelectric Licensing Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-10-03 | 1988-10-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 0 | Public Interest Hydroelectric Licensing Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act to state that it does not mandate licensing of the continued operation of an existing hydroelectric project which is located on non-navigable waters and unimproved since August 26, 1935. Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing a license to any person but the owner of such a project. | 2025-08-28T20:09:19Z | |
| 100-hr-5433 | 100 | hr | 5433 | Nuclear Fuel Utilization and Domestic Production Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-30 | 1988-11-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | Nuclear Fuel Utilization and Domestic Production Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Enrichment Corporation as a wholly owned government corporation which shall passively hold title to Government assets and which shall not be considered an agency or instrumentality of the United States. Declares that the Corporation's purpose is to: (1) acquire feed material for uranium enrichment and for the gas centrifuge technology activities of the Department of Energy; (2) repay the maximum amount of revenue to the Treasury for past uranium enrichment expenditures; and (3) establish a mechanism to convey the Corporation or the centrifuge technology to domestically-controlled private interests. Directs the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Corporation all properties owned by the Department of Energy which relate to uranium enrichment and gas centrifuge technologies. | 2025-08-28T20:07:40Z | |
| 100-hr-5424 | 100 | hr | 5424 | State Energy Conservation Programs Improvement Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-29 | 1988-11-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 0 | State Energy Conservation Programs Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in the year 2000. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of: (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. | 2025-08-28T20:07:45Z | |
| 100-hr-5380 | 100 | hr | 5380 | National Energy Policy Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-26 | 1988-11-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 1 | National Energy Policy Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Title I: National Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transmit to the Congress within 18 months after the enactment of this Act a "Least Cost National Energy Plan" for meeting such national goals. Sets forth the Plan's contents. Mandates revision and resubmission of the Plan to the Congress every two years. Title II: Office of Climate Protection - Establishes the Office of Climate Protection which shall be responsible for: (1) participation by the Department of Energy in various domestic and international agencies involved in global climate change analysis; and (2) the monitoring of U.S. energy policies for atmospheric and global warming effects, with annual reports on such effects. Title III: Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A - Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a high priority to energy efficiency in departmental programs, buildings, and equipment; and (2) submit to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act (and triennially thereafter) an evaluations report regarding the policy options necessary to produce a two to four percent annual decrease in the energy use per unit of gross national product through the year 2005. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1992 include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for innovative energy efficiency research and development. Authorizes appropriations for energy efficiency research and development programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to issue a general request for proposals dealing with energy efficiency technology. Sets forth guidelines for Federal financial assistan… | 2025-08-28T20:05:57Z | |
| 100-s-2800 | 100 | s | 2800 | An original bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to the Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator and the Monitored Retrievable Storage Commission. | Energy | 1988-09-16 | 1988-10-18 | Became Public Law No: 100-507. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator as an independent establishment in the executive branch. (Currently such office is part of the Executive Office of the President.) Extends from June 1, 1989, to November 1, 1989, the deadline by which the Monitored Retrievable Storage Commission must report to the Congress regarding the need for a monitored retrievable storage facility as part of a national nuclear waste management system. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-5289 | 100 | hr | 5289 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-14 | 1988-09-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 0 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest. Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act. States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only. Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers. Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap… | 2025-08-28T20:07:14Z | |
| 100-s-2779 | 100 | s | 2779 | Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-13 | 1988-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to implement, according to certain guidelines, a research, development, and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must make recommendations to the Congress regarding existing programs and facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to implement any of such recommendations which have not been disapproved by Congress within one year after receipt of the report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Mandates that a portion of such appropriations be used to support construction of a commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project which is to be connected to a utility grid by the year 2000. Outlines conditions under which proposals for such project may be submitted and accepted, including licensing and cost-sharing with non-Federal funds. Requires the Secretary to submit specific recommendations to the Congress regarding changes that are needed in Federal laws and regulations for the timely licensing of commercial nuclear power reactors whose design is based upon the commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report to the Congress on the licensibility of commercially available nuclear reactor technologies in use in foreign nations. Requires such report to identify impediments to licensing. | 2025-08-28T20:06:30Z | |
| 100-s-2770 | 100 | s | 2770 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-09-09 | 1988-09-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest. Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act. States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only. Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers. Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap… | 2025-08-28T20:07:03Z | |
| 100-s-2720 | 100 | s | 2720 | A bill requiring the use by the Federal Government of certain vehicles capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas fuels or on electricity in areas not in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1988-08-10 | 1988-08-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 2 | Requires a certain percentage of Federal fleets of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks to be alternative fuel vehicles by specified deadlines if such vehicles are being operated in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as an area of serious health endangerment for ozone and/or carbon monoxide. Requires the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Energy, to issue regulations ensuring that such vehicles shall: (1) be supplied with alcohol, natural gas, or electricity in the primary area of operation; and (2) be operated exclusively on such fuel (except when it is impracticable to obtain it). Requires funds appropriated to implement this Act to be expended first in those areas determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to have the most severe air pollution problems. Prescribes circumstances under which such alternative fuels shall be offered for sale to the public. Mandates that the funds appropriated for alternative fuel vehicle acquisition apply only to the portion of costs which exceeds the cost for comparable conventional fuel vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the cost to any Federal agency receiving an alternative fuel vehicle under this Act not exceed the cost to such agency of a comparable conventional fueled vehicle. Mandates that gasoline powered Federal vehicles, with specified exceptions, which are operated in an area designated as seriously endangering health for carbon monoxide, and which are not dual energy (or natural gas dual energy), be operated exclusively with fuel which blends oxygenates with gasoline at their primary fueling facility. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a comprehensive analysis regarding the public health risk associated with the use of significant amounts of alcohols or natural gas as transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Sets forth… | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 100-hr-5176 | 100 | hr | 5176 | Natural Gas Contract Renegotiation Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-08-08 | 1988-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44] | CA | D | B000236 | 0 | Natural Gas Contract Renegotiation Act of 1988 - Requires the parties to certain natural gas purchase contracts to renegotiate such contracts to provide for a price level acceptable to both of them if the purchaser gives written notice to the producer that renegotiation is desired because the contracted sales price exceeds the current ceiling price allowable under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Provides for termination of such a contract if its amendment under this Act is not executed within 90 days after the producer receives such notice (or after any other agreed upon date). | 2025-08-28T20:08:04Z | |
| 100-hr-5181 | 100 | hr | 5181 | Uranium Enrichment Reorganization and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-08-08 | 1988-11-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | E000031 | 1 | Uranium Enrichment Reorganization and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1988 - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a for-profit organization organized under State law which shall be neither a Federal agency nor a Federal instrumentality. States that its incorporators shall be the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, and the Attorney General. Requires the Corporation to report annually to the Congress and the President regarding its activities during the preceding year. Outlines the Corporation's uranium enrichment duties. Applies to such Corporation the guidelines prescribed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding the control of information and the disposal of patents and inventions. Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit the Corporation. Requires the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy to report annually to the Congress regarding the Corporation's activities. Requires the Corporation to charge such prices for uranium enrichment services as are necessary to maximize profit and return on the Federal investment. Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Corporation all property regarding uranium enrichment services (including atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology). Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Exempts the Corporation and its contractors from specified licensing strictures of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to the same extent as the Department of Energy and its contractors are exempt. Limits such exemption to activities related to the isotopic separation of uranium by gaseous diffusion technology at uranium enrichment facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. Subjects the Corporation to Federal environmental law and hazardous materials transportation laws. Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governme… | 2025-08-28T20:09:02Z | |
| 100-hr-5182 | 100 | hr | 5182 | A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to strengthen the enforcement of requirements regarding the labeling of the octane rating of gasoline. | Energy | 1988-08-08 | 1988-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local government environmental law enforcement agencies for the exchange of information about the labeling of automobile gasoline octane ratings. Mandates that as part of such agreements the State and local agencies report octane rating labeling violations to the EPA. Directs the EPA to transmit such violation reports to the Federal Trade Commission (the Commission). Requires the Commission to investigate each violation to determine whether a civil action to recover a civil penalty under the Federal Trade Commission Act is warranted. Establishes a civil penalty for octane rating violations under the Federal Trade Commission Act of a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $10,000. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-5132 | 100 | hr | 5132 | Department of Energy Technology Incentives Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-08-02 | 1988-10-22 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3] | TN | D | L000381 | 11 | (Measure passed House, amended) Department of Energy Technology Incentives Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a technology transfer study describing current policies and achievements and recommending improvements or changes. Requires that the study be submitted to specified congressional leadership within six months of this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) initiate and implement a cooperative program of research on enabling high-temperature superconductor technology and its practical applications; (2) require and ensure National Laboratory participation in this research by means of agreements with other Federal agencies, academic institutions, or private industrial or research organizations; (3) form the Council for Research on Enabling Technologies, comprising representatives of appropriate government, university, and industry personnel, to advise the Secretary concerning goals and to recommend guidelines for the release of technical findings and developments made by cooperative research centers; and (4) establish cooperative research centers in enabling technology for high-temperature superconducting materials and applications at at least one National Laboratory. Sets forth criteria for selecting Laboratories. Directs the Council to ensure that there is no unnecessary duplication of activities of the Research Centers on Superconductivity and Superconductivity Pilot Centers. Permits personnel exchanges among firms or universities and National Laboratories participating in the program. Requires user fees in connection with Department of Energy (DOE) facility use authorized by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to include high-temperature superconductivity activities in DOE research and development budget requests for FY 1990 through 1995. Describes cost-sharing features to apply to National Laboratories participating in the program. Prohibits a laboratory from receiving: (1) more than ten percent of its annual budget from nonappropriated funds derived from wo… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 100-s-2667 | 100 | s | 2667 | National Energy Policy Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-07-28 | 1988-09-20 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held on titles XIV, XV, and XVI. | Senate | Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] | CO | D | W000647 | 18 | National Energy Policy Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Title I: National Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transmit to the Congress within 18 months after the enactment of this Act a "Least Cost National Energy Plan" for meeting such national goals. Sets forth the Plan's contents. Mandates revision and resubmission of the Plan to the Congress every two years. Title II: Office of Climate Protection - Establishes the Office of Climate Protection which shall be responsible for: (1) participation by the Department of Energy in various domestic and international agencies involved in global climate change analysis; and (2) the monitoring of U.S. energy policies for atmospheric and global warming effects, with annual reports on such effects. Title III: Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A - Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a high priority to energy efficiency in departmental programs, buildings, and equipment; and (2) submit to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act (and triennially thereafter) an evaluations report regarding the policy options necessary to produce a two to four percent annual decrease in the energy use per unit of gross national product through the year 2005. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1992 include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for innovative energy efficiency research and development. Authorizes appropriations for energy efficiency research and development programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to issue a general request for proposals dealing with energy efficiency technology. Sets forth guidelines for Federal financial assistan… | 2025-08-28T20:09:19Z | |
| 100-hr-5053 | 100 | hr | 5053 | A bill to permit changes in the maximum lawful price for the sale of the old Outer Continental Shelf natural gas. | Energy | 1988-07-14 | 1988-08-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] | IL | D | B000971 | 0 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe a maximum lawful price other than the maximum lawful statutory price for the first sale of certain natural gas if such price is just and reasonable under the Natural Gas Act. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-2643 | 100 | s | 2643 | Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-07-14 | 1988-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 5 | Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1988 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic or natural resource damages including: (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of Federal and State tax, royalty, rental, or net profits share revenue for up to one year. Establishes liability limits for: (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) other vessel owners; (3) lessees and permittees of Outer Continental Shelf facilities; (4) deepwater port facility owners; and (5) other facility owners. Excludes interest (including prejudgment interest) from such limits. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities. Requires the periodic adjustment of liability limits to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government natural resources. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to promulgate regulations within two years of enactment of this Act for the assessment of damages for injury to natural resources resulting from an oil discharge. Requires that such regulations be reviewed and revised (if necessary) every two years. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under: (1) this Act; (2) maritime tort law; and (3) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and damages. Requires the President to publish regulations regarding implementation of the authority to obligate the Fu… | 2025-08-28T20:08:32Z | |
| 100-hr-5040 | 100 | hr | 5040 | Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-07-13 | 1988-08-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 1 | Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a standard reactor program to develop an inherently safe economic nuclear reactor to be available for the purchase of utilities by the year 2000. Establishes the Office of Standard Reactor Development in the Department of Energy to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Standard Reactor Development. Directs the Secretary to submit a program implementation plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act. Outlines the contents of such plan. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish a standard reactor project to: (1) assist the Secretary in the development of standard reactor designs; and (2) facilitate the licensing of reactors based on such designs. Requires the Commission to specify the tests and evaluations that a prototype or demonstration reactor based on a standard reactor design must undergo and to promulgate regulations governing standard reactor siting, design, construction, and operation. Mandates that the Commission submit quarterly reports to the Congress regarding standard reactor activities and promptly inform the Congress of any safety or licensing problems that could interfere with the objectives of this Act. Terminates the standard reactor office and the program 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act or when this Act's purposes have been fulfilled. | 2025-08-28T20:07:02Z | |
| 100-s-2639 | 100 | s | 2639 | Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-07-13 | 1988-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a standard reactor program to develop an inherently safe economic nuclear reactor to be available for purchase by utilities by the year 2000. Establishes the Office of Standard Reactor Development in the Department of Energy to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Standard Reactor Development. Directs the Secretary to submit a program implementation plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act. Outlines the contents of such plan. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish a standard reactor project to: (1) assist the Secretary in the development of standard reactor designs; and (2) facilitate the licensing of reactors based on such designs. Requires the Commission to specify the tests and evaluations that a prototype or demonstration reactor based on a standard reactor design must undergo and to promulgate regulations governing standard reactor siting, design, construction, and operation. Mandates that the Commission submit quarterly reports to the Congress regarding standard reactor activities and promptly inform the Congress of any safety or licensing problems that could interfere with the objectives of this Act. Terminates the standard reactor office and the program 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act or when this Act's purposes have been fulfilled. | 2025-08-28T20:08:26Z | |
| 100-sres-450 | 100 | sres | 450 | A resolution to acknowledge the service provided to consumers by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. | Energy | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-07 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Declares that the Senate recognizes the contributions of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and congratulates it on its first 100 years of service. | 2021-06-10T21:50:28Z | |
| 100-hr-4968 | 100 | hr | 4968 | A bill requiring the use by the Federal Government of certain vehicles capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas fuels or on electricity in areas not in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1988-06-30 | 1988-07-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 45 | Requires a certain percentage of Federal fleets of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks to be alternative fuel vehicles by specified deadlines if such vehicles are being operated in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as an area of serious health endangerment for ozone and/or carbon monoxide. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary of Energy, to issue regulations ensuring that such vehicles shall: (1) be supplied with alcohol, natural gas, or electricity in the primary area of operation; and (2) be operated exclusively on such fuel (except when it is impracticable to obtain it). Mandates that funds appropriated to implement this Act be expended first in those areas determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to have the most severe air pollution problems. Requires alcohol or natural gas fuels to be offered for sale to the public at Federal facilities except in certain circumstances. Mandates that the funds appropriated for alternative fuel vehicle acquisition apply only to the portion of costs which exceeds the cost for comparable conventional fuel vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the cost to any Federal agency receiving an alternative fuel vehicle under this Act shall not exceed the cost to such agency of a comparable conventional fueled vehicle. Mandates that gasoline powered Federal vehicles, with specified exceptions, which are operated in an area designated as seriously endangering health because of carbon monoxide, and which are not dual energy (or natural gas dual energy), be operated exclusively with fuel which blends oxygenates with gasoline at their primary fueling facility. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a comprehensive analysis of the public health risk associated with the use of significant amounts of alcohol or natural gas transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels. A… | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4975 | 100 | hr | 4975 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-06-30 | 1988-10-07 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3] | UT | R | N000106 | 31 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Expresses the purposes of this Act, including to ensure a domestic supply of uranium for defense and nuclear power programs and to establish a system for financing reclamation at uranium and thorium processing sites. Title I: Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal: (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into contracts for producing or enriching special nuclear material; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and report to the Congress thereon. Establishes the Uranium Revitalization Fund for the purchase of domestic uranium by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). Mandates contributions to the Fund from: (1) States in which active uranium processing sites are located; (2) owners or licensees of such active sites; (3) the United States Enrichment Corporation (established by this Act); and (4) fees received from owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors. Prescribes a contribution schedule. Requires the Secretary to obligate from the Fund certain amounts for domestic uranium purchases from small domestic producers for specified years. Outlines a competitive bidding system for such pruchases. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to develop recommendations and implement programs promoting domestic uranium exports. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) certain activities of the United States Enrichment Corporation (the Corporation). Requires annual certification to the Secretary of the total weight of uranium in new fuel assemblies loaded during the past year by owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors between 1990 and such year that $1,000,000,000 has been contributed to the Fund. Declares that the use and purchase of natural uranium under t… | 2025-08-28T20:09:19Z | |
| 100-hr-4934 | 100 | hr | 4934 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-06-28 | 1988-10-07 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 1 | Title I: Introduction - Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Expresses the purposes of this Act, including to ensure a domestic supply of uranium for defense and nuclear power programs and to establish a system for financing reclamation at uranium and thorium processing sites. Title II: Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal: (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into contracts for producing or enriching special nuclear material; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and report to the Congress thereon. Establishes the Uranium Revitalization Fund for the purchase of domestic uranium by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). Mandates contributions to the Fund from: (1) States in which active uranium processing sites are located; (2) owners or licensees of such active sites; (3) the United States Enrichment Corporation (established by this Act); and (4) fees received from owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors. Prescribes a contribution schedule. Requires the Secretary to obligate from the Fund certain amounts for domestic uranium purchases from small domestic producers for specified years. Outlines a competitive bidding system for such purchases. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to develop recommendations and implement programs promoting domestic uranium exports. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) certain activities of the United States Enrichment Corporation (the Corporation). Requires annual certification to the Secretary of the total weight of uranium in new fuel assemblies loaded during the past year by owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors between 1990 and such year that $1,000,000,000 has been contributed to the Fund. Declares that the use and purchase … | 2025-08-28T20:05:07Z | |
| 100-hr-4815 | 100 | hr | 4815 | Emergency Planning Improvement Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-06-14 | 1988-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Bob [R-NH-1] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Emergency Planning Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a construction permit for a nuclear power production or utilization facility unless: (1) it has made a preliminary determination in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency that safe evacuation of the proposed facility is feasible; (2) each State within such facility's emergency planning zone has certified to the Commission that it intends to develop and implement emergency plans (including evacuation plans) pertaining to such zone; and (3) each local government responsible for emergency plan implementation has certified to the Commission that it intends to participate in such plan development. Makes this Act applicable to any construction permit application filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:05:27Z | |
| 100-s-2513 | 100 | s | 2513 | A bill to clarify the exemptive authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission. | Energy | 1988-06-14 | 1988-06-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Exempts a holding company with only one subsidiary that is solely a gas utility from compliance with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, with the exception of certain securities acquisition restrictions, if: (1) neither the holding company nor any other subsidiary is a public utility; (2) the operations of such subsidiary gas utility company do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized; (3) the subsidiary was incorporated on June 20, 1980, for the express purpose of operating as a gas utility company; and (4) all of the voting securities of such gas utility company are owned by the holding company. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 100-s-2470 | 100 | s | 2470 | Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-06-06 | 1988-11-17 | Became Public Law No: 100-680. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 7 | (Measure passed House, amended) Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an industrial energy conservation and competitive technology program to conduct scientific research and development to enhance the energy efficiency and competitiveness of American steel, aluminum, and copper, and other metals industries through public-private sector partnerships. Directs the Secretary to publish an update of: (1) the Steel Management Plan issued by the Department of Energy on April 1, 1987, to include aluminum within the initiative; and (2) the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued by the Department of Energy in April 1988 to enumerate priorities with respect to steel, aluminum, copper, and other metals research and development activities. Requires the Steel Management Plan to assure basic research support from independent non-Federal sources by coordinating plan activities with research efforts of various other Department of Energy programs. Provides for protection of proprietary rights in connection with projects and for coordination of research and development within the Department of Energy. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards), through its Institute for Materials Science and Engineering and in coordination with the Department of Energy, to conduct an expanded program of steel and aluminum research in support of activities conducted under the plan. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and to the Congress on research and development activities carried out under this Act. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations. Prohibits any Federal entity from obligating or spending any federally received funds unless it has in place and will administer a written policy to ensure a workplace that is free of controlled substances. Imposes a corresponding prohibition on secondary recipients of Federal funds in connection with grants, contracts, and other ag… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2443 | 100 | s | 2443 | Nuclear Regulation Reorganization and Reform Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-26 | 1988-08-08 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 1315 passed in lieu) Nuclear Regulation Reorganization and Reform Act of 1988 - Title I: Reorganization and Reform of Nuclear Energy Regulation - Subtitle A: Nuclear Safety Agency - Establishes the Nuclear Safety Agency as an independent regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sets forth the Agency's officers and administration, including an Administrator to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Administrator of the Nuclear Safety Agency to establish one or more licensing boards to consider applications for the construction of nuclear waste repositories. Requires the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to nominate persons for appointment to the licensing board. Subtitle B: Office of Inspector General - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General within the Agency. Subtitle C: Office of Investigations - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish an Office of Investigations in the Agency to investigate possible violations of nuclear energy statutes within the Administrator's enforcement purview. Mandates the submission of explanatory statements to specified congressional committees in the event that the Administrator prohibits the Assistant Administrator from continuing an investigation in progress. Requires the Assistant Administrator to report possible Federal criminal law violations to the Attorney General. Requires the Agency and the Attorney General to coordinate their enforcement and prosecution activities. Subtitle D: Nuclear Reactor Safety Investigations Board - Establishes the Nuclear Reactor Safety Investigations Board within the Nuclear Safety Agency to independently investigate significant safety events arising out of activities at production or utilization facilities licensed by the Agency. Defines significant safety events which may have a… | 2025-08-28T20:06:08Z | |
| 100-hr-4689 | 100 | hr | 4689 | A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator. | Energy | 1988-05-25 | 1988-10-18 | For Further Action See S.2800. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 2 | Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator as an independent establishment in the executive branch. (Currently such office is part of the Executive Office of the President.) | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hres-453 | 100 | hres | 453 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the Federal policy pertaining to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. | Energy | 1988-05-19 | 1988-06-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2] | NE | R | D000065 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all radioactive waste site selection and related activities conducted by the States or regional compacts should be suspended until congressional committees hold investigative oversight hearings regarding the adequacy of Federal low-level radioactive waste policy. Cites specific areas for congressional review. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4629 | 100 | hr | 4629 | Offshore Safety Advisory Committee Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-18 | 1988-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 1 | Offshore Safety Advisory Committee Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Offshore Vessel Operators Safety Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding safety aspects of offshore oil, gas, and other mineral operations. | 2025-08-28T20:07:43Z | |
| 100-hr-4619 | 100 | hr | 4619 | Federal-State Energy Joint Board Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-17 | 1988-05-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 1 | Federal-State Energy Joint Board Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish a Federal-State joint board with jurisdiction over natural gas and electric utility regulatory matters of joint Federal-State concern. Vests such board with the same powers and responsibilities as are vested in a FERC member. Declares that State members shall sit with FERC en banc at any oral argument or public hearing conference and that State members shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in FERC deliberations when it considers joint board recommendations. Mandates that the joint board be composed of three Commission members and four State commissioners nominated by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and approved by FERC. Declares that the joint board's jurisdiction does not exceed that of FERC. | 2025-08-28T20:06:12Z | |
| 100-hr-4604 | 100 | hr | 4604 | A bill to extend the expiration date of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. | Energy | 1988-05-13 | 1988-06-29 | House Incorporated this Measure in S.2203 as an Amendment. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend the standby energy authorities from June 30, 1988, to June 30, 1990. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, regarding energy policy cooperation between the United States and other Western hemisphere countries; (2) report the study results to certain congressional committees; (3) propose a comprehensive international energy policy designed to enhance such cooperation; and (4) recommend actions to implement such policy. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4591 | 100 | hr | 4591 | Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-12 | 1988-11-05 | For Further Action See S.1991. | House | Rep. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [D-CO-3] | CO | D | C000077 | 5 | Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer permanently to the Secretary of Energy public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of certain processing sites. Prohibits such transfer until the Secretary of Energy complies with certain National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requirements regarding site selection for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. Requires the Secretary of Energy to obtain the appropriate State's consent before acquiring lands upon which there is no: (1) designated processing site; or (2) active uranium mill operation. Terminates the Secretary of Energy's authority to perform remedial action on September 30, 1994. Provides that the Secretary's authority to perform groundwater restoration activities shall not expire. | 2025-08-28T20:05:14Z | |
| 100-hr-4600 | 100 | hr | 4600 | A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to require that costs of imported natural gas be passed through to consumers in the same manner as such costs are passed through for domestically produced gas. | Energy | 1988-05-12 | 1988-05-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 0 | Amends the Natural Gas Act to mandate that natural gas companies pass through to consumers the cost of imported natural gas in the same manner as the cost of domestically produced natural gas is passed through to consumers. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4505 | 100 | hr | 4505 | Research Initiatives and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-02 | 1988-10-21 | Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3] | TN | D | L000381 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Research Initiatives and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Title I: Superconductivity and Competitiveness - National Superconductivity and Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Instructs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a five-year National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development. Sets forth the content and scope of the plan. Requires the OSTP, with the National Critical Materials Council, to report details of the plan to specified congressional committees within nine months of this Act's enactment. Requires subsequent annual reports evaluating plan progress and describing Federal expenditures involved with superconductivity. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program in superconductivity research and development. Requires a report to the relevant congressional committees, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, on implementation of technology transfer activities under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 and related law with respect to superconductivity, and annual reports for the subsequent two years. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards) to: (1) promote fundamental research and materials standards to accelerate the use and application of new superconducting materials; and (2) use the Superconductivity Center Focusing on Electronic Applications, located in Boulder, Colorado. Instructs the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to promote research and use existing programs to promote commercial applications of high-temperature superconductors. Sets out the role of the Department of Defense, directing it to emphasize fundamental research, materials processing, and applications of new superconducting materials in its superconductivity research and development activities and to conduct engineering and operational prototype testing. Instructs the Director of the Defense Adva… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-4508 | 100 | hr | 4508 | Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-05-02 | 1988-06-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 0 | Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Act of 1988 - Title I: Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Board - Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch the Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Board (the Board) whose function is to establish environmental protection and public and occupational health and safety standards for Department of Energy nuclear facilities. Empowers the Board to investigate: (1) any event at a Department of Energy nuclear facility posing a threat to the environment or to the public health and safety; and (2) nuclear materials transportation to and from such facilities which may pose threats. Directs the Board periodically to review the design and operation of such nuclear facilities to determine ways to enhance environmental and public protection. Requires the Board to report to the Congress and the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) after each review and investigation with recommendations for improved safety measures. Requires the Board to maintain an onsite investigatory and review staff at each facility. Authorizes the Board to issue subpoenas and administrative orders compelling compliance with its standards and with Federal and State standards. Requires the Board to submit a written notice to the Secretary to abate any facility activity which presents imminent and substantial danger to the environment and public health. Outlines the Board's enforcement parameters. Sets forth civil penalties for non-compliance with the Board's administrative orders. Requires the Board to establish procedures for petitions by citizens for Board action with respect to matters within its purview. Authorizes the Board to enter into agreements with the States providing for discontinuance of the Board's regulatory authority during the period in which the State assumes such authority. Requires the Board to: (1) periodically review such agreements to ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) make grants to an agreement State to cover the costs of program implementa… | 2025-08-28T20:06:05Z | |
| 100-hr-4489 | 100 | hr | 4489 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-04-28 | 1988-08-10 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 52 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Title I: Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1, 1988, to January 1, 2001. Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II: Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site. Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act). Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from: (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation udner Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, fines, and work performed by: (1) active site owner licensees; or (2) persons using source or special nuclear material for a civilian nuclear power reactor to generate electrical energy. Title III: United States Enr… | 2025-08-28T20:05:56Z | |
| 100-hr-4465 | 100 | hr | 4465 | Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-04-26 | 1988-05-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture. | House | Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2] | UT | D | O000156 | 16 | Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for specified Federal solar energy research and development programs. Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a complementary solar and renewable energy research program which: (1) has near-term commercial applications; and (2) enhances the international competitiveness of the solar and renewable energy industries. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information-dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers regarding the application of solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings. Mandates that the renewable energy technologies programs established by the Secretary of Commerce be funded in FY 1989 through 1991 through the Department of Energy at a specified maximum level. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to direct the President to take into account, when determining whether to designate a beneficiary country, the degree to which it undertakes self-help measures to promote energy self-sufficiency using locally available renewable energy resources. Mandates that the design for new Federal facilities for specified agencies include consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable energy forms. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to mandate that a specified minimum percentage of loan authority be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities. Prohibits the use of administrative funds for such projects. Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) repeal provisions regarding loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures; (2) mandate that a certain percentage of loan authority be used only for small business ene… | 2025-08-28T20:05:15Z | |
| 100-s-2325 | 100 | s | 2325 | A bill to amend the Mineral Lands Act of 1920 to improve the administration of the Federal Coal Management Program, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1988-04-26 | 1988-05-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Mineral Resources and Development. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 1 | Title I - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to remove the requirement that any lease which is not producing in commercial quantities at the end of ten years be terminated. Replaces the diligent development and continued operation requirements with advance royalty payments after 15 years of the lease, regardless of production. Permits the extension of the lease as long as such payments continue. Describes recoupability of advance royalties paid against royalties of production. Removes the requirement that lessees submit an operation and reclamation plan within three years of possible adverse environmental actions. Substitutes a requirement that a mining operations plan be submitted prior to possible adverse environmental leasehold actions. Provides that leases for which advance royalty payments are made, and leases issued after enactment of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, shall not be affected by the prohibition against issuance of a coal lease to leaseholders who have held such leases for a ten-year period without producing coal in commercial quantities. Repeals the requirement that: (1) a logical coal mining unit must be contiguous; and (2) a mining operations plan may not exceed a 40-year period. Provides that a logical mining unit shall not be approved if its total Federal (currently total Federal and non-Federal) acreage exceeds 25,000 acres. Title II - Increases from 160 acres to 320 acres the contiguous or cornering coal lands (or deposits) which may be added to an existing lease. States that the ensuing modified lease terms shall be the same as those of the original lease. Title III - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to approve changes made in certain coal leases and logical mining units in order to make them consistent with this Act. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2313 | 100 | s | 2313 | Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-04-22 | 1988-09-29 | Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) from permitting natural gas distribution service which would displace existing service provided by a local distribution company (or which could be provided by such local company) if: (1) the State or local regulatory authority certifies to the Commission that the displacing service would prejudice the interests of such distribution company's customers; or (2) the proponent of such displacing service fails to demonstrate that the local distribution company protesting the proposed service is unwilling to provide transportation service on terms in effect or acceptable to the State or local commission. Precludes the Commission from permitting such displacing service until 30 days after it has published notice of such service in the Federal Register. Applies this Act to all service not provided before its date of enactment, regardless of whether the Commission had granted permission to provide such service before such date. | 2025-08-28T20:05:52Z | |
| 100-hconres-286 | 100 | hconres | 286 | A concurrent resolution regarding the receipt of radioactive waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. | Energy | 1988-04-21 | 1988-05-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 17 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) adequate measures should be taken regarding emergency response capabilities and training to protect the people of the States through which radioactive waste destined for the New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) will be shipped, as well as the people of the State in which it will be disposed; and (2) the Department of Energy should not place any radioactive waste in the WIPP facility until it is determined that brine-infiltration does not present a threat to safe radioactive waste storage. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4343 | 100 | hr | 4343 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Energy Plan Act | Energy | 1988-03-31 | 1988-06-10 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7] | WA | D | L000486 | 4 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Energy Plan Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress within three years (but not earlier than two years) an energy plan which: (1) includes a national energy policy objectives statement; (2) focuses upon petroleum demand over an estimated period of potential production from the Arctic Coastal Plain; and (3) describes a resource portfolio to meet such demand. Outlines the contents of such report. Requires the Secretary to evaluate potential alternatives to meet petroleum demand scenarios on a consistent basis. Requires the Secretary to prepare a study of present and future oil and gas development in the Alaskan Arctic regions, (excluding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Outlines the study contents. Requires that the energy plan and study be accompanied by a certain report incorporating a legislative action recommendation concerning the future management of specified lands under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (Coastal Plain lands). Prohibits oil or gas exploration or production within the Coastal Plain, including land exchanges or leasing activities leading to production or exploration, until authorized by an Act of Congress. | 2025-08-28T20:05:48Z | |
| 100-hr-4283 | 100 | hr | 4283 | A bill to preserve the independence of the scientific evaluation group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. | Energy | 1988-03-29 | 1988-04-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 2 | Reestablishes the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) as an independent scientific review group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, to be exclusively administered through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Sets forth EEG membership and administrative parameters. Declares that the EEG shall be the primary responsible party for evaluating technical information on WIPP on behalf of the State of New Mexico. Provides that the EEG shall disseminate its findings and analyses through professional publications and that no approvals from outside sources will be required prior to publication. Directs the EEG to evaluate the scientific and technical status of the WIPP project in an objective manner in order to protect the health and environmental interests of New Mexico residents. Declares that the EEG shall be funded for a minimum of five years by the Department of Energy. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 100-s-2220 | 100 | s | 2220 | A bill to preserve the independence of the scientific evaluation group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. | Energy | 1988-03-28 | 1988-03-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Reestablishes the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) as an independent scientific review group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, to be exclusively administered through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Sets forth EEG membership and administrative parameters. Declares that the EEG shall be the primary responsible party for evaluating technical information on WIPP on behalf of the State of New Mexico. Provides that the EEG shall disseminate its findings and analyses through professional publications and that no approvals from outside sources will be required prior to publication. Directs the EEG to evaluate the scientific and technical status of the WIPP project in an objective manner in order to protect the health and environmental interests of New Mexico residents. Declares that the EEG shall be funded for a minimum of five years by the Department of Energy. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2214 | 100 | s | 2214 | Arctic Coastal Plain Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act | Energy | 1988-03-24 | 1988-03-24 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Arctic Coastal Plain Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act - Title I: Statement of Purpose and Definitions - Declares that it is the congressional purpose to: (1) authorize competitive oil and gas leasing development on the Arctic Coastal Plain in a manner consistent with environmental and wildlife protection; and (2) provide a new funding source for the acquisition of critical wildlife habitat. Title II: Management of Coastal Plain - Declares that it is congressional policy that oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain which are conducted with no significant adverse impact upon fish, wildlife, and the environment shall be deemed compatible with the purpose of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and that no further compatibility findings by the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) are required under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act. Title III: Coastal Plain Competitive Leasing Program - Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for Coastal Plain resources exploration, development, and production. Declares that this Act is the sole authority for leasing on the Coastal Plain. Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Act. Declares that the Congress finds that the "Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement" (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain satisfies the legal requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Sets forth the administrative parameters for: (1) lease sales and lease terms; (2) exploration and development and production plans; (3) plan approval; (4) bonding requirements; and (5) lease suspension and cancellation. Allows the Secretary to exclude from leasing any areas of particular environmental sensitivity. Requires the Secretary's consent for lease assignments or subletting. Mandates that lessees unite to the greatest extent practicable in collectively adopting and operating under a cooperative or unit plan fo… | 2025-08-28T20:07:51Z | |
| 100-hr-4226 | 100 | hr | 4226 | Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Commercialization and Development Act | Energy | 1988-03-22 | 1988-09-22 | Committee on Science and Technology Incorporated Into This Provisions of Related Measure S. 1294. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 76 | Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Commercialization and Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish specific technical research and development performance goals for Department of Energy programs relating to: (1) photovoltaics; (2) wind; (3) solar thermal; (4) biofuels; (5) solar building and energy systems; (6) ocean energy systems; and (7) geothermal energy. Mandates that such goals be designed to promote significant further commercial applications by 1995. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress with respect to biennial technical performance goal reviews and updates. Requires the Secretary to include in the FY 1990 budget request funding for at least three commercial demonstration projects involving renewable energy technologies. States that 50 percent of such project costs shall be funded by the United States and 50 percent shall be funded by the private sector. Cites circumstances under which the United States may fund up to 66 percent of such project costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for: (1) specified renewable energy programs; (2) energy conservation research and development programs; and (3) a Federal interagency working group (established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make recommendations regarding the coordination of Federal programs affecting commerce in renewable energy products and related services). Requires that each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, including energy efficiency and renewable energy. | 2025-08-28T20:05:55Z | |
| 100-s-2203 | 100 | s | 2203 | A bill to extend the expiration date of Title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. | Energy | 1988-03-22 | 1988-07-19 | Became Public Law No: 100-373. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended (Inserted Text of H.R. 4604 as passed House)) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend the standby energy authorities from June 30, 1988, to June 30, 1990. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, regarding energy policy cooperation between the United States and other Western hemisphere countries; (2) report the study results to certain congressional committees; (3) propose a comprehensive international energy policy designed to enhance such cooperation; and (4) recommend actions to implement such policy. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2179 | 100 | s | 2179 | Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1987 | Energy | 1988-03-16 | 1988-10-04 | Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 5 | Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to provide that, with respect to the sale, consignment, or distribution of motor fuel, the term "franchise" includes any contract between specified parties which is economically necessary to the operation of the franchise. Provides that the termination or non-renewal of a franchise relationship, upon expiration of an underlying lease for marketing premises, is reasonable in the event that the franchisor: (1) has an option to renew or purchase an underlying lease or premises and, at least 90 days before such option expires, provides the franchisee with the name, address, and phone number of the owner or lessor; and (2) agrees not to terminate the franchise relationship solely because of the lease and option expiration during any term during which the franchisee is able to retain possession of the premises as a result of entering into an agreement with the owner or lessor. | 2025-08-28T20:08:09Z | |
| 100-hr-4158 | 100 | hr | 4158 | National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-15 | 1988-06-13 | Other Measure S.2167 Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 42 | (Measure passed House, amended) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include fluorescent lamp ballasts within the list of products covered by the Act. Revises the definition of "consumer product" to include fluorescent lamp ballasts distributed in commerce for personal or commercial use or consumption. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe test procedures for such ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 1990. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for such ballasts according to specified guidelines. Sets forth energy efficiency standards for such ballasts. Preempts State energy conservation standards for such ballasts unless such standards were prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-2167 | 100 | s | 2167 | National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-15 | 1988-06-28 | Became Public Law No: 100-357. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 26 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include fluorescent lamp ballasts within the list of products covered by the Act. Amends the definition of "consumer product" to include fluorescent lamp ballasts distributed in commerce for personal or commercial use or consumption. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe test procedures for such ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 1990. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for such ballasts according to specified guidelines. Sets forth energy efficiency standards for such ballasts. Preempts State energy conservation standards for such ballasts unless such standards were prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-4134 | 100 | hr | 4134 | Nuclear Standardization and Safety Reform Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-10 | 1988-04-26 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22] | CA | R | M000926 | 20 | Nuclear Standardization and Safety Reform Act of 1988 - Title I: Establishment of Agency - Establishes the Nuclear Safety Agency as an independent regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sets forth the Agency's officers and administration (including a Director and Deputy Director to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate). Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Transfers Commission functions, assets, and staff to the Nuclear Safety Agency. Sets forth transition procedures. Title II: Standardization and Licensing - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Agency to establish procedures for the preapproval of a limited number of standardized facility designs for production or utilization facilities for a ten-year period. Authorizes the Agency to consider design approval requests for any major subsystem that represents discrete elements of a production or utilization facility. Requires the Agency to specify by regulation the criteria and requirements for any subsystem approval. States that a design approval shall be considered to be a license. Sets forth guidelines for the issuance of a design approval, including ten-year renewal terms. Authorizes the Director to issue a site approval permit for a ten-year period even if an application for a construction permit or operating license has not been filed. Outlines the site approval procedure and the procedures for facility construction permits and operating licenses. Title III: Conforming Amendments - Sets forth conforming amendments. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:08Z | |
| 100-hr-4139 | 100 | hr | 4139 | Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-10 | 1988-05-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 17 | Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Inspector General. Authorizes the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delegate supervision of the Inspector General to another member of the Commission, but to no one else. | 2025-08-28T20:08:58Z | |
| 100-hr-4140 | 100 | hr | 4140 | Nuclear Investigations Improvement Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-10 | 1988-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 17 | Nuclear Investigations Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Investigations, to be headed by a Director of Investigations who shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the Commission. Confers responsibility upon the Office to investigate violations within the Commission's jurisdiction where information indicates that such violations were either willfully caused or the result of careless disregard for regulatory requirements. Requires the Director to report violations of Federal criminal law to the Commission and to the Justice Department. Requires Commission employees to report to the Office information indicating that violations were either willfully caused or were the result of careless disregard for regulatory requirements. | 2025-08-28T20:08:09Z | |
| 100-hr-4121 | 100 | hr | 4121 | Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-09 | 1988-03-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 13 | Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1988 - Establishes the Federal Facilities Nuclear Safety Board (the Board) as an independent body in the executive branch. Empowers the Board to: (1) review and evaluate health and safety standards at each Department of Energy (Department) nuclear facility; (2) investigate events or practices at each facility which may adversely affect public safety; (3) review a facility's design and construction as it pertains to public health and safety; and (4) recommend to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) the health and safety measures needed to ensure adequate protection of the public. Grants the Board access to Department nuclear facility design and operational data. Authorizes the Board to: (1) establish reporting requirements which shall be binding upon the Secretary; and (2) enter into agreements with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (and non-Federal experts) to evaluate differences between Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations and Department orders governing nuclear facilities. Requires the Secretary to cooperate fully with the Board and provide it ready access to facilities, personnel, and information requested by the Board to implement its mandate. Sets forth guidelines under which the Board's recommendations and the Secretary's decision to accept or reject them shall be publicized in the Federal Register and reported in writing to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to prepare plans to implement recommendations. Sets forth a review procedure for Board recommendations regarding a severe or imminent threat to public health and safety. Requires implementation of any such recommendations which the Secretary accepts. Requires the Board and the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding their respective activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. | 2025-08-28T20:07:56Z | |
| 100-s-2139 | 100 | s | 2139 | A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to protect consumers who use natural gas fuel for agricultural irrigation pumps from certain price increases. | Energy | 1988-03-04 | 1988-03-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 1 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that intrastate contracts in effect before December 1, 1986, which stipulated the purchase price for the first sale at the wellhead of natural gas for use in fueling agricultural irrigation pumps shall govern the maximum lawful price of gas under such contracts. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-4089 | 100 | hr | 4089 | Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-03 | 1988-05-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 20 | Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) from permitting natural gas distribution service which would displace existing service provided by a local distribution company (or which could be provided by such local company) if: (1) the State or local regulatory authority certifies to the Commission that the displacing service would prejudice the interests of such distribution company's customers; or (2) the proponent of such displacing service fails to demonstrate that the local distribution company protesting the proposed service is unwilling to provide transportation service on terms in effect or acceptable to the State or local commission. Precludes the Commission from permitting such displacing service until 30 days after it has published notice of such service in the Federal Register. Applies this Act to all service not provided before its date of enactment, regardless of whether the Commission had granted permission to provide such service before such date. | 2025-08-28T20:07:48Z | |
| 100-hr-4065 | 100 | hr | 4065 | Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-02 | 1988-06-29 | House Incorporated this Measure in S.1382 as an Amendment. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 9 | (Measure passed House, amended) Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise the policies governing Federal energy management. Requires agencies to improve construction designs for Federal buildings so that the energy consumption per gross square foot in use during FY 1995 is at least ten percent less than that of FY 1985. Sets forth implementation steps to meet such goal. Exempts from such requirement buildings in which energy intensive activities are implemented. Redescribes procedures involved in the establishment and use of life cycle cost methods for Federal buildings. Requires the establishment by each agency of an incentives program using internal resources to encourage energy conservation and efficiency by allowing the retention of a portion of the dollar savings resulting from the agency's energy conservation measures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Interagency Energy Management Task Force to coordinate Federal energy savings and disseminate information on energy efficiency. Requires each agency to report at least annually to the Secretary regarding its energy conservation activities and related contracts. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding energy conservation progress and contracts relating to Federal buildings. Requires the Secretary to carry out an energy survey to: (1) determine the potential maximum cost effective energy peak demand savings achievable in a limited representative sample of federally-owned or leased buildings; and (2) recommend cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in such buildings. Prescribes implementation procedures. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress and the affected agencies regarding the survey findings and conclusions. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4071 | 100 | hr | 4071 | Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1988-03-02 | 1988-05-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] | KS | D | S000477 | 17 | Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to prohibit employee reprisals for whistle blowing where an employee has: (1) notified the employer of a statutory violation; (2) opposed any unlawful practice; or (3) testified at any Federal or State proceeding regarding a statutory provision. Revises the definition of "employer" to include: (1) the Department of Energy; and (2) a contractor operating a Department of Energy facility. Extends from 30 days to one year the time period for filing an employee reprisal complaint. Provides that the remedies available to a complainant under other laws are not preempted by the remedies available under this Act. Requires the prominent posting of the provisions of this Act in any place of employment to which it applies. Authorizes the appropriate authorities to grant injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages. Sets forth sanctions for frivolous complaints. | 2025-08-28T20:07:42Z | |
| 100-hconres-254 | 100 | hconres | 254 | A concurrent resolution recommending that the Department of Energy work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research and that the Department continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental reactor. | Energy | 1988-03-01 | 1988-03-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 23 | Recommends that the Department of Energy: (1) work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research; (2) foster collaborative research in fusion materials to maximize the environmental advantages of fusion energy; and (3) continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 100-hr-4041 | 100 | hr | 4041 | A bill to require the Secretary of Energy, when transporting certain radioactive materials, to use packages that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified for that purpose. | Energy | 1988-03-01 | 1988-05-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Buechner, Jack [R-MO-2] | MO | R | B001036 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to transport spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (including radionuclide concentrations exceeding limits established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) only in packages certified by the Commission for that purpose. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4044 | 100 | hr | 4044 | A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to protect consumers who use natural gas as fuel for agricultural irrigation pumps from certain price increases. | Energy | 1988-03-01 | 1988-03-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 1 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that intrastate contracts in effect before December 1, 1986, which stipulated the purchase price for the first sale at the wellhead of natural gas for use in fueling agricultural irrigation pumps shall govern the maximum lawful price of gas under such contracts. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-4046 | 100 | hr | 4046 | Hazardous Duty Alcohol and Drug Testing Act | Energy | 1988-03-01 | 1988-03-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2] | PA | D | G000402 | 0 | Hazardous Duty Alcohol and Drug Testing Act - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program under which the operators of petroleum feedstock refineries and nuclear powerplants will require their nonclerical personnel to undergo a prescribed testing procedure for alcohol abuse and the use of controlled substances. Provides for counseling and rehabilitative services under such program and for the confidentiality of test results. Sets forth circumstances under which employees enrolled in such program may be terminated. | 2025-08-28T20:05:36Z | |
| 100-s-2097 | 100 | s | 2097 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 | Energy | 1988-02-25 | 1988-10-21 | Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 603. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #81 (62-28)) Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 - Title I: Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1,, 1988, and January 1, 2001. Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Requires reactor owners and operators to certify to the Secretary by March 1 of each year specified information about foreign uranium in new fuel assemblies. Restricts the use of federally owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II: Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site. Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act). Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from: (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, f… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-2089 | 100 | s | 2089 | Oil Shale Mining Claims Conversion Act | Energy | 1988-02-24 | 1988-04-22 | Subcommittee on Mineral Resources and Development. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 1 | Oil Shale Mining Claims Conversion Act - Prohibits the issuance of an oil shale mining claims patent after February 5, 1987, for any claim located prior to enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. (Exempts patent applications which had been filed and fully complied with by such date.) Requires the owners of valid oil shale mining claims located pursuant to the General Mining Law of 1872 prior to enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, to make specified elections within 180 days after enactment of this act or be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the oil shale claim. States that claim holders who are required to make an election may elect to either: (1) convert such claim to a lease; or (2) maintain the claim by compliance with Federal mining laws and this Act. Outlines the requirements of each election. Requires lease or claim holders under either election to reclaim such sites and to post bond to guarantee such reclamation before the site is distributed. Includes within such requirement any person holding a lease issued or readjusted pursuant to specified law after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:06:10Z | |
| 100-hr-3928 | 100 | hr | 3928 | Arctic Coastal Plain Management Act of 1988 | Energy | 1988-02-09 | 1988-06-10 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 0 | Title I: Congressional Findings, Policy, and Definitions - Arctic Coastal Plain Management Act of 1988 - Sets forth congressional findings and policy relating to oil and gas exploration and development and fish and wildlife conservation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, and its coastal plain. Title II: Oil and Gas Leasing on the Coastal Plain - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to initiate an oil and gas leasing program for the coastal plain. States that leases shall be issued for an initial period of 15 years and shall be extended for as long as: (1) there is oil or gas produced in paying quantities; (2) continuous drilling or reworking operations are conducted; or (3) other specified conditions are met. Provides that, after the initial lease sale, lease sales shall be held every two years and shall offer all Federal lands in the coastal plain which are unleased and which are prospective for oil and gas, and can be developed without significant adverse impacts on fish and wildlife resources. Allows the Secretary to solicit confidential nominations as to lands which are prospective for oil and gas. Provides for the administration of leasing, cancellation of non-producing leases, and cancellation of producing leases for violations of this Act. Requires oil and gas lessees to submit to the Secretary for approval separate plans of operation for exploration or development and production. Directs the Secretary to have environmental analysis statements prepared on proposed plans of operation, assessing effects on the fish and wildlife populations and their habitats, and mitigation plans. States that to the extent possible, the Secretary shall incorporate and utilize environmental analyses prepared for previous plans of operations and lease sales. Provides for a period of notice and comment following submission of a proposed operations plan. States that it is the intent of the Congress that permitting of oil and gas operations on the coastal plain be expedited as much as possible consistent w… | 2025-08-28T20:07:36Z | |
| 100-s-2028 | 100 | s | 2028 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act | Energy | 1988-02-02 | 1988-02-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act (regarding oil pipeline transportation rates) to declare that oil pipelines are common carriers obligated to: (1) provide transportation service without undue discrimination; and (2) provide reasonable routes and facilities. Prohibits an oil pipeline from: (1) charging shippers different compensation for like services; or (2) subjecting a person, place, port, or type of traffic to undue discrimination. Cites circumstances under which differences between rates, classification, rules, and practices do not constitute a violation of the discrimination prohibition. Declares that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) may only initiate an investigation upon the complaint of an interested person (not upon its own motion). Prescribes guidelines for complaint processing. Directs the Commission to investigate any complaint upon State request. Prescribes enforcement guidelines. Authorizes the Commission to establish through routes for oil pipeline transportation. Prescribes guidelines under which the Commission is authorized to investigate new pipeline rates, classifications, or practices upon the complaint of an interested person. (Prohibits the Commission from initiating such an investigation upon its own motion.) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer from the Secretary of Energy to the Commission certain functions relating to oil pipeline transportation. Prohibits State regulation of oil pipeline rates or practices. Continues the applicability of antitrust laws to oil pipelines. | 2025-08-28T20:08:23Z | |
| 100-hr-3864 | 100 | hr | 3864 | A bill to amend the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to prescribe that States which are not members of regional compacts for the disposal of nuclear waste may not locate regional disposal facilities within 60 miles of the border with Mexico. | Energy | 1988-01-27 | 1988-06-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | C000621 | 1 | Amends the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to preclude States which are not members of regional compacts for nuclear waste disposal from approving regional radioactive waste disposal facilities located within 60 miles of the Mexican border. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-2007 | 100 | s | 2007 | A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for a neutral review by the National Academy of Sciences of emergency evacuation plans necessary for approval of low power and operating licenses for nuclear facilities. | Energy | 1988-01-26 | 1988-01-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a temporary or full power operating license for a utilization facility to an applicant required to submit an emergency evacuation plan unless the National Academy of Sciences has reported to the Commission regarding the adequacy of: (1) the applicant's emergency evacuation plan; and (2) any other emergency evacuation plan submitted by a State or local government. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 100-s-2008 | 100 | s | 2008 | A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require consideration of an emergency evacuation plan for a nuclear facility before a construction permit is issued for such facility. | Energy | 1988-01-26 | 1988-01-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the issuance of a nuclear facility construction permit unless a preliminary and a final emergency evacuation plan have been: (1) submitted by each State within the emergency planning zone for such facility; and (2) approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Declares that the final emergency evacuation plan shall not be subject to approval by each State within the facility's emergency evacuation planning zone. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 100-sconres-96 | 100 | sconres | 96 | An original concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress on the proposed revision of the United States agreement for nuclear cooperation with Japan. | Energy | 1988-01-20 | 1988-03-25 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States' consent to Japanese use and transport of United States controlled plutonium under the proposed nuclear cooperation agreement is inconsistent with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) the President must renegotiate the draft agreement or resubmit it to the Congress with an exemption of statutory requirements before it goes into effect. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 100-s-1998 | 100 | s | 1998 | Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act | Energy | 1987-12-22 | 1988-09-29 | Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 4 | Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act - Authorizes a State governmental entity or local distribution company to petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prohibit an interstate pipeline from transporting gas if such transportation displaces or bypasses the sales or transportation services offered by the petitioning distribution company. Authorizes FERC to grant such a petition even if it has previously certificated such transportation. Directs FERC to grant such a petition if it is demonstrated that the local distribution company is willing to transport such gas: (1) without discriminating on the basis of source, ownership, or destination; and (2) at a cost determined by its State commission. | 2025-08-28T20:07:25Z | |
| 100-s-1991 | 100 | s | 1991 | Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1987-12-21 | 1988-11-05 | Became Public Law No: 100-616. | Senate | Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] | CO | D | W000647 | 5 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer permanently to the Secretary of Energy public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of certain processing sites. Prohibits such transfer until the Secretary of Energy complies with certain National Environmental Policy Act requirements regarding site selection for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. Requires the Secretary of Energy to obtain the appropriate State's consent before acquiring lands upon which there is no: (1) designated processing site; or (2) active uranium mill operation. Terminates the Secretary of Energy's authority to perform remedial action on September 30, 1994. Provides that the Secretary's authority to perform groundwater restoration activities is without limitation. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-1980 | 100 | s | 1980 | Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-12-19 | 1987-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] | NV | R | H000439 | 0 | Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act of 1987 - Title I: The Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission; Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes in the legislative branch the Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission to advise the Congress regarding the safe disposition of radioactive waste after a review and evaluation of the current status of radioactive waste disposal. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress within 12 months after enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission within 60 days after submission of its report. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from expending any funds to conduct specified activities regarding a nuclear waste site until six months after submission of such report. Directs the Secretary to consult with and provide financial and impact mitigation assistance to: (1) States; (2) local governmental units; (3) Indian tribes; and (4) special purpose taxing districts. Directs the Secretary to provide grants equal to taxes to special purpose taxing districts (in addition to impact mitigation assistance.). Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of siting a monitored retrievable storage facility in any State upon its request (including a spent fuel reprocessing facility or a repository). Title II: The Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator, headed by the Nuclear Waste Negotiator who shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the President (with the advice and consent of the Senate). Requires the Negotiator to: (1) find a State or Indian tribe willing to host a repository, a monitored retrievable storage site, or a spent fuel reprocessing facility; and (2) submit to the Congress any proposed agreement regarding such host. Directs the Secretary, upon the Negotiator's request, to prepare an environmental assessment of any site that is under negotiation. Prescribes guidelines for environmental … | 2025-08-28T20:05:38Z | |
| 100-hr-3796 | 100 | hr | 3796 | Implementation of Agreements for Cooperation Act | Energy | 1987-12-18 | 1988-01-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B000620 | 0 | Implementation of Agreements for Cooperation Act - Prohibits any plutonium transportation by aircraft under specified cooperation agreements between the United States and Japan unless: (1) a detailed environmental statement has been prepared including an evaluation of the air routes and landing or refueling sites; (2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has certified to the Congress that the plutonium container is safe for air transportation; and (3) the NRC has been reimbursed for all testing and administrative costs by the entity to which the plutonium is transported. Prescribes the criteria for certification and test designs. Requires the NRC to report the test results to the Congress and to the public. Exempts from coverage of this Act: (1) plutonium contained in a medical device designed for individual human application; and (2) any plutonium shipment under a specified United States-Japan cooperation agreement which was certified safe by the NRC before the enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:56Z | |
| 100-s-1973 | 100 | s | 1973 | Imported Natural Gas Fair Treatment Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-12-18 | 1987-12-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Imported Natural Gas Fair Treatment Act of 1987 - Amends the Natural Gas Act with respect to natural gas imports and exports to provide that the burden of proof in establishing that a proposed importation or exportation authorization is consistent with the public interest lies upon the person seeking such authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prohibits such persons from using discriminatory rates or practices in natural gas transactions. States that the granting of an importation authorization shall not be construed as restricting the review of the prudence of the purchasing practices of any purchaser of such imported natural gas. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer jurisdiction over natural gas importation and exportation from the Economic Regulatory Administration to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | 2025-08-28T20:08:49Z | |
| 100-hr-3784 | 100 | hr | 3784 | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify the regulation of certain Department of Energy waste under subtitle C of that Act, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1987-12-17 | 1988-08-09 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 26 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to subject certain mixtures of hazardous and radioactive waste generated at Department of Energy facilities to regulation under such Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 100-hr-3790 | 100 | hr | 3790 | A bill to establish certain limitations on the approval of hydropower projects at Lake Tobesofkee in Bibb County, Georgia. | Energy | 1987-12-17 | 1988-01-22 | See S.2102. | House | Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8] | GA | D | R000481 | 0 | Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing any permit, license, or exemption to any public or private entity relating to any hydroelectric power project located at Lake Tobesofkee in Bibb County, Georgia, without having obtained the prior consent of the governing body of Bibb County. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-hr-3698 | 100 | hr | 3698 | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Enhancement Act | Energy | 1987-12-03 | 1987-12-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22] | CA | R | M000926 | 9 | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Enhancement Act - Authorizes appropriations for Strategic Petroleum Reserve operating expenses for FY 1988 through 1993. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to terminate authorities relating to the International Energy Program on September 30, 1993. | 2025-08-28T20:08:21Z | |
| 100-s-1889 | 100 | s | 1889 | Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1988 | Energy | 1987-11-20 | 1988-09-22 | Became Public Law No: 100-443. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 1 | (Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to remove bona fide sales of geothermal steam as a requirement for geothermal lease extensions. Amends the commercial production or utilization requirement of geothermal steam leases to include wells capable of producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities only if the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) determines that diligent efforts are being made towards geothermal steam utilization. Permits extension of lease terms for up to two successive five-year periods even though geothermal steam has not been produced or utilized in commercial quantities by the end of its primary or extended term if the lessee can show bona fide production or utilization efforts and: (1) make annual payments in lieu of the production of commercial quantities; or (2) demonstrate significant expenditures on an annual basis. Requires the Secretary to review cooperative or unit plans of development on a five-year periodic basis in order to eliminate those leases that are not regarded as reasonably necessary to operations. Requires the Secretary to maintain a list of National Park System units with significant thermal features and to maintain a monitoring program for such features. Specifies units to be listed. Directs the Secretary to determine if operations proposed by a lease applicant would likely subject significant thermal features within the National Park System to significant adverse effects. Prohibits the issuance of a lease upon such a finding. Mandates that stipulations designed to protect significant thermal features be included in leases and drilling permits. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the effects on significant thermal features within units of the National Park System in determining whether to consent to leasing lands under his jurisdiction. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a lease for land within the Island Park Geothermal Area. Requires the Secret… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-hr-3659 | 100 | hr | 3659 | A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the Reserve, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1987-11-19 | 1988-10-25 | See S.836. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 1 | Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or imprisonment or both. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-1865 | 100 | s | 1865 | Price-Anderson Act Amendments of 1987 | Energy | 1987-11-12 | 1988-09-20 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Price-Anderson Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Financial Protection for Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensees - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to increase from $5,000,000 to $60,000,000 the maximum standard deferred premium which may be charged to nuclear powerplant licensees having a rated capacity of 100,000 kilowatts or more (but no more than $12,000,000 in any one year). Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to adjust such premium annually to reflect the aggregate percentage change in the gross national deflator beginning one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the NRC to issue obligations to compensate public liability claims if such deferred premiums are insufficient to indemnify such claims. Provides that the aggregate amount of such obligations shall not exceed the unpaid balance of deferred premiums to be assessed. Extends the period during which the NRC must indemnify certain licensees for liability resulting from nuclear incidents from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 2017. Requires the Commission to indemnify those licensees required to maintain the maximum amount of private liability insurance if public liability claims against such licensees exceed their insurance coverage. States that the aggregate indemnification regarding public liability for incidents covered by a retrospective rating plan shall not exceed the amount of financial protection provided if such liability does not exceed the required amount of protection. Provides that if such liability does exceed the requisite amount of financial protection the United States shall be deemed the liable party. Declares that the Attorney General shall be joined as a party defendant in any public liability action in which liability exceeds the financial protection required under an industry retrospective rating plan. Prescribes guidelines for congressional review of compensation plans. Exempts from the financial protection requirement licensees of nuclear pharmacies or hospital nuclear medicine departments (neit… | 2025-08-28T20:06:05Z | |
| 100-hr-3634 | 100 | hr | 3634 | A bill to provide for the intrastate wheeling of electric power, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1987-11-10 | 1987-11-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M000195 | 0 | Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize any State Commission to issue an order requiring any electric utility to transmit electric power from a power producer to either an electric consumer or another utility (wheeling services). Provides for just and reasonable compensation to an electric utility providing transmission services under such order. Authorizes any State Commission to mandate that the electric utlity compensate its customers for any cost increase if the utility has reduced or terminated its electric power purchases by switching to another supplier. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 100-s-1846 | 100 | s | 1846 | Uranium Revitalization Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-11-04 | 1988-03-30 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 - Title I: Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1, 1988, to January 1, 2001. Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Restricts the use of Federally owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II: Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site. Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act). Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from: (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, fines, and work performed by: (1) active site owner licensees; or (2) persons using source or special nuclear material for a civilian nuclear power reactor to generate electrical energy. Title III: United States En… | 2025-08-28T20:05:11Z | |
| 100-sres-310 | 100 | sres | 310 | A resolution to express the opposition of the Senate to the ruling of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission eliminating the requirement of state and local participation in emergency evacuation plans for nuclear production or utilization facilities. | Energy | 1987-10-30 | 1987-10-30 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that no operating license should be issued (or changed) under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for a nuclear production or utilization facility unless such license requires the participation of local and State authorities in emergency evacuation plans for such facility. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 100-s-1814 | 100 | s | 1814 | NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-23 | 1987-12-02 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 3479 in lieu of this measure. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 5 | NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 - Sets forth a royalty calculation for certain Federal onshore oil and gas leases and for certain Indian leases (for the period from January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986), under which the value of gas production shall be determined in accordance with specified lease terms and Federal regulations in effect at the time of production. Prescribes guidelines for the refund of previously paid royalties. Applies this Act only to leases for which documentation shows that the lessee or royalty payor received less than the highest applicable price under the Natural Gas Policy Act as a result of market conditions or considerations. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to notify the affected lessees and royalty payors of the provisions of this Act and to publish such notification in the Federal Register. Sets forth procedures for case-by-case audits of such leases by the Secretary to determine the amount of refunds due and payable under this Act. Mandates that the Secretary report to each Indian tribe holding specified Indian oil or gas leases regarding the difference between royalties computed under a certain Notice (NTL-5) and royalties computed in accordance with this Act. Requires lessees and payors to maintain records related to the value of gas production to which this Act applies for the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986. | 2025-08-28T20:08:41Z | |
| 100-hr-3525 | 100 | hr | 3525 | Environmental Equity Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-21 | 1987-11-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] | WV | D | R000011 | 0 | Environmental Equity Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that: (1) it is the environmental policy of the United States to prevent the transfer of environmental problems to foreign countries without assuring adequate protection for public health and the environment in those countries; (2) the environmental problems associated with the generation of electric energy should not degrade or contaminate the environments of foreign countries; and (3) the price of all electric energy consumed in the United States regardless of country of origin will include the cost associated with protection of public health and the environment to the degree provided by Federal law. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive inventory of all transfers of electric energy from foreign countries to the United States that occurred during 1985 through 1987, including contracts for the importation of electric energy into the United States after July 1, 1988, and the identification of all foreign generating units concerned. Requires submission of the inventory to the Congress and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Administrator) by July 1, 1988. Requires the EPA Administrator, after reviewing such inventory, to determine whether the laws of the foreign country, as applied to the generating unit or transmission line, provide the same or greater degree of protection of public health and the environment as would U.S. law if so applied. Directs the Administrator to issue a Certificate of Nondegradation for the particular unit or line if the foreign laws provide as much or greater protection than U.S. law. Specifies the determinations which must be made in order for such a certificate to be issued. Requires that foreign laws provide for environmental assessment and environmental impact statements, as well as the right of the foreign citizens and U.S. citizens to appeal to a court, tribunal, or other entity any adverse action. Prohibits the importation, after January 1, 1990, of electri… | 2025-08-28T20:06:39Z | |
| 100-hr-3499 | 100 | hr | 3499 | Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-15 | 1987-12-22 | See H.R.3545. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 1 | Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish within the Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, an Office of Alternative Disposal Methods, to be headed by an Associate Director responsible for research, development, and demonstration projects regarding alternatives to deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Makes the Associate Director directly responsible to the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Requires the Associate Director to report annually to the Congress with respect to activities and expenditures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Seabed Consortium (within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act); (2) investigate the technical and institutional feasibility of subseabed disposal; and (3) conduct a public information program about such feasibility. Requires the Consortium to: (1) submit a research plan and proposed budget for the Secretary's approval within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) implement an approved plan by January 1, 1995; and (3) report to the Congress in 1990 and 1995 regarding the plan's progress. Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce to assist the Secretary of Energy and the Consortium in the development and implementation of the plan. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to implement this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:07:40Z | |
| 100-hr-3479 | 100 | hr | 3479 | Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-13 | 1988-01-06 | Became Public Law No: 100-234. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 1 | (House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment) Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 - Sets forth the calculations to be used in determining the value for royalty purposes of gas production from Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases during the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986, which is within the coverage of certain provisions of the Notice of Lessees and Operators of Federal and Indian Onshore Oil and Gas leases Published May 4, 1977, (NTL-5). Prescribes the written documentation which must be furnished in order for the Secretary of the Interior to make royalty value determinations. Excludes from the application of this Act certain lessees or royalty payors who received less than the highest applicable price through failure to collect certain amounts rather than because of market conditions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish in the Federal Register and send to each lessee or royalty payor of record for any Federal onshore oil and gas lease and for any Indian oil and gas lease a notice of the enactment and provisions of this Act; (2) conduct a case-by-case audit of such leases to determine their payment status and implement appropriate payments or refunds; and (3) report to each Indian Tribe holding an Indian oil and gas lease within the coverage of NTL-5 the difference between royalties computed under NTL-5 and those computed under this Act. Prescribes procedures for refunding royalties previously paid for either Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for lessees and payors relating to the value of gas production for the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 100-s-1769 | 100 | s | 1769 | A bill to establish an office of Inspector General in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | Energy | 1987-10-08 | 1987-10-29 | Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 0 | Establishes an Office of Inspector General in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Transfers the Office of Inspector and Auditor in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Office of Inspector General. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 100-s-1770 | 100 | s | 1770 | Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-08 | 1987-10-29 | Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 2 | Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act of 1987 - Establishes the Nuclear Regulation Agency as an independent Federal regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sets forth the officers of such Agency, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, including the Agency's Director and Deputy Director. Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Transfers to such Agency the personnel, assets, and appropriations of the Commission. | 2025-08-28T20:06:56Z | |
| 100-hr-3445 | 100 | hr | 3445 | Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act | Energy | 1987-10-07 | 1988-05-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4] | MS | D | D000466 | 13 | Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act - Authorizes a State governmental entity or local distribution company to petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prohibit an interstate pipeline from transporting gas if such transportation displaces or bypasses the sales or transportation services offered by the petitioning distribution company. Authorizes FERC to grant such a petition even if it has previously certificated such transportation. Directs FERC to grant such a petition if it is demonstrated that the local distribution company is willing to transport such gas: (1) without discriminating on the basis of source, ownership, or destination; and (2) at a cost determined by its State commission. | 2025-08-28T20:07:22Z | |
| 100-hr-3430 | 100 | hr | 3430 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987 | Energy | 1987-10-06 | 1987-12-22 | For Further Action See H.J.Res.395. | House | Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5] | LA | D | H000901 | 0 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to add a new "Title IV: Program Redirection." Directs the Secretary of Energy to select by January 1, 1989, as the preferred site for the first repository, one of the sites previously selected for characterization as a candidate site. Sets forth the criteria for such site consideration. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating exploratory shaft facility construction until such preferred site has been selected. Makes the State in which the preferred site is located eligible to enter into a benefits agreement with the Secretary. Subjects the Secretary's site selection decision to an expedited judicial review process. Grants the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals exclusive jurisdiction over such decision. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such decision, including an environmental evaluation. Requires an economic impact report to the Congress within one year after site selection. Annuls and revokes the Secretary's previous proposal to locate a monitored retrievable storage facility on the Clinch River (Oak Ridge, Tennessee). Prescribes a deadline by which the Secretary must survey and evaluate three potentially suitable sites in at least two States for such facility. Sets forth: (1) the factors to be considered at each site; and (2) notification requirements with respect to local approval procedures. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any State, Indian tribe, or local government to support an assessment of the feasibility of siting a monitored retrievable storage facility. Requires the Secretary to construct and operate such facility, once selection is effective, as part of an integrated nuclear waste management system. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study regarding additional monitored retrievable storage facilities which shall: (1) examine the desirability of colocating a monitored retrievable storage facility site for spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear activities with a site at w… | 2025-08-28T20:08:40Z |
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