US Congress House Bill 92 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 energy generation, transmission, and distribution in rural communities with extremely high energy costs. Provides related funding through FY2015. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to the Authority to convert base power production in the Virgin Islands from fuel oil to liquefied natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. Authorizes appropriations through FY2017. Increases, through FY2018, the number of Virgin Islands households eligible for low-income energy assistance.

Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act

Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-01-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2013-01-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-01-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/92/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr92/BILLS-113hr92ih.pdf