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| 104-hr-4297 | 104 | hr | 4297 | Consumers Electric Power Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 0 | Consumers Electric Power Act of 1996 - Declares that each person has the right to purchase electric service from any electric service provider. Prohibits a governmental authority from: (1) denying or limiting a person's right to purchase such energy from an electric service provider at a price and on terms and conditions freely arrived at; (2) discriminating or authorizing discrimination against any person exercising the right to purchase such energy; or (3) granting any preference or protection from competition to any electric service provider (including subsidies, exit fees, and other penalties on exercising choice of electric purchases). Permits electric energy purchasers to choose alternative arrangements for the delivery of electric energy. (Sec. 4) Prohibits any State from establishing discriminatory requirements or other obligations for certification of electric service providers within that State. Authorizes a State to establish rules for initial, nondiscriminatory assignment of retail customers who fail to select an electric service provider. (Sec. 5) Enumerates objectives to be achieved through the operation of transmission and distribution systems. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to provide for nondiscriminatory prices and conditions to transmission and distribution services. (Sec. 6) Sets a deadline by which FERC must promulgate and make effective rules for nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution service, and which eliminate barriers to competitive electric service presented by existing contracts and arrangements involving transmitting utilities and distribution facilities. Directs FERC to: (1) ensure that existing electric utilities are not permitted to exercise market power in the sale of electric service; (2) initiate proceedings to determine the extent to which existing utilities have such market power; and (3) determine the means for mitigating it. Authorizes FERC to enforce such determinations by: (1) restricting the ability of an electri… | 2025-08-21T20:16:48Z | |
| 104-hr-4316 | 104 | hr | 4316 | To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that, from September 26, 1996, until an amendment to the Clean Air Act has been enacted to reduce transboundary air pollution associated with ozone and ozone precursors, PM-10, mercury, and carbon dioxide, neither the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nor any State may permit any arrangement for the interstate sale of electric energy to any retail electric customer located within the exclusive service territory of any State electric utility serving retail electric customers in that State (retail wheeling). Exempts from such moratorium any electric energy sale: (1) by a State regulated or nonregulated electric utility to retail customers located within the utility's exclusive service territory; or (2) pursuant to an arrangement entered into before September 26, 1996. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-hr-4168 | 104 | hr | 4168 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-273. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 0 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Directs the Secretary to: (1) cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium; and (2) dispose of all facilities, equipment, and Federal property interests relating to refined helium activities. Requires the Secretary to impose fees for helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the purchase of helium by Federal agencies from certain private persons; and (2) the sale of crude helium by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to make crude helium sales in amounts that will cause minimum market disruption. Mandates that proceeds from helium sales be paid to the Treasury. Instructs the Secretary to eliminate helium stockpiles by a prescribed deadline. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Texas Plains Girl Scout Council for consideration of one dollar specified lands in Potter County, Texas, reserving easements to the United States for pipeline rights-of-way. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on whether disposal of helium reserves (including crude helium reserves) will have a substantial adverse effect upon U.S. scientific, technical, biomedical, or national security interests; (2) determine whether disposal of the helium reserve will have a substantial adverse effect on the U.S. helium industry, the U.S. helium market or such interests; and (3) if the Secretary determines that selling the crude helium reserves will have a substantial adverse effect on the industry, market, or such interests, make recommendations to the Congress, including proposed legislation, necessary… | 2025-04-07T15:29:11Z | |
| 104-hr-4177 | 104 | hr | 4177 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | M000472 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of a specified licensee, to extend for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods the time required for commencement of construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York. | 2025-04-07T15:27:23Z | |
| 104-hr-4138 | 104 | hr | 4138 | Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-271. | House | Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | W000068 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Hydrogen Title II: Fuel Cells Title III: DOE Scientific and Technical Program Quality Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 - Title I: Hydrogen - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to replace its mandate for a comprehensive five-year program management plan for hydrogen research with a mandate that the Secretary of Energy conduct a research and development program relating to hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and use, with the goal of enabling the private sector to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using hydrogen for industrial, residential, transportation, and utility applications. Requires a detailed progress report to the Congress, including recommendations of the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel. (Sec. 103) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to repeal the mandate for a renewable hydrogen energy program, effective October 1, 1998. (Sec. 104) Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary to require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of demonstration costs. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to foster the exchange of generic, nonproprietary information and technology, developed pursuant to the Act, among industry, academia, and the Federal Government to help the United States economy attain the economic benefits of the relevant information and technology. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996 through 2001. Title II: Fuel Cells - Instructs the Secretary to solicit proposals for projects to prove the feasibility of integrating fuel cells with: (1) photovoltaic systems for hydrogen production; or (2) systems for hydrogen production from solid waste via gasification or steam reforming. Mandates proposal evaluation on a competitive basis using peer review. Prescribes proposal review guidelines. (Sec. 202) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1997 and 1998, to remain available until September 30, 199… | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hr-4083 | 104 | hr | 4083 | To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 1997. | Energy | 1996-09-17 | 1996-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 104-306. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1997 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and for programs regarding the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries. Extends from June 30, 1996, to September 30, 1997, all authorities relating to: (1) domestic energy supply availability; and (2) energy emergency preparedness. | 2025-04-07T15:29:59Z | |
| 104-hr-4018 | 104 | hr | 4018 | To make technical corrections in the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982. | Energy | 1996-09-04 | 1996-09-22 | Became Public Law No: 104-200. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Makes technical corrections to the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, as amended by the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996. Provides that interest shall not be paid (currently, "shall be paid") on an excessive monthly royalty overpayment (more than ten percent of the total royalties paid for the month for a particular lease or leases) which was made for the sole purpose of receiving interest. | 2025-04-07T15:29:11Z | |
| 104-hr-4013 | 104 | hr | 4013 | To amend section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination program. | Energy | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | W000068 | 12 | Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program, including deadlines for the submission of certain reports concerning the extent to which human health is affected by exposure to electric and magnetic fields produced by electric energy. | 2025-04-07T15:23:10Z | |
| 104-s-2033 | 104 | s | 2033 | DOE Reports Elimination and Streamlining Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-13 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | DOE Reports Elimination and Streamlining Act of 1996 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to repeal reporting and study requirements with respect to: (1) process-oriented industrial energy efficiency; (2) industrial insulation and audit guidelines; (3) vibration reduction technologies; (4) potential financial investments by electric utilities in electric batteries for motor vehicles; (5) the National Advanced Material Program Plan; and (6) the Alaska Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1980. Changes the frequency of the report on the status of advanced coal-based technologies from biennial to once in six years, and that of the report on the electric motor vehicle comprehensive plan from annual to biennial. Amends the Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act to change the current annual report on the scientific drilling program to a periodic joint report to the Congress by specified Federal agencies. Amends the Steel and Aluminum Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988, and the DOE Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of 1990, to require incorporation of the annual report on steel and aluminum and metal casting research and development activities in the President's annual budget submission. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to convert the National Energy Policy Plan from a biennial report to a quadrennial report. Amends the Energy Security Act to repeal authorization for the Office of Alcohol Fuels. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3868 | 104 | hr | 3868 | To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 1996. | Energy | 1996-07-23 | 1996-09-30 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1997 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and for programs promoting the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries. Revises the exclusivity requirements for international voluntary agreements to make EPCA requirements the sole procedures for implementing international emergency response provisions of such agreements, defined as the international petroleum allocation and information provisions currently covered, as well as specified additional emergency response measures. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the authority of the Attorney General to promulgate recordkeeping rules with respect to voluntary agreements and plans of action. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to make competition and small business impact reports to the President and the Congress at least annually (currently, semiannually), or once every six months during an international energy supply emergency. States that the antitrust defense under EPCA shall not extend to the international allocation of petroleum products unless allocation is required by the international energy program during an international energy supply emergency. Extends from June 30, 1996, to September 30, 1997, all authorities relating to: (1) domestic energy supply availability (including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and contracting authority for foreign-owned petroleum products); and (2) energy emergency preparedness. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1997 for: (1) State energy conservation programs and the Federal financial and technical assistance in support of such programs; (2) grants for project costs and technical assistance to schools and hospitals for implementing approved energy conservation projects; and (3) the alternative fuels truck commercial application program. (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1997 for the weatherization program. | 2025-04-07T15:29:59Z | |
| 104-hr-3878 | 104 | hr | 3878 | Power Marketing Administration Privatization and Reform Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-07-23 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 13 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Full Cost Recovery and Market Rates Title II: Privatization of PMA and TVA Assets Power Marketing Administration Privatization and Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Full Cost Recovery and Market Rates - Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop and implement interim and final rates for power sales by Federal Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) designed to recover all power related operations and maintenance expenses, including project investment costs pertaining to power production. (Sec. 102) Cites conditions under which the Secretary may price power sold by PMAs at market rates if the transition to full cost recovery rates would result in rates that exceed market rates. Instructs the Secretary to establish: (1) procedures to assure that all power sold by PMAs is sold at prices set by demand and supply within the relevant bulk power supply market; and (2) bid and auction procedures to implement market-based pricing for power marketing. Grants public bodies and cooperatives rights of first refusal with respect to future Federal power allocations or reallocations. Instructs the Secretary to require each PMA to implement: (1) program management in order to assign personnel and incur expenses exclusively for authorized power marketing, reclamation, and flood control activities; and (2) annual public disclosures of PMA activities, including the full costs of power projects and power marketing programs. Limits PMA power marketing contracts five year terms. Subjects a PMA (except the Bonneville Power Administration) to the facility construction restrictions imposed by the Flood Control Act of 1944. (Sec. 103) Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): (1) ratemaking jurisdiction over transmission service provided by the PMAs and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); and (2) review, rejection, and revision authority over rate schedules for PMA power sales, and over rate schedule determinations made by the Secretary until a full transition is made to market-based ra… | 2025-08-21T20:15:39Z | |
| 104-s-1958 | 104 | s | 1958 | A bill to terminate the advanced light water reactor program, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to repeal the Advanced Nuclear Reactor program. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds for FY 1997 for implementation of any aspect of such program. Rescinds any funds slated for the program that are not expended as a result of this Act, including any underlying appropriations for it. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money returned to the Treasury as a result of this Act should be deposited in the general fund for servicing the national debt. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3782 | 104 | hr | 3782 | Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1996 - Declares the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 inapplicable to an electric utility company or any holding company of such utility if any subsidiary, associate, or affiliate of either the electric utility or the holding company has received a Certification of Competition under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) from the appropriate State regulatory authority. Amends PURPA to codify standards of competition for electric utilities. Sets forth a voluntary State certification program under which a State regulatory authority may elect to issue to a regulated electric utility over which it has ratemaking authority a State certification of compliance with standards and requirements of competition. Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish criteria for State certification in accordance with specified Federal standards of competition, including a retail competition standard and a divestiture standard. Sets forth minimum certification requirements. Provides that upon passage of this Act: (1) no law shall be construed to preempt otherwise applicable State authority to review the prudence of any wholesale or retail cost incurred by a utility; and (2) no Federal statute shall be construed to preempt FERC authority to examine existing affiliate contracts or transactions. (Sec. 4) Amends the Federal Power Act regarding public utility mergers and acquisitions to prohibit acquisition of an interest in a public utility that results in effective control or ownership unless: (1) an arms-length relationship exists between all parties; and (2) FERC has made certain mandatory findings concerning the maintenance of effective competition and substantial electric service cost reductions. Authorizes FERC to establish conditions governing such transactions. (Sec. 5) Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal current conflict of jurisdiction requirements and prohibit any public utility or affiliate to use its ownership or… | 2025-08-21T20:16:36Z | |
| 104-hr-3790 | 104 | hr | 3790 | Electric Consumers' Power to Choose Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Competitive Retail Electric Energy Service Title II: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Title III: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 Electric Consumers' Power to Choose Act of 1996 - Title I: Competitive Retail Electric Energy Service - Sets December 15, 2000, as the deadline by which all electric utility retail customers shall have the right to purchase retail electric energy services from any person offering them. (Sec. 103) Authorizes a State to elect to establish by the deadline retail electric service choice for retail customers of State regulated electric utilities, with rules providing for: (1) customer choice; (2) nondiscriminatory access; (3) flexible pricing procedure; (4) incentive-based rate regulation; and (5) termination of certain regulations, including price regulation. (Sec. 104) Authorizes a nonregulated electric utility to elect to establish retail electric service choice for its customers, with rules providing for: (1) customer choice; (2) nondiscriminatory access. Prohibits an electric energy purchaser from reselling electric energy purchased pursuant to a long-term firm power contract from a Federal power marketing authority to any other person not directly served by retail distribution facilities owned or operated by such purchaser. (Sec. 105) Preempts Federal court jurisdiction (except for Supreme Court review) over actions arising under certain retail competition provisions of this Act. (Sec. 106) Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), if such elections are not made by the deadline for a State regulated or a nonregulated electric utility, to exercise the authorities that would otherwise be exercised by the State regulating authority or nonregulated utility as if the elections had indeed been made by such date. Subjects the exercise of such FERC authorities to Federal court jurisdiction. (Sec. 108) Authorizes FERC to require a transmitting utility to provide transmission of electric energy in interstat… | 2025-08-21T20:16:46Z | |
| 104-hconres-197 | 104 | hconres | 197 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Energy should suspend spent nuclear fuel and radio active target material reprocessing activities. | Energy | 1996-07-10 | 1996-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 5 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Energy should suspend its spent nuclear fuel and radioactive target material reprocessing activities and postpone plans for further reprocessing. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-1936 | 104 | s | 1936 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-07-09 | 1996-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 13 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to revise it and rename it the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996. Instructs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to: (1) develop and operate an integrated management system for the storage and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; (2) store spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste beginning no later than November 30, 1999, at designated facilities pursuant to certain interim storage facility contracts; (3) provide for the transportation of such wastes (using systems and components procured and manufactured in the United States); and (4) engage private sector participation to the greatest extent possible in the implementation of this Act. Shields the United States from any financial liability for the Secretary's failure to meet acceptance or emplacement deadlines under this Act. Establishes an integrated management system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, including its storage, transportation, and disposal. Sets a deadline for development of the capability to commence rail to truck intermodal transfer from the mainline rail line at Caliente, Nevada, to the interim storage facility site. Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a prescribed benefits agreement with Lincoln County, Nevada, including a payment schedule. Requires conveyance to such County of specified Federal lands. Prescribes procedural guidelines for the availability beginning by November 30, 1999, of: (1) safe transportation for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from sites designated by the contract holders to mainline transportation facilities using routes that minimize transportation through populated areas, and a comprehensive management plan that ensures safe transportation from sites designated by the contract holders to the interim storage facility site; and (2) public education programs for States, local governments, and Indian tribes through whose jurisdiction the Secr… | 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z | |
| 104-hr-3686 | 104 | hr | 3686 | To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the licensing of a permanent or interim nuclear waste storage facility outside the 50 States or the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-06-20 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | A000014 | 5 | Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to declare unlawful, and to deny authority to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a license for, the construction or operation of a permanent or interim nuclear waste storage facility at a place outside one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-s-1888 | 104 | s | 1888 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1996 | Energy | 1996-06-19 | 1996-06-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7141-7142) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from June 30 to September 30, 1996, all authorities relating to: (1) domestic energy supply availability (including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and contracting authority for foreign-owned petroleum products); and (2) energy emergency preparedness. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3670 | 104 | hr | 3670 | To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-06-18 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1996 through 1998 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and for programs promoting the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries. Extends from June 30 to September 30, 1998 all authorities relating to: (1) domestic energy supply availability (including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and contracting authority for foreign-owned petroleum products); and (2) energy emergency preparedness. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-fifths vote of the Members voting in order to agree to any sale from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the authorizing legislation for which does not follow specified statutory and procedural guidelines. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3641 | 104 | hr | 3641 | To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for the delegation of dam safety authority to State government. | Energy | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23] | CA | R | G000021 | 3 | Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, in the case of a dam whose installed capacity does not exceed 10MW, to permit the State wherein the dam is located to regulate its safety, unless the Commission determines that the State does not have an adequate dam safety program. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-s-1874 | 104 | s | 1874 | Department of Energy Standardization Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-06-13 | 1996-09-28 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Department of Energy Standardization Act of 1996 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal certain procedural guidelines governing: (1) rules publication and notice requirements; and (2) rule promulgation accompanied by explanation. Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to repeal certain requirements for the conduct of advisory committees. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-1878 | 104 | s | 1878 | A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the licensing of a permanent or interim nuclear waste storage facility outside the 50 States or the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to declare unlawful, and to deny authority to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a license for, the construction or operation of a permanent or interim nuclear waste storage facility at a place outside one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 104-s-1852 | 104 | s | 1852 | Department of Energy Class Action Lawsuit Act | Energy | 1996-06-07 | 1996-06-19 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Department of Energy Class Action Lawsuit Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to bar a class action suit against any person indemnified by the United States under the Act (Department of Energy contractors) with respect to any claim for a nonphysical injury (emotional distress, mental or emotional harm, or diminution of property value) arising from a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation regardless of when it occurred. Provides that the exclusive remedy for any claim for medical monitoring in a public liability action against such contractors shall be medical monitoring by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Declares that no court may grant a remedy for a medical monitoring claim except in the case of an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, or as provided under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Bars the award of punitive damages against such contractors with respect to a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation regardless of: (1) the date of occurrence; or (2) the statutory authority under which the agreement of indemnification was entered. Declares this Act applicable to any public liability action pending on the date of its enactment, or commenced on or after such date. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3601 | 104 | hr | 3601 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-06-06 | 1996-06-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000058 | 24 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Title II: Enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1996 Title III: Conforming Changes to Other Statutes Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1996 - Title I: Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA). Title II: Enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1996 - Declares that this Act does not apply to persons previously exempted from regulations under the PUHCA. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to institute proceedings to terminate any such exemption if termination would be necessary for regulating the rates of a public utility company and for protecting consumers. Empowers FERC to exempt any person or transaction from this title if it finds that regulation of such person or transaction is irrelevant to the rates of a public utility company. Prescribes procedural guidelines for both FERC and State access to holding company records (including subsidiaries and affiliates). Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company may recover in rates any costs of affiliate transactions. Grants FERC certain Federal Power Act enforcement powers. Transfers from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to FERC all resources that relate primarily to the functions vested in FERC by this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all personnel of the Office of Public Utility Regulation of the SEC should be transferred to FERC. Title III: Conforming Changes to Other Statutes - Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines. | 2025-08-21T20:15:01Z | |
| 104-hr-3394 | 104 | hr | 3394 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-05-07 | 1996-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] | CA | R | L000274 | 1 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to perform the following duties: (1) dispose of low-level radioactive waste generated within any State outside a sited compact region; (2) establish a disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste on federally-owned land; (3) accept for disposal any low-level radioactive waste generated within any State outside a sited compact region; (4) contract with the Secretary of Energy for the temporary storage of low-level radioactive waste at any Department of Energy radioactive waste facility; (5) take physical possession, by a specified date, of low-level radioactive waste tendered by a waste generator, broker, or State regulatory official, regardless of whether a contract with the Secretary of Energy has been executed; and (6) establish low-level radioactive waste disposal rates. | 2025-08-21T20:16:07Z | |
| 104-hjres-178 | 104 | hjres | 178 | Disapproving Orders Nos. 888 and 889 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | Energy | 1996-05-01 | 1996-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 4 | Expresses congressional disapproval of specified rules submitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding: (1) the promotion of wholesale competition through open access nondiscriminatory transmission services by public utilities; and (2) recovery of stranded costs by public utilities and transmitting utilities. Declares that such rules shall have no force or effect. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3375 | 104 | hr | 3375 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in motor fuels tax, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-05-01 | 1996-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | R000487 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administrations Title IV: Transfer and Disposal of Reserves Title V: National Security and Environmental Management Programs Subtitle A: Defense Nuclear Programs Agency Subtitle B: Environmental Restoration Activities at Defense Nuclear Facilities Title VI: Disposition of Miscellaneous Particular Programs, Functions, and Agencies of Department Title VII: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions Repeal of the 1993 Gas Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the tax rate on gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, and fuel used in commercial waterway transportation. Department of Energy Abolishment Act - Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy - Redesignates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (the Agency), headed by an Administrator, to perform the previous functions of the Department of Energy. Provides for the continuation of service of the Secretary of Energy as the interim Administrator. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue in the Energy Programs Resolution Agency any organizational entities that were entities of DOE. Abolishes the Agency three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most efficient way to accomplish the complete abolishment of DOE and the transfer or termination of its functions. Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities - Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to privatize and reduce energy laboratories and programs. Prescribes procedural guidelines. (Sec. 205) Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facility Closure Account to fund implementation of such guidelines. Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketin… | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-1678 | 104 | s | 1678 | Department of Energy Abolishment Act | Energy | 1996-04-16 | 1996-09-04 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy Title II: Energy Laboratories Subtitle A: National Defense Laboratories Subtitle B: Nondefense Energy Laboratories Title III: Power Marketing Administrations Title IV: Transfer and Disposal of Reserves Subtitle A: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Subtitle B: Naval Petroleum Reserves Title V: National Security and Environmental Management Programs Title VI: Environmental Restoration Activities at Defense Nuclear Facilities Title VII: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions Department of Energy Abolishment Act - Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy - Redesignates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (the Agency), headed by an Administrator to perform the previous functions of the Department of Energy. Provides for the continuation of service of the Secretary of Energy as the interim Administrator. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue in the Energy Programs Resolution Agency any organizational entities that were entities of DOE. Sunsets the Agency three years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 107) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to restore the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as an independent agency. (Sec. 108) Transfers to the Secretary of the Interior all functions of: (1) the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration; (2) certain DOE civilian energy research programs; and (3) specified DOE science and technology programs. (Sec. 109) Transfers all functions of the Administrator of the Energy Regulatory Administration to the Attorney General. (Sec. 110) Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most efficient way to accomplish the complete abolishment of DOE and the transfer or termination of its functions. Title II: Energy Laboratories - Subtitle A… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-1646 | 104 | s | 1646 | Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-03-27 | 1996-06-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 35 | Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 - Authorizes the qualified industry organizations (the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, or successor organizations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States) to conduct, at their own expense, a referendum among producers and retail marketers for the creation of a Propane Education and Research Council. Directs the Council, if established, to develop programs (including programs to enhance consumer and employee safety and training) and enter into contracts for: (1) propane research and development; (2) consumer education; and (3) payment for program costs with funds collected under this Act. Requires the Council to reimburse the Secretary of Energy annually for any costs incurred by the United States, but not to exceed twice the average annual salary of Department of Energy employees. Authorizes the Council to levy annual assessments on odorized propane, according to prescribed guidelines, to cover program costs. Directs the Council to establish a program to coordinate its operations with any State propane education and research council. Prohibits Council funds from being used for lobbying activities. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare and make available to the Council, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), and the public annual analyses of changes in propane prices relative to other energy resources. Requires the Council to restrict its activities to research and development, training, and safety whenever in any year the five-year average rolling price index of consumer grade propane exceeds by more than 10.1 percent the five-year rolling average price composite index of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price to end users of Number 2 fuel oil. Requires the price of propane to be determined by market forces in all cases. Prohibits the Council from taking action to pass the cost of the ann… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3164 | 104 | hr | 3164 | To exempt defense nuclear facilities from the Metric System Conversion Act of 1975. | Energy | 1996-03-26 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Exempts any former or current Defense nuclear production facility owned or managed by the Department of Energy from the requirements of the Metric System Conversion Act of 1975. | 2025-01-02T17:38:06Z | |
| 104-hr-3143 | 104 | hr | 3143 | To prohibit the use of funds for the construction or operation of the National Ignition Facility or any other facility that uses inertial confinement fusion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California. | Energy | 1996-03-21 | 1996-07-11 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOE. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 4 | Prohibits the use of funds, during FY 1997 and thereafter, for the construction or operation of the National Ignition Facility, or any other facility that uses inertial confinement fusion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-1605 | 104 | s | 1605 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendment Act | Energy | 1996-03-12 | 1996-05-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendment Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to: (1) restate its purpose so as to grant the President authority to fulfill Federal obligations under the international energy program (currently, standby authority, subject to congressional review, to impose rationing and implement energy conservation plans); (2) repeal the Act's purpose to increase fossil fuel supplies through price incentives and production requirements; and (3) permit bidding for development rights on Outer Continental Shelf lands by persons significantly owned by more than one major oil company and affiliates, unless the Secretary of the Interior determines before any lease sale that such bidding would adversely affect competition or the receipt of fair market value. Repeals requirements for oil or gas production at the maximum efficient rate and temporary emergency production rate. (Sec. 3) Repeals the mandate for: (1) a Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Plan; (2) an Early Storage Reserve; and (3) a Regional Petroleum Reserve. Revises the guidelines for the maintenance of the SPR. Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to prepare a policy statement on SPR development, maintenance, and drawdown which will: (1) evaluate the effect of SPR sales upon U.S. ability to fulfill its obligations under the international energy program; (2) evaluate SPR efficacy at reducing the impact of severe energy supply interruptions; and (3) set forth alternative drawdown strategies. Authorizes the Secretary to use under utilized SPR facilities to store petroleum product owned by a foreign government. Repeals guidelines for the use of interim storage facilities, and environmental considerations for existing facilities. Mandates submission of an expansion plan to the Congress when the Secretary determines that a 680 million barrel inventory can be reasonably expected in the Reserve within five years. Makes the Secretary's authority to acquire petroleum products for the SPR contingent on the availability of… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3008 | 104 | hr | 3008 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-03-05 | 1996-06-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 7 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Directs the Secretary to: (1) cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium; and (2) dispose of all facilities, equipment, and Federal property interests relating to refined helium activities. Requires the Secretary to impose fees for helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the purchase of helium by Federal agencies from certain private persons; and (2) the sale of crude helium by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to make crude helium sales in amounts that will cause minimum market disruption. Mandates that proceeds from helium sales be paid to the Treasury. (Sec. 5) Instructs the Secretary to eliminate helium stockpiles by a prescribed deadline. Repeals the Secretary's authority to borrow under the Helium Act. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Texas Plains Girl Scout Council for consideration of one dollar specified lands in Potter County, Texas, reserving easements to the United States for pipeline rights-of-way. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on whether disposal of helium reserves (including crude helium reserves) will have a substantial adverse effect upon U.S. scientific, technical, biomedical, or national security interests; (2) determine whether disposal of the helium reserve will have a substantial adverse effect on the U.S. helium industry, the U.S. helium market or such interests; and (3) if the Secretary determines that selling the crude helium reserves will have a substantial adverse effect on the industry, market, or s… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-1581 | 104 | s | 1581 | A bill to reinstate the license for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-02-29 | 1996-03-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) reinstate a specified license for an Ohio hydroelectric project at the licensee's request, effective September 25, 1993; and (2) extend the time period during which such licensee is required to commence project construction so that the period terminates on September 24, 1999. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2967 | 104 | hr | 2967 | To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1996-02-23 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-259. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend the authority of the Secretary of Energy to perform remedial action two fiscal years through September 30, 1998. Authorizes the Secretary to continue to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado, for the receipt and disposal of residual radioactive material from processing sites, and of byproduct material from property near a uranium milling site in Monticello, Utah, until the cell is filled to the capacity for which it was designed, or September 30, 2023, whichever comes first. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to increase: (1) from $5.50 to $6.25 per short dry ton of byproduct material the statutory reimbursement amount, as well as aggregate amounts, paid by the Secretary for remediation costs of individual active site uranium licensees; and (2) the authorization of appropriations for such reimbursement. Excludes certain sites in States that have been certified by the Secretary to have an acceptable notification program from Federal vicinity property deed annotation requirements regarding residual radioactive materials sites. Permits the disposal of residual radioactive material from Title I sites (abandoned and inactive sites at which the wastes were generated primarily for Federal activities, for which the Federal share of costs is 90 percent) among Title II processing sites (whose cost is primarily borne by the private site owner, with a proportional Federal payment for remediation of wastes generated primarily for Federal activities). | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2929 | 104 | hr | 2929 | Electric Power Competition Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-02-01 | 1996-07-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1255) | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Suspension of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Provisions Title II: Standards of Competition for Electric Utilities Title III: Antitrust Laws Electric Power Competition Act of 1996 - Title I: Suspension of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Provisions - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide that if an electric utility has received a Certification of Completion from a State regulatory authority: (1) provisions requiring utilities to offer to purchase electric energy from qualifying cogeneration facilities and qualifying small power production facilities shall be suspended; and (2) for the duration of power purchase arrangements entered into during the period of any such suspension, the rates for such purchase shall not be dependent on the incremental cost to the utility of alternative energy. Specifies that nothing in: (1) the Act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a State regulatory authority, or any utility to reopen, alter, force the renegotiation of, or interfere with the enforcement of any power purchase arrangements between a qualifying cogeneration facility or qualifying small power production facilities and a utility purchaser; and (2) the Act, the Federal Power Act, or other Federal law prevents a State authority from favoring or disfavoring particular types of generation in its determination of the incremental cost to a purchasing utility of alternative electric energy. Title II: Standards of Competition for Electric Utilities - Authorizes a State regulatory authority to voluntarily elect to issue a State certification of compliance with standards and requirements of competition to a State regulated utility for which it has ratemaking authority. Directs FERC, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to establish criteria for the certification by a State regulatory authority that a State regulated utility for which it has ratemaking authority has met: (1) the minimum certificatio… | 2025-08-21T20:16:57Z | |
| 104-hr-2906 | 104 | hr | 2906 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-01-30 | 1996-03-05 | For Further Action See H.R.3008. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 3 | Helium Privatization Act of 1996 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Directs the Secretary to: (1) cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium; and (2) dispose of all facilities, equipment, and Federal property interests relating to refined helium activities. Requires the Secretary to impose fees for helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the purchase of helium by Federal agencies from certain private persons; and (2) the sale of crude helium by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to make crude helium sales in amounts that will cause minimum market disruption. Mandates that proceeds from helium sales be paid to the Treasury. Instructs the Secretary to eliminate helium stockpiles by a prescribed deadline. Repeals the Secretary's authority to borrow under the Helium Act. | 2025-08-21T20:15:00Z | |
| 104-s-1530 | 104 | s | 1530 | Naval Petroleum Reserves and Naval Oil Shale Reserves Corporation Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-01-26 | 1996-01-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Corporation Title II: Privatization of the Corporation Naval Petroleum Reserves and Naval Oil Shale Reserves Corporation Act of 1996 - Title I: Establishment of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Corporation - Establishes as a for-profit Government corporation the Naval Petroleum Reserves and Naval Oil Shale Reserves Corporation to have exclusive jurisdiction and control over all U.S. naval petroleum and naval oil shale reserves (reserves). Outlines provisions concerning: (1) general and specific powers and functions of the Corporation, including the exploration, prospecting, development, use, production, and operation of the reserves; (2) the naming of a Chief Executive Officer for the Corporation; (3) the appointment of Corporation officers and employees, as well as the transfer to the Corporation from the Department of Defense (DOD) of officers and employees performing functions transferred to the Corporation; (4) Corporation payment to appropriate Government funds and accounts for the provision of employee benefits; (5) Corporation exemption from State and local taxes; (6) the nonapplicability of Federal laws governing acquisition and disposal; (7) Corporation exemption from Federal administrative procedure requirements; (8) transfer to the Corporation of appropriate DOD assets and liabilities; and (9) Corporation interest payments to the Treasury for the use of Federal financial capital. Title II: Privatization of the Corporation - Requires the Corporation, within five years after its establishment, to prepare and transmit to the President and the Congress a strategic plan for transferring Corporation ownership to private investors. Requires such plan to include the consideration of alternative means for such transfer. Allows a phased transfer. Authorizes the Corporation to implement the plan if it determines that such privatization will result in a return to the United States at least equal to the Corporation's … | 2025-08-21T20:15:45Z | |
| 104-hr-2899 | 104 | hr | 2899 | National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-01-25 | 1996-06-27 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOE. | House | Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | V000124 | 1 | National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1996 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY 1995 and beyond to maintain the operational readiness of the underground nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site. Establishes within the Department of Energy a national Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, to implement testing and demonstration activities related to: (1) certain alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar and geothermal energy, as well as natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen as components of a National Alternative-Fueled Vehicles Program; (2) certain changes in the U.S. military as a result of the end of the Cold War, including demilitarization and disarmament activities and the nonmilitary application of military technologies and resources; (3) stewardship of the Federal nuclear stockpile; (4) non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of nuclear weapons; and (5) development of certain environmental technologies, including technologies for remediation of toxic and hazardous chemicals, and activities pertaining to emergency response to hazardous and toxic accidents. | 2025-08-21T20:14:40Z | |
| 104-s-1526 | 104 | s | 1526 | Electricity Competition Act of 1996 | Energy | 1996-01-25 | 1996-03-28 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Electricity Competition Act of 1996 - Declares that: (1) the regulatory authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with respect to cogeneration and small power production shall not apply to any facility which begins commercial operation after the effective date of this Act, except a facility for which a power purchase contract entered into under such authority was in effect on such date); and (2) no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase from or sell electric energy to qualifying cogeneration and small power facilities. (Sec. 4) Mandates that each State regulatory authority initiate proceedings regarding its regulated retail electric utilities to examine and consider: (1) requirements which establish competitive electricity procurement markets that meet specified statutory requirements; (2) a retail access plan which requires all State regulated retail electric utilities to provide nondiscriminatory and unbundled local distribution services to all their electric consumers so that they may choose among competing electric energy suppliers by a certain deadline; and (3) an alternative plan which meets certain statutory requirements. Sets a deadline by which State regulatory bodies must select and begin implementation of competitive electric options. Requires each nonregulated retail electric utility to examine and consider: (1) procedures for the acquisition of new contract electricity and new generating sources that meet specified statutory requirements; (2) a retail access plan which provides nondiscriminatory and unbundled local distribution services to all their electric consumers so that such consumers may choose among competing electric energy suppliers by a certain deadline; and (3) an alternative plan which meets certain statutory requirements. Sets a deadline by which such utilities must select and begin implementation of competitive electric options. (Sec. 5) Permits the proced… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2869 | 104 | hr | 2869 | To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky. | Energy | 1996-01-23 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-258. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend until June 15, 1998, the time required to commence construction of a specified hydroelectric project in Kentucky. Authorizes the Commission to reinstate the license effective as of the date of its expiration or termination. | 2025-04-07T15:34:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2816 | 104 | hr | 2816 | To reinstate the license for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-12-20 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-257. | House | Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18] | OH | R | N000081 | 1 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reinstate effective September 25, 1993, at the licensee's request, a license for a specified Ohio hydroelectric project and extend the time during which such licensee is required to commence construction so as to terminate on September 24, 1999. | 2025-04-07T15:30:25Z | |
| 104-s-1478 | 104 | s | 1478 | Private Interim Storage Facility Authorizing Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-12-14 | 1995-12-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 0 | Private Interim Storage Facility Authorizing Act of 1995 - Authorizes a private consortium of domestically owned and controlled private and public utility companies (and other domestically owned and controlled private entities) to site, design, license, construct, operate, and decommission, according to specified requirements, a private interim storage facility for storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel. Designates the Nuclear Waste Fund as the consortium's funding source. Outlines design criteria for such facility. Delineates activities to be undertaken by the Secretary of Energy as part of the mandate to cooperate with the consortium. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations for the licensing of such facility. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2773 | 104 | hr | 2773 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 2 hydroelectric projects in North Carolina, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-12-13 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-256. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of one specified licensee, and authorizes FERC, upon the request of a second specified licensee, to extend for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods the time required for commencing construction of two specified hydroelectric projects in North Carolina. | 2025-04-07T15:30:28Z | |
| 104-hr-2695 | 104 | hr | 2695 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania. | Energy | 1995-11-30 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-254. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time required for commencement of construction of two specified hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania until September 26, 1999. | 2025-04-07T15:30:09Z | |
| 104-s-1433 | 104 | s | 1433 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a system for defining the scope of energy research and development projects, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-11-29 | 1996-01-25 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of Energy, and Office of Management and Budget. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of Energy shall establish a project definition system for new energy technology or development research projects exceeding $1 million. Sets as a prerequisite for project funding that the officer in charge prepare a project definition document approved by a Department of Energy official at the level of assistant secretary. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2640 | 104 | hr | 2640 | To prohibit Federal agencies from planning the sale of the Southeastern Power Administration. | Energy | 1995-11-15 | 1995-11-17 | Executive Comment Requested from Army, DOE, Interior. | House | Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000309 | 6 | Prohibits any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality (including the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or the Department of the Interior) from engaging in any plan or negotiation regarding the sale of the Southeastern Power Administration, including any facilities used in connection with the generation of electric energy it markets. | 2025-01-02T17:37:25Z | |
| 104-hr-2630 | 104 | hr | 2630 | To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois. | Energy | 1995-11-14 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-252. | House | Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] | IL | D | C000794 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of a specified licensee, to extend until October 15, 1997, the time required to commence construction of a certain hydroelectric project in Illinois. Authorizes the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project. | 2025-04-07T15:30:26Z | |
| 104-hr-2596 | 104 | hr | 2596 | To extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-11-08 | 1996-03-13 | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1996 through 1999 for specified energy conservation programs and the weatherization program. | 2025-04-07T15:29:59Z | |
| 104-s-1402 | 104 | s | 1402 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act | Energy | 1995-11-08 | 1995-11-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 3 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act - Amends the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to repeal definitions relating to: (1) no-migration determination; (2) retrieval; and (3) test-phase and test-phase activities. (Sec. 3) Declares that existing rights under specified oil and gas leases shall not be affected unless the Secretary of Energy determines that acquisition of such leases is necessary for the long-term protection of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (currently, unless lease acquisition is required to comply with final disposal regulations or with the Solid Waste Disposal Act). (Sec. 4) Repeals the mandate for test phase and retrieval plans, and the attendant performance assessment report. (Sec. 6) Authorizes the WIPP to receive from the Secretary transuranic waste which did not result from a defense activity but that is under the Secretary's control on the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 7) Revises the requirements for commencement of disposal operations to authorize the Secretary to begin the disposal phase after review and certification by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) that Department of Energy's (DOE) application reasonably addresses final disposal standards. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to submit transuranic waste disposal recommendations and surveys to the Congress. (Sec. 9) Prescribes criteria under which the Administrator shall certify compliance with disposal regulations. States that the Administrator shall disapprove DOE's application only upon finding that the preponderance of evidence shows that the Secretary has failed to adequately address long-term environmental and human-health related risks. Precludes the Administrator from conducting an independent evaluation of the analyses used to evaluate long-term disposal system performance. (Sec. 10) Instructs the Secretary to determine whether or not engineered barriers, or both (sic), will be required to comply with specified Federal regulations. (Curr… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-1393 | 104 | s | 1393 | A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois. | Energy | 1995-11-03 | 1995-11-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 1 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of a specified licensee, to extend until October 15, 2001, the time required to commence construction of a certain hydroelectric project in Illinois. Directs the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2569 | 104 | hr | 2569 | To require the Secretary of Energy to immediately begin returning the Fast Flux Test Facility to operational status, identify which missions will be given the highest priority, and prepare the facility to carry out those missions. | Energy | 1995-11-01 | 1995-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to discontinue immediately the shutdown of the Fast Flux Test Facility and return it to operational status. Mandates that the Facility be maintained in operation by the Secretary for at least 20 years, and for so long as it is capable of performing specified missions. (Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary to establish a task force to report to the Congress a ranked list of prescribed missions (both governmental and non-governmental) for the Facility. (Sec. 5) Exempts Facility activities and operating contractors from the licensing and regulatory purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 6) Establishes the Fast Flux Text Facility Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-hr-2562 | 104 | hr | 2562 | Ratepayer Protection Act | Energy | 1995-10-31 | 1995-11-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 17 | Ratepayer Protection Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to declare its provisions governing cogeneration and small power production inapplicable to any facility placed in service after enactment of this Act, except with respect to power purchase contracts entered into pursuant to such provisions which were in effect on the repeal date. Declares that after such repeal date no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electric energy pursuant to the repealed provisions. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations to assure that no utility shall be required to absorb the costs associated with purchases from a qualifying facility pursuant to the repealed provisions. Provides that such regulations shall be treated as a rule enforceable under the Federal Power Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hr-2501 | 104 | hr | 2501 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Kentucky, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-10-18 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-249. | House | Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] | KY | R | L000293 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods the time required to commence construction of a specified hydroelectric project in Kentucky. | 2025-04-07T15:28:08Z | |
| 104-s-1317 | 104 | s | 1317 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-10-12 | 1996-09-09 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 584. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 17 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1996 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes procedural guidelines for both Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and State access to records of a holding company (including subsidiaries, associates and affiliates) of a public utility or natural gas company. Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt specified holding companies from such access requirements. Requires FERC to exempt any person or transaction from such access requirements if it finds that regulation of such person or transaction is irrelevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility company. Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company may recover in rates any costs of affiliate transactions. Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) the United States; (2) a State or its political subdivision; and (3) a foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States. Grants FERC certain Federal Power Act enforcement powers. Transfers from the Securities and Exchange Commission to FERC all books and records that relate primarily to the functions vested in FERC by this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines. | 2025-04-07T15:26:24Z | |
| 104-s-1271 | 104 | s | 1271 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 | Energy | 1995-09-25 | 1996-05-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4663) | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 29 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to revise it and rename it the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and operate an integrated management system for the storage and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; (2) store spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste by no later than November 30, 1999, at designated facilities pursuant to certain interim storage facility contracts; (3) provide for the transportation of such wastes (including procuring all systems and components necessary to transport such fuel and waste among facilities composing the Integrated Management System established by this Act); (4) pursue expeditiously the development of each component of the integrated management system; and (5) engage private sector participation to the greatest extent possible in the implementation of this Act. Shields the United States from any financial liability for the Secretary's failure to meet acceptance or emplacement deadlines under this Act. Establishes an integrated management system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, including its storage, transportation, and disposal. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must develop the capability to commence rail to truck intermodal transfer from the mainline rail line at Caliente, Nevada, to the interim storage facility site. Instructs the Secretary to acquire lands and rights-of-way along the "Chalk Mountain Heavy Haul Route" necessary to commence such intermodal transfer. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Caliente and Lincoln County, Nevada, to advise the NRC regarding intermodal transfer and to facilitate on-site representation. Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a prescribed benefits agreement with Lincoln County, including a payment schedule, and the conveyance of specified Federal lands to such County. Prescribes procedural gui… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2302 | 104 | hr | 2302 | To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for the delegation of dam safety authority to State government. | Energy | 1995-09-12 | 1995-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23] | CA | R | G000021 | 0 | Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to permit a State, upon the request of its Governor, to regulate the safety of dam project works, unless it determines that the State does not have an adequate dam safety program. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 104-hr-2278 | 104 | hr | 2278 | Import Control and Safe Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-09-07 | 1995-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Import Control and Safe Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Act of 1995 - Prohibits the importation of spent nuclear fuel unless: (1) the Congress has approved a repository with storage or disposal capacity for all the spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear reactors and atomic energy defense activities; and (2) such repositories are federally licensed and operating. Exempts from such proscription: (1) samples of spent nuclear fuel imported for testing and evaluation for national security reasons; and (2) imports from countries not authorized to possess nuclear weapons under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, but which are known or suspected to be producing or developing nuclear weapons. Provides guidelines which a port authority may use to ensure the safe unloading, transfer, and shipment of spent nuclear fuel through its port. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1153 | 104 | s | 1153 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Commercialization Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-08-10 | 1996-03-20 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-479. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 0 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Commercialization Act of 1995 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a hydrogen energy research, development, and demonstration-commercialization program relating to production, storage, transportation and use of hydrogen, in order to demonstrate its feasibility for industrial, institutional, residential, transportation, and utility applications. Requires the Secretary to survey private sector hydrogen activities and take steps to ensure that Federal activities do not displace or compete with privately funded hydrogen activities of U.S. industry. Sets forth a proposal solicitation schedule. Directs the Secretary to require a specified cost-sharing commitment from non-Federal sources. Allows the Secretary to reduce the non-Federal requirement if: (1) necessary and appropriate considering the technological risks involved in the project; and (2) such reduction is necessary to serve the purposes of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 (the Act). Sets as a prerequisite to Federal financial assistance certification by: (1) the Secretary that such assistance is consistent with a specified Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures approved in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; and (2) industry participants that they have made reasonable efforts to obtain non-Federal funding for the entire cost of the project, and that such non-Federal funding could not be reasonably obtained. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing activities that unnecessarily duplicate activities implemented elsewhere by either the Federal or private sectors. Directs the Secretary to assist in the development and operation of a demonstration-commercialization project. Directs the Secretary to: (1) foster technology transfer activities between the Federal, industrial, and academic sectors; (2) report annually to the Congress; (3) coordinate with other Federal agencies involved in similar hydrogen research activities; and (4) consult with the Hydrogen Technical Ad… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2241 | 104 | hr | 2241 | To make permanent the President's Outer Continental Shelf moratorium statement of June 26, 1990. | Energy | 1995-08-04 | 1995-08-09 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 22 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, until January 1, 2001, from conducting oil or gas preleasing, leasing, or development activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in any area placed under restriction by the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990. | 2025-01-02T17:36:53Z | |
| 104-hr-2242 | 104 | hr | 2242 | To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf. | Energy | 1995-08-04 | 1995-08-09 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 26 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil or gas exploration or extraction on specified submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf. | 2025-01-02T17:36:40Z | |
| 104-hr-2142 | 104 | hr | 2142 | Department of Energy Laboratory Missions Act | Energy | 1995-07-31 | 1996-01-03 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD. | House | Rep. Schiff, Steven [R-NM-1] | NM | R | S000125 | 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Mission Assignment Title II: Governance Department of Energy Laboratory Missions Act - Title I: Mission Assignment - Authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to maintain departmental laboratories to advance and implement research and development (R&D) activities essential to the following core missions: (1) maintain national security; (2) ensure domestic energy supply and reduce reliance on imported energy sources; (3) conduct basic research in energy-related science and technology, in the fundamental understanding of matter, and in emerging scientific fields; (4) carry out R&D to minimize environmental impacts of the production and use of energy, nuclear weapons, and materials, including the development of technologies for safe hazardous and radioactive waste disposal and cleanup; and (5) implement such additional missions as are assigned by the President. (Sec. 103) Instructs the Secretary of Energy to transmit to certain congressional committees the criteria to be used in making proposals for mission assignments and the streamlining of departmental laboratories. Requires the Comptroller General to report a detailed analysis of the Secretary's proposals and procedures to certain congressional committees. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete the mission assignments and streamlining of all laboratories as outlined in the proposals by a specified deadline; and (2) transmit a status report to certain congressional committees as part of the annual budget request. Title II: Governance - Declares that DOE shall implement, but not be the agency of enforcement of, Federal, State, and local environmental, safety, and health promulgations at departmental laboratories unless the Secretary certifies that a particular action is unique to departmental activities and necessary for human health and safety. | 2025-08-21T20:15:55Z | |
| 104-s-1077 | 104 | s | 1077 | Hydrogen Future Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-07-26 | 1996-03-20 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-479. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 5 | Hydrogen Future Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide for a hydrogen energy research, development and demonstration program relating to production, storage, transportation, and use of hydrogen, with the goal of enabling the private sector to demonstrate the feasibility of using hydrogen for industrial, residential, transportation, and utility applications. Requires the Secretary to survey private sector hydrogen activities and take steps to ensure that Federal activities do not displace or compete with privately funded hydrogen activities of U.S. industry. (Sec. 5) Sets forth a proposal solicitation schedule. Directs the Secretary to require a specified cost-sharing commitment from non-Federal sources. Sets as a prerequisite to Federal financial assistance certification by: (1) the Secretary that such assistance is consistent with a specified Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures approved in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; and (2) industry participants that they have made reasonable efforts to obtain non-Federal funding for the entire cost of the project, and that such non-Federal funding could not be reasonably obtained. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing activities that unnecessarily duplicate activities implemented elsewhere by either the Federal or private sectors. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to: (1) foster technology transfer activities between the Federal, industrial, and academic sectors; (2) report annually to the Congress; (3) coordinate with other Federal agencies involved in similar hydrogen research activities; and (4) consult with the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel established under the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990. (Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-2106 | 104 | hr | 2106 | Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act | Energy | 1995-07-25 | 1995-11-28 | See S.395. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000058 | 18 | Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate any royalty or net profit share set forth in existing leases, before commencement of production, for oil or gas resources in deep water on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Declares that no royalty payments shall be due on new production from any lease or unit located in specified water depths in the Western and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf until certain volumes of oil equivalent are produced. Suspends royalties for a five-year period for new leases in specified water depths in the Gulf. | 2025-08-21T20:14:01Z | |
| 104-hr-2110 | 104 | hr | 2110 | Enhanced Environmental Cleanup and Management Demonstration Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-07-25 | 1995-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 9 | Enhanced Environmental Cleanup and Management Demonstration Act of 1995 - Subjects to this Act: (1) the Hanford Reservation in southeastern Washington; and (2) any Defense Nuclear Facility with an FY 1995 environmental management budget of $500 million or more whose host State Governor so requests (unless the President determines that such application is not in the national interest). (Sec. 5) Directs the President to appoint a Site Manager for the Hanford Reservation, and for any other Defense Nuclear Facility whose application is approved. Delineates the Site Manager's authority to oversee and direct facility operations, including environmental cleanup and management. Requests the Site Manager to select remedial actions for a Defense Nuclear Facility in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Authorizes the Site Manager to exempt a Defense Nuclear Facility subject to this Act from the requirements of the Metric System Conversion Act of 1975. (Sec. 6) States that internal orders of the Department of Energy (DOE), with certain exceptions, are not applicable at a Defense Nuclear Facility subject to this Act after the Site Manager confirmation. Permits a Site Manager to adopt a new order only after finding that it is essential to the protection of human health or the environment, or to conduct critical administrative functions, and will not unduly interfere with efforts to bring a Facility into compliance with environmental laws. (Sec. 7) Prescribes parameters within which a host State may exercise the authorities vested in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under CERCLA to enforce compliance at any Facility subject to this Act with any requirement of an interagency agreement with DOE. Requires a host State to use monetary penalties or fines collected from the Federal Government for environmental law violations only for projects to protect the environment at or near the facility from threats resulting from the facility or… | 2025-08-21T20:14:19Z | |
| 104-hr-1975 | 104 | hr | 1975 | Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 | Energy | 1995-06-30 | 1996-08-13 | Became Public Law No: 104-185. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] | CA | R | C000059 | 13 | Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to revise and expand the guidelines under which the authorities of the Secretary of the Interior for collection of oil and gas receipts and related activities may be delegated to a State upon its request. Provides for judicial review of any Secretarial action to approve or disapprove a State proposal. Sets a seven-year statute of limitations for any judicial proceeding or demand arising from a royalty obligation. Prescribes procedural guidelines for Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods, including royalty adjustments and refunds. Sets forth royalty terms, interest on royalty overpayments (except deliberate, excessive overpayments whose sole purpose is to receive such interest), penalties, and assessments. Prescribes procedural guidelines under which the Secretary and the State concerned shall jointly determine on a case by case basis the amount of production from marginal properties that shall be subject to prepayment or regulatory relief. Permits the Secretary's sole determination if the royalty payments are not shared with any State. Renders inapplicable except to Indian leases: (1) the current statute of limitations governing the recovery of penalties; and (2) the Secretary's authority to enter into cooperative agreements with any State (or Indian tribe) with respect to oil or gas royalty activities. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal the guidelines governing refunds or credit granted to a lessee for excess payments. Excludes Indian lands and privately owned minerals from the purview of this Act. | 2025-04-07T15:30:43Z | |
| 104-hr-1993 | 104 | hr | 1993 | Department of Energy Abolishment Act | Energy | 1995-06-30 | 1995-09-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. | House | Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] | KS | R | T000260 | 57 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administrations Title IV: Transfer and Disposal of Reserves Title V: National Security and Environmental Management Programs Subtitle A: Defense Nuclear Programs Agency Subtitle B: Environmental Restoration Activities at Defense Nuclear Facilities Title VI: Disposition of Miscellaneous Particular Programs, Functions, and Agencies of Department Title VII: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions Department of Energy Abolishment Act - Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy - Redesignates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (the Agency), headed by an Administrator to perform the previous functions of the Department of Energy. Provides for the continuation of service of the Secretary of Energy as the interim Administrator. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue in the Energy Programs Resolution Agency any organizational entities that were entities of DOE. Sunsets the Agency three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most efficient way to accomplish the complete abolishment of DOE and the transfer or termination of its functions. Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities - Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to privatize and reduce energy laboratories and programs. Prescribes procedural guidelines. (Sec. 205) Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facility Closure Account to fund implementation of such guidelines. Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administrations - Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell, at the highest possible price, all Federal electric power generation … | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-1012 | 104 | s | 1012 | A bill to extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects. | Energy | 1995-06-30 | 1995-10-19 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of licensees for specified FERC hydro projects, to extend the time for construction of such projects for up to a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-1014 | 104 | s | 1014 | Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 | Energy | 1995-06-30 | 1996-08-02 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9677-9678) | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 3 | Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to revise and expand the guidelines under which the authorities of the Secretary of the Interior regarding oil and gas receipts collected on lease obligations may be delegated to a State upon its request. Provides for judicial review of any Secretarial action to approve or disapprove a State proposal. (Sec. 4) Sets a seven-year statute of limitations for any judicial proceeding or demand arising from a royalty obligation. Prescribes procedural guidelines for Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods, including royalty adjustments and refunds. (Sec. 6) Sets forth royalty terms, interest, and penalties, and assessments. (Sec. 7) Prescribes procedural guidelines under which the Secretary and the State concerned shall jointly determine on a case by case basis the amount of what production from marginal properties shall be subject to prepayment or regulatory relief. Permits the Secretary's sole determination if the royalty payments are not shared with any State. (Sec. 8) Renders inapplicable except to Indian leases: (1) the current statute of limitations governing the recovery of penalties; and (2) the Secretary's authority to enter into cooperative agreements with any State (or Indian tribe) with respect to oil or gas royalty activities. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal the guidelines governing refunds or credit granted to a lessee for excess payments. (Sec. 9) Excludes Indian lands and privately owned minerals from the purview of this Act. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1924 | 104 | hr | 1924 | Interim Waste Act | Energy | 1995-06-22 | 1995-07-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | V000124 | 1 | Interim Waste Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste beginning not later than January 31, 1998; and (2) design, construct, and operate interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel. Mandates: (1) licensure of interim storage facilities by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (2) commencement of operations by January 31, 1998; and (3) location of the facilities at the Savannah River Nuclear site and the Hanford Nuclear site. | 2025-08-21T20:14:54Z | |
| 104-hr-1898 | 104 | hr | 1898 | Coastal States Protection Act | Energy | 1995-06-20 | 1995-06-21 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 42 | Coastal States Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for mineral exploration, development, or production on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are seaward of, or adjacent to, specified lands under a State or Federal lease moratorium. | 2025-08-21T20:16:56Z | |
| 104-s-950 | 104 | s | 950 | Coastal States Protection Act | Energy | 1995-06-20 | 1995-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 14 | Coastal States Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for mineral exploration, development, or production on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are seaward of, or adjacent to, specified lands under a State or Federal lease moratorium. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1835 | 104 | hr | 1835 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-06-14 | 1995-10-18 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 2 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the request of a specified licensee, to extend the time for completion of a certain project to the later of: (1) October 31, 2002; or (2) the date that is one year after the date on which the Army Corps of Engineers completes construction of water temperature control structures at the Blue River Dam. Requires the licensee to file an annual status report with such Commission. | 2025-04-07T15:23:04Z | |
| 104-hr-1816 | 104 | hr | 1816 | Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-06-13 | 1996-08-01 | House Committee on Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 1 | Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1995 - Authorizes FY 1996 appropriations for Department of Energy: (1) energy supply research and development activities; (2) general science and research activities; (3) fossil energy research and development activities; and (4) energy conservation research and development activities. Sets forth funding limitations. Establishes requirements for: (1) funding assistance merit review; and (2) capital project and construction reporting. Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into negotiations with the European Organization for Nuclear Research concerning U.S. participation in the planning and construction of the Large Hadron Collider. Prohibits any funds authorized by this Act from being used for lobbying activities. | 2025-04-07T15:30:24Z | |
| 104-hr-1801 | 104 | hr | 1801 | Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-06-08 | 1995-07-19 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] | FL | R | F000238 | 22 | Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell, at the highest possible price, all Federal electric power generation and transmission facilities supervised by, or coordinated with, the Federal Power Marketing Administrations. Restricts such sales to domestic entities or U.S. citizens. Requires the Secretary to terminate Federal Power Marketing Administration operations upon completion of the sales. Directs the Secretary to retain a private sector firm through a competitive bidding process to serve as financial advisor with respect to such sales. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purchaser of any such facilities should offer to employ former Federal Power Marketing Administration personnel. Mandates that sale proceeds be deposited into the Treasury. Sets forth a sales completion deadline for each Power Marketing Administration. Mandates that the pertinent sales agreements require each purchaser providing electric power to customers within any region to insure that the price of electric power does not increase above the baseline price at a rate greater than ten percent annually. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue to the purchaser of a hydroelectric generation facility a ten-year original license under the Federal Power Act to insure that the project will continue operations under the same conditions as were applicable prior to the sale. Grants FERC Federal Power Act jurisdiction over any such facility sold. Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1993 to repeal the proscription against the use of appropriated funds for studies regarding a changeover from an "at cost" to a "market rate" or other noncost-based methodology for pricing hydroelectric power. | 2025-08-21T20:15:00Z | |
| 104-s-898 | 104 | s | 898 | Helium Disposal Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-06-08 | 1995-07-25 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-276. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Helium Disposal Act of 1995 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery, disposal, and sale of helium on Federal lands. Mandates that all proceeds received from such transactions be deposited into the Treasury. Repeals the Secretary's authority to acquire lands, interests, or options (including oil or gas leases), and to construct or acquire facilities, for helium production. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) dispose of helium only in accordance with this Act; (2) monitor and prepare periodic reports on helium production and reserves; (3) store, transport, and withdraw crude helium, and to maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the U.S. Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field, together with related helium transportation and withdrawal facilities; and (4) impose fees for providing storage, transportation, and withdrawal services. Establishes the Helium Reserve Management Fund to cover the costs of this Act. Directs the Secretary to cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium within three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes helium facility disposal guidelines. Exempts from such guidelines any facilities, equipment, or property necessary for crude helium storage or transportation, or any equipment needed to maintain quality control and assurance of helium in the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Terminates existing helium sales contracts as of the date on which the Secretary has ceased producing, refining, and marketing refined helium pursuant to this Act. States that contract termination costs shall be paid from the Helium Production Fund, or, after its abolishment, from the Helium Reserve Management Fund. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall sell crude helium to reduce federally-held reserves. Abolishes the Helium Production Fund upon completion of the disposal of Federal helium facilities, equipment, and property. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel outst… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1778 | 104 | hr | 1778 | To prohibit the Department of the Interior from expending any funds for a mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale. | Energy | 1995-06-07 | 1995-06-12 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 9 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from expending any funds for preparation, conduct, preleasing, and leasing activities with respect to an oil or gas lease sale on any lands of the Outer Continental Shelf between the seaward boundary between the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island and the seaward boundary between the States of North Carolina and South Carolina. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 104-s-871 | 104 | s | 871 | Hanford Land Management Act | Energy | 1995-05-26 | 1995-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 1 | Hanford Land Management Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) manage Federal lands, hazardous substances and radioactive materials at the Hanford Reservation (Reservation) in accordance with this Act and the environmental management plan prepared pursuant to it; (2) submit an environmental management plan for the Reservation to the Congress according to prescribed guidelines; (3) include a prescribed land use plan and risk assessment statement within the environmental management plan according to prescribed guidelines; (4) conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of all major activities, substances, and conditions that pose a risk to human health, safety, or the environment at the Reservation; (5) manage hazardous substances and radioactive materials at the Reservation in accordance with prescribed waste management guidelines, establishing any necessary standards; and (6) take corrective and remedial actions at the Reservation in compliance with the standards and site restoration plan prescribed under this Act. Instructs the Secretary to reduce the number of employees employed at the Reservation by the Department of Energy or its contractors to the number needed to accomplish authorized activities. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1674 | 104 | hr | 1674 | To achieve budgetary savings by reducing the amount which may be appropriated for the nuclear energy research and development activities of the Department of Energy. | Energy | 1995-05-18 | 1995-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. | House | Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] | OR | D | F000434 | 1 | Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for nuclear energy and development activities in progressively smaller amounts from FY 1996 through 2000. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-hr-1663 | 104 | hr | 1663 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act | Energy | 1995-05-17 | 1996-06-14 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 307. | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 2 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act - Amends the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (WIPP Act) to remove certain provisions relating to: (1) compliance of specified Federal oil and gas leases with the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) test phase; (3) requirements for the commencement of disposal operations; and (4) disposal regulations. Revises parameters for compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disposal regulations to require the Secretary of Energy to provide to the Congress a schedule for the incremental submission of chapters of the WIPP EPA-compliance application to the EPA Administrator within a prescribed time frame. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary use waste form modifications of engineered and natural barriers to comply with final disposal regulations at WIPP, but requires use of any other measures necessary, in addition to engineered and natural barriers, to achieve compliance. Exempts transuranic mixed waste designated for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) project from the land disposal restrictions in specified Federal regulations. Removes certain provisions: (1) relating to determination of noncompliance during the disposal and decommissioning phases; and (2) declaring that the authorities provided to the Administrator and the State (under provisions relating to compliance with environmental laws and regulations) are in addition to the enforcement authorities available to the State under State law and to the Administrator, the State, and any other person under the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Clean Air Act. Replaces provisions relating to retrievability with provisions declaring that it is the intent of the Congress that a decision will be made by the Secretary regarding the disposal of transuranic waste no later than a specified date. Removes provisions: (1) mandating a plan for the decommissioning of WIPP; and (2) setting a deadline for a plan for the management and use of the Withdrawal (the WIPP withdrawal site) fo… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-801 | 104 | s | 801 | A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of two hydroelectric projects in North Carolina, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-05-15 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 143. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of the respective licensees, to extend for a maximum of five consecutive two-year periods the time required for commencing construction of two specified hydroelectric projects in North Carolina. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-755 | 104 | s | 755 | USEC Privatization Act | Energy | 1995-05-03 | 1995-11-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 5 | USEC Privatization Act - Directs the Board of Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) to transfer USEC ownership to a private corporation established under this Act. Mandates the inclusion of sale proceeds in the budget baseline required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act), and its inclusion as an offset to direct spending. (Sec. 5) Requires USEC directors to establish a private not-for-profit profit and non-Government-related corporation under the laws of a State for the purpose of receiving the assets and obligations of USEC at privatization and continuing USEC business operations following privatization. (Sec. 7) Directs USEC to transfer the lease of gaseous diffusion plants and related property at Paducah, Kentucky, and Piketon, Ohio, to the private corporation concurrent with such privatization. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) from leasing to the private corporation facilities necessary for the production of highly enriched uranium. (Sec. 8) Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) transfer of contracts to the private corporation, including the right to purchase power from the Secretary under previous power purchase contracts for the gaseous diffusion plants; (2) assignment of USEC liabilities; (3) pension, post-retirement health benefit, and collective bargaining agreement protections for contractor employees at the two gaseous diffusion plants; and (4) retention of Federal retirement and health benefits by former Federal employees. (Sec. 11) Prohibits USEC directors, officers, or employees from acquiring any securities (or rights to acquire any securities) of the private corporation on terms more favorable than those offered to the general public in specified circumstances. (Sec. 12) Requires the U.S. Executive Agent under the Russian HEU Agreement to transfer to the Secretary without charge title to an amount of uranium hexafluoride (based on a tails assay of 0.30 U235) equivalent to the natural uraniu… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-738 | 104 | s | 738 | Helium Act of 1995 | Energy | 1995-05-01 | 1995-07-25 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-276. | Senate | Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] | WY | R | T000162 | 8 | Helium Act of 1995 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Directs the Secretary to: (1) cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium; and (2) dispose of all facilities, equipment, and Federal property interests relating to refined helium activities. Requires the Secretary to impose fees for helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services. (Sec. 4) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the purchase of helium by Federal agencies from certain private persons; and (2) the sale of crude helium by the Secretary. States that such sales shall be in amounts as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the helium industry, to cause minimum market disruption. Mandates that proceeds from helium sales be paid to the Treasury. (Sec. 5) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) review annually known domestic helium reserves; and (2) eliminate helium stockpiles by a prescribed deadline. (Sec. 6) Repeals the Secretary's authority to borrow under the Helium Act. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-737 | 104 | s | 737 | Federal Power Act Amendments of 1996 | Energy | 1995-04-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Federal Power Act Amendments of 1996 - Exempts certain transmission line facilities associated with the El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New Mexico from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensing requirements. Amends the Federal Power Act (FPA) to prescribe circumstances under which certain hydroelectric projects in Alaska having a power production capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or less shall be subject to the licensing authority of the State in lieu of FERC. Grants the licensee of a currently FERC-licensed project the discretion to subject such project to the State's authorizing authority. Subjects any State authorization for a project located on Federal lands to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over such lands, and to such terms and conditions as that Secretary may prescribe. Declares that nothing shall preempt the application of Federal environment, natural, or cultural resources protection laws according to their terms. Excludes from FERC voluntary licensing jurisdiction any hydroelectric projects upon fresh waters in Hawaii, unless a license would be required because: (1) the waters are navigable; or (2) the projects affect interstate commerce, are located on Federal lands, or use water from a government dam. Directs FERC to extend for three consecutive two-year periods, upon request of a certain licensee, the time required to commence construction of specified hydroelectric projects in the State of Illinois. Suspends certain FPA use and occupancy fees for a five-year period with respect to a State of Montana political subdivision that accepts the terms of a FERC license for a specified hydroelectric project in Granite and Deer Lodge Counties. Requires payment of such fees in an amount up to $20,000 for any year, after the five-year period, for as long as such subdivision holds such license. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1510 | 104 | hr | 1510 | Department of Energy Laboratories Efficiency Improvement Act | Energy | 1995-04-07 | 1995-09-07 | Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Basic Research and by the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | House | Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] | IN | D | R000385 | 4 | Department of Energy Laboratories Efficiency Improvement Act - Prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from implementing Federal, State, and local environmental, safety, and health standards with respect to nondefense DOE laboratories. Requires the number of individuals employed at nondefense Government-owned, contractor-operated departmental laboratories to be reduced by one-third within ten years after enactment of this Act. Requires such reductions to be consistent with specified objectives. Requires the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Congress a report that: (1) identifies the extent to which DOE and departmental laboratory staffs have been reduced; (2) explains the extent to which such reductions have been made consistent with the specified objectives; and (3) along with each presidential annual budget submitted, explains the extent to which such reductions have been made. | 2025-08-21T20:16:21Z | |
| 104-hr-1514 | 104 | hr | 1514 | Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 | Energy | 1995-04-07 | 1996-10-11 | Became Public Law No: 104-284. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000058 | 230 | Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 - Authorizes the qualified industry organizations (the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, or successor organizations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States) to conduct, at their own expense, a referendum among producers and retail marketers for the creation of a Propane Education and Research Council. Directs the Council, if established, to develop programs (including programs to enhance consumer and employee safety and training) and enter into contracts for: (1) propane research and development; (2) consumer education; and (3) payment for program costs with funds collected under this Act. Requires the Council to reimburse the Secretary of Energy annually for any costs incurred by the United States, but not more than the average annual salary of two Department of Energy employees. Prescribes guidelines under which the Council shall set annual assessments on odorized propane to cover program costs. Directs the Council to establish a program to coordinate its operations with any State propane education and research council. Prohibits Council funds from being used for lobbying activities. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to annually prepare and make available to the Council, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), and the public, an analysis of changes in propane prices relative to other energy resources. Requires the Council to restrict its activities to research and development, training, and safety whenever in any year the five-year average rolling price index of consumer grade propane exceeds by more than 10.1 percent the five-year rolling average price composite index of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price to end users of Number 2 fuel oil. Requires the price of propane to be determined by market forces in all cases. Prohibits the Council from taking action to pass the cost of the annual asse… | 2025-04-07T15:30:10Z | |
| 104-s-708 | 104 | s | 708 | Electric Utility Ratepayer Act | Energy | 1995-04-06 | 1995-06-06 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-248. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Electric Utility Ratepayer Act - Repeals a specified section of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 requiring public utilities to offer to sell electricity to, and purchase electricity from, qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1366 | 104 | hr | 1366 | To authorize the extension of time limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license for the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project. | Energy | 1995-03-30 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-247. | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 8 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), at the licensee's request, to reinstate the expired permit for a specified hydroelectric project (Mt. Hope Waterpower Project), and extend until August 3, 1999, the time period under the Federal Power Act for commencement of construction. | 2025-04-07T15:30:11Z | |
| 104-hr-1335 | 104 | hr | 1335 | To provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State of West Virginia. | Energy | 1995-03-28 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-246. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of a specified hydroelectric project located in West Virginia, so as to terminate on September 26, 1999. Instructs the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project and to extend the time required for commencement of construction until September 26, 1999. | 2025-04-07T15:28:46Z | |
| 104-s-611 | 104 | s | 611 | A bill to authorize extension of time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license. | Energy | 1995-03-24 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 1 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of a specified project. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1290 | 104 | hr | 1290 | To reinstate the permit for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-22 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-245. | House | Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2] | OR | R | C000737 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), at the licensee's request, to reinstate the expired permit effective May 23, 1993, for a specified hydroelectric project in Oregon, and extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence project construction so as to terminate on May 25, 1999. | 2025-04-07T15:30:05Z | |
| 104-s-595 | 104 | s | 595 | A bill to provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State of West Virginia. | Energy | 1995-03-22 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 1 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of a specified hydroelectric project located in West Virginia, so as to terminate on September 26, 1999. Instructs the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project and to extend the time required for commencement of construction until September 26, 1999. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-575 | 104 | s | 575 | A bill to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance to State and local governments, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-16 | 1995-03-23 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 3 | Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Fund to provide impact assistance to coastal States from allocable new revenues (payments received by the United States as royalties, net profit share payments, and related late-payment interest from natural gas and oil leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act). Sets forth a formula for use by the Secretary of the Interior to determine the portion of the allocable share of new revenues attributable to each coastal State and county eligible to receive impact assistance payments. Mandates that such funds be expended by the eligible coastal States and counties for certain environmental projects and activities. Requires: (1) an eligible county to submit for the Governor's approval a plan setting forth the projects and activities for which it proposes to expend impact assistance funds; and (2) the Governor of each recipient State to account to the Congress for all Fund monies received for the previous fiscal year. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-547 | 104 | s | 547 | A bill to extend the deadlines applicable to certain hydroelectric projects under the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-14 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon certain licensees' request, to extend for up to three consecutive two-year periods the time required for commencement of construction of two specified hydroelectric projects. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-549 | 104 | s | 549 | A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of three hyrdroelectric projects in the State of Arkansas. | Energy | 1995-03-14 | 1995-04-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend for up to three consecutive two-year periods the time required for commencement of construction of three specified hydroelectric projects in Arkansas. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-552 | 104 | s | 552 | A bill to allow the refurbishment and continued operation of a small hydroelectric facility in central Montana by adjusting the amount of charges to be paid to the United States under the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-14 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 140. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 1 | Provides that any political subdivision of the State of Montana which accepts the terms and conditions for a license for the Flint Creek hydroelectric project in Granite and Deer Lodge Counties shall not be required to pay, for the five-year period following its acceptance of the license, annual charges for the use of Federal lands lying within the boundaries of the project. Requires such subdivision to pay an annual Federal charge of no more than $20,000 per year after the five-year period for the use of those lands as long as it holds such license. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-hr-1216 | 104 | hr | 1216 | USEC Privatization Act | Energy | 1995-03-13 | 1995-03-23 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 41. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 0 | USEC Privatization Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exclude from the definition of "production facility" the construction and operation of a uranium enrichment facility using Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) technology (thus making such a facility eligible for one-step licensing). (Sec. 4) States that one of this Act's purposes is to ensure that privatization of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) does not result in any adverse effects on the pension benefits of employees at facilities that are operated in the performance of functions vested in USEC. Declares that USEC shall abide by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement in effect on the privatization date at each individual facility. Permits employees who transfer to USEC from other Federal employment to transfer their accrued retirement benefits to a USEC retirement system, or to retain their coverage under their existing Federal plan. (Sec. 5) Terminates USEC's status as the exclusive marketing agent for the United States for entering into contracts for providing enriched uranium and uranium enrichment and related services. Declares that the privatization of USEC shall not affect the terms, rights, or obligations of the parties to any power purchase contracts. Sets forth the effects of the transfer of uranium enrichment contracts. Declares that the United States shall remain obligated on those contracts during their term. States that USEC shall establish prices for its products, materials, and services on a profitmaking basis. Prescribes guidelines under which the Department of Energy (DOE) shall accept responsibility for the treatment, disposal and storage of low-level radioactive waste and mixed waste. States that as of the privatization date all liabilities and any judgment against the Corporation attributable to the operation of the USEC from the transition date to the privatization date shall be direct liabilities of, and judgments against, the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secreta… | 2025-04-07T15:29:38Z | |
| 104-s-543 | 104 | s | 543 | A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-13 | 1995-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the request of a specified licensee, to extend the time for completion of a certain project to the later of: (1) October 31, 2002; or (2) the date that is one year after the date on which the Army Corps of Engineers completes construction of water temperature control structures at the Blue River Dam. Requires the licensee to file an annual status report with such Commission. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-544 | 104 | s | 544 | Nuclear Waste Independent Review Act | Energy | 1995-03-13 | 1995-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] | NV | D | B000993 | 1 | Nuclear Waste Independent Review Act - Directs the President to establish the Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission, independent of the Department of Energy and other Federal agencies, to review, and report to the Congress on, U.S. nuclear waste policy, including issues related to: (1) the storage and disposal of high-level, transuranic, and low-level radioactive wastes; and (2) funding through the Nuclear Waste Fund. Prohibits the issuance of any license for a facility for the storage or disposal of radioactive waste until the Commission submits its report. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 104-s-538 | 104 | s | 538 | A bill to reinstate the permit for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1995-03-10 | 1995-04-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a specified licensee, to reinstate a certain permit effective May 23, 1993, and to extend the period during which the licensee is required to commence project construction to the date that is four years after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z |
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