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| 105-hr-4798 | 105 | hr | 4798 | Electricity Consumer, Worker, and Environmental Protection Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Services Title II: State Standards for Electricity Service Electricity Consumer, Worker, and Environmental Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Service - Subjects electric utility industry workers to the jurisdiction of the 1994 National Skills Standards Act and title V of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Subjects all generating plants to State and Federal general industry requirements as established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and mandates periodic government inspection. (Sec. 101) Prescribes continuing employment guidelines for a specified transition period in the event of any transfer of ownership of any divisions or units within an electric utility. (Sec. 102) Establishes a right of privacy with respect to consumer billing, payment, specific usage and appliance information obtained by the seller in the normal course of business. Prescribes guidelines governing: (1) consumer privacy; (2) disclosures for retail electricity bills; (3) dispute resolution of billing complaints; and (4) quality standards for sellers and distributors of retail electric service. (Sec. 107) Mandates that each State create a not-for-profit membership corporation to be known as the "Citizens' Utility Board, Inc." (State CUB) to represent and promote the interests of a State's residential consumers of electricity. (Sec. 108) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an Office of the Consumer Counsel (the Office) to represent energy consumers during FERC proceedings that may affect wholesale or retail electric or gas service, prices, and practices. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 109) Prohibits any Federal or State authority from requiring consumers to subsidize the costs of owning or operating any power plant owned by an investor-owned company, except any facility or power plant that qualifies for support from the National Electric Public Benefi… | 2025-08-21T16:14:05Z | |
| 105-hr-4755 | 105 | hr | 4755 | To provide for the collection and interpretation of state of the art, non-intrusive 3-dimensional seismic data on certain federal lands in Alaska, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2010) | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to instruct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise findings for Arctic Coastal Plain lands whose petroleum resources have been assessed by the U.S. Geological Survey within the past three years using two-dimensional seismic data originally collected and analyzed more than ten years before enactment of this Act; and (2) reassess the in-place petroleum resources of such lands using data obtained from three-dimensional seismic exploration. | 2025-04-07T15:23:30Z | |
| 105-s-2589 | 105 | s | 2589 | A bill to provide for the collection and interpretation of state of the art, non-intrusive 3-dimensional seismic data on certain federal lands in Alaska, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to instruct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise findings for Arctic Coastal Plain lands whose petroleum resources have been assessed by the U.S. Geological Survey within the past three years using two-dimensional seismic data originally collected and analyzed more than ten years before enactment of this Act; and (2) reassess the in-place petroleum resources of such lands using data obtained from three-dimensional seismic exploration. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4715 | 105 | hr | 4715 | Power Bill | Energy | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 0 | Power Bill - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that its prohibition against mandatory retail wheeling and sham wholesale transactions does not affect any State or local government authority under State law with respect to electric energy sale (or, as currently, transmission) directly to an ultimate consumer. Prescribes guidelines for State-imposed reciprocity governing access to electric utility transmission and distribution facilities. Grants cooperatively owned sellers or distributors of electricity the right, as consumer-owned cooperatives, to engage in any activity or provide any service lawfully carried out by any other seller or distributor of electricity in the State. Authorizes a State or State regulatory authority to impose charges upon purchases of retail electric energy services, including fees: (1) to recover costs incurred by an electric utility that become unrecoverable due to the availability of retail electric service choice; and (2) to pay all reasonable costs associated with governmental requirements regarding decommissioning of nuclear generating units. (Sec. 4) Declares that, as of January 1, 1999, new electric utility contracts for purchase or sale shall no longer be subject to specified requirements encouraging cogeneration and small power production. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to promulgate regulations to assure recovery of all costs associated with purchases of electric energy or capacity from a cogeneration and small power production facility by electric utilities. (Sec. 5) Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes guidelines for Federal and State access to books and records of electric utility holding companies and their affiliates. Prescribes implementation guidelines. (Sec. 6) Requires State laws or regulations for the recovery of stranded costs to be filed with FERC as a prerequisite to State receipt of Federal energy assistance. Precludes any modification or repeal of such laws or regulations for seven years after such f… | 2025-08-21T16:13:31Z | |
| 105-s-2569 | 105 | s | 2569 | A bill to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for expanding the scope of the Independent Scientific Review Panel. | Energy | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 2 | Amends the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act to: (1) decrease the funding available to the fish and wildlife protection program of the Northwest Power Planning Council; (2) extend such program to September 30, 2002; and (3) prescribe specified procedures for the review of programs or measures proposed in a Federal agency budget to be reimbursed or directly paid for by the Bonneville Power Administration with respect to Columbia Basin fish and wildlife. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4707 | 105 | hr | 4707 | To prohibit Federal agencies from planning the sale of the Southeastern Power Administration. | Energy | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000309 | 0 | Prohibits any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality from studying, undertaking any plan regarding, or commencing negotiations for the sale of the Southeastern Power Administration, including any of its facilities used in connection with electric energy generation it markets. | 2025-01-02T17:51:30Z | |
| 105-s-2539 | 105 | s | 2539 | National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 4 | National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1998 - Authorizes the oilheat industry to conduct a referendum through a qualified industry organization among retailers and wholesalers for the creation of a National Oilheat Research Alliance to develop programs concerning oilheat research and development, safety issues, consumer education, and training. Defines industry to include those persons involved in the production, transportation, and sale of oilheat, and those engaged in the manufacture and distribution of oilheat utilization equipment in the United States (but not the ultimate consumers of oilheat). Permits State industry trade association participation in such Alliance. Prescribes guidelines for Alliance membership and representation. Requires the Alliance to: (1) levy and collect annual assessments on the wholesale sale of No. 1 distillate and No. 2 dyed distillate sufficient to cover Alliance plans and program costs; and (2) establish a program coordinating its operation with that of any similar State, local, or regional program. Prescribes allocation guidelines governing Alliance funds made available to a qualified State association. Conditions fund availability upon the Alliance's determination that the funds will be used to benefit the oilheat industry directly. Empowers the Alliance to bring suit in Federal district court to compel compliance with any assessments it levies. Mandates that Alliance-funded consumer education activities include a statement that they were supported by the Alliance. Prohibits such consumer education activities from including: (1) a reference to a private brand name; (2) a false or unwarranted claim on behalf of oilheat or related products; or (3) a reference regarding the attributes or use of any competing product. Prescribes procedural guidelines for the filing and transmittal of complaints, including judicial review in Federal court. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-2533 | 105 | s | 2533 | Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-09-30 | 1998-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 0 | Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe factors which Federal agency participants in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric license renewal process (consulting agencies) must consider and document when setting forth conditions for such renewals, including the economic impact of such conditions as well as air quality, flood control, irrigation, navigation, and recreation and drinking water supply. Requires that each condition be subjected to appropriately substantiated scientific peer review based on current empirical data or field-tested data. Requires such consulting agency to provide a license applicant opportunity to obtain expedited administrative review of its proposed conditions before filing a FERC application. Empowers the reviewing body to remand the matter to such agency if the reviewer finds the agency's proposed conditions do not comply with this Act. Sets a one-year deadline by which a consulting agency must file its proposed licensing conditions with FERC. Directs FERC to: (1) conduct an economic analysis of each condition submitted by a consulting agency to determine whether it would render the project uneconomic; (2) conduct a single consolidated environmental review for each licensed project pursuant to its status as lead agency for environmental reviews; and (3) set a deadline for the submission of comments by Federal, State, and local government agencies regarding any environmental impact or assessment required for a project. Instructs FERC to consider the need of license applicants for a prompt decision when setting such deadlines. Directs FERC to study and report to certain congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing a separate licensing procedure for small hydroelectric projects with a generating capacity of five megawatts or less. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4633 | 105 | hr | 4633 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project. | Energy | 1998-09-25 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a specified licensee, to extend commencement of construction of the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project until August 3, 2002. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 105-hr-4598 | 105 | hr | 4598 | To protect the sanctity of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent holders with respect to coalbed methane gas. | Energy | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] | WY | R | C000962 | 0 | Declares that the United States shall not deem as an infringement upon its ownership rights certain existing Federal contracts and leases covering land conveyed by the United States that in turn convey to surface patent holders any rights to coalbed methane gas exploration, extraction, sales, or production. Declares this Act applicable only to land with respect to which the United States owns coal reserved to it in a patent issued under specified Federal law. States that this Act does not: (1) apply to any tribally-owned or State-owned interest in coal or land; or (2) limit the right of any person who entered into a contract or lease for federally-owned coal before, on or after the date of enactment of this Act to mine and remove such coal, and to release coalbed methane without liability to surface patent holders with rights to explore for, extract, sell, or produce coalbed methane. | 2025-04-07T15:23:30Z | |
| 105-hr-4604 | 105 | hr | 4604 | To direct the Minerals Management Service to grant the State of Louisiana and its lessees a credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field. | Energy | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000058 | 7 | Prescribes guidelines under which State lessees may withhold payment of Federal offshore royalties owed to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act if such lessees pay the State of Louisiana, on or before such royalty due date, 44 cents for every dollar of royalty withheld. Requires such lessees to report quarterly to the Director of the Minerals Management Service on the Federal leases for which the royalty payments are withheld. Identifies such State lessees as holders of lease rights in certain State leases during a specified Critical Time Period who did not also hold lease rights in a specified Federal lease. | 2025-01-02T17:51:29Z | |
| 105-s-2499 | 105 | s | 2499 | Power Marketing Administration Reform Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Power Marketing Administration Reform Act of 1998 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop and implement procedures to ensure that the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (FPMAs) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) utilize the same accounting principles and requirements as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) applies to the electric operations of public utilities. (Sec. 3) Requires each FPMA and the TVA to submit periodically for FERC review rates proposed for the sale or disposition of Federal energy that will ensure recovery of all costs in generating and marketing such energy. Prescribes rate mechanism and pricing guidelines. Establishes within the Treasury the Fund for Environmental Mitigation and Restoration to: (1) mitigate damage to fish, wildlife, and other environmental resources attributable to power generation and sales facilities; and (2) restore the health of such fish, wildlife, and resources. Mandates project-specific mitigation plans for each power generation project. Establishes within the Treasury a Fund for Renewable Resources, to be administered by the Secretary of Energy. Prescribes expenditure guidelines. Mandates that public bodies and cooperatives be given a preference for future power allocations or reallocations of Federal power through a right of first refusal at market prices. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to require each FPMA to: (1) assign personnel and incur expenses solely for authorized power marketing, reclamation, and flood control activities, and not for ancillary activities; and (2) make annual public disclosures of its activities, including the full costs of power projects and marketing. Precludes an FPMA from entering into or renewing any power marketing contract for a term exceeding five years. (Sec. 4) Requires provision of FPMA transmission services on an open access basis, and at FERC-approved rates in the same manner as provided by any public utility under FERC jurisdiction. (Sec. 5) Grants FERC rate-making approval authority until a ful… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-2500 | 105 | s | 2500 | A bill to protect the sanctity of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent holders with respect to coalbed methane gas. | Energy | 1998-09-18 | 1998-11-10 | Became Public Law No: 105-367. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 2 | Declares that the United States shall not deem as an infringement upon its ownership rights certain existing Federal contracts and leases covering land conveyed by the United States that in turn convey to surface patent holders any rights to coalbed methane gas exploration, extraction, sales, or production. Declares this Act applicable only to land with respect to which the United States owns coal reserved to it in a patent issued under specified Federal law. States that this "Act does not": (1) apply to any tribally-owned State-owned interest in coal or land; or (2) limit the right of any or person who entered into a contract or lease for federally-owned coal before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act to mine and remove such coal, and to release coalbed methane without liability to surface patent holders with rights to explore for, extract, sell, or produce coalbed methane. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4432 | 105 | hr | 4432 | Electric System Reliability Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: FERC Authority to Certify Self-Regulating Reliability Organizations Title II: FERC Authority to Require Independent System Operators, to Require Divestiture of Generation Facilities, and to Prohibit Preferential Transmission Service Title III: Interconnection Title IV: Exempt Transmitting Utilities Electric System Reliability Act of 1998 - Title I: FERC Authority to Certify Self-Regulating Reliability Organizations - Amends the Federal Power Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over electric reliability organizations (EROs), all system operators, and all users of the bulk-power system for purposes of approving and enforcing compliance with U.S. standards. (Sec. 101) Mandates that users of the bulk-power system comply with standards established by the North American Electric Reliability Council and the regional reliability councils that exist on the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes guidelines governing registration and establishment of standards. Empowers FERC to approve from among competing applications only the one ERO deemed most likely to provide a reliable bulk-power system. Prohibits an ERO from: (1) establishing or operating a market for the sale, purchase, or exchange of electric energy; (2) filing any standard that establishes commercial terms for the sale, purchase, or exchange of electric energy; or (3) impeding effective competition. Mandates that: (1) the United States enter into international agreements with the Governments of Canada and Mexico to provide for compliance with standards and with ERO effectiveness in implementing its responsibilities; and (2) every system operator be an ERO member. Grants an ERO disciplinary and enforcement powers. Directs an ERO to conduct periodic assessments of the reliability and adequacy of the interconnected bulk-power system in North America and to report its findings annually to FERC. (Sec. 102) Sets forth a re… | 2025-08-21T16:13:33Z | |
| 105-hr-4462 | 105 | hr | 4462 | To transfer ownership and management of Blue Ridge, Nottely, and Chatuge Lakes, Georgia, from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] | GA | R | D000168 | 0 | Transfers the ownership and management of Blue Ridge, Nottely, and Chatuge Lakes, Georgia, from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Secretary of the Army. Permits electrical power generated through releases of water from such Lakes to be sold only at market rates. | 2025-01-02T17:51:16Z | |
| 105-hr-4511 | 105 | hr | 4511 | Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 5 | Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide that a State regulatory authority may ensure that rates charged by qualifying small power producers and qualifying cogenerators to purchasing electric utilities: (1) are just and reasonable to consumers of the purchasing utility and in the public interest; and (2) do not exceed the incremental cost at the time of delivery to such utility of alternative electric energy and capacity. Authorizes a State regulatory authority to: (1) establish programs for monitoring the operating and efficiency performance of in-State cogeneration and small power production facilities in order to determine whether they meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standards; and (2) require that a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this Act be amended to conform to State requirements governing rates to retail electric consumers. | 2025-08-21T16:13:14Z | |
| 105-s-2419 | 105 | s | 2419 | Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-07-31 | 1998-08-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide that a State regulatory authority may ensure that rates charged by qualifying small power producers and qualifying cogenerators to purchasing electric utilities: (1) are just and reasonable to consumers of the purchasing utility and in the public interest; and (2) do not exceed the incremental cost at the time of delivery to such utility of alternative electric energy and capacity. Authorizes a State regulatory authority to: (1) establish programs for monitoring the operating and efficiency performance of in-State cogeneration and small power production facilities in order to determine whether they meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standards; and (2) require that a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this Act be amended to conform to State requirements governing rates to retail electric consumers. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-2381 | 105 | s | 2381 | Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act | Energy | 1998-07-30 | 1998-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 1 | Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act - States that no electric utility shall be required, under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electricity or capacity from or to qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities. Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations designed to ensure that no electric utility shall be required to absorb the costs associated with purchases of electric power or capacity from a qualifying facility pursuant to PURPA obligations before enactment of this Act. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4234 | 105 | hr | 4234 | To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride. | Energy | 1998-07-15 | 1998-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 3 | Instructs the Secretary of Energy to prepare for mandatory inclusion in the President's budget request for FY 2000 a plan and proposed legislation to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to commence construction, by January 31, 2004, and operate an onsite facility at each of the gaseous diffusion plants at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride. Prohibits the withdrawal of such amounts from either the USEC Fund or the Working Capital Account until one year after the date on which the President submits the FY 2000 budget request to the Congress. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | |
| 105-s-2316 | 105 | s | 2316 | A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride. | Energy | 1998-07-15 | 1998-07-21 | Became Public Law No: 105-204. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 3 | Instructs the Secretary of Energy to prepare for mandatory inclusion in the President's budget request for FY 2000 a plan and proposed legislation to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to commence construction and operate an onsite facility at each of the gaseous diffusion plants at Paducah Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act. Prohibits such amounts from being withdrawn from either the USEC Fund or the Working Capital Account until one year after the date on which the President submits the FY 2000 budget request to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should authorize appropriations during FY 2000 sufficient to fully fund the Secretary's plan. | 2025-04-07T15:31:56Z | |
| 105-hr-4215 | 105 | hr | 4215 | To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride. | Energy | 1998-07-14 | 1998-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 1 | Instructs the Secretary of Energy to prepare for mandatory inclusion in the President's budget request for FY 2000 a plan and proposed legislation to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to commence construction, by January 31, 2004, and operate an onsite facility at each of the gaseous diffusion plants at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride. Prohibits the withdrawal of such amounts from either the USEC Fund or the Working Capital Account until one year after the date on which the President submits the FY 2000 budget request to the Congress. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | |
| 105-s-2287 | 105 | s | 2287 | Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act | Energy | 1998-07-10 | 1998-07-20 | Star Print ordered on the bill as introduced. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Retail Electric Service Title II: Facilitating State and Regional Regulation Title III: Public Benefits Title IV: Regulation of Mergers and Corporate Structure Title V: Electric Reliability Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act - Title I: Retail Electric Service - Amends the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to set a specified date by which each electric energy distribution facility is required to offer consumers open access to its facilities for electric energy sales (retail competition requirement). (Sec. 101) Authorizes a State regulatory authority to direct a distribution utility not to implement the retail competition requirement if it finds that implementation would have a negative impact upon a class of customers that cannot be reasonably mitigated. Authorizes a nonregulated distribution utility on its own to make the same determination. Requires a State regulatory authority that conducts a public proceeding before a distribution utility implements retail competition to consider recovery of stranded retail costs by such utility if the utility has taken reasonable steps to mitigate such costs. Authorizes any person to bring an action for noncompliance with this Act in State court against either a State regulatory authority, distribution utility, or a nonregulated distribution utility. (Sec. 102) Authorizes a State regulatory authority to prohibit any other distribution utility (and affiliate) located in the United States over which it does not have ratemaking authority from selling electric energy to electric consumers of a distribution facility covered by the notice of retail competition, unless a notice of retail competition has been filed with respect to the other distribution utility (reciprocity requirements). Grants the same authority to a nonregulated distribution utility. (Sec. 103) Prescribes guidelines for consumer information disclosure by an electric utility and attendant enforcement by State and Federal agen… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4183 | 105 | hr | 4183 | State Electric and Consumer Empowerment Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-06-25 | 1998-07-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 4 | State Electric and Consumer Empowerment Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to declare that each State regulatory authority may: (1) ensure that rates charged by qualifying small power producers and qualifying cogenerators are just and reasonable and do not exceed the incremental cost at the time of delivery to the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy and capacity; (2) establish programs for monitoring the performance of in-State cogeneration and small power production facilities to determine whether they meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) standards for qualifying facilities; and (3) require that any pre-existing contracts be amended to conform to the requirements of this Act. Declares that nothing in such Act or any other law shall prohibit a State or FERC from ensuring that all costs associated with electric energy purchases from qualifying cogenerators or small power producers are recovered by the purchaser. | 2025-08-21T16:14:47Z | |
| 105-s-2225 | 105 | s | 2225 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-06-25 | 1998-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 1 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from conducting any preleasing or lease sale activity in the following Areas ("covered areas"): (1) the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; (2) the Straits of Florida; and (3) the South Atlantic. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary may approve or permit an exploration, production, or drilling activity in such areas with respect to any existing lease. Establishes a Joint Federal-State Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Force to: (1) ensure acquisition and consideration of needed information in all relevant disciplines to understand environmental risks; (2) provide scientific expertise to the Secretary; (3) facilitate the resolution of conflicts between the State of Florida and Federal agencies with respect to OCS activities and environmental studies; and (4) participate in peer review of certain required studies and research. Subjects approval of oil and gas exploration plans in the covered areas to the detailed environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Expands the scope of required oil and gas development and production plans to include analyses of the effects upon environmental, human, social and economic resources of the affected areas. Provides that a State's consistency response to the consistency certification accompanying such plans shall be considered preliminary and provisional until receipt and review of such expanded analyses. Requires State concurrence for any approval by the Secretary of either a Development and Production Plan or a Development Operations Coordination Document. Requires the Secretary to consult with and obtain the concurrence of each affected State in determining if the approval of a development and production plan constitutes a major Federal action for NEPA purposes. Requires the Secretary, upon a finding that such plan is a major Federal action, to ensure that each affected State receives the final envi… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4081 | 105 | hr | 4081 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Arkansas. | Energy | 1998-06-18 | 1998-10-26 | Became Public Law No: 105-283. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a specified licensee, to extend the time required for commencement of construction of a specified hydroelectric project in Arkansas for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods. | 2025-04-07T15:34:01Z | |
| 105-s-2187 | 105 | s | 2187 | Electric Consumer Choice Act | Energy | 1998-06-18 | 1998-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Electric Consumer Choice Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that nothing in Federal law shall be construed to authorize a State to: (1) establish, maintain, or enforce on behalf of any electric utility an exclusive right to sell electric energy; or (2) unduly discriminate against any consumer seeking to purchase electric energy in interstate commerce from any supplier. Declares that no supplier of electric energy, who would otherwise have a right of access to a transmission or local distribution facility because such facility is essential for the conduct of interstate commerce in electric energy, shall be denied access to transmission or local distribution facilities or precluded from engaging in electric energy retail sales on the grounds that such denial or preclusion is authorized by State action establishing, maintaining, or enforcing an exclusive right to sell, transmit, or locally distribute electric energy. (Sec. 6) Authorizes a State or State commission to prohibit an electric utility from selling electric energy to an ultimate consumer in such State if the utility (or any affiliate) owns or controls transmission or local distribution facilities and is not itself providing unbundled local distribution service in a State in which it owns or operates an electricity-generating facility. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-2171 | 105 | s | 2171 | A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Arkansas. | Energy | 1998-06-16 | 1998-10-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a specified licensee, to extend the time required for commencement of construction of a specified hydroelectric project in Arkansas for a maximum of three consecutive two-year periods. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4017 | 105 | hr | 4017 | Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-06-09 | 1998-09-28 | Laid on the table. See S. 417 for further action. (consideration: CR H9104) | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 1 | Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for: (1) State energy conservation programs; and (2) the energy conservation program for schools and hospitals. (Sec. 3) Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 to implement the weatherization program. (Sec. 4) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to extend until October 1, 2003, Federal agency authority to enter into new energy savings performance contracts. (Sec. 6) Repeals termination of the President's authority to require either allocation or priority contract performance of materials supplies and equipment in order to maximize domestic energy supplies under certain energy contingencies (thereby making such authority permanent). (Sec. 7) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to set forth a statutory mechanism for the allocation of credit for specified biodiesel fuel use by a fleet or covered person. Requires the Secretary to allocate one credit to a fleet or covered person for each qualifying volume of the biodiesel component of fuel containing at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume (B-20) purchased for use by the fleet or covered person in vehicles owned or operated by the fleet or covered person that weigh more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. Permits the Secretary to lower the B-20 requirement for reasons related to cold start, safety, or vehicle function considerations. Prohibits the allocation of credits for a purchase of biodiesel: (1) for use in alternative fueled vehicles; or (2) that is required by Federal or State law. Requires the Secretary, upon the request of a fleet or covered person receiving a credit allocation, to treat that purchase as the acquisition of one alternative fueled vehicle which the fleet or covered person is required to acquire by such Act. (Sec. 8) Requires the head of each Federal agency to report annually to the Congress on compliance wi… | 2025-04-07T15:33:57Z | |
| 105-hr-3962 | 105 | hr | 3962 | To provide for the ratification of payments made under preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs. | Energy | 1998-05-22 | 1998-06-01 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 2 | States that certain amounts for Federal royalty oil purchases invoiced by the Secretary of the Interior and paid in full before the date of enactment of this Act are ratified and deemed to be the purchaser's total obligation to the United States, subject to adjustment to reconcile billed volumes with delivered volumes (provided that all purchased royalty oil volumes were processed or used, or exchanged for other crude oil on a volume or equivalent basis that was processed or used, in the refiner's domestic refineries). | 2025-04-07T15:23:30Z | |
| 105-hr-3976 | 105 | hr | 3976 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-05-22 | 1998-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000058 | 13 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1998 - 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. | 2025-08-21T16:14:47Z | |
| 105-hconres-280 | 105 | hconres | 280 | To provide for the development and implementation of a comprehensive energy conservation plan for the United States Congress. | Energy | 1998-05-21 | 1998-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 12 | Requires the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) develop and implement a cost-effective energy conservation strategy for all facilities administered by Congress to achieve 20 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to FY 1991 within seven years after adoption of this resolution; (2) submit to the Congress a comprehensive energy conservation and management plan, including life cycle costs methods to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy efficiency projects; (3) submit a request for necessary appropriations; (4) report annually to the Congress on congressional energy management and conservation programs; (5) perform energy surveys of all congressional buildings and attendant updates; (6) use such surveys to determine the cost and payback period of energy and water conservation measures likely to achieve requisite energy consumption levels; and (7) install energy and water conservation measures that will achieve the requirements through previously determined life cycle cost methods and procedures. Authorizes the Architect to: (1) contract with nongovernmental entities and employ private sector capital to finance energy conservation projects and achieve energy consumption targets; (2) develop innovative contracting methods to attract private sector funding for the installation of energy-efficient and renewable energy technology; and (3) participate in the Department of Energy's Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) contracts program for Federal Government facilities. Directs the Architect to produce information packages and guides for each Member and employing authority of the Congress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save energy. | 2025-01-02T17:43:46Z | |
| 105-hr-3932 | 105 | hr | 3932 | Federal Oil Royalty Protection Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-05-21 | 1998-06-01 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 15 | Federal Oil Royalty Protection Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish separate rules to govern the calculation of the value for Federal royalty purposes of crude oil produced by independent and integrated producers from any Federal onshore or Outer Continental Shelf lease. Prescribes requirements and optional features of such rules with respect to: (1) integrated producers; (2) independent producers' gross proceeds; or (3) independent producers' market-based methods. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a single set of rules to govern such calculations if it is determined not to establish separate rules. (Sec. 4) Declares all royalty rate reductions for stripper and heavy oil granted by the Secretary for oil produced from any Federal onshore lease cancelled as of the first day of the first production month following enactment of this Act. Requires a lessee to remit royalties at the rate established under its lease as of the first full production month following enactment of this Act. Retains existing royalty rate reductions for stripper and heavy oil applicable to independent producers' leases until September 1999 or (if earlier) cancellation by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to grant royalty rate reductions under specified circumstances. (Sec. 5) Prohibits the rate charged to any Outer Continental Shelf lessee or lease operator for oil or gas transportation on any pipeline from the lease to an onshore sales or delivery point from exceeding actual oil pipeline transportation costs as determined by the Secretary, plus a reasonable rate of return not to exceed the prime rate. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to: (1) promptly review and determine the extent to which each Mineral Leasing Act holder of a right-of-way or permit, and each pipeline operator, has complied with specified statutory requirements; and (2) revoke such right-of-way or permit for non-compliance with such Act. (Sec. 7) Amends the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act to repeal the pro… | 2025-08-21T16:11:49Z | |
| 105-hr-3941 | 105 | hr | 3941 | Assisting Acquisition of Russian Material Act (AARM Act) | Energy | 1998-05-21 | 1998-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] | OH | D | S001004 | 2 | Assisting Acquisition of Russian Material Act (AARM Act) - Amends the United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act regarding uranium transfers and sales to authorize the Secretary of Energy to: (1) purchase and hold any amount of any contract obligation of the United States Executive Agent to acquire Russian highly enriched uranium (HEU) converted to low-enriched uranium under the Russian HEU Agreement; and (2) resell such material according to prescribed guidelines. Confers jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts for violations of such Act without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties. | 2025-08-21T16:14:45Z | |
| 105-s-2090 | 105 | s | 2090 | NRC Fairness in Funding Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-05-18 | 1998-06-25 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 4 | NRC Fairness in Funding Act of 1998 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend through FY 2003 Nuclear Regulatory Commission authority (NRC) to assess and collect user fees and annual charges. Reformulates the aggregate annual charges collected from all licensees to factor in the costs of certain NRC activities for FY 1999 and thereafter. Requires the NRC to take specified considerations into account when it determines which costs of its activities would be inequitable to include in licensee assessments. Sets a ceiling for such maximum excluded costs. | 2025-04-07T15:32:49Z | |
| 105-hr-3875 | 105 | hr | 3875 | Coastal States Protection Act | Energy | 1998-05-14 | 1998-06-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4298) | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C001036 | 24 | 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 or adjacent to lands beneath navigable waters of a coastal State whose Governor has placed a moratorium on such activities with respect to oil, gas, or other minerals. | 2025-08-21T16:12:43Z | |
| 105-hr-3887 | 105 | hr | 3887 | To prohibit oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. | Energy | 1998-05-14 | 1998-05-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 15 | Prohibits any drilling activity (including any slant or directional drilling) to extract oil or gas from submerged lands in any of the Great Lakes. Authorizes the Attorney General to enforce such prohibition. | 2025-01-02T17:50:23Z | |
| 105-s-2084 | 105 | s | 2084 | Coastal States Protection Act | Energy | 1998-05-14 | 1998-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 8 | 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 or adjacent to lands beneath navigable waters of a coastal State whose Governor has placed a moratorium on such activities with respect to oil, gas, or other minerals. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-3820 | 105 | hr | 3820 | To repeal a limitation on use of appropriations to issue rules with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes. | Energy | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 27 | Amends the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act to repeal a certain limitation on the use of appropriations to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to crude oil valuation for royalty purposes. | 2025-04-07T15:33:49Z | |
| 105-s-2043 | 105 | s | 2043 | A bill to repeal the limitation on use of appropriations to issue rules with respect to valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes. | Energy | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 2 | Amends the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act to repeal a certain limitation on the use of appropriations to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to crude oil valuation for royalty purposes. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-2005 | 105 | s | 2005 | TVA Customer Protection Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-04-29 | 1998-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | TVA Customer Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Power Act to treat the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a public utility subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Exempts TVA facilities from the requirement of prior FERC approval for any disposition of property if proper disclosure has been made, and all disposition proceeds are applied towards TVA debt reduction. Prohibits FERC from permitting TVA to impose any rate or charge, or any rule or regulation pertaining to a rate or charge, for costs incurred in the conduct of TVA activities or operations outside the United States. Deems any such rate, charge, rule, or regulation to be unjust, unreasonable, and unlawful. Mandates an annual TVA report to FERC detailing its activities outside the United States. Prohibits TVA electric power sales to a retail customer within a distributor service area assigned by law, unless: (1) the customer was purchasing electric power directly from TVA on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) the distributor purchases firm power from TVA that is no more than 50 percent of its total retail sales; or (3) the distributor agrees that TVA may sell power to the customer. Subjects TVA retail electric power sales to applicable State law. Subjects TVA to the same filing and disclosure requirements as pertain to other public utilities. Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to subject TVA to the antitrust laws. Denies TVA any power to rent, sell, or otherwise provide construction equipment or services to, or perform contract construction work for, any public or private entity, except for certain electrical contractors, customers, distributors, and governmental entities engaged in electrical utility work on a TVA electrical utility project. | 2025-08-21T16:11:44Z | |
| 105-s-1919 | 105 | s | 1919 | Federal Oil and Gas Stripper Well Preservation Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-04-02 | 1998-04-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 6 | Federal Oil and Gas Stripper Well Preservation Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide permanent regulatory authority to make royalty rate reductions for stripper well properties on Federal lands. Instructs the Secretary to suspend the minimum royalty and per acre lease rental during the period of any royalty rate reduction for such properties for so long as the royalty rate reduction is in effect. States that, once a royalty rate reduction for such a property is terminated, the lease rental and minimum royalty shall be reinstated to the applicable rate or rates that would pertain without regard to any elapsed period of time during which the reduction or suspension was in effect. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1920 | 105 | s | 1920 | Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-04-02 | 1998-04-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Deferral to State Regulation of Oil and Gas Lease Operations on Federal Lands Title II: Use of Cost Savings from State Regulation Title III: Streamlining and Cost Reduction Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 1998 - Title I: Deferral to State Regulation of Oil and Gas Lease Operations on Federal Lands - Authorizes a State to notify the Secretary of the Interior of its intent to accept authority for oil and gas lease operations on Federal lands within such State. Transfers such authority by operation of law from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to a State six months after the Secretary receives the State's notice. Title II: Use of Cost Savings from State Regulation - Instructs the Secretary to compensate any State for costs incurred to implement the transferred authorities. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary to exclude from the 50 percent deduction from oil, gas, and geothermal revenues, with respect to calculation of specified Federal payments to States, the costs of preparing resource management planning documents and analyses for areas in which oil and gas leasing is excluded, or areas in which the primary activity under review is not oil and gas leasing and development. Title III: Streamlining and Cost Reduction - Prohibits the Department of the Interior from recovering its costs with respect to applications and other documents relating to oil and gas leases. Prescribes guidelines for the decision-making process of the BLM and the Forest Service affecting oil and gas leases and operations. Directs the BLM and the Forest Service to assure that unwarranted denials and stays of lease issuance and unwarranted restrictions on lease operations are eliminated from the administration of oil and gas leasing on Federal lands. Sets forth a timetable for the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) report jointly with the Secretary of Agriculture to the Congress on the most efficient means of eliminating overlap and duplic… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1930 | 105 | s | 1930 | Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-04-02 | 1998-04-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 9 | Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998 - Declares that all royalty oil and royalty gas accruing to the United States under any oil and gas lease shall be taken in kind by the United States at the applicable delivery point for each lease premises. Sets forth rights, obligations and responsibilities pertaining to such royalty oil and gas with respect to: (1) the United States; (2) the States; (3) the lessee; and (4) qualified marketing agents. (Sec. 4) Allocates costs responsibility and transporter charges between the lessee and the United States. Prescribes procedures for resolving royalty share imbalances between: (1) the amount of royalty oil or gas production taken by the United States from a lease premises during a calendar month; and (2) the amount of such production attributable to such lease premises for that month. (Sec. 7) Sets forth guidelines for transportation by truck, tanker, or barge for royalty oil or gas taken in kind from onshore or offshore lease premises for which there is no pipeline connection at the well. (Sec. 8) Exempts from coverage by this Act: (1) compensatory royalties; (2) minimum royalties; and (3) net profit share lease royalties prior to payout. (Sec. 9) Sets forth reporting requirements for lessees and qualitied marketing agents. Empowers the Secretary of the Interior to audit their reports. (Sec. 12) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall dirct qualified marketing agents to offer for sale to eligible small refiners an eligible small refiner portion, which is intended for processing, or trading for equivalent barrels for processing, in the eligible small refiner's refineries located in the United States, and not for resale in-kind or value. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) convene an eligible small refiner advisory panel to assist in developing policies and procedures to implement this Act; and (2) develop and implement procedures to ensure a fair and equitable opportunity for eligible small refiners to purchase royalty oil from the eligible small refiner portion. Ame… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-3610 | 105 | hr | 3610 | National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-31 | 1998-10-12 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 130 | National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1998 - Authorizes the oilheat industry to conduct a referendum through a qualified industry organization among retailers and wholesalers for the creation of a National Oilheat Research Alliance to develop programs concerning oilheat research and development, safety issues, consumer education, and training. Defines industry to include those persons involved in the production, transportation, and sale of oilheat, and in the manufacture and distribution of oilheat utilization equipment, in the United States (but not the ultimate consumers of oilheat). Permits State industry trade association participation in such Alliance. Prescribes guidelines for Alliance membership and representation. Requires the Alliance to: (1) levy and collect annual assessments on the wholesale sale of No. 1 distillate and No. 2 dyed distillate sufficient to cover Alliance plans and program costs; and (2) establish a program coordinating its operation with that of any similar State, local, or regional program. Prescribes allocation guidelines governing Alliance funds made available to a qualified State association. Conditions fund availability upon the Alliance's determination that the funds will be used to directly benefit the oilheat industry Empowers the Alliance to bring suit in Federal court to compel compliance with any assessments it levies. Mandates that Alliance-funded consumer education activities include a statement that they were supported by the Alliance. Prohibits such consumer education activities from including: (1) a reference to a private brand name; (2) a false or unwarranted claim on behalf of oilheat or related products; or (3) a reference regarding the attributes or use of any competing product. Prescribes procedural guidelines for the filing and transmittal of complaints, including judicial review in Federal court. | 2025-04-07T15:34:08Z | |
| 105-hr-3593 | 105 | hr | 3593 | Department of Energy Small Business and Industry Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-30 | 1998-05-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1] | NV | R | E000194 | 1 | Department of Energy Small Business and Industry Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to make arrangements for the conduct of technology research and development activities within the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE). Revises NRC authority to conduct research and development activities and studies for others in its own contractor-operated facilities where private facilities are inadequate for the purposes. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy, when conducting such activities for others, from recovering more than the full cost of work incurred at DOE contractor-operated facilities. Declares that any costs incurred by DOE in connection with work performed by contractor-operated DOE facilities shall be funded from DOE departmental administration accounts. Prescribes guidelines for charges a DOE contractor-operated facility may assess for work performed for a non-DOE entity (external customer). Requires the Secretary and each contractor operating a DOE facility to develop jointly a system of measurements (metrics) to determine levels of specific areas of performance, which shall subsequently be specified in the contract for operation of a contractor-operated facility, and which shall be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the facility's partnership development. Instructs the Secretary to encourage partnerships and interactions with universities and private industry at each contractor-operated facility. Makes development and expansion of partnerships and interactions with universities and private industry a component in evaluating the annual performance of each contractor-operated facility. Requires each contractor operating a DOE facility to create a small business technology partnership program at each such facility. Requires the Secretary to evaluate program effectiveness annually with each contractor to ensure opportunities for small businesses to interact with and use the resources of each contractor-operated facility… | 2025-08-21T16:13:41Z | |
| 105-s-1874 | 105 | s | 1874 | Department of Energy Small Business and Industry Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-27 | 1998-03-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 6 | Department of Energy Small Business and Industry Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to make arrangements for the conduct of technology research and development activities within the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE). Revises NRC authority to conduct research and development activities and studies for others in its own contractor-operated facilities where private facilities are inadequate for the purposes. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy, when conducting such activities for others, from recovering more than the full cost of work incurred at DOE contractor-operated facilities. Declares that any costs incurred by DOE in connection with work performed by contractor-operated DOE facilities shall be funded from DOE departmental administration accounts. Prescribes guidelines for charges a DOE contractor-operated facility may assess for work performed for a non-DOE entity (external customer). Requires the Secretary and each contractor operating a DOE facility to develop jointly a system of measurements (metrics) to determine levels of specific areas of performance, which shall subsequently be specified in the contract for operation of a contractor-operated facility, and which shall be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the facility's partnership development. Instructs the Secretary to encourage partnerships and interactions with universities and private industry at each contractor-operated facility. Makes development and expansion of partnerships and interactions with universities and private industry a component in evaluating the annual performance of each contractor-operated facility. Requires each contractor operating a DOE facility to create a small business technology partnership program at each such facility. Requires the Secretary to evaluate program effectiveness annually with each contractor to ensure opportunities for small businesses to interact with and use the resources of each contractor-operated facility… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-3548 | 105 | hr | 3548 | Environmental Priorities Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-25 | 1998-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Environmental Priorities Act of 1998 - Makes this Act effective for a consumer sector in any State in the first year after all of a State's regulated and nonregulated electric utilities have established retail electric service choice for customers in such sector, but no earlier than 2001. Requires providers of retail electric services to contribute to the fiscal agent for the Environmental Priorities Board (established by this Act) ten percent of the total consumer savings for the consumer sector for that calendar year. Defines: (1) "consumer savings" as the amount by which the potential rate for electric energy provided to a consumer sector exceeds the current rate for the sector, multiplied by the sector's total consumption (in kilowatt-hours) during a calendar year; and (2) "potential rate" as the average kilowatt-hour rate paid by the provider's customers in that sector during the 12-month period preceding the date on which retail electric service choice was established, adjusted for inflation. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a National Environmental Priorities Board. Directs the Board to: (1) establish regulations governing creation of an Environmental Priorities Program, to include criteria and methods of selecting State projects to receive support; and (2) enter into arrangements with a non-federal fiscal agent to receive and disburse contributions described by this Act. Authorizes States in which retail electric service choice has been established for any consumer sector to establish public purpose programs and apply for matching funding to support environmental priorities programs. Requires the fiscal agent to distribute contributions to States to carry out such programs. | 2025-08-21T16:14:47Z | |
| 105-hr-3532 | 105 | hr | 3532 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | Energy | 1998-03-24 | 1998-08-06 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization Title II: Other Provisions Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 - Title I: Authorization - Authorizes appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund for FY 1999 for: (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and (2) the NRC Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 102) Allocates such appropriations among: (1) Nuclear Reactor Safety; (2) Nuclear Materials Safety; (3) Nuclear Waste Safety; (4) Common Defense and Security and International Involvement; (5) Protecting the Environment; and (6) Management and Support. Restricts the NRC from using more than one percent of such allocations to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements with organizations such as universities, State and local governments, and not-for-profit institutions. Mandates NRC notification to the Congress as a prerequisite to specified reallocations. Restricts the use of Nuclear Waste Fund appropriations solely to NRC high-level nuclear waste activities. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the NRC to transfer specified funds from non-Nuclear Waste Fund appropriations to its Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 106) Requires that appropriations for NRC regulatory assistance to Federal agencies for activities that do not derive their funding from the Nuclear Waste Fund be excluded from the calculation of the aggregate amount of specified charges. (Sec. 107) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend through FY 2003 NRC authority to assess and collect user fees and annual charges. Title II: Other Provisions - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal the requirement that the NRC maintain an office for the service of process and papers within the District of Columbia. (Sec. 202) Provides that the initial duration of a combined construction and operating license for a production or utilization facility may not exceed 40 years from the date on which the NRC finds, prior to facility operation, that specified statutory acceptance criteria have been met. (Sec… | 2025-04-07T15:34:23Z | |
| 105-hr-3518 | 105 | hr | 3518 | Power Marketing Administration Reform Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-19 | 1998-04-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 2 | Power Marketing Administration Reform Act of 1998 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop and implement procedures to ensure that the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (FPMAs) utilize the same accounting principles and requirements as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) applies to the electric operations of public utilities. (Sec. 4) Requires each FPMA and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to submit periodically for FERC review rates for the sale or disposition of Federal energy that will ensure recovery of all their costs in generating and marketing such energy. Prescribes rate mechanism and pricing guidelines. Establishes a fund within the Department of the Interior to: (1) mitigate damage to environmental resources attributable to power generation and sales facilities; and (2) restore the health of such resources, including fish and wildlife. Mandates project-specific mitigation plans for each power generation project. Establishes a fund within the Department of Energy for renewable resources. Prescribes expenditure guidelines. Mandates that public bodies and cooperatives be given a preference for future power allocations or reallocations of Federal power through a right of first refusal at market prices. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to require each FPMA to: (1) assign personnel and incur expenses solely for authorized power marketing, reclamation, and flood control activities, and not for diversification into ancillary activities; and (2) make annual public disclosures of its activities, including the full costs of power projects and marketing. Precludes an FPMA from entering into or renewing any power marketing contract for a term exceeding five years. (Sec. 5) Requires provision of FPMA transmission services on an open access basis, and at FERC-approved rates in the same manner as provided by any public utility under FERC jurisdiction. (Sec. 6) Grants FERC rate-making approval authority until a full transition is made to market-based rates, for: (1) rate schedules recomm… | 2025-08-21T16:13:45Z | |
| 105-hr-3334 | 105 | hr | 3334 | Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998 | Energy | 1998-03-04 | 1998-06-18 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] | TX | R | T000238 | 10 | Royalty Enhancement Act of 1998 - Declares that all royalty oil and royalty gas accruing to the United States under any oil and gas lease shall be taken in kind by the United States at the applicable delivery point for each lease premises. Sets forth rights, obligations, and responsibilities pertaining to such royalty oil and gas with respect to: (1) the United States; (2) the States; (3) the lessee; and (4) qualified marketing agents. Allocates costs responsibility and transporter charges between the lessee and the United States. Prescribes procedures for resolving royalty share imbalances between: (1) the amount of royalty oil or gas production taken by the United States from a lease premises during a calendar month; and (2) the amount of such production attributable to such lease premises for that month. Sets forth guidelines for transportation by truck, tanker, or barge for royalty oil or gas taken in kind from onshore or offshore lease premises for which there is no pipeline connection at the well. Exempts from coverage by this Act: (1) compensatory royalties; (2) minimum royalties; and (3) net profit share lease royalties prior to payout. Sets forth reporting requirements for lessees and qualified marketing agents. Empowers the Secretary of the Interior to audit their reports. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall direct qualified marketing agents to offer for sale to eligible small refiners an eligible small refiner portion, which is intended for processing, or trading for equivalent barrels for processing, in the eligible small refiner's refineries located in the United States, and not for resale in-kind or value. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) convene an eligible small refiner advisory panel to assist in developing policies and procedures to implement this Act; and (2) develop and implement procedures to ensure a fair and equitable opportunity for eligible small refiners to purchase royalty oil from the eligible small refiner portion. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act and the Outer Co… | 2025-08-21T16:13:49Z | |
| 105-s-1616 | 105 | s | 1616 | A bill to authorize the exchange of existing Federal oil and gas leases in the State of Montana, located in the Lewis and Clark National Forest and the Flathead National Forest, for credits in future Federal oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1998-02-05 | 1998-02-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain Federal oil and gas leases in a specified exchange area in the State of Montana for credits that may be used for: (1) bids in Federal oil and gas lease sales, or for royalty and rentals due under Federal leases in the central and western planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico for leases outside a specified zone; and (2) bid, royalty or rental payments due under Federal oil and gas leases on Federal land in the State of Montana. Provides that the amount of such credits shall be based on investments made in lease acquisition and development before the date of enactment of this Act and agreed to by the Secretary and the leaseholder. Withdraws such exchange area from: (1) location and entry under the mining laws; and (2) leasing under the mineral leasing laws. Directs the Secretary to pay to the State of Montana the amount it would have received in cash but for the leaseholder's use of such credit to pay rentals or royalties on a Federal oil or gas lease on Federal land in Montana. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-3040 | 105 | hr | 3040 | Federal Energy Monitoring, Commissioning, and Savings Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 2 | Federal Energy Monitoring, Commissioning, and Savings Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to award extramural funds to monitor and analyze energy use, and to conduct continuous commissioning in Federal buildings to optimize building energy systems. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:14Z | |
| 105-hr-3073 | 105 | hr | 3073 | To prohibit certain oil and gas leasing activities on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, consistent with the President's Outer Continental Shelf moratorium statement of June 26, 1990. | Energy | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-25 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 24 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, through January 1, 2001, from conducting any oil and gas leasing or development activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in areas placed under restriction by the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990. | 2025-01-02T17:49:08Z | |
| 105-hr-3074 | 105 | hr | 3074 | To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf. | Energy | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-25 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 21 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil or gas exploration or extraction on specified portions of the Outer Continental Shelf on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, including Alaska. Excludes from such proscription the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico planning areas of the Department of the Interior. | 2025-04-07T15:31:37Z | |
| 105-hr-2988 | 105 | hr | 2988 | Federal Power Marketing Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] | CA | R | D000429 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Operations and Maintenance Title II: Rates Title III: Transmission Title IV: Enforcement Federal Power Marketing Act of 1997 - Title I: Operations and Maintenance - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretaries of the Army and of the Interior, to: (1) develop and publish annually in the Federal Register an inventory of uncompleted maintenance and capital improvement projects for federally-owned hydroelectric generating facilities operated by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (the Bureau); and (2) develop and publish in the Federal Register criteria and procedures for competitive outsourcing of such projects. Prescribes procedures for awarding of contracts, including submission and acceptance of unsolicited proposals. (Sec. 102) Makes routine operations and any maintenance or improvement projects that are not successfully outsourced eligible for user fee financing. Directs the Secretary to establish a user fee to fully offset appropriations made for eligible hydroelectric generating, maintenance, and improvement projects. Instructs the Secretary to ensure that the views of customer groups are reflected in implementation of this Act. Directs the Bureau, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Administrators of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (the FPM Administrations) to develop jointly and make available to the public five-year plans for the operation, maintenance, and replacement of all hydroelectric facilities under their management. Title II: Rates - Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures: (1) to ensure that the FPM Administrations utilize the same accounting principles and requirements as apply to public utilities under the Federal Power Act; and (2) to recover ultimately from the Administrations' electric energy customers all costs incurred for the generation and marketing of Federal energy sold to them. (Sec. 201) D… | 2025-08-21T16:12:53Z | |
| 105-hr-2903 | 105 | hr | 2903 | To provide relief from unfair interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | Energy | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] | KS | R | M000934 | 3 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to preclude the payment of interest or penalties on refunds of any rates and charges for reimbursement of State ad valorem taxes ordered to be made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in connection with natural gas sales prior to 1989. Declares that such refunds shall be required only to the extent that the purchaser demonstrates to FERC that the refund will be passed on to ultimate consumers of the natural gas. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 105-hr-2909 | 105 | hr | 2909 | To amend the Federal Power Act to establish requirements regarding the operation of certain electric generating facilities, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 16 | Amends the Federal Power Act with respect to procedures and administrative provisions to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) calculate a generation performance standard (equal to a certain statutory tonnage cap) for oxides of nitrogen, sulfate fine particulate matter, and any other air pollutant released in significant quantities by electric generating units; (2) set forth schedules of statutory tonnage caps for emissions of oxides of nitrogen and sulfate fine particulate matter from covered electric generating units; and (3) promulgate by rule a national limit on total annual emissions of any other pollutant from covered electric generating units, expressed in tons. Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) allocation and trading of allowances; (2) penalties for excess emissions; and (3) periodic publication by FERC of its estimate of the total electric generation by covered electric generating units. Provides for citizen suits to enforce this Act. | 2025-04-07T15:24:09Z | |
| 105-hr-2915 | 105 | hr | 2915 | To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Energy Conservation and Production Act. | Energy | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-14 | 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 and the Energy Conservation and Production Act to continue authorization of appropriations for FY 1998 through 2002 for the following programs: (1) interagency working groups under the International Energy Program; (2) State energy conservation plans; (3) energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals; and (4) the weatherization program. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 105-s-1401 | 105 | s | 1401 | Transition to Electric Competition Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-20 | Star Print ordered on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Retail Competition Title II: Public Utility Holding Companies Title III: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Title IV: Environmental Protection Title V: Bonneville Power Administration Title VI: Tennessee Valley Authority Transition to Electric Competition Act of 1997 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to require Federal agencies to which a historic light station is conveyed to maintain such light station in accordance with such Act, Historic Preservation Standards, and other applicable laws. (Sec. 5) Authorizes any aggrieved person to bring an action in the appropriate Federal district court to enforce the requirements of this Act against any non-complying individual, corporation, or other retail electric energy supplier or provider. Title I: Retail Competition - Sets January 1, 2002, as the date from which: (1) each consumer shall have the right to purchase retail electric energy from any offeror; and (2) all sellers of such energy shall have reasonable and nondiscriminatory access, on an unbundled basis, to the local distribution and retail transmission facilities of retail electric energy providers and all ancillary services. (Sec. 103) Permits State authorities to implement the program before such dateline. Sets forth guidelines for: (1) State regulatory authority; (2) recovery of stranded costs by a retail or wholesale electric energy provider and nonregulated utilities; (3) recovery of lost retail benefits; and (4) universal service for specified consumers. (Sec. 110) Sets forth a statutory framework for retail electric energy suppliers to comply with Renewable Energy Credit requirements. Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to use proceeds from the sale of such Credits to repay outstanding debt to the Treasury and bondholders of securities backed by the BPA. Sets forth a termination date for such Credit program. (Sec. 111) Prescribes procedural guidelines to determine the appropri… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1418 | 105 | s | 1418 | Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1998 | Energy | 1997-11-07 | 1998-09-15 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 4 | Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to commence a methane hydrate research and development program. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award program grants or contracts to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, universities and industrial enterprises; and (2) establish a panel to provide advice on applications of methane hydrate and priorities for the program. Limits to five percent the amount of program funding that can be used for adminstrative expense and prohibits funding for building construction. Requires the Secretary, in awarding such grants or contracts or entering into such cooperative agreements, to: (1) facilitate and develop partnerships among government, industry, and academia; (2) undertake programs to develop basic information necessary for promoting long-term interest in methane hydrate resources as an energy source; (3) ensure that the data and information developed through the program are accessible and widely disseminated; (4) promote cooperation among agencies that are developing technologies that may hold promise for methane hydrate resource development; and (5) report annually to the Congress on accomplishments. Amends the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 to: (1) define "methane hydrate"; and (2) redefine "marine mineral resource" to include methane hydrate. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2841 | 105 | hr | 2841 | To extend the time required for the construction of a hydroelectric project. | Energy | 1997-11-06 | 1998-07-29 | Became Public Law No: 105-213. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 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 (Kentucky). | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1388 | 105 | s | 1388 | A bill to provide relief from unfair interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | Energy | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | KS | R | R000307 | 1 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to preclude the payment of interest or penalties on refunds of any rates and charges for reimbursement of State ad valorem taxes ordered to be made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in connection with natural gas sales prior to 1989. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1375 | 105 | s | 1375 | Federal Energy Bank Act | Energy | 1997-11-05 | 1998-05-08 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of Energy, and Office of Management and Budget. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 6 | Federal Energy Bank Act - Establishes the Federal Energy Bank (trust fund) in the Treasury to finance energy efficiency projects at Federal agencies. Prescribes guidelines for loan program and project selection criteria. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2809 | 105 | hr | 2809 | To provide for the declassification of the journal kept by Glenn T. Seaborg while serving as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. | Energy | 1997-11-04 | 1997-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Instructs the Secretary of Energy to return to Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg the journal he prepared while serving as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, in the original, unredacted form in which it was submitted for review to the Commission's Division of Classification. | 2025-04-07T15:33:12Z | |
| 105-s-1276 | 105 | s | 1276 | Federal Power Act Amendments of 1997 | Energy | 1997-10-08 | 1997-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Federal Power Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Federal Power Act to include within the purview of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulation of electric energy transmission in interstate commerce the unbundled transmission of electric energy sold at retail (but not bundled electric energy retail sales, or unbundled local distribution service that is subject to State regulation). (Sec. 2) Requires FERC, after consulting with appropriate State regulatory authorities, to determine by rule or order which electric energy transmission and delivery facilities are used for transmission in interstate commerce, subject to FERC jurisdiction, and which are used for local distribution subject to State jurisdiction. Redefines the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce to include electric energy that will be consumed in a foreign country. Includes among public utilities subject to FERC jurisdiction over electric energy transmission any electric utility or Federal power marketing agency (including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)), municipal utilities, and rural electric cooperatives not otherwise subject to FERC. Redefines a transmitting utility to include any public utility, qualifying cogeneration facility, qualifying small power production facility, or Federal power marketing agency that owns or operates electric power transmission facilities used for electric energy sales. (Sec. 3) Authorizes any person generating electric energy for sale (currently only for resale) to apply to FERC for an order requiring a transmitting utility to provide transmission services (currently only wholesale transmission services) to the applicant. Repeals the prohibition against mandatory retail wheeling and sham wholesale transactions. Limits FERC authority to order retail wheeling to sales permitted or required by State law. (Sec. 4) Declares that neither the silence of the Congress nor any Act of the Congress shall be construed to preclude a State or State commission, acting under State law, from requiring a… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2615 | 105 | hr | 2615 | North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-10-06 | 1997-10-15 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 0 | North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act of 1997 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any lease, approving any exploration plan, or approving any drilling or permit to drill for oil or gas on any land of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of North Carolina. States that such prohibition shall remain in effect until 45 days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the Secretary certifies to the Congress that the Governor of North Carolina has notified the Secretary that the State does not object to the proscribed activity. | 2025-08-21T16:12:25Z | |
| 105-s-1257 | 105 | s | 1257 | North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-10-06 | 1997-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 0 | North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act of 1997 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any lease, approving any exploration plan, or approving any drilling or permit to drill for oil or gas on any land of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of North Carolina. States that such prohibition shall remain in effect until 45 days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the Secretary certifies to the Congress that the Governor of North Carolina has notified the Secretary that the State does not object to the proscribed activity. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2568 | 105 | hr | 2568 | Energy Policy Act Amendments of 1997 | Energy | 1997-09-26 | 1998-07-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 75 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Alternative Fuels--General Title II: Alternatives Fuels--Non-Federal Programs Title III: Availability and Use of Replacement Fuels, Alternative Fuels, and Alternative Private Vehicles Energy Policy Act Amendments of 1997 - Title I: Alternative Fuels--General - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) include biodiesel fuels as alternative fuels; (2) modify definitions relating to heavy duty motor vehicles and marine vessels; and (3) include among replacement fuels those fuels derived from biodiesel. (Sec. 102) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide that, if alternative-fueled light duty Federal vehicles are not acquired from original equipment manufacturers, existing fleet vehicles may be converted to alternative fuel-use if the original manufacturer's warranty continues to apply to such vehicles. (Sec. 103) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prescribe compliance guidelines governing the conversion of Federal fleet vehicles into alternative-fueled vehicles. Title II: Alternative Fuels -- Non-Federal Programs - Requires State and local incentives programs to include the goal of introducing substantial numbers of light and heavy duty alternative fuels vehicles and increasing the use of alternative fuels. Conditions State eligibility for Federal assistance upon inclusion in each State plan of an examination of the introduction of converted or acquired light and heavy duty alternative-fueled vehicles in State-owned or operated motor vehicle fleets. (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to provide, upon State request, Federal financial assistance grants for the incremental purchase cost of alternative fuels. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the volume of alternative fuel likely to be consumed. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance to States and political subdivisions for the incremental cost of alternative-fuels used… | 2025-08-21T16:13:00Z | |
| 105-s-1232 | 105 | s | 1232 | A bill to provide for the declassification of the journal kept by Glenn T. Seaborg while serving as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. | Energy | 1997-09-26 | 1997-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Instructs the Secretary of Energy to return to Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, in the original, unredacted form in which it was lent to the Department of Energy in 1983, the journal he prepared while serving as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2555 | 105 | hr | 2555 | To prohibit the Department of the Interior from expending any funds for a mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale. | Energy | 1997-09-25 | 1997-10-06 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 7 | 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 | |
| 105-hr-2472 | 105 | hr | 2472 | To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. | Energy | 1997-09-15 | 1998-06-01 | Became Public Law No: 105-177. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 0 | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to extend through: (1) FY 1999 the authorization of appropriations for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) September 1, 1999, all authorities for domestic supply availability and for standby energy. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the authority of the Attorney General to promulgate rules concerning records related to the development and carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans of action for international response to energy emergencies. Repeals the exemption for such agreements from application of certain provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (but retains their exemption from provisions regarding voluntary agreements for preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply). Extends EPCA coverage to emergency response measures adopted by the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (including the July 11, 1984, decision by the Governing Board on "Stocks and Supply Disruptions") for: (1) the coordinated drawdown of stocks of petroleum products held or controlled by governments; and (2) complementary actions taken by governments during an existing or impending international oil supply disruption. Declares that the antitrust defense under this Act shall not extend to an international allocation of petroleum products unless such allocation is required by chapters III and IV of the international energy program (Agreement on an International Energy Program) during an international energy supply emergency. Limits to specified EPCA prescriptions and purposes the drawdown and distribution of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Requires the annual budget submitted by the Secretary of Energy to include a funding request for petroleum storage in the SPR (or to provide a written explanation why such a request is not forthcoming). | 2025-04-07T15:33:31Z | |
| 105-hr-2384 | 105 | hr | 2384 | Long Island Drinking Water Protection Act | Energy | 1997-09-03 | 1997-09-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | House | Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [R-NY-1] | NY | R | F000257 | 0 | Long Island Drinking Water Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory is not reactivated. | 2025-08-21T16:13:35Z | |
| 105-s-1140 | 105 | s | 1140 | Long Island Drinking Water Protection Act | Energy | 1997-09-02 | 1997-09-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Long Island Drinking Water Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory is not reactivated. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-1141 | 105 | s | 1141 | Biodiesel Energy Development Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-09-02 | 1998-05-21 | Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-622. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 19 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Alternative Fuels - General Title II: Alternative Fuels - Non-Federal Programs Title III: Availability and Use of Replacement Fuels, Alternative Fuels, and Alternative Fueled Vehicles Biodiesel Energy Development Act of 1997 - Title I: Alternative Fuels - General - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to modify definitions relating to alternative fuels, dual-fueled vehicles, heavy duty motor vehicles, and marine vessels. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to alternative fuel use by light duty Federal vehicles to provide that if such vehicles are not acquired from original equipment manufacturers, existing fleet vehicles may be converted to use alternative fuels at the time of a major vehicle overhaul or rebuild. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), if appropriate, to permit a Federal fleet to: (1) acquire one heavy duty alternative fueled vehicle in place of two light duty alternative fueled vehicles; and (2) take an additional credit for the purchase and documented use of alternative fuel used in a dual-fueled vehicle, comparable conventionally-fueled motor vehicle, or marine vessel. Title II: Alternative Fuels - Non-Federal Programs - Requires State and local alternative fuel incentives programs to include the goal of introducing substantial numbers of light and heavy duty alternative fuels vehicles and increasing the use of alternative fuels. Conditions State eligibility for Federal assistance upon inclusion in each State plan of an examination of the introduction of converted or acquired light and heavy duty alternative fueled vehicles in State-owned or operated motor vehicle fleets. (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary to provide, upon State request, Federal financial assistance grants for the incremental purchase cost of alternative fuels. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the volume of alternative fuel consumed. (Sec. 202) Authorizes … | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2217 | 105 | hr | 2217 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 9248 in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-07-22 | 1998-07-29 | Became Public Law No: 105-212. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend, until January 30, 2002, the time required to commence construction of a specified project in the State of Colorado. Instructs the Commission to reinstate, effective as of the date of its expiration, the license of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, for such project. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-2165 | 105 | hr | 2165 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 3862 in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-07-15 | 1998-07-29 | Became Public Law No: 105-211. | House | Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] | IA | R | L000169 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend for not more than three consecutive two-year periods, the time required to commence construction of a specified project in the State of Iowa. Instructs the Commission to reinstate, effective as of the date of its expiration, any pertinent expired license, and to extend the time required for commencement of project construction for not more than three consecutive two-year periods, the first of which shall commence on the date of such expiration. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-965 | 105 | s | 965 | A bill to amend title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to extend an authorization contained therein, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-06-26 | 1998-02-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to extend from FY 1999 through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for projects to prove the feasibility of integrating fuel cells with hydrogen production systems. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-960 | 105 | s | 960 | A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to direct that a portion of any civil penalty assessed be used to assist local communities. | Energy | 1997-06-25 | 1997-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to direct a person to pay 50 percent of the amount of any civil penalty to local communities to protect them from the adverse impact of a violation of such Act or of the decommissioning of a facility under it. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 105-hr-1960 | 105 | hr | 1960 | Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-06-19 | 1997-10-22 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Standards of Competition Subtitle A: Application of PUHCA and PURPA Subtitle B: Mergers, Acquisition, Market Concentration, Affiliate Relationships and Diversification Subtitle C: Electric Energy Transmission and Distribution Policies Subtitle D: General and Miscellaneous Provisions Title II: Reliability Electric Power Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 1997 - Title I: Standards of Competition - Subtitle A: Application of PUHCA and PURPA - Declares the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) inapplicable to a holding company system if each electric utility company and affiliate that is an electric utility company has received from all appropriate State certificate attesting to its compliance with the standards and requirements of competition under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). (Sec. 102) Amends PURP to exempt a certificated electric utility from the requirement that electric utilities offer to purchase electric energy from qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities. Authorizes a State regulatory authority to elect to require that electric energy distributors or sellers comply with PURPA competition standards and requirements. Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish criteria for State certification of compliance with competition standards and requirements, including a retail competition and public benefit standard. Sets forth a Federal comparability requirement under which it is unlawful for: (1) any person or State or local governmental entity with a State designated retail electric energy service territory to provide retail electric service to any person not within such service territory if the service is not available on a competitive basis to all retail electric energy customers in the territory; and (2) the Tennessee Valley Authority or any Federal Power Marketing Authority to provide retail electric … | 2025-08-21T16:11:53Z | |
| 105-hr-1989 | 105 | hr | 1989 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-06-19 | 1997-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1] | FL | R | S000106 | 21 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to define preleasing activity to include: (1) the scheduling of a lease; (2) making of a request for industry interest; (3) the issuance of a call for information or a nomination; (4) the publication of a draft or final environmental impact statement; and (5) the performance of any form of rotary drilling in a prospective lease area. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from conducting any preleasing activity, or holding any lease sale in the South Atlantic Planning Area off the coast of Florida, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area within 100 miles of the Florida coast. Requires the Secretary to cancel the six leases known as the "Pensacola Block 933 Unit." Prohibits the Secretary from approving any exploration or development plan or permit to drill with respect to such lease areas, prior to the Secretary's cancellation of those leases. Provides for compensation to lessees owning canceled leases. | 2025-08-21T16:14:43Z | |
| 105-s-937 | 105 | s | 937 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-06-19 | 1997-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 1 | Florida Coast Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to define preleasing activity to include: (1) the scheduling of a lease; (2) making of a request for industry interest; (3) the issuance of a call for information or a nomination; (4) the publication of a draft or final environmental impact statement; and (5) the performance of any form of rotary drilling in a prospective lease area. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from conducting any preleasing activity, or holding any lease sale in the South Atlantic Planning Area off the coast of Florida, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area within 100 miles of the Florida coast. Requires the Secretary to cancel the six leases known as the "Pensacola Block 933 Unit." Prohibits the Secretary from approving any exploration or development plan or permit to drill with respect to such lease areas, prior to the Secretary's cancellation of those leases. Provides for compensation to lessees owning canceled leases. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-1806 | 105 | hr | 1806 | To provide for the consolidation of the Office of Fossil Energy and the Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy. | Energy | 1997-06-05 | 1998-02-25 | Hearings held by the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Prior to Referral. | House | Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] | PA | D | D000482 | 15 | Sets a deadline by which: (1) the Secretary of Energy shall consolidate the Office of Fossil Energy and the Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency into an Office of Energy Technology (OET); and (2) such consolidation results in a reduction by 25 of the number of headquarters employees determined on a full-time equivalent basis. Mandates appointment of an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Technology whose duties shall include: (1) preparation and transmittal to the Congress of a strategic plan and policy agenda for the OET, as well as a multiyear OET program plan for FY 1999 through 2003 (including a comprehensive strategy for increasing the use of resources available in field offices); and (2) direction and supervision of the OET. | 2025-04-07T15:34:08Z | |
| 105-s-846 | 105 | s | 846 | A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to license projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii. | Energy | 1997-06-05 | 1998-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 0 | Amends the Federal Power Act to remove hydroelectric power projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii from the licensing jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-1577 | 105 | hr | 1577 | Department of Energy Abolishment Act | Energy | 1997-05-08 | 1997-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] | KS | R | T000260 | 52 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administration 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 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 an independent 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 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell, at the highest possible price, all Federal electric power generation a… | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 105-s-722 | 105 | s | 722 | Electric Utility Restructuring Empowerment and Competitiveness Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-05-08 | 1997-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] | WY | R | T000162 | 1 | Electric Utility Restructuring Empowerment and Competitiveness Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe parameters within which a State may: (1) exercise jurisdiction over retail electric supply or distribution service provided to retail customers within its borders; (2) establish and enforce electric energy performance standards; (3) exercise authority over retail transactions (including the imposition of surcharges); and (4) require electric energy suppliers to provide wholesale and retail reciprocity with respect to open, nondiscriminatory transmission access and local distribution access. Grants the States exclusive jurisdiction over electric energy sales to a Federal facility or to a federally chartered corporation within their borders. Retains State prerogative to require electricity retailers to assist in providing universal service. (Sec. 4) Removes wholesale sales of electric energy from Federal regulatory purview. Retains State authority over retail electric energy sales. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over wholesale electric transmission services. (Sec. 5) Instructs the Inspector General of the Treasury to report to the Congress regarding the impact of specified tax provisions upon the promotion of a competitive retail electricity market. (Sec. 6) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to exempt an electric utility beginning commercial operation after the date of enactment of this Act from the requirement to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to the provisions governing cogeneration and small power production. Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes procedural guidelines for both FERC and State access to records of a holding company of a public utility or natural gas company (including subsidiaries, associates, and affiliates). Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt specified holding companies from such access requirements. Requ… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-698 | 105 | s | 698 | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Replenishment Act | Energy | 1997-05-06 | 1997-05-13 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-92. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 2 | Strategic Petroleum Reserve Replenishment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to use underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities to store petroleum product owned by a foreign government or its representative. Makes funds resulting from the leasing or other use of a Reserve facility available to the Secretary for the purchase of petroleum products for the Reserve without further appropriation. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-687 | 105 | s | 687 | Electric System Public Benefits Protection Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-05-01 | 1997-05-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 1 | Electric System Public Benefits Protection Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Electric System Public Benefits Board the (Board) to establish accounts known as the "National Electric System Public Benefits Fund" at financial institutions in order to provide matching funds to States to support programs relating to renewable energy sources, universal electric service, energy conservation, and other public purposes. Prescribes guidelines for funding, distribution, and wires charges. (Sec. 6) Prescribes a minimum schedule for the total amount of electricity sold by non-hydroelectric facilities and generated by renewable energy sources. Prescribes procedural guidelines for renewable energy credits. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal its cogeneration and small power production provisions. (Sec. 7) Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) emissions standards and allocations; (2) a monitoring system for pollutants; and (3) emissions credits. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a disclosure system to allow retail consumers to knowledgeably compare retail electric service offerings (including comparisons based on generation source portfolios, emissions data, and price terms); and (2) promulgate regulations accordingly. Declares that failure of a retail company to provide accurate disclosure shall be treated as a deceptive act in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-621 | 105 | s | 621 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-04-22 | 1997-06-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 104. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 23 | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1997 - 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. Precludes such State access to any person that is a holding company solely by reason of ownership of one or more qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act. 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 or natural gas company. Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company or natural gas 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. | 2025-04-07T15:24:13Z | |
| 105-hr-1359 | 105 | hr | 1359 | To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a means to support programs for electric energy conservation and energy efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service for electric consumers. | Energy | 1997-04-17 | 1997-10-22 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 7 | Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a National Electric System Public Benefits Fund, administered by the National Electric System Public Benefits Board to provide matching funds to States for the support of eligible public purpose programs. Confers oversight responsibility over the Board upon the Secretary of Energy. Requires each electric power generation facility owner or operator, as a condition of transmitting power to any transmitting utility, to contribute funds determined by the Board to be necessary to generate revenues in each calendar year equal to one-half of the aggregate cost of implementing certain public purpose programs. Requires the Board to institute a rulemaking proceeding governing creation and administration of a Public Benefits Program. Authorizes any State to establish one or more public purpose programs and apply for matching funds under the Public Benefits Program. Emphasizes State discretion to elect participation in such Program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such Program shall not replace or supersede any other existing programs that support or encourage conservation and energy efficiency, renewable energy, universal and affordable service, or research and development. | 2025-04-07T15:24:06Z | |
| 105-hr-1277 | 105 | hr | 1277 | Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-04-10 | 1997-06-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 73. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] | CA | R | C000059 | 3 | Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997 - Authorizes FY 1998 and 1999 appropriations for Department of Energy (DOE): (1) energy supply research and development activities (including energy assets acquisition); (2) general science and research activities (including science assets acquisition); (3) fossil energy research and development activities; and (4) energy conservation research and development activities. Sets forth funding limitations by specifying programs for which the use of funds under this Act is prohibited (except to fulfill contractual obligations). Directs the Secretary of Energy to arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Congress on: (1) DOE activities concerning high energy and nuclear physics activities within specified budgetary parameters; (2) DOE basic energy sciences activities based upon certain budget options for the entire Basic Energy Sciences account and all related research and energy asset activities; and (3) construction and operation costs of the National Spallation Neutron Source at alternative sites, including the National Laboratories at Argonne, Brookhaven, Los Alamos, and Oak Ridge. Proscribes the use of funds for the Next Generation Internet (except for continuation of FY 1997 activities). Directs the Secretary to exclude from consideration for grant agreements any person who received grant funds from a Federal funding source for a project that was not subjected to a competitive, merit-based award procedure. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should: (1) give high priority to correcting all two-digit date-related problems in its computer systems to ensure that those systems continue to operate effectively beyond the year 2000; (2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to DOE operations posed by such problems, and plan and budget for achieving Year 2000 compliance for its mission-critical systems; and (3) develop contingency plans for systems that DOE is unable to correct in time. Mandates that recipients of fund… | 2025-04-07T15:34:08Z | |
| 105-hr-1295 | 105 | hr | 1295 | National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-04-10 | 1997-04-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. | House | Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] | WI | R | K000274 | 9 | National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission Act of 1997 - Establishes the National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission to reorganize the Department of Energy National Energy Laboratories and their programs through reconfiguration, corporatization, privatization, and consolidation, while preserving the traditional role the energy laboratories have contributed to the national defense. Requires the Commission to report its own recommendations to specified congressional committees, giving strong consideration to the recommendations of the Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories (Galvin Commission). Directs the Secretary to Energy to reconfigure all energy laboratories and complete their corporatization and privatization according to Commission recommendations. Establishes the National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Account to fund such reconfiguration. Instructs the Secretary to transmit to such congressional committees: (1) a reconfiguration schedule as part of the budget request for each pertinent fiscal year; and (2) a description of the energy laboratories to which functions are to be transferred as a result of such reconfigurations. Prescribes procedural guidelines for congressional consideration of the Commission's report. | 2025-08-21T16:12:32Z | |
| 105-hr-1230 | 105 | hr | 1230 | Consumers Electric Power Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-04-08 | 1998-02-26 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H633-634) | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 0 | Consumers Electric Power Act of 1997 - 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 which provide 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 a… | 2025-08-21T16:13:14Z | |
| 105-hr-1217 | 105 | hr | 1217 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-03-21 | 1998-07-14 | Became Public Law No: 105-193. | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of the project licensee, to extend to May 4, 2004, the time required to complete construction of a specified hydroelectric project in the State of Washington. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-1163 | 105 | hr | 1163 | To amend title 10, United States Code, to transfer jurisdiction over Naval Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1 and 3 to the Secretary of the Interior and to authorize the leasing of such reserves for oil and gas exploration and production. | Energy | 1997-03-20 | 1997-11-18 | For Further Action See H.R.1119. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 2 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over all public domain lands included within: (1) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1; and (2) the undeveloped tracts of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3. Requires transfer of the developed tract of Reserve Number 3 within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease the public domain lands of each Reserve for exploration for, and development and production of, petroleum and natural gas. Directs such Secretary to endeavor to enter into such a lease with respect to the developed tract of Reserve Numbered 3 within one year after enactment of this Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 105-hr-1183 | 105 | hr | 1183 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of the Swamp Creek and Ruth Creek hydroelectric projects located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-03-20 | 1997-04-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of the project licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of the Ruth Creek and Swamp Creek hydroelectric projects in the State of Washington for not more than two consecutive two-year periods. Directs the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project and extend for not more than two consecutive two-year periods, the time required for the licensee to commence project construction. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 105-hr-1184 | 105 | hr | 1184 | To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-03-20 | 1998-07-14 | Became Public Law No: 105-192. | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of the project licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of Washington for not more than three consecutive two-year periods. Directs the Commission to reinstate any expired license for such project and extend, for not more than three consecutive two-year periods, the time required for the licensee to commence project construction. Restores an erroneously deleted provision of the Federal Power Act addressing the authority of FERC to revoke hydropower licenses. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-hr-1106 | 105 | hr | 1106 | Royalty Settlement Reform Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-03-18 | 1997-03-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 8 | Royalty Settlement Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of the Interior's approval for any settlement by an alternative means of dispute resolution of certain claims against the United States for payment of royalties under which the absolute value of the sum of all individual claims covered by the settlement exceeds $2 million. | 2025-08-21T16:11:27Z | |
| 105-hr-1107 | 105 | hr | 1107 | Royalty Collection Reform Act of 1997 | Energy | 1997-03-18 | 1997-03-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Treasury. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 9 | Royalty Collection Reform Act of 1997 - Transfers from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury the functions of reconciling and auditing oil and gas production activities on lease sites on Federal and Indian lands (including all functions under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982). Amends the Act to make technical and conforming amendments. | 2025-08-21T16:11:22Z | |
| 105-s-439 | 105 | s | 439 | A bill to provide for Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects, to address voluntary licensing of hydroelectric projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii, to provide an exemption for portion of a hydroelectric project located in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1997-03-13 | 1998-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 3 | Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discontinue its licensing and regulatory authority over certain new, small (power production capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or less) qualifying hydroelectric project works in Alaska, effective upon FERC certification that Alaska has a regulatory program in place for water-power development meeting specified criteria. Prescribes such criteria as: (1) protection of certain public and environmental interests to the same extent provided by FERC and specified Federal law; (2) equal consideration given to energy conservation, fish and wildlife protection, recreational opportunities, environmental quality, the interests of Alaska Natives, and beneficial public uses; and (3) licensing requirements for construction, operation and maintenance of lights, signals, and fishways by a licensee at its own expense, operation of navigation facilities subject to Secretary of the Army regulations, and fish and wildlife protection and enhancement based upon Federal and State agency recommendations. Authorizes the licensee of a project works licensed before enactment of this Act to elect to subject such works to licensing and regulation by Alaska in accordance with this Act. Declares that, with respect to project works on an Indian reservation, a conservation system unit, or Federal public lands, a State license or exemption from license shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary having jurisdiction over such lands, and such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Requires FERC to consult with the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce before certifying Alaska's regulatory program. Requires the State of Alaska to notify FERC within 30 days after making any significant modification to its regulatory program. Requires FERC to reassert its regulatory and licensing authority if Alaska has not complied with one or more requirements of this Act. Prescribes FERC compliance review procedures. (Sec. 2) Excludes from FERC vol… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 105-s-416 | 105 | s | 416 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1997 | Energy | 1997-03-10 | 1997-05-13 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-92. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for FY 1998 to implement the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (2) extend all authorities governing domestic supply availability to September 30, 1998; and (3) declare that the requirements of the Act shall be the sole procedures applicable to international emergency response provisions. Revises prescriptions governing the international energy program and attendant international voluntary agreements. Redefines international emergency response provisions to include: (1) international energy program provisions relating to international allocation of petroleum products and to the information system provided in the program; and (2) certain emergency response measures adopted by the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency. Cites circumstances under which certain antitrust defenses shall extend to the international allocation of petroleum products during an international energy supply emergency. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 for the international energy program. Extends all standby energy authorities to September 30, 1998. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 for: (1) State energy conservation programs; (2) energy conservation projects for schools and hospitals; and (3) the alternative fuels truck commercial application program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1998 for its weatherization assistance program for low-income persons. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z |
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