Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security Act of 2008

To rebalance the United States energy portfolio, to increase and utilize the Nation's domestic energy resources and supply, to strengthen energy security and independence, and for other purposes.

5/8/2008--Introduced.
Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security Act of 2008 - Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon request of a state governor, to provide financial assistance to hire additional personnel with expertise in federal refinery authorizations. Directs the President to:
(1) appoint a federal coordinator to implement a federal refinery authorization; and
(2) designate certain closed military installations as potentially suitable refinery construction sites. Sets forth an oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to revise the outer Continental Shelf leasing program. Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for a natural resources enhancement program for management of fish, wildlife, and natural resources. Rigs to Reefs Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary to use decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reef and scientific research. Redesignates as the Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act specified law governing mining and petroleum schools. Revises requirements for the funding of certain state-chartered petroleum or mining schools. National Geo Fund Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary to establish:
(1) a fuel production program using strategic unconventional resources and CO2 enhanced recovery; and
(3) a grant program to produce geothermal and geopressure oil and gas.
Grants the lessee of an existing oil and gas lease located completely within 100 miles of the coastline of California or Florida Adjacent Zones the option, without compensation, of exchanging such lease for a new oil and gas lease having a primary term of five years. Amends OCSLA to:
(1) repeal the coastal impact assistance program; and
(2) provide conditional funds for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to:
(1) revise incentives for innovative technologies;
(2) authorize construction of nuclear power plants by 2010 (Nuclear Power 2010 Program); and
(3) instruct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate implementing regulations for a nuclear energy workforce program. Creates an interagency working group to recommend coordinated federal promotion of increased domestic nuclear manufacturing capacity and export of domestic nuclear energy products and services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualifying nuclear power manufacturing tax credit. Directs:
(1) the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Nuclear Energy Council; and
(2) the President to establish a High Level Waste Authority with jurisdiction over nuclear waste contracts.
Sets forth a program to develop coal-to-liquid manufacturing on federal land. Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify tax credits for:
(1) renewable energy;
(2) electricity produced from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy;
(3) electricity produced from the production of substitute natural gas from refined coal or petcoke;
(4) new clean renewable energy bonds;
(5) residential energy efficient property;
(6) plug-in hybrid vehicles;
(7) production of cellulosic ethanol; and
(8) alternative fuels and vehicles. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to:
(1) implement a research and development program for blending transportation fuels derived from coal-to-liquids with transportation fuels derived from renewable sources; and
(2) maintain four Bioenergy Research Centers.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4]
• and 20 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3]
  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
  • Rep. Nathan Deal [R, GA-9]
  • Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
  • Rep. Robin Hayes [R, NC-8]
  • Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
  • Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
  • Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Bill Sali [R, ID-1]
  • Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
  • Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
  • Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 8 more
  • House Armed Services
  • House Armed Services
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Science and Technology
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.6001

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 08, 2008

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• May 23, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
• May 15, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
• May 12, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
• May 08, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• May 08, 2008: Referred to House Science and Technology
• May 08, 2008: Referred to House Armed Services
• May 08, 2008: Referred to House Ways and Means
• May 08, 2008: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• May 08, 2008: Referred to House Natural Resources
• May 08, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Science and Technology, 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.
• Introduced on May 08, 2008.

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May 28, 2008 Main Street bill offers many energy alternatives

Recognizing the current energy situation and the need to act, I authored HR 6001, The Main Street USA Energy Security Act, a bill to increase our supply and ...

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May 13, 2008 Bill aimed to ease pain at the pumps

"By the time Washington has finished with (HR 6001), gas prices will either have gone back down, or have gone up to 10 bucks a gallon and we'll all be ...

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June 27, 2008 Main Street energy policy

Steve Buyer for months, and we, along with other members, introduced HR 6001, the Main Street USA Energy Security Act of 2008. By putting forth a comprehensive energy plan that bridges the gap between our needs today and in the future, ...

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June 04, 2008 Keep Digging

Mark Souder announced today that he is cosponsoring HR 6001, the Main Street USA Energy Security Act, which would move the United States toward energy independence and security. HR 6001 would: Permit responsible domestic oil exploration ...

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May 22, 2008 Congressman Barrett, House Members Roll-out Low Gas Price Plan

Congressman Barrett, House Members Roll-out Low Gas Price Plan. Congressman Barrett (top left) stands with House Republican Members to announce an energy initiative to lower gas prices. WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Gresham Barrett (SC, ...

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