Subject Alternative and renewable resources | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB954 | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 S.AMDT.965 Amendment SA 965 proposed by Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S3749-3752 ; text: CR S3749-3750)To permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, beverage, or other edible product contains a genetically engineered ingredient. |
| US | HB1394 | Planning for American Energy Act of 2013 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publish every four years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Stra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB316 | Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) reinstate the license for either or each of the projects numbered 10822 and 10823, and (2) extend for two years after the date on which e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| US | SB601 | Water Resources Development Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Held at the desk. |
| US | HB1947 | Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 10. |
| US | SB761 | Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70. |
| US | SB545 | Hydropower Improvement Act of 2013 - Declares the sense of the Senate that the United States should increase substantially the capacity and generation of clean, renewable hydropower which will improve the environmental quality of resources and suppor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69. |
| US | HB267 | Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to increase from 5,000 to 10,000 kilowatts the size of small hydroelectric power projects which the Federal Energy Regulatory Co... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 71. |
| US | SB306 | Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to contract for the development of small ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68. |
| US | HB678 | Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to contract for the development of small ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72. |
| US | SB913 | Oilheat Efficiency, Renewable Fuel Research and Jobs Training Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | HB586 | Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines "microhydro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | SB434 | Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2013 - Requires the Blackfeet Tribe (Tribe) of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana to work with the Fort Belknap Indian Community on resolving any conflict between their respective Milk River water rig... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1782 | Virginia Jobs and Energy Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1650 | Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2013 - Requires the government: (1) to provide leadership to negotiate and enter into a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for the dismantlement and e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1548 | Native American Energy Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allow the Secretary of the Interior, an affected Indian tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the Indian tribe to appraise Indian land or trust assets invo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB1793 | Global Partnerships Act of 2013 - Sets forth provisions regarding global poverty and related matters, including: (1) reduction of global poverty; (2) acceleration of economic growth; (3) micro enterprise and small and medium enterprise assistance; (4... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1696 | Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for such partnerships to include i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SB795 | Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for such partnerships to include i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB115 | School Building Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to: (1) states and local educational agencies (LEAs) for providing intensive technical assistance for, and assisting the implementation of, the EnergySmart Scho... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1375 | Reducing Regulatory Obstacles to Wind Energy Production Act - Exempts projects determined by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service to be meteorological site testing and monitoring projects from environmental impact statement requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB276 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12423 (American Falls Reservoir, Idaho), to reinstate the license and extend for three years after enactment of this Act the time perio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 55. |
| US | SB26 | Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of the October... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47. |
| US | SB157 | Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines "microhydro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50. |
| US | HB1616 | Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HB1602 | Fair Allocation of Internal Revenue Credit for Renewable Electricity Distribution by Indian Tribes Act of 2013 or the FAIR CREDIT Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of the renewable electricity production tax credit, to allo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | HB1214 | Domestic Fuels Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that no person shall be liable under any federal, state, or local law, and no provider of financial assurance may deny payment for a claim, because an underground ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1569 | New Fair Deal Busting America's Rigid Outdated & Needless Subsidies Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purch... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1462 | RFS Reform Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1482 | Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1461 | Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) renewable fuel program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1469 | Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1524 | Make it in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 85% manufactured in the United States from ar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | SB717 | Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB875 | Requires the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to provide a comprehensive assessment of research on the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 17. |
| US | HB1398 | Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act - Exempts any project determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB1363 | Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act - Exempts projects determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be geothermal exploration test projects from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Ac... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB254 | Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - (Sec. 2) Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB1465 | Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 or the STORAGE 2013 Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow, through 2020, a 30% energy tax credit for investment in energy storage property that is directly connected to the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 |
| US | HB1424 | Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2013 or the SEAM Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit by allocating in 2013 $5 billion of grants or tax credit amounts to manufacturers of g... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB677 | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to crop producers a supplemental coverage option (based on area yield and loss) to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible. Triggers such optio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | HB787 | Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act - Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior to be approved as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Con... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB938 | United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 - Declares that Israel is a major strategic partner of the United States. Amends the Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 to extend authority to: (1) make additions to foreign-based d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1273 | Rural Energy Improvement Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend the Program through FY2018, (2) create a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| US | HB1165 | Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2013 or MORE Act of 2013 - Declares without force or effect all federal prohibitions against the expenditure of appropriated funds to conduct natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| US | SCR8 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 |
| US | SB656 | Natural Gas Energy and Alternatives Rewards Act or the NGEAR Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016: (1) the excise tax credits for alternative fuels and alternative fuel mixtures; and (2) the tax credit for depreciable propert... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1364 | New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an excise tax credit through 2018 for alternative fuels and fuel mixtures involving compressed or liquefied natural gas, (2) allow... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB630 | Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act of 2013 or FAIR Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit in the Treasury 37.5% of all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
