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| 99-hr-5742 | 99 | hr | 5742 | A bill to provide for just and reasonable maximum lawful prices for old OCS gas. | Energy | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Waldon, Alton R., Jr. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | W000038 | 0 | Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe a maximum ceiling price applicable to any first sale of natural gas other than the statutory maximum if it is just and reasonable within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5727 | 99 | hr | 5727 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-10-16 | 1986-11-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stallings, Richard H. [D-ID-2] | ID | D | S000785 | 3 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to issue revised guidelines for repository site recommendations. Extends from January 1, 1985, to January 1, 1988, the deadline by which the Secretary must recommend three nominated sites to the President. Declares that if the Secretary determines before January 1, 1988, that operation of a second repository site is not needed prior to the year 2010, then the Secretary shall recommend to the President three of the nominated sites by January 1, 1990. Declares that any approval or disapproval of a candidate site by the President made before the date of enactment of this Act shall be void. Extends the deadlines by which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must consider applications for repository construction authorizations (from January 1, 1989, to January 1, 1992, for the first such application, and from January 1, 1992, to January 1, 1995, for the second such application). Requires the Secretary to file an environmental impact statement for site characterization activities. Prescribes guidelines under which the Commission shall allocate disposal capacity in the first repository among producers of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Declares that any State that contains or abuts on any portion of a major river within 15 miles of any proposed repository site shall have the same rights to participate in the site selection and approval process as any State in which such site is to be located. | 2025-08-29T16:31:15Z | |
| 99-s-2925 | 99 | s | 2925 | A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the Stategic Petroleum Reserve; and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-10-14 | 1986-10-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 0 | Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or prisonment or both. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5673 | 99 | hr | 5673 | A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prevent persons of poor character from obtaining licenses to operate nuclear powerplants. | Energy | 1986-10-08 | 1986-11-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 0 | Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a license to any person with demonstrated poor character; and (2) require the Commission to revoke the license of any licensee with demonstrated poor character. Describes the acts which are considered evidence of poor character, including persistent failure to give priority to safety concerns. Requires the Commission to hold a hearing on the record upon a prima facie showing that an applicant or licensee has committed such an act. Authorizes the Commission to revoke (or refuse to grant) a license if the Commission determines that such an act has been committed. Confers jurisdiction upon certain Federal district courts to review such Commission decisions. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 99-hr-5659 | 99 | hr | 5659 | Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-10-07 | 1986-11-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 2 | Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to prohibit the discharge of or any other discrimination against an employee due to such employee's having notified an employer of an alleged violation of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 or of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Increases from 30 days to one year the period within which an employee may file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor regarding reprisal actions as a result of having reported such violations. Entitles a complainant to a review in any Federal district court if the Secretary of Labor does not issue a compliance order (or a denial of the complaint) within a specified time. Requires the prominent posting of the employee protection provisions of this Act in places of employment affected by this Act. States that this Act does not preclude other remedies available to a complainant. Authorizes the award of injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages. | 2025-08-29T16:29:44Z | |
| 99-hr-5650 | 99 | hr | 5650 | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-10-06 | 1986-10-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 0 | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that the amount of financial protection required of licensees of facilities having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more shall be the maximum amount available at reasonable cost. Increases from $5,000,000 to $63,000,000 the maximum standard deferred premium amount which may be charged following any nuclear incident. Limits such amount to $10,000,000 in any one year. Eliminates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) authority to: (1) establish a maximum amount of deferred premiums that may be charged for all nuclear incidents in any one year; and (2) charge some utilities smaller deferred premiums than others. Authorizes the NRC, on a case by case basis, to assess annual deferred premium amounts less than the standard annual deferred premium for: (1) any facility, if more than one nuclear incident occurs in any one calendar year; or (2) any licensee licensed to operate more than one facility if the NRC determines that the financial impact of assessing the standard annual deferred premium would result in undue financial hardship to such licensee or to the ratepayers of such licensee. Establishes procedures to be followed by the NRC in borrowing funds from the Treasury to compensate victims of a nuclear incident. Extends the NRC's authority to enter into indemnification agreements with its licensees for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Makes the Department of Energy's indemnification authority mandatory for all contracts involving the risk of public liability (currently such authority is discretionary). Extends such authority for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements covering all activities undertaken under contract for the Department, including nuclear waste activities. Makes applicable to such indemnification agreements certain provisions relating to the waiver of any issue or defense as to charitable or governme… | 2025-08-29T16:31:59Z | |
| 99-hr-5652 | 99 | hr | 5652 | State Nuclear Safety Participation Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-10-06 | 1986-11-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | State Nuclear Safety Participation Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the States to establish and enforce standards for the protection of the public health and safety from radiological hazards of production and utilization facilities. Requires that such safety standards be equal to or greater than Federal standards. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to notify States within ten miles of such a production or utilization facility that it intends to issue an operating license. Sets a 60-day deadline for such notification. Authorizes States to veto the issuance of licenses upon a written submission that the operation of such a facility would be contrary to the best interests of the State. Prohibits the Commission from issuing an operating license unless: (1) each affected State has certified to the Commission its approval and intention to implement emergency plans (including evacuation plans) approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (2) FEMA has notified the Commission in writing of such approval; and (3) the Commission finds that such plans adequately protect the public health and safety. | 2025-08-29T16:31:03Z | |
| 99-hjres-744 | 99 | hjres | 744 | A joint resolution to extend the Congressional review period for the uranium enrichment criteria submitted by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and to validate the Department of Energy's Utility Services contracts during the extended review period. | Energy | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 1 | Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from providing, before May 1, 1987, uranium enrichment services under the terms of criteria submitted to the Congress on July 24, 1986, and published in the Federal Register on July 29, 1986. States that the Utility Services contracts entered into by the Department of Energy and its customers are valid and legally binding until the expiration of this Act. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2883 | 99 | s | 2883 | Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-09-26 | 1986-09-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 2 | Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from implementing provisions of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 451 (which would raise the just-and-reasonable price which natural gas producers can charge for old gas). | 2025-08-29T16:29:59Z | |
| 99-hr-5596 | 99 | hr | 5596 | Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act | Energy | 1986-09-25 | 1986-10-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Boulter, Beau [R-TX-13] | TX | R | B000666 | 27 | Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oil field equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis on the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural… | 2025-08-29T16:31:22Z | |
| 99-s-2857 | 99 | s | 2857 | Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act | Energy | 1986-09-23 | 1986-09-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] | TX | R | G000365 | 11 | Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oilfield equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis upon the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natura… | 2025-08-29T16:30:34Z | |
| 99-s-2820 | 99 | s | 2820 | Oil Pollution Cleanup Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-09-15 | 1986-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 1 | Oil Pollution Cleanup Act of 1986 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic and natural resource damages including: (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of tax, royalty, rental or net profits share revenue for not more than one year. Establishes liability limits for: (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) vessels; (3) lessees and permittees of outer continental shelf facilities; (4) inland barges; and (5) other facility owners. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities, and to periodically adjust liability limits in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government natural resources. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under: (1) this Act; (2) the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984; (3) maritime tort law; and (4) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and damages. Establishes a $500,000,000 limit per incident. Authorizes the States to have direct access to the Fund for a minimum of $250,000 per discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil, and to enter into agreements with the President for additional Fund moneys. Requires the owner or operator of certain-size vessels and offshore facilities to establish financial responsibility sufficient to meet the maximum amount of liability to which such persons could be subjected under this Act. Provides for judicial review of regulations … | 2025-08-29T16:30:53Z | |
| 99-sres-488 | 99 | sres | 488 | A resolution calling for a National Energy Security Plan. | Energy | 1986-09-10 | 1986-09-10 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Directs the President to submit to the Congress by December 31, 1986, a national petroleum security plan designed to strengthen U.S. oil independence and national security by diminishing reliance on imported petroleum. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-s-2799 | 99 | s | 2799 | Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-09-09 | 1986-09-28 | Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 9 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic natural resource damages including: (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of Federal and State tax, royalty, rental, or net profits share revenue for up to one year. Establishes liability limits for: (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) other vessel owners; (3) lessees and permittees of Outer Continental Shelf facilities; (4) deepwater port facility owners; and (5) other facility owners. Excludes interest (including prejudgment interest) from such limits. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities. Requires the periodic adjustment of liability limits to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government natural resources. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to promulgate regulations within two years of enactment of this Act for the assessment of damages for injury to natural resources resulting from an oil discharge. Requires that such regulations be reviewed and revised (if necessary) every two years. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under: (1) this Act; (2) the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984; (3) maritime tort law; and (4) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and dama… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-5448 | 99 | hr | 5448 | Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-08-15 | 1986-10-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | B000997 | 0 | Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of Agency - Establishes as an independent regulatory agency the Nuclear Regulation and Safety Agency (the Agency) to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). States that such Agency shall be administered by a Director and Deputy Director. Establishes in such Agency the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulation and Safety Agency. Transfers to such Office from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Inspector and Auditor. Establishes within the Agency the Nuclear Safety Board whose members shall report to the Director of the Agency. Authorizes the Board to independently evaluate and report on abnormal occurrences within its purview. Requires the Board to report annually to the President and the Congress. Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Provides for the transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel from the NRC to the Agency. Title II: Siting and Licensing - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prescribe procedural guidelines under which: (1) the Agency shall issue construction permits and operating licenses; (2) the Agency Director shall issue permits for site approval for thermal neutron power generation facilities; and (3) the Agency shall approve standardized facility designs for thermal neutron power general facilities. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Adds new definitions to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Title IV: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to such Act. Title V: Effective Date - Makes the effective date of this Act the date of enactment. | 2025-08-29T16:29:44Z | |
| 99-hr-5423 | 99 | hr | 5423 | Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-08-13 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] | WA | D | S001115 | 21 | Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 - Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any nuclear waste site characterization activities before the Federal Nuclear Waste Board (established by this Act) has nominated sites for selection as repositories. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Federal Nuclear Waste Board within the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Requires such Board to: (1) issue revised guidelines for the recommendation of repository sites; (2) nominate at least five sites considered suitable for characterization within 18 months after such revised guidelines are issued; (3) recommend to the President at least three sites for characterization as candidate sites; and (4) issue an environmental assessment for each such site. Provides that if the President approves certain candidate sites in an order other than the order in which such sites were ranked, then no site characterization activity will be implemented until 18 months after the President's approval. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which the President is required to submit site recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to make grants to States which are adjacent to States in which a repository candidate site is approved. Requires the Board to appoint a panel to study the need for disposal capacity beyond a 70,000 metric ton limitation. Requires such panel to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Board to submit the panel findings to the Congress, along with recommendations for implementation. Requires the Secretary to revise the mission plan in order to implement the amendments made by this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:19Z | |
| 99-s-2743 | 99 | s | 2743 | Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-08-13 | 1986-08-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Government Processes. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 1 | Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 - Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any nuclear waste site characterization activities before the Federal Nuclear Waste Board (established by this Act) has nominated sites for selection as repositories. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Federal Nuclear Waste Board within the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Requires such Board to: (1) issue revised guidelines for the recommendation of repository sites; (2) nominate at least five sites considered suitable for characterization within 18 months after such revised guidelines are issued; (3) recommend to the President at least three sites for characterization as candidate sites; and (4) issue an environmental assessment for each such site. Provides that if the President approves certain candidate sites in an order other than the order in which such sites were ranked, then no site characterization activity will be implemented until 18 months after the President's approval. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which the President is required to submit site recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to make grants to States which are adjacent to States in which a repository candidate site is approved. Requires the Board to appoint a panel to study the need for disposal capacity beyond a 70,000 metric ton limitation. Requires such panel to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Board to submit the panel findings to the Congress, along with recommendations for implementation. Requires the Secretary to revise the mission plan in order to implement the amendments made by this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:29:39Z | |
| 99-hr-5383 | 99 | hr | 5383 | A bill to revoke prior authorization to import liquefied natural gas through certain facilities. | Energy | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | M000041 | 1 | Revokes orders which were issued before the date of enactment of this Act under the Natural Gas Act which authorize the importation of natural gas for processing or transportation by certain facilities. Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from: (1) approving the recovery in rates by any natural gas company of costs related to liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes which have been authorized for importation through such facilities but which have not actually been imported; and (2) permitting recovery of any equity investment on such facilities. Prohibits the issuance of any order authorizing the importation of LNG under the Natural Gas Act unless the Secretary of Energy determines that: (1) the delivered price of the LNG is competitive with the delivered price of alternate supplies of natural gas; and (2) the contract terms covering the sale of such LNG are responsive to changes in the natural gas market. Makes this Act applicable to: (1) certain certificated facilities which commenced deliveries of LNG before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) certain tankers constructed for the ocean transportation of LNG to such facilities. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5384 | 99 | hr | 5384 | A bill declaring as against public policy certain restrictions in natural gas pipeline tariffs. | Energy | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | M000041 | 1 | Declares against public policy and unenforceable any restriction in the definition of General Service Buyer in any interstate pipeline tariff that prevents an interstate pipeline's customer from purchasing or delivering natural gas for sale in areas presently served by such pipeline under the purchaser's existing rate classification. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2736 | 99 | s | 2736 | A bill to waive the Congressional review period required by Section 28 (w)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, for the creation of an easement for private construction on certain federal lands in Massachusetts. | Energy | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources Development. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hjres-699 | 99 | hjres | 699 | A joint resolution to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from providing uranium enrichment services under certain criteria submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. | Energy | 1986-08-07 | 1986-09-29 | Reported to House by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 99-926 (Part I). | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 18 | Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from providing uranium enrichment services under certain contractual criteria that were submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on July 24, 1986, and were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 1986. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2726 | 99 | s | 2726 | A bill to provide for a minimum price and an alternative production rate for petroleum produced from the naval petroleum reserves, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-08-07 | 1986-08-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Amends Federal law regarding the administration of the Naval Petroleum Reserves to direct the Secretary of the Navy to establish a petroleum production rate from Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 that is less than the maximum efficient rate if the Secretary determines that a specified minimum rate cannot be attained for the Federal share of such petroleum. Establishes a minimum price for such petroleum that is the higher of either: (1) 90 percent of the current sales price of comparable petroleum in the same area; or (2) the price of Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum minus the cost of transporting such petroleum from the Naval Petroleum Reserve to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with adjustments for differences in petroleum quality. Reduces from 30 to 15 days the period for Department of Justice review of Naval Petroleum Reserve contracts for antitrust violations. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 99-hr-5341 | 99 | hr | 5341 | A bill to waive the required Congressional review period for a natural gas pipeline to be built by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across certain Army Corps of Engineers land in Massachusetts. | Energy | 1986-08-06 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | B000600 | 0 | Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 99-s-2722 | 99 | s | 2722 | A bill to waive the required Congressional review period for a natural gas pipeline to be built by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across certain Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts. | Energy | 1986-08-06 | 1986-08-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5272 | 99 | hr | 5272 | National Oil Security Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-29 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | B000997 | 4 | National Oil Security Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas. | 2025-08-29T16:33:25Z | |
| 99-hr-5244 | 99 | hr | 5244 | Offshore Energy Security Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-24 | 1986-09-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 7 | Offshore Energy Security Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a minimum bid of $25 or less per acre for the right to lease lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; (2) alter the royalty rate for new and existing leases in order to provide an economic stimulus to production; and (3) offer for lease areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that constitute large economic units. Establishes the National Offshore Vessel Operators Safety Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding safety aspects of offshore oil, gas, and other mineral operations. | 2025-08-29T16:33:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5245 | 99 | hr | 5245 | Fuel Use Act Repeal Bill of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Fuel Use Act Repeal Bill of 1986 - Title I: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal prohibitions against the use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Title II: Separability - Declares that if any part of this Act is invalid, the remainder shall not be affected. | 2025-08-29T16:31:12Z | |
| 99-hr-5252 | 99 | hr | 5252 | A bill to clarify the exemptive authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission. | Energy | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission, on its own or upon application, to exempt from such Act a public utility holding company that has only one subsidiary company which is a natural gas public utility, if: (1) the operations of such subsidiary do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized; (2) the subsidiary was incorporated on or before July 1, 1986, for the express purpose of operating a public utility; and (3) neither the holding company nor the subsidiary is engaged in retail residential or commercial plumbing, heating, electrical, air-conditioning, or related equipment installation or servicing. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2678 | 99 | s | 2678 | National Oil Security Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-23 | 1986-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 15 | National Oil Security Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas. | 2025-08-29T16:31:20Z | |
| 99-hconres-369 | 99 | hconres | 369 | A concurrent resolution requesting that the President establish an emergency Commission to review the Tennessee Valley Authority's power program with regard to the safety, economy, and financial stability of the program's operations. | Energy | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Flippo, Ronnie G. [D-AL-5] | AL | D | F000208 | 0 | Requests the President to appoint a Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the status of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Power Program and recommendations for improvements in specified areas, including safety, financial condition, and operational activities. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hjres-674 | 99 | hjres | 674 | A joint resolution to direct the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review, disseminate, and apply the recommendations of the report to be issued jointly by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and representatives of the American nuclear industry regarding the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Soviet Union. | Energy | 1986-07-17 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 5 | Directs the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) review and disseminate a report issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and U.S. nuclear industry representatives regarding the Chernobyl nuclear incident; and (2) apply the recommendations of such report to U.S. nuclear facilities. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 99-hr-5190 | 99 | hr | 5190 | Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power. | House | Rep. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | C000858 | 0 | Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from granting any license or permit for any project proposed to be sited on or adjacent to a certain portion of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, including specified tributaries of such River. Exempts the Island Park Dam Hydropower project from such prohibition if FERC determines that no permanent and significant alteration of the water quality will occur. | 2025-08-29T16:30:10Z | |
| 99-hr-5192 | 99 | hr | 5192 | Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-07-17 | 1986-10-02 | House Committee on Energy and Commerce Discharged by Unanimous Consent. | House | Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5] | LA | D | H000901 | 14 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 99-902 (Part 1)) Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1986 - Establishes the Emergency Response Program within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide the Commission with a data transmission system which will furnish the data needed for the Commission's emergency response functions. Requires that such system include automatic electronic data transmission for use in an emergency at a commercial nuclear power reactor. Declares such system to be the exclusive one for the United States. Requires the operator of certain licensed commercial nuclear reactors, upon declaration of emergency, to transmit data by automatic electronic means to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center. Requires the Commission to pay all costs associated with such data transmission functions. Establishes the Emergency Response Data System Fund to compensate the Commission for the operation and installation costs of such data transmission system at commercial nuclear power reactor sites. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-hr-5121 | 99 | hr | 5121 | Chernobyl Accident Study Act | Energy | 1986-06-26 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 19 | Chernobyl Accident Study Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct a study of the nuclear power reactor accident in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union and attempt to determine the cause of such accident. Prescribes the contents of such study, including: (1) the sequence of accident events; (2) the consequences of the accident; (3) the containment characteristics of the Chernobyl reactor; (4) evacuation contingency plans; and (5) implications of the accident for the U.S. nuclear energy program. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the findings of the study. Limits the amount of appropriated funds that the Commission may use for such study. | 2025-08-29T16:32:58Z | |
| 99-hr-5148 | 99 | hr | 5148 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendment of 1986 | Energy | 1986-06-26 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | W000227 | 4 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendment of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide that a State which either contains or shares a downstream portion of a major river located within 15 miles of a proposed Federal nuclear waste repository shall have the same rights and opportunities to participate in the site selection, review, and approval process as the State in which such repository is proposed to be located. Nullifies the decision of the President to approve the Secretary of Energy's May 1986 recommendation of three sites for characterization as candidate sites. Extends from January 1, 1985, to January 1, 1987, the deadline by which the Secretary must recommend three sites for characterization as candidate repository sites. States that if the Secretary determines before January 1, 1987, that operation of a second repository is not needed before the year 2010, then the Secretary shall: (1) nominate at least seven sites for site characterization as a first repository (including at least two sites located in crystalline rock); and (2) recommend three of the nominated sites for characterization as candidate sites by January 1, 1988. Requires the Secretary to complete an environmental impact statement for certain site characterization activities. | 2025-08-29T16:29:55Z | |
| 99-s-2635 | 99 | s | 2635 | Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-06-26 | 1986-10-17 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 1 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from granting any license or permit for any project proposed to be sited on or adjacent to a certain portion of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, including specified tributaries of such River. Exempts the Island Park Dam Hydropower project from such prohibition if the FERC determines that no permanent and significant alteration of the water quality will occur. Exempts the Ponds Lodge Hydropower project from any relicensing prohibition. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-s-2593 | 99 | s | 2593 | National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission Act | Energy | 1986-06-24 | 1986-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 13 | National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on United States Nuclear Safety to: (1) review all information pertaining to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident; (2) compare Soviet reactor design and safety standards with U.S. commercial and defense production reactors; (3) review and evaluate U.S. nuclear reactor management and regulation; and (4) recommend improvements in licensing and related regulatory practices. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:30:57Z | |
| 99-hr-5056 | 99 | hr | 5056 | A bill to permit registered public utility holding companies to own certain interests in qualifying cogeneration facilities. | Energy | 1986-06-19 | 1986-10-27 | Became Public Law No: 99-553. | House | Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | B000997 | 2 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Permits certain public utility holding companies registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to: (1) acquire interests in cogeneration facilities; and (2) be exempt from utility rate regulation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2571 | 99 | s | 2571 | National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission Act | Energy | 1986-06-19 | 1986-09-04 | Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 7 | National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on United States Nuclear Safety to: (1) review all information pertaining to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident; (2) compare Soviet reactor design and safety standards with U.S. commercial and defense production reactors; (3) review and evaluate U.S. nuclear reactor management and regulation; and (4) recommend improvements in licensing and related regulatory practices. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:33:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5051 | 99 | hr | 5051 | Nuclear Winter Research Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-06-18 | 1986-06-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 32 | Nuclear Winter Research Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to obligate specified amounts out of appropriated funds for FY 1987 through 1991 for nuclear winter research activities. Requires the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency, to distribute certain allocations to government and nongovernment entities for nuclear winter research activities. Allocates a specified amount for the Nuclear Winter Study Commission established by this Act. Directs such Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the consequences of nuclear explosions and exchanges, including the implications of such consequences upon U.S. military and civil defense policies. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress regarding the conduct of such study. | 2025-08-29T16:33:25Z | |
| 99-s-2556 | 99 | s | 2556 | A bill to suspend the site selection process under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-06-16 | 1986-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] | NV | R | L000148 | 1 | Repeals Federal guidelines in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act regarding nuclear waste repository site recommendations and site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from expending any funds for any site selection or characterization activities before new congressional guidelines are issued for such site selection under this Act. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to: (1) hold hearings on the Secretary's decision to indefinitely postpone the selection of a second repository site; and (2) issue revised guidelines for repository site selection. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5031 | 99 | hr | 5031 | A bill to suspend the site selection process under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | V000124 | 1 | Repeals Federal guidelines in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act regarding nuclear waste repository site recommendations and site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from expending any funds for any site selection or characterization activities before new congressional guidelines are issued for such site selection under this Act. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to: (1) hold hearings on the Secretary's decision to indefinitely postpone the selection of a second repository site; and (2) issue revised guidelines for repository site selection. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2541 | 99 | s | 2541 | Coal Retrofit Solicitation Act | Energy | 1986-06-10 | 1986-06-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 1 | Coal Retrofit Solicitation Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) publish a solicitation notice in the Federal Register for projects employing emerging clean coal technologies for retrofit applications; and (2) submit an analysis to the Congress assessing the potential usefulness of the responses to such solicitation and identifying the extent to which Federal incentives and financial assistance provided from the Clean Coal Technology Reserve will expedite the commercial availability of these technologies. | 2025-08-29T16:33:01Z | |
| 99-hr-4959 | 99 | hr | 4959 | A bill to remove the Yucca Mountain Site in the State of Nevada from consideration as a repository for high-level radioactive waste. | Energy | 1986-06-09 | 1986-06-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | V000124 | 0 | Prohibits the authorization or expenditure of any funds for site characterization activities for a nuclear waste repository site at the Yucca Mountain Site in the State of Nevada. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2523 | 99 | s | 2523 | Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-06-06 | 1986-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] | NH | R | H000951 | 0 | Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1986 - Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to limit members of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (the Corporation) to two three-year terms. Reduces the Corporation's bond ceiling from $30 billion to $10 billion. Prohibits the Federal Financing Bank from purchasing obligations issued or guaranteed by the Corporation after enactment of this Act. Requires the Corporation to pay the principal and interest on bonds on a timely basis. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish a permanent Office of Inspector General for the Corporation. Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to make the Corporation subject to State regulation as if it were a private utility, except that such State may not interfere with the obligations of the Corporation imposed by law. Repeals the permanent authorization of appropriations for the Corporation. | 2025-08-29T16:29:53Z | |
| 99-hr-4925 | 99 | hr | 4925 | Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 | Energy | 1986-06-04 | 1986-07-28 | Placed on Union Calendar No: 429. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Science and Technology with amendment, H. Rept. 99-720) Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 - Title I: Authorization for Fiscal Year 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the operating expenses of the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) the energy conservation program; (3) the energy supply research and development programs associated with solar energy, geothermal energy, supporting research and technical analysis, and environmental research and development; (4) the geothermal resources development fund; (5) general science and research; (6) the nuclear fission energy program (consisting of converter reactor systems, advanced nuclear systems, breeder reactor systems and nuclear waste technology); (7) the magnetic fusion energy program; (8) electric energy systems and energy storage systems; and (9) inertial confinement fusion energy systems. Authorizes appropriations for capital equipment expenses not related to construction for the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) the energy conservation program; (3) the energy supply research and development programs associated with solar energy, supporting research and technical analysis, environmental research and development, nuclear fission energy, and magnetic fusion; and (4) general science and research. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1987 for plant and capital equipment for specified prior year civilian research and development projects with respect to: (1) supporting research; (2) nuclear fission; and (3) science and research. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1987 for plant and capital equipment for specified new civilian research and development projects with respect to: (1) fossil energy; (2) solar energy; (3) supporting research; (4) the environmen… | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4926 | 99 | hr | 4926 | Department of Energy Civilian Energy Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 | Energy | 1986-06-04 | 1986-07-28 | Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 99-719 (Part I). | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Science and Technology with amendment, H. Rept. 99-719 (Part I)) Department of Energy Civilian Energy Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 - Title I: Authorization for Energy Research and Development Programs for Fiscal Year 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the operating expenses of the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) the energy conservation program; (3) the energy supply research and development programs associated with solar energy, geothermal energy, supporting research and technical analysis, and environmental research and development; (4) the geothermal resources development fund; (5) general science and research; (6) the nuclear fission energy program (consisting of converter reactor systems, advanced nuclear systems, breeder reactor systems, and nuclear waste and uranium enrichment research and development); (7) the magnetic fusion energy program; (8) electric energy systems and energy storage systems; and (9) inertial confinement fusion energy. Authorizes appropriations for capital equipment expenses not related to construction for the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) the energy conservation program; (3) the energy supply research and development programs associated with solar energy, supporting research and technical analysis, environmental research and development, nuclear fission energy, and magnetic fusion; and (4) general science and research. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1987 for plant and capital equipment for specified prior year civilian research and development projects with respect to: (1) supporting research; (2) nuclear fission; and (3) general science. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for plant and capital equipment for specified new civilian research and development projects with respect to: (1) fossil energy; (2)… | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-hr-4937 | 99 | hr | 4937 | A bill to remove the Hanford Reservation in the State of Washington from consideration as a repository for high-level radioactive waste produced by commercial nuclear power plants. | Energy | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | W000227 | 9 | Proscribes any authorization or expenditure of funds for nuclear waste repository site characterization activities at the Hanford Reservation in the State of Washington. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-hconres-342 | 99 | hconres | 342 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding continued operation of the Department's N-Reactor at the Hanford Reservation in the State of Washington, producing power for the Bonneville Power Administration. | Energy | 1986-05-22 | 1986-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power, and Forest Management. | House | Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | W000227 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that until the Congress has had at least 120 days to study the results of safety and environmental studies conducted by specified agencies, neither the Bonneville Power Administration nor the Department of Energy should accept steam-produced power from the N-Reactor at the Hanford Reservation in the State of Washington. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 99-hr-4895 | 99 | hr | 4895 | Nuclear Waste Transportation Act | Energy | 1986-05-22 | 1986-09-03 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From FEMA. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 0 | Nuclear Waste Transportation Act - Prohibits any person from offering high-level radioactive waste for transportation in interstate commerce unless a license to do so has been obtained from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission). Prohibits any person from transporting such waste in interstate commerce unless: (1) an order designating the transportation route for such waste has been received from the Commission; and (2) such radioactive waste has been received from a person licensed by the Commission under this Act. Prescribes the guidelines under which the Commission is authorized to issue licenses to offer high-level radioactive wastes for transportation. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide written notification of such license applications to political subdivisions and Indian tribes through whose territories such waste may be transported; (2) solicit comments from the chief official of such affected areas with regard to the routing of such wastes; (3) issue an order to the transporter designating the transportation route for such waste after considering the information provided by the appropriate chief official; and (4) forward a copy of such order to such official. Requires a licensee under this Act to inform any chief official of the: (1) date of such radioactive waste transportation; and (2) emergency response procedures to be implemented in case of an accident. Requires such information to be furnished at least ten days prior to the transportation date. Authorizes the Commission to determine whether a license under this Act shall be effective for a single shipment or for a series of similar shipments from the same location. Prohibits any license from being effective for more than one year. Subjects violators of this Act to certain civil penalties under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. | 2025-08-29T16:29:37Z | |
| 99-hr-4906 | 99 | hr | 4906 | Energy Conservation Simplification Act | Energy | 1986-05-22 | 1986-06-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power. | House | Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22] | CA | R | M000926 | 0 | Energy Conservation Simplification Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal: (1) energy efficiency standards for appliances: and (2) certain industrial energy conservation requirements. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal the energy conservation standards for new buildings. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to repeal the requirement for the publication and distribution of a gas mileage booklet by the Secretary of Energy. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to use average fuel costs in conjunction with capital and operating expenses for estimating and comparing life cycle costs for Federal buildings. (Currently the Secretary is directed to use marginal fuel costs.) | 2025-08-29T16:32:30Z | |
| 99-hr-4856 | 99 | hr | 4856 | New Clean Coal Retrofit Technologies and Electric Generation and Industrial Energy Development Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-05-20 | 1986-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 17 | New Clean Coal Retrofit Technologies and Electric Generation and Industrial Energy Development Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to recommend to the Congress and the President: (1) actions to implement clean, cost-effective coal technologies in electric-generating facilities and domestic basic industries (such as steel and aluminum); and (2) administrative and regulatory actions (including financial assistance) to facilitate the use of clean-coal technologies. Establishes within the Department of Energy a Clean Coal Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary in formulating recommendations required by this Act. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) solicit in the Federal Register project proposals for clean coal technologies which are capable of retrofitting, repowering, or modernizing existing facilities; and (2) submit an analytical report to the Congress regarding the response to such solicitation and the extent to which funds in the Clean Coal Technology Reserve will accelerate the commercial availability of such technologies. | 2025-08-29T16:33:25Z | |
| 99-hr-4859 | 99 | hr | 4859 | A bill to enhance the value of the naval petroleum reserves by improving the production and pricing mechanisms applicable to such reserves. | Energy | 1986-05-20 | 1986-06-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Amends Federal law regarding the administration of the naval petroleum reserves to authorize the President to establish a petroleum production rate from Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 that is less than the maximum efficient rate and that takes into account: (1) energy security; (2) prevailing local market conditions; and (3) the effect of such production rate on the maximum amount of revenues which could be realized from such Reserves. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish a minimum sales price for the U.S. share of petroleum produced at such Reserves at an amount not less than the prevailing local market price for comparable petroleum in the area at time of sale. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall receive bids regarding petroleum sales and disposition. Repeals the restriction placed upon the amount of Reserve petroleum that may be purchased by any person. Authorizes the President to exempt Reserve petroleum from any export restriction if such exemption is determined to be in the national interest. Directs the Secretary to establish maximum efficient rates regarding formations within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Requires the Secretary to provide that private ownership interests within such Reserve shall receive the amount of production from each formation that would be received if petroleum were being produced from that formation at the maximum efficient rate. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-s-2471 | 99 | s | 2471 | Improved Nuclear Standards Act | Energy | 1986-05-20 | 1986-06-18 | Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-768. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Improved Nuclear Standards Act - Creates the position of Inspector General at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require that individuals appointed to the position of Inspector General of NRC have expertise in nuclear safety. Confers responsibility upon the Inspector General to: (1) review all nuclear safety procedures implemented by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (2) propose public safety regulations to the Commission; and (3) submit an annual report to the Congress regarding the adequacy of nuclear safety procedures used in the United States. Directs the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) to review emergency evacuation plans for nuclear power facilities and to make recommendations to the Congress concerning the adequacy and implementation of such plans. Requires the Agency to conduct an annual test of the evacuation plan for each operating nuclear power facility, including facilities not licensed by the Commission. Directs the Commission to suspend the license of any facility until it can certify that its evacuation plan assures public safety. Sets as a prerequisite for the granting of any commercial nuclear power facility license that the Agency certify to the Commission that the facility's evacuation plan assures public safety. Confers responsibility upon the owner of such facility for the payment of the non-Federal costs associated with evacuation test plans for such facility. | 2025-08-29T16:30:04Z | |
| 99-hr-4834 | 99 | hr | 4834 | A bill to enhance boating safety by requiring the display on gasoline pumps of the type of alcohol, the percentage of each type of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents, if any, contained in the gasoline, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-05-15 | 1986-05-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 0 | Requires each blender who distributes alcohol-blended gasoline to certain purchasers to determine and certify the type and percentage of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents in such gasoline. Requires each distributor who receives such certified gasoline and distributes it to certain persons to certify the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent in the gasoline according to specified guidelines. Requires each gasoline retailer of alcohol-blended gasoline to conspicuously display the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent to ultimate purchasers at the point of sale. Grants the Federal Trade Commission investigative and enforcement powers to implement this Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct field tests determining alcohol type and percentage (including the percentage of cosolvents) in gasoline; and (2) notify the Federal Trade Commission of any failures to post such information. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules for the uniform display and certification of alcohol and cosolvent content in alcohol-blended gasoline. Provides that a violation of this Act shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act affecting commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Terminates the National Boating Safety Advisory Council on September 30, 1990. Decreases from 21 to 17 the number of members on such Council and revises provisions concerning the composition of such Council. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to fill vacancies in the Council. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4835 | 99 | hr | 4835 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-05-15 | 1986-07-22 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 1 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Inspector General. Prescribes the oversight responsibilities of the Inspector General regarding Commission implementation of nuclear power safety regulations. Requires the Inspector General to appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing with responsibility for supervising the performance of investigative and auditing activities, respectively. Requires the Inspector General to submit semiannual reports to the Commission (which in turn shall submit them to the Congress) summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate information received from Commission employees regarding violations, fraud, gross waste of funds, or a danger to the public safety. Prohibits any reprisal action taken against an employee for making a complaint or disclosing information to an Inspector General. Transfers the Office of Inspector and Auditor from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | 2025-08-29T16:31:47Z | |
| 99-hr-4843 | 99 | hr | 4843 | A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act for the purpose of improving national energy policy. | Energy | 1986-05-15 | 1986-08-29 | Became Public Law No: 99-413. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | S000294 | 29 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act to direct the Secretary of the Navy to establish a petroleum production rate from Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 that is less than the maximum efficient rate if the Secretary determines that a specified minimum price cannot be attained for the Federal share of such petroleum. Establishes a minimum price threshold that is the higher of either: (1) 90 percent of the current sales price of comparable petroleum in the same area; or (2) the price of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil minus the cost of transporting such oil from the Naval Reserve to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Reduces from 30 days to 15 days the period of Justice Department review of National Petroleum Reserve contracts for antitrust violations. Repeals the provision that the private owner of interests in Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 must agree with the Federal production rate for such Reserve. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-hr-4826 | 99 | hr | 4826 | Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-05-14 | 1986-07-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 1 | Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Amendments of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding competitive leasing of oil and gas for onshore Federal lands to increase from 640 acres to 2,560 acres the units of land open to competitive leasing. Requires lease sales to be held for each State on at least a quarterly basis. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to accept the highest bid which is at least $20 or greater per acre, without evaluation of the economic or geologic value of the lands proposed for lease. Requires that all bids for less than $20 per acre be rejected. Conditions the lease of lands not subject to competitive bidding to a royalty payment rate that is at least 12 1/2 percent the value of the production removed or sold from the lease. Makes lands available for leasing for a one-year period if the highest bid received for such lands was less than $20 per acre. Increases from 50 cents per acre to $1.00 per acre the annual lease rentals for the first five lease years, and not less than $3.00 per acre per lease year thereafter. Increases the minimum royalty from $1.00 to $3.00 per acre after the discovery of oil or gas in paying quantities on the leased land. Increases the primary lease term from five to ten years. Subjects a lease to cancellation by the Secretary after 30 days' notice for noncompliance with the lease terms unless: (1) the leasehold contains a well capable of production of oil or gas in paying quantities; or (2) the lease is committed to an approved cooperative or unit plan or communitization agreement which contains a well capable of production of unitized substances in paying quantities. Requires that oil and gas leases on public lands and on national forest system lands be considered in a land use plan and forest management plan respectively. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on the progress made by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture in complying with the land use plan requirements. Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to issue oil and gas … | 2025-08-29T16:31:29Z | |
| 99-s-2439 | 99 | s | 2439 | Federal Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-05-13 | 1986-08-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 861. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-412) Federal Onshore Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding competitive leasing of oil and gas for onshore Federal lands to increase from 640 acres to 2,560 acres the units of land open to competitive leasing. Provides for lease sales to be: (1) conducted by oral bidding or by a combination of oral and sealed bidding; and (2) held at least quarterly in each State (or more frequently at the Secretary's discretion). Requires the Secretary of the Interior to accept the highest bid which is at least $20 or greater per acre without evaluation of the economic or geologic value of the lands proposed for lease. Requires that all bids for less than $20 per acre be rejected. Makes lands available for leasing for a one-year period if the highest bid received for such lands was less than $20 per acre. Describes circumstances under which certain lands may be leased without competitive bidding. Authorizes the Secretary to disapprove partial assignments of less than 640 acres outside of Alaska, or of less than 2,560 acres within Alaska. Subjects a lease to cancellation by the Secretary after 30 days' notice for noncompliance with the lease terms unless: (1) the leasehold contains a well capable of production of oil or gas in paying quantities; or (2) the lease is committed to an approved cooperative or unit plan or communitization agreement which contains a well capable of production of unitized substances in paying quantities. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to make leasing in Alaska consistent with that in the contiguous 48 States. Repeals provisions regarding: (1) determination of favorable petroleum geological provinces; and (2) suspension of noncompetitive leasing. Establishes an interim period during which certain pending lease applications will be processed as they would have been prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Prohibits noncompetitive lease a… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4730 | 99 | hr | 4730 | A bill to enhance boating safety by requiring the display on gasoline pumps of the type of alcohol, the percentage of each type of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents, if any, contained in the gasoline. | Energy | 1986-05-01 | 1986-05-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 6 | Requires each blender who distributes alcohol-blended gasoline to certain purchasers to determine and certify the type and percentage of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents in such gasoline. Requires each distributor who receives such certified gasoline and distributes it to certain persons to certify the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent in the gasoline according to specified guidelines. Requires each gasoline retailer of alcohol-blended gasoline to conspicuously display the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent to ultimate purchasers at the point of sale. Grants the Federal Trade Commission investigative and enforcement powers to implement this Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct field tests determining alcohol type and percentage (including the percentage of cosolvents) in gasoline; and (2) notify the Federal Trade Commission of any failures to post such information. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules for the uniform display and certification of alcohol and cosolvent content in alcohol-blended gasoline. Provides that a violation of this Act shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act affecting commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4741 | 99 | hr | 4741 | Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Amendments Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-05-01 | 1986-07-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 14 | Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), or the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of public domain National Forest System lands, to lease onshore Federal lands for oil and gas development by competitive bidding if the appropriate Secretary determines such lands to be suitable for such development. Increases land units for development from 640 acres to 2,560 acres. Requires the Secretary to: (1) invite public nomination of areas favorable for oil and gas discovery at least once each calendar quarter; (2) automatically offer to lease any area receiving two or more such public nominations if the Secretary has determined such areas to be available and suitable for leasing; (3) hold competitive oil and gas lease sales on a quarterly basis; and (4) issue a lease to the highest responsible qualified bidder. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the initial five-year lease term of a non-producing oil or gas lease only upon finding that the lessee could not adequately explore during the initial lease term due to certain circumstances not attributable to the lessee. Requires an extension application to include an exploration plan. Limits total extensions to five years. Proscribes guidelines for rentals and royalties. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report periodically to the Congress regarding fees, rentals, and royalty payments; (2) notify the appropriate State Governor and the general public of scheduled lease offerings and of the scheduled approval of lease development activities; (3) regulate all surface-disturbing operations conducted under a lease; and (4) determine surface-resources conservation activities. Conditions the granting of a drilling permit on an oil or gas lease upon: (1) the Secretary's approval of an operations plan covering all surface-disturbing activities; and (2) the posting of sufficient bond by the lessee to ensure reclamation of surface disturbing activities. Prohibits the Secretar… | 2025-08-29T16:31:44Z | |
| 99-s-2383 | 99 | s | 2383 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-29 | 1986-04-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] | VA | R | T000367 | 7 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Removes the statutory requirements and deadlines for second (and subsequent) nuclear waste repositories, thus eliminating Department of Energy authority to site such repositories. Removes the volume limitations placed upon first repositories. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to revise the repository mission plan to reflect the provisions of this Act and to submit such revisions within six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary from expending funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund for any activity relating to a second or subsequent repository. | 2025-08-29T16:30:20Z | |
| 99-s-2373 | 99 | s | 2373 | Nuclear Facility Standardization Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-28 | 1986-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Nuclear Facility Standardization Act of 1986 - Title I: Licensing and Regulatory Reform - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish procedures for the approval of standardized facility designs and of any major subsystem of such a facility that represents a discrete element of it. Sets forth guidelines under which: (1) the Commission shall grant approval for such standardized designs; (2) modifications to design approvals may be made; (3) design approvals may be renewed; and (4) deviations from a license or approval may be made without prior Commission approval. States that the Commission's determination regarding the approval of construction or operating licenses (or permits) constitutes a final order under the Act. Requires the Commission to establish procedures to issue a site permit for approval of a site for production or utilization facilities. Sets forth guidelines under which the Commission shall issue a site permit. States that the Commission's determination regarding a site permit application constitutes a final order under the Act. Prescribes standards under which the Commission shall renew a site permit. Sets forth guidelines under which the Commission shall grant a construction permit or operating licenses for production or utilization facilities. States that for purposes of this Act a construction permit is a license. Requires the Commission to issue a construction and operating license to an applicant for a commercial production or utilization facility if the application contains sufficient information to enable the Commission to determine that there is reasonable assurance that the facility will be constructed and operated in compliance with prescribed standards. Directs the Commission to incorporate in the construction and operating license: (1) a phased-approval procedure for construction quality assurance; and (2) the procedures and criteria necessary to provide reasonable assurance that construction and operation will be in accordanc… | 2025-08-29T16:31:53Z | |
| 99-s-2375 | 99 | s | 2375 | A bill to disapprove of certain deferrals of Strategic Petroleum Reserve budget authority, to authorize additional appropriations with respect to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and to increase oil import fees. | Energy | 1986-04-28 | 1986-05-01 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Energy Department. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 2 | Expresses congressional disapproval of specified deferrals submitted by the President to the Congress relating to: (1) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (D86-37); and (2) Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum account (D86-10-A). Declares that the disapproved deferral amounts shall be made available for obligation. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1987 through 1989 for crude oil acquisition for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) FY 1987 for storage facility construction for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to conduct a survey of possible storage sites to increase the capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 1,000,000,000 barrels. Directs the Secretary to purchase any crude oil necessary to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from certain domestic small volume "stripper" wells. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase oil import fees. Requires the Secretary to cease production from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve for a six-month period in order to provide for a review by the Congress and the President concerning production and pricing practices. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-4668 | 99 | hr | 4668 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-23 | 1986-05-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 17 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Removes the statutory requirements and deadlines for second (and subsequent) nuclear waste repositories, thus eliminating Department of Energy authority to site such repositories. Removes the volume limitations placed upon first repositories. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to revise the repository mission plan to reflect the provisions of this Act and to submit such revisions within six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary from expending funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund for any activity relating to a second or subsequent repository. | 2025-08-29T16:31:49Z | |
| 99-hr-4669 | 99 | hr | 4669 | A bill to repeal and amend certain sections of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. | Energy | 1986-04-23 | 1986-09-10 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | B000997 | 26 | (Measure passed House, amended) Title I: Fuel Use - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal prohibitions against the use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Title II: Incremental Pricing - Amends the National Gas Policy Act fo 1978 to repeal the incremental pricing requirements for natural gas. Title III: LNG Importation - Revokes orders which were issued before the date of enactment of this Act under the Natural Gas Act authorizing the importation of natural gas for processing or transportation by facilities affected by this Act. Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from: (1) approving the recovery in rates by any natural gas company of costs related to liquid natural gas (LNG) volumes which have been authorized for importation through facilities affected by this Act, but which have not actually been imported; or (2) permitting recovery of any equity investment on such facilities. Prohibits the issuance of any order authorizing the importation of LNG under the Natural Gas Act unless the Secretary of Energy determines that: (1) the delivered price of the LNG is competitive with the delivered price of alternate supplies of natural gas; and (2) the contract terms covering the sale of such LNG are responsible to changes in the natural gas market. Makes this Act applicable to: (1) certain certificated facilities which commenced deliveries of LNG before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) certain tankers constructed for the ocean transportation of LNG to such facilities. Title IV: Exemption from Federal Regulation - Exempts from the rate regulation jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a certain interstate natural gas pipeline which was the subject of such Commission's declaratory order issued July 24, 1986 (thus making such pipeline subject only to the jurisdiction of two State regulatory commissions). Title V: Expedited Decision - Directs the Fe… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4653 | 99 | hr | 4653 | Domestic Petroleum Supply Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-22 | 1986-04-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 4 | Domestic Petroleum Supply Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to purchase domestic crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (within a three-year period beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act) from certain stripper well property at an average annual rate of 200,000 barrels a day. Requires the Secretary, during such period, to implement petroleum acquisition transportation and injection activities at a level sufficient to assure a minimum average fill rate of 200,000 barrels per day in addition to any petroleum products acquired to replace withdrawals from the Reserve resulting from test drawdowns and distribution. Requires such petroleum purchases to be: (1) on a competitive bid basis; and (2) at least 75 percent purchased from independent producers. | 2025-08-29T16:29:18Z | |
| 99-hr-4664 | 99 | hr | 4664 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-22 | 1986-05-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 32 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from implementing nuclear waste disposal activities with respect to more than one repository. Declares that any such activities commenced (or decisions made by the Secretary) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be rescinded or terminated. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing the construction of more than one repository under such Act. Provides that if the Secretary does not meet the January 31, 1998, deadline for high-level radioactive waste disposal then the Secretary must cease all repository activities until: (1) the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (established by this Act) submits a certain report to the Congress; and (2) the Congress specifically authorizes the continuation of such repository activities (thus imposing a moratorium on repository development). Removes the deadlines by which the Secretary and the President must submit candidate site nominations for second repository site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary from nominating or recommending any crystalline rock site for site characterization for a repository. Removes the volume limitation placed upon a first repository. Establishes the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (if a repository moratorium takes effect) to: (1) review scientific data regarding repository suitability; and (2) compare the use of repositories for radioactive waste disposal with alternative technologies for the permanent isolation of such waste. Requires the Review Commission to report to the Congress by a certain date regarding its activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission upon submission of its report. Sets deadlines for draft revisions of the Secretary's mission plan under such Act. | 2025-08-29T16:30:34Z | |
| 99-s-2354 | 99 | s | 2354 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-22 | 1986-04-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 8 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from implementing nuclear waste disposal activities with respect to more than one repository. Declares that any such activities commenced (or decisions made by the Secretary) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be rescinded or terminated. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing the construction of more than one repository under such Act. Provides that if the Secretary does not meet the January 31, 1998, deadline for high-level radioactive waste disposal then the Secretary must cease all repository activities until: (1) the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (established by this Act) submits a certain report to the Congress; and (2) the Congress specifically authorizes the continuation of such repository activities (thus imposing a moratorium on repository development). Removes the deadlines by which the Secretary and the President must submit candidate site nominations for second repository site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary from nominating or recommending any crystalline rock site for site characterization for a repository. Removes the volume limitation placed upon a first repository. Establishes the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (if a repository moratorium takes effect) to: (1) review scientific data regarding repository suitability; and (2) compare the use of repositories for radioactive waste disposal with alternative technologies for the permanent isolation of such waste. Requires the Review Commission to report to the Congress by a certain date regarding its activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission upon submission of its report. Sets deadlines for draft revisions of the Secretary's mission plan under such Act. | 2025-08-29T16:33:27Z | |
| 99-sres-386 | 99 | sres | 386 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Strategic Petroleum Reserve purchases and construction should be accelerated and that all funds deferred by the President should be immediately obligated. | Energy | 1986-04-22 | 1986-04-22 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 5 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that petroleum purchases for and construction of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be accelerated and that certain sums deferred by the President should be obligated immediately to contract for the development and expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4648 | 99 | hr | 4648 | Nuclear Safety Board Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-21 | 1986-07-22 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 1 | Nuclear Safety Board Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish the Nuclear Safety Board to review and assess the licensing and other regulatory practices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to make recommendations to such Commission. Prohibits Federal officers or employees from serving on such Board. Directs the Board to: (1) investigate events under Commission jurisdiction which could adversely affect public health and safety; (2) recommend to the Commission measures to minimize threats to public safety; and (3) issue periodic reports to the Congress and various government agencies affected by activities subject to Commission jurisdiction. Requires such reports to contain: (1) specific recommendations to reduce the likelihood of nuclear events similar to those investigated by the Board; and (2) recommended corrective measures to improve safety conditions at nuclear facilities. | 2025-08-29T16:33:13Z | |
| 99-s-2340 | 99 | s | 2340 | Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-18 | 1986-09-16 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered favorably reported S. 2799 in lieu of this measure. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 8 | Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986 - Subjects the owner or operator of a vessel or facility to liability for oil discharged in violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (unless the discharge was caused by an act of God, war, by a third party, or by Federal negligence). Causes such owners and operators to be liable for: (1) all actual costs of removal incurred by the United States or a State under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Intervention on the High Seas Act, or the Deepwater Port Act of 1974; (2) any removal costs incurred by any person, as removal is defined under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (3) specified damages for economic loss or loss of natural resources resulting from such a discharge. Limits such liability, but stipulates that an owner or operator shall be liable for all damages and removal costs in the case of: (1) willful misconduct or negligence; (2) violation of applicable safety, construction, or operating standards or regulations (within the knowledge or privity of the owner or operator); or (3) a refusal to provide reasonable cooperation and assistance requested by a responsible official. Provides that owners or operators subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act shall bear all costs of removal. Authorizes the President to establish additional limitations on liability for certain facilities. Provides for third party liability. Establishes the Oil Spill Liability Fund for: (1) payment of removal costs; and (2) related research. Sets forth procedures for asserting claims against the Fund. Requires any claimant, prior to asserting a claim, to present the claim to the owner, operator, or guarantor of the vessel or facility from which the oil was discharged. Directs the President to prescribe forms and procedures for filing claims. Directs the President, acting through certain Federal agencies, to promulgate and periodically review regulations for the assessment of damages for injury to natural resources resulting from an oil s… | 2025-08-29T16:29:30Z | |
| 99-hr-4637 | 99 | hr | 4637 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-17 | 1986-05-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 1 | Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from implementing nuclear waste disposal activities with respect to more than one repository. Declares that any such activities commenced (or decisions made by the Secretary) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be rescinded or terminated. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing the construction of more than one repository under such Act. Provides that if the Secretary does not meet the January 31, 1998, deadline for high-level radioactive waste disposal then the Secretary must cease all repository activities until: (1) the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (established by this Act) submits a certain report to the Congress; and (2) the Congress specifically authorizes the continuation of such repository activities (thus imposing a moratorium on repository development). Removes the deadlines by which the Secretary and the President must submit candidate site nominations for second repository site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary from nominating or recommending any crystalline rock site for site characterization for a repository. Removes the volume limitation placed upon a first repository. Establishes the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (if a repository moratorium takes effect) to: (1) review scientific data regarding repository suitability; and (2) compare the use of repositories for radioactive waste disposal with alternative technologies for the permanent isolation of such waste. Requires the Review Commission to report to the Congress by a certain date regarding its activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission upon submission of its report. Sets deadlines for draft revisions of the Secretary's mission plan under such Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:54Z | |
| 99-s-2327 | 99 | s | 2327 | A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to specify the method of determining State allotments. | Energy | 1986-04-17 | 1986-04-23 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] | TX | R | G000365 | 1 | Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to specify the State allotment formula which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to use when implementing a presidential order requiring the sequestration (through the application of a reduction percentage) of budget authority provided for a fiscal year under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2328 | 99 | s | 2328 | A bill to prohibit for a ten-year period the transfer or sale of federal Power Marketing Administrations or the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes. | Energy | 1986-04-17 | 1986-04-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power. | Senate | Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] | WA | R | E000236 | 16 | Prohibits for a period of ten years any disposition of any federally owned or operated power production or transmission facility located in the conterminous 48 States whose electric energy is transmitted for sale by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Exempts from such proscription certain authority granted: (1) under the Bonneville Project Act of 1937; (2) to the Tennessee Valley Authority for property dispositions in the normal course of business; and (3) to the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of surplus property. Makes such proscription inapplicable to transactions involving the production and transmission of electric power among Federal officials that may occur in the normal course of business. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4604 | 99 | hr | 4604 | Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-16 | 1986-06-19 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 33 | Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Open Access to Transportation - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Title II: Removal of Wellhead Price Controls and Repeal of Jurisdiction Over First Sales - Removes wellhead price controls over all natural gas first sales beginning April 1, 1987. Removes such control for certain gas sales contracts executed after March 1, 1986. Removes Commission jurisdiction over first sales of natural gas committed or dedicated as of the day before enactment of this Act. Repeals Commission authority to specify the minimum duration of certain natural gas contracts (thus removing all non-price regulation of first sales of natural gas). Declares that, with respect to ceiling prices of certain natural gas sales, the last price paid for such gas shall be considered a federally established rate for purposes of an area rate clause. Title III: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum Use and Pricing - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating … | 2025-08-29T16:31:15Z | |
| 99-s-2291 | 99 | s | 2291 | Nuclear Safety Board Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-11 | 1986-06-18 | Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-768. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 4 | Nuclear Safety Board Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish the Nuclear Safety Board to review and assess the licensing and other regulatory practices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to make recommendations to such Commission. Prohibits Federal officers or employees from serving on such Board. Directs the Board to: (1) investigate events under Commission jurisdiction which could adversely affect public health and safety; (2) recommend to the Commission measures to minimize threats to public safety; and (3) issue periodic reports to the Congress and various government agencies affected by activities subject to Commission jurisdiction. Requires such reports to contain: (1) specific recommendations to reduce the likelihood of nuclear events similar to those investigated by the Board; and (2) recommended corrective measures to improve safety conditions at nuclear facilities. | 2025-08-29T16:32:59Z | |
| 99-hr-4553 | 99 | hr | 4553 | Energy Incentives and Agricultural Financial Resources Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-10 | 1986-04-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Boulter, Beau [R-TX-13] | TX | R | B000666 | 9 | Energy Incentives and Agricultural Financial Resources Act of 1986 - Title I: Sense of Congress on Tax Reform Provisions Which Detrimentally Affect the Petroleum Industry - Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that retention of current income tax provisions relating to the petroleum industry is necessary to provide capital formation for the industry. Urges elimination of any provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1985 (H.R. 3838) or of any similar tax reform legislation which would detrimentally affect the oil depletion allowance, the deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source, or other tax provisions favorable to the petroleum industry. Title II: Federal Banking Agency Cooperation with Troubled Banks and Thrift Institutions - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to revise provisions concerning the extraordinary acquisition of troubled banks and thrift institutions. Authorizes an in-State or out-of-State bank holding company or savings and loan holding company to: (1) establish a newly chartered bank in a State where an insured bank with total assets of $250,000,000 or more is closed or is in danger of failing (as determined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) for the purpose of purchasing the assets and assuming the liabilities of the closed or failing bank; (2) purchase the stock of the failing bank; (3) purchase the stock or assets of, or merge with, a bank subsidiary which is in danger of closing if the subsidiary holds 35 percent or more of the assets of a bank holding company with assets of at least $1,000,000,000; or (4) establish a newly chartered bank in the same State as the failing subsidiary to merge with, or purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of, such subsidiary or affiliated banks. Requires any such transaction to be approved by the Corporation and the primary Federal and State supervisors of each party thereto. Provides that an out-of-State bank holding company which acquires a closed or failin… | 2025-08-29T16:31:21Z | |
| 99-hr-4556 | 99 | hr | 4556 | A bill to establish the manner in which an order issued by the President under any law providing for sequestration of budget authority generally throughout the Federal Government shall be applied to the allotment of funds under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. | Energy | 1986-04-10 | 1986-04-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 26 | Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to specify the State allotment formula which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to use when implementing a presidential order requiring the sequestration (through the application of a reduction percentage) of budget authority provided for FY 1986 or any fiscal year thereafter. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4559 | 99 | hr | 4559 | A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 and the Inspector General Act of 1978. | Energy | 1986-04-10 | 1986-04-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Flippo, Ronnie G. [D-AL-5] | AL | D | F000208 | 7 | Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to revise provisions regarding the composition, operation, and duties of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Increases the membership of the Board from three to nine members. Specifies the States in which certain members shall be residents. Requires the Board to: (1) direct the management of the Authority's business; (2) establish management policies and a system to fix responsibility and promote efficiency; (3) appoint, and delegate management duties to, a Chief Executive Officer; (4) create an electric rate review committee; (5) create an audit committee; (6) create other committees as necessary; and (7) conduct public hearings on issues that would have a substantial effect on people of the region. Authorizes the Board to: (1) establish an annual fund to make awards to employees for meritorious service; and (2) authorize supplemental payments to the basic pay of those employees hired when certain recruitment or retention problems exist. Transfers the authority to appoint personnel from the Board to the Chief Executive Officer, with the advice and consent of the Board. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to extend its provisions to the Tennessee Valley Authority. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 99-hr-4564 | 99 | hr | 4564 | Secure Energy Supply Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-10 | 1986-04-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 11 | Secure Energy Supply Act of 1986 - Title I: Deduction and Special Net Operating Loss Treatment for Producers for Certain Losses On Crude Oil - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit crude oil producers to deduct as a qualified loss 100 percent of the amount by which the removal price of the oil is below the adjusted base price of such oil plus the amount of the severance tax adjustment with respect to such oil, in the case of independent producer oil, and 80 percent of such amount for all other domestic crude oil. Prohibits the aggregate loss deductions from exceeding the aggregate amount of windfall profit tax paid by such producer. Allows the qualified losses with respect to domestic crude oil to be carried back to each of the six taxable years preceding the taxable year of such loss. Repeals the windfall profit tax. Title II: Increase in Tariffs on Petroleum and Petroleum Products - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duties on crude petroleum and fuel oils, crude shale oil, motor fuels, kerosene, and napthas imported into the United States (by specified amounts plus applicable offset amounts per barrel). Defines "applicable offset amount." Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to refund the applicable offset amount if the petroleum product on which such duty was paid: (1) was used as heating fuel or in the production of heating fuel; or (2) is necessary to the manufacturing process for products destined for export. Provides that revenues from the increased duties imposed by this Act shall be allocated to the Petroleum Tariff Account. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay out of such account any refunds which are allowed under this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any funds in such account that are not needed to make such refunds should be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit. Title III: Filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve with Stripper Well Oil - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Strategic Petroleum Res… | 2025-08-29T16:32:35Z | |
| 99-s-2285 | 99 | s | 2285 | Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-10 | 1986-08-14 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 1 | Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Open Access to Transportation - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Title II: Removal of Wellhead Price Controls and Repeal of Jurisdiction Over First Sales - Removes wellhead price controls over all natural gas first sales beginning April 1, 1987. Removes such control for certain gas sales contracts executed after March 1, 1986. Removes Commission jurisdiction over first sales of natural gas committed or dedicated as of the day before enactment of this Act. Repeals Commission authority to specify the minimum duration of certain natural gas contracts (thus removing all non-price regulation of first sales of natural gas). Declares that, with respect to ceiling prices of certain natural gas sales, the last price paid for such gas shall be considered a federally established rate for purposes of an area rate clause. Title III: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum Use and Pricing - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating … | 2025-08-29T16:30:21Z | |
| 99-hr-4541 | 99 | hr | 4541 | Crude Oil Retention Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-04-09 | 1986-04-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] | TX | R | L000396 | 0 | Crude Oil Retention Act of 1986 - Reaffirms the intent of the Congress that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to a minimum level of 750,000,000 barrels. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to provide that such Reserve will be filled only with certain crude oil produced in the United States from specified stripper well property at an annual minimum average daily rate of 300,000 barrels. Prescribes a minimum $15 fee to be paid by the Secretary for each such crude oil barrel. Authorizes State discretion in the use of funds received as a result of any judicial proceeding involving petroleum pricing violations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Congress will not approve any tax reform legislation reducing the benefits from the deductions for percentage depletion and intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; and (2) only those excise taxes shall be deposited into the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund which were so used before September 30, 1985. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase certain duties on petroleum and petroleum products. Establishes the Supplemental Deficit Reduction Trust Fund for the reduction of the Federal deficit. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer into such Fund those amounts attributable to all customs duties imposed on a per barrel basis upon petroleum and natural gas products. Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell the Naval Petroleum Reserve. | 2025-08-29T16:32:56Z | |
| 99-s-2262 | 99 | s | 2262 | Civilian Energy Programs Authorization for Fiscal Years 1987 and 1988 | Energy | 1986-03-27 | 1986-03-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 0 | Civilian Energy Programs Authorization for Fiscal Years 1987 and 1988 - Title I: Research and Development - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for Department of Energy civilian research and development programs relating to: (1) general science and research activities; (2) energy supply research and development; (3) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund; (4) fossil energy research and development; and (5) energy conservation. Authorizes appropriations for construction, acquisition, and modification of facilities including land acquisition and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction for: (1) general science and research activities; (2) energy supply research and development; and (3) energy conservation. Title II: Conservation, Regulation, and Information - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the following appropriations accounts: (1) energy conservation; (2) economic regulation; (3) emergency preparedness; (4) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (5) Energy Information Administration. Title III: Power Marketing Administration - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the following appropriations accounts: (1) Southeastern Power Administration; (2) Southwestern Power Administration; (3) Western Area Power Administration; and (4) Alaska Power Administration. Title IV: Other Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) departmental administration; (3) the Nuclear Waste Fund; (4) energy supply research and development; and (5) energy conservation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for construction, acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition, and for acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction for: (1) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) departmental administration; (3) energy supply research and development; and (4) the Nuclear Waste Fund. Title V: Fiscal Year 1988 Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to … | 2025-08-29T16:30:07Z | |
| 99-s-2225 | 99 | s | 2225 | Lake Tuscaloosa Preservation Act | Energy | 1986-03-24 | 1986-03-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 1 | Lake Tuscaloosa Preservation Act - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing any permit, license, or exemption for hydroelectric power project facilities located on Lake Tuscaloosa, Alabama. | 2025-08-29T16:31:24Z | |
| 99-hr-4476 | 99 | hr | 4476 | Emergency Energy Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-21 | 1986-03-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 26 | Emergency Energy Act of 1986 - Title I: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the income tax for crude oil producers equal to the excess of an oil well's operating costs allocable to a barrel of oil over the sales price of the barrel (but in no event for more than $5.00 per barrel). Provides for a carryback of unused excess credits for any year. Allows a credit for 15 percent of the costs of exploring for oil or natural gas in the United States. Provides for a carryback of unused excess exploration cost credits. Revises the minimum tax treatment rules for insolvent oil producers to provide that an insolvent taxpayer who transfers property used in the active conduct of a trade or business of exploring for or producing crude oil is not required to treat the net capital gain on a transfer as a tax preference if the transfer was made to a creditor in cancellation of indebtedness or to a third party under a threat of foreclosure. Limits such treatment revision to persons who have derived at least 50 percent of the gross income from an oil exploration or production business. Revises the minimum tax rules to allow a taxpayer to elect to carry over any portion of a percentage depletion deduction to the succeeding taxable year. Revises the definition of intangible drilling and development costs eligible for annual deduction as business expenses when paid or incurred to include geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs paid or incurred for the purpose of ascertaining the existence, location, extent, or quality of any domestic deposit of oil or gas. Repeals the tax preference cutback which currently requires integrated oil and gas producers to reduce (and thereby capitalize) the amount of intangible drilling and development costs eligible for a tax deduction by 20 percent. Repeals the rule that limits percentage depletion for oil or gas properties to 50 percent of a taxpayer's net income from the property. Revises the rule regarding an election to … | 2025-08-29T16:33:00Z | |
| 99-hconres-303 | 99 | hconres | 303 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the administration of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 by the Secretary of Energy. | Energy | 1986-03-20 | 1986-05-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gregg, Judd [R-NH-2] | NH | R | G000445 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Energy, when implementing the site selection processes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, should: (1) refrain from computing the time limitation on any period during which the Secretary receives comments from persons designated under the Act until the information on which such persons are to comment is available to them; (2) investigate whether such information is available to such persons on the date of publication; (3) investigate whether site selection process costs can be reduced through periodic data review to determine which sites warrant further consideration; (4) apply certain population density factors at every stage of the site review process; and (5) delay the second repository site selection process whenever there is a selection process delay for the first repository site. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-hres-406 | 99 | hres | 406 | A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that it supports continued Federal ownership and operation of the power marketing agencies, opposes their sale, and supports the continuation of existing Federal power marketing policies. | Energy | 1986-03-20 | 1986-05-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it: (1) supports the continuation of the existing Federal power marketing policies, as well as Federal ownership and operation of power marketing agencies; and (2) opposes the Federal sale of such agencies. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-s-2217 | 99 | s | 2217 | Oil and Gas Deregulation and Incentive Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-24 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Energy Department. | Senate | Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] | TX | R | G000365 | 0 | Oil and Gas Deregulation and Incentive Act of 1986 - Title I: Elimination of Tax Reform Provisions Which Detrimentally Affect the Petroleum Industry - Expresses the sense of the Congress that retention of current income tax provisions regarding the petroleum industry (such as the oil depletion allowance and deduction for intangible drilling expenses) is necessary to provide capital formation for the industry. Urges that certain provisions of H.R. 3838 (Tax Reform Act of 1985) affecting the industry be eliminated. Title II: Federal Banking Agency Cooperation with Troubled Banks and Thrift Institutions - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe guidelines under which an in-State or out-of-State bank holding company (or savings and loan holding company) may acquire both closed banks and banks undergoing financial difficulties. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to authorize the immediate consummation of such an acquisition upon the finding by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors that it must act immediately to approve an application for such acquisition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal banking agencies should: (1) affirm that financial institutions are allowed to account prospectively for modifications of their borrowers' debts as reduced interest income; (2) exercise forbearance of their capital standards when capital reduction is attributable to loans to certain troubled economic sectors; and (3) implement changed disclosure requirements for renegotiated loans. Title III: Windfall Profit Tax Repeal and Clarification of Assessment Period - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Title IV: Deregulation of the Gas Industry - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal the prohibition against the use of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal: (1) the passthro… | 2025-08-29T16:32:53Z | |
| 99-s-2201 | 99 | s | 2201 | Nuclear Waste State Participation Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-18 | 1986-03-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Nuclear Waste State Participation Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to extend: (1) from 1985 to 1995 the deadline by which the Secretary of Energy must recommend to the President suitable first repository sites; and (2) from 1989 to 1999 the deadline by which the Secretary must recommend to the President suitable second repository sites. Requires each site nomination to be accompanied by a site characterization activities plan. Prescribes the contents of such a plan. (Characterization is the detailed examination of a proposed repository site in order to determine approval or disapproval.) Repeals the 60-day deadline within which the President must transmit (to the Secretary and the affected States) the approval or disapproval of recommended candidate sites. Sets January 1, 1995 (and January 1, 1999) as deadlines by which the President must recommend to the Congress candidate sites considered qualified for characterization activities. Sets guidelines for the extension of such deadlines. Permits a State (or Indian tribe) to disapprove a proposed site before characterization. Requires the President to submit to the Congress alternative candidate site characterizations within one year after a candidate site recommendation has been vetoed by a State (or affected Indian tribe). (Under existing law, the Congress may veto a State's disapproval of a site designation by a two-thirds vote of both Houses.) Extends from 1998 to 2008 the deadline by which the Secretary is required to dispose of high level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel which has been transferred to the Department of Energy under contract with generators or titleholders of such wastes. | 2025-08-29T16:30:35Z | |
| 99-s-2205 | 99 | s | 2205 | Fuel Use Act Repeal Bill of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-18 | 1986-08-07 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 1 | Fuel Use Act Repeal Bill of 1986 - Title I: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal prohibitions against the use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Title II: Separability - Declares that if any part of this Act is invalid, the remainder shall not be affected. | 2025-08-29T16:29:34Z | |
| 99-hr-4422 | 99 | hr | 4422 | A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 and to clarify the treatment under other laws, of home energy assistance payments and allowances provided under such Act. | Energy | 1986-03-17 | 1986-04-24 | Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 99-556 (Part I). | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 44 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 99-556 (Part I)) Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for home energy programs for FY 1987 through 1989. Sets specified time constraints within which States operating an energy crisis intervention program must provide energy crisis benefits. Requires each entity administering such a program to provide low-income, physically infirm individuals with the means to: (1) submit benefits applications without leaving their residences; or (2) travel to sites at which applications are being accepted. Prescribes the contents of a State energy crisis intervention program plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a model State plan format available each year for use at the option of each State to prepare the next fiscal year's State plan. Deems the full amount of home energy assistance payments, regardless of whether made directly to a household or indirectly for its benefit, to be heating or cooling expenses for purposes of the excess shelter expense deduction under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Requires the Secretary to issue an annual report regarding: (1) the manner in which the States have implemented energy crisis intervention program requirements; and (2) the impact of each State's program upon affected households. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4402 | 99 | hr | 4402 | Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act Amendments of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-13 | 1986-06-19 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] | OK | R | E000077 | 17 | Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal the prohibition against: (1) the use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source in new electric powerplants; and (2) the construction of new electric powerplants which cannot use coal or other alternate fuels as a primary energy source. | 2025-08-29T16:33:09Z | |
| 99-s-2188 | 99 | s | 2188 | Electric Generation and Industrial Energy Development Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-13 | 1986-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 3 | Electric Generation and Industrial Energy Development Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to recommend to the Congress and the President: (1) actions to implement clean, cost-effective coal technologies in electric-generating facilities and domestic basic industries (such as steel and aluminum); and (2) administrative and regulatory actions (including financial assistance) to facilitate the use of clean-coal technologies. Establishes within the Department of Energy a Clean Coal Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary in formulating recommendations required by this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:29:46Z | |
| 99-hr-4394 | 99 | hr | 4394 | Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-12 | 1986-07-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] | WA | D | S001115 | 11 | Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors regarding the transportation and disposal of radioactive waste to which the United States holds title. Requires such agreements to provide for the indemnification of persons against claims for public liability for nuclear incidents arising out of a contractual activity. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make certain indemnification payments out of the Nuclear Waste Fund; and (2) enter into specified borrowing terms with the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes of paying nuclear liability claims. Provides for Federal indemnification of a precautionary State activity undertaken as a result of a federally contracted radioactive waste disposal incident. (Defines such a precautionary activity as any action to evacuate the public in order to protect the public health and safety from a real or imminent danger.) Applies the waiver of specified defenses to indemnity agreements entered into by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding radioactive waste to which the United States holds title. | 2025-08-29T16:33:07Z | |
| 99-hr-4335 | 99 | hr | 4335 | Alcohol Motor Fuel Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-03-06 | 1986-03-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 3 | Alcohol Motor Fuel Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish an alcohol-blended fuels promotion program; (2) set alcohol motor fuel production goals for 1987 through 2000; and (3) prescribe the percentage of alcohol motor fuel required to be contained in gasoline sold by refiners for use as motor fuel. Imposes a civil penalty for non-compliance by any person who violates the Secretary's prescribed alcohol motor fuel percentages. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:29:57Z | |
| 99-hr-4206 | 99 | hr | 4206 | Lake Tuscaloosa Preservation Act | Energy | 1986-02-20 | 1986-09-23 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 7 | Lake Tuscaloosa Preservation Act - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after February 20, 1986, from issuing a permit, license, or exemption for hydroelectric power development at Lake Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. | 2025-08-29T16:32:26Z | |
| 99-hr-4187 | 99 | hr | 4187 | Nuclear Waste Policy Improvement Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-02-19 | 1986-03-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. | House | Rep. Hendon, Bill [R-NC-11] | NC | R | H000490 | 1 | Nuclear Waste Policy Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy to revise the guidelines regarding repository site recommendations to disqualify any site from development as a subsequent repository if any surface facility of such repository will be less than 20 miles from any component of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to submit by a specified date any revisions made to the mission plan regarding the repository site program as a result of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:29:24Z | |
| 99-s-2072 | 99 | s | 2072 | Federal Nuclear Facilities Insurance and Liability Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-02-18 | 1986-02-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | Federal Nuclear Facilities Insurance and Liability Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct (current law authorizes) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors regarding production or utilization facilities involving activities under the risk of public liability for a substantial nuclear incident. States that such agreements shall not limit the amount indemnified. Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) recover from contractors whose gross negligence or willful misconduct contributed to a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation the proportional share of the amount paid by the Federal Government to satisfy the resulting claims; and (2) enter into agreements indemnifying Federal contractors for public liability resulting from a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation while engaged in nuclear waste disposal, storage, or transportation. Extends from three years to five years the period in which a claimant may discover injuries caused by a nuclear occurrence. Eliminates the 20-year statute of limitations period in which to bring a claim for injuries caused by a nuclear incident. Includes within the purview of indemnification agreements the theft or diversion of radioactive material. Directs the Secretary of Energy to compensate public liability claims arising out of theft or diversion. | 2025-08-29T16:31:01Z | |
| 99-s-2073 | 99 | s | 2073 | Nuclear Facility Standardization Act of 1986 | Energy | 1986-02-18 | 1986-04-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 2 | Nuclear Facility Standardization Act of 1986 - Title I: Licensing and Regulatory Reform - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish procedures for the approval of standardized facility designs and of any major subsystem of such a facility that represents a discrete element of it. Sets forth guidelines under which: (1) the Commission shall grant approval for such standardized designs; (2) modifications to design approvals may be made; (3) design approvals may be renewed; and (4) deviations from a license or approval may be made without prior Commission approval. States that the Commission's determination regarding the approval of construction or operating licenses (or permits) constitutes a final order under the Act. Requires the Commission to establish procedures to issue a site permit for approval of a site for production or utilization facilities. Sets forth guidelines under which the Commission shall issue a site permit. States that the Commission's determination regarding a site permit application constitutes a final order under the Act. Prescribes standards under which the Commission shall renew a site permit. Sets forth guidelines under which the Commission shall grant a construction permit or operating licenses for production or utilization facilities. States that for purposes of this Act a construction permit is a license. Requires the Commission to issue a construction and operating license to an applicant for a commercial production or utilization facility if the application contains sufficient information to enable the Commission to determine that there is reasonable assurance that the facility will be constructed and operated in compliance with prescribed standards. Directs the Commission to incorporate in the construction and operating license: (1) a phased-approval procedure for construction quality assurance; and (2) the procedures and criteria necessary to provide reasonable assurance that construction and operation will be in accordance… | 2025-08-29T16:30:50Z |
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