Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008

A bill to promote the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.

5/2/2008--Introduced.
American Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit projected lines of states adjacent to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf to be used for oil and gas preleasing and leasing activities. Authorizes the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the submerged land of the state to petition the Secretary of Energy to make new producing areas available for oil and gas leasing. Sets forth a lease sales program for oil and gas development within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Prescribes environmental protection procedures for the Coastal Plain. Requires Alaska to establish in its state treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to assist designated Alaska entities impacted by the oil and gas exploration and production. Prohibits exportation of oil or gas produced under this Act. Prescribes a refinery permitting process. Suspends petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Amends the Clean Air Act to include renewable biomass within its purview.
Sets forth an advanced battery manufacturing incentive program. Instructs the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency to implement a research and development program for adding materials to biofuels to make them more compatible with infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on:
(1) the feasibility of increasing consumption in the United States of ethanol-blended gasoline with specified levels of ethanol; and
(2) specified diesel vehicle attributes. Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that covered fuel introduced into commerce in the United States on an annual average basis contains a specified volume and percentage of clean coal-derived fuel. Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the prohibition against final regulations for commercial oil shale leasing program on public land.
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the prohibition against federal agency contracts for procurement of alternative or synthetic fuel. Authorizes the Department of Defense to enter into multiyear contracts to purchase synthetic fuels.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
• and 18 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
  • Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
  • Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
  • Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
  • Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
  • Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
  • Sen. Ted Stevens [R, AK]
  • Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
  • Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2973

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 02, 2008

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• Added to calendar on May 06, 2008: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 727..
• May 02, 2008: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
• Introduced on May 02, 2008.

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Related Bills:

• S.2958
• H.R.6412

Related Issue Areas:

• Wildlife refuges
• Transportation
• Synthetic fuel
• Strategic materials
• 47 more
• State finance
• Science policy
• Research and development
• Public lands
• Public contracts
• Petroleum reserves
• Petroleum refineries
• Petroleum industry
• Petroleum in submerged lands
• Petroleum
• Oil well drilling
• Oil shales
• Oil and gas royalties
• Oil and gas leases
• Natural resources
• Motor vehicles
• Marine resources
• Licenses
• Law
• Governmental investigations
• Government procurement
• Gasoline
• Gas industry
• Gas in submerged lands
• Environmental research
• Environmental protection
• Energy storage
• Energy research
• Electric batteries
• Diesel motor
• Defense economics
• Defense contracts
• Continental shelf
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congress
• Coal
• Business
• Biomass energy
• Armed forces
• Arctic regions
• Animals
• Alcohol as fuel
• Alaska
• Air pollution control
• Air pollution
• Administrative procedure
• Energy

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June 18, 2008 Chambliss Highlight Georgians’ Concerns about Rising Gas Prices

Chambliss is a co-sponsor of S.2973, the American Energy Production Act, which aims to lower the cost of energy by increasing domestic production of oil and gas in America. Specifically, the bill would authorize oil and gas leasing in ...

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June 18, 2008 Chambliss Highlight Georgians’ Concerns about Rising Gas Prices

Chambliss is a co-sponsor of S.2973, the American Energy Production Act, which aims to lower the cost of energy by increasing domestic production of oil and gas in America. Specifically, the bill would authorize oil and gas leasing in ...

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May 09, 2008 Take Action: Tell Senators to save the Arctic National Wildlife ...

Some Senate Republicans have filed an amendment to the Flood Insurance Bill (S. 2973) that would open up vast natural areas to the oil, coal, and logging industries, destroying many important animal habitats on land and at sea. ...

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