Subject Oil and gas | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB3 | Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 1) Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 Received in the Senate, read the first time. |
| US | HB555 | BLM Live Internet Auctions Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live bidding methods. Requires each individual Internet-based lease sale to c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| 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 | HB1073 | Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2013 - Title I: Safety of Maritime Navigation - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to provide that existing prohibitions against conduct that endangers the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 |
| US | HB573 | Conveys to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands submerged lands surrounding such Islands and extending three geographical miles outward from their coastlines. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands among the islands wher... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | SB256 | Conveys to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands submerged lands surrounding such Islands and extending three geographical miles outward from their coastlines. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands among the islands wher... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. |
| US | HB767 | Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the list of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices. Replaces the Miles City, Montana, field office with the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Montana (Billings). Re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | HB1613 | Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16. |
| US | SB965 | Iran Sanctions Implementation Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | SB953 | Student Loan Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend until June 30, 2015, existing interest rates for loans made to undergraduate students under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 74. |
| US | HB1972 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SB951 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| 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 | SB913 | Oilheat Efficiency, Renewable Fuel Research and Jobs Training Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB783 | Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1782 | Virginia Jobs and Energy Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB527 | Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Helium Act to define the "Federal Helium Reserve" as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cliffside Gas Field and supporting infrastructure, including: (1) the Cliff... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB856 | Syria Stabilization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to the people of Syria in carrying out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act. Directs the Secretary of State ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1820 | Secure All Facilities to Effectively Guard the United States Against and Respond to Dangerous Spills Act of 2013 or the SAFEGUARDS Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to: (1) prohibit the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1587 | Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate for administrative jurisdiction over the federal lands involved) to issue permits for rights-of-way, temporary easements... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1430 | Offshore Fairness Act - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to a line three marine leagues (currently, three geographic mil... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| US | HB1533 | Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Public Advocate to represent the interests of members of the general public affected by regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| US | HB1743 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to remove the limit on liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of a party responsible for an offshore facility except a deepwater port, from ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| 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 | SB812 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to implement the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB828 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB827 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1692 | Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the President to develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan and to promote comprehensive peace and democratic reform. Requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB92 | Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to make a grant to the Water and Power Authority of the U.S. Virgin Islands for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB505 | Balancing Act - Title I: Repeal Sequester - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcemen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB244 | Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the list of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices. Replaces the Miles City, Montana, field office with the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Montana (Billings). [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 53. |
| 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 | SB763 | Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2013 - Revises federal pipeline safety requirements to authorize states to enforce state requirements for the safe construction and operation of underground gas storage wellbores and underground hazardou... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1649 | Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| 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 | HB1486 | No Carbon Tax Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1456 | Amends the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act to require each portable fuel container manufactured for sale in the United States and intended for use by consumers to conform to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International stan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1426 | Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities for major integrated oil companies (companies that have an average daily worldwide producti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB681 | Offshore Fairness Act - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to a line three marine leagues (currently, three geographic mil... [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 | HB850 | Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to determine if Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization and: (1) if so, designate the IRGC as a foreign terror... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB933 | Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2013 funds for th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 Became Public Law No: 113-6. |
| 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 | HB1191 | Keep American Natural Gas Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only from b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| US | HB1190 | Keep America's Oil Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| US | SB651 | Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area (the Thompson Divide) in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| 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 | SB646 | National Endowment for the Oceans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the National Endowment for the Oceans as a permanent endowment fund to support programs and activities to restore,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| 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 |
