H.R.3408 - PIONEERS Act

To set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes. view all titles (13)

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  • Official: To set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: PIONEERS Act as introduced.
  • Short: Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act as introduced.
  • Short: PIONEERS Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act as passed house.
  • Short: Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act as passed house.
  • Short: Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act as passed house.
  • Short: Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act as passed house.
  • Short: North American Energy Access Act as passed house.
  • Short: PIONEERS Act as passed house.
  • Short: Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act as passed house.
  • Short: Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 as passed house.

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H.Amdt932 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review the results of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) study, as required by the bipartisan pipeline safety bill (P.L. 112-90), before issuing a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt933 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to ensure that if the Keystone XL pipeline is built, the oil that it transports to the Gulf of Mexico and the fuels made from that oil remain in this country to benefit Americans. The amendment allows the President to waive this requirement if it can be shown that an export of the oil or fuels won't increase our dependence on oil or fuels we buy from hostile nations, that prices for refiners and consumers won't go up if the export occurs, or if an export is needed to comply with any international treaties or other agreements we have to export oil or fuels. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt934 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to amend Title XIV to prohibit the issuance of a permit absent conditions that restrict the ability of the permit recipient from initiating or threatening to initiate proceedings to invoke the power of eminent domain against the will of a property's owner for the purposes of constructing or operating the Keystone XL pipeline. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt935 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to require that a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is not to be issued or deemed issued unless the permit applicant can certify and provide adequate documentation to FERC that at least 75% of the iron and steel to be used in domestic portion of the pipeline is produced in North America. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt936 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to strike subtitle A of title XVII and provides a five year window offset through increasing the federal share of drilling revenue. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt937 Feb 15th Pass An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to change the underlying bill's requirement that the Department of the Interior substitute two new lease blocks for each one lease block that is deferred from a lease sale at the request of the Department of Defense, to replace each deferred lease block with one new lease block. The amendment also calls attention to the existing authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for the President to designate National Defense Areas on the outer Continental Shelf that are restricted from exploration and operation. The amendment also requires the North Aleutian Basin lease sale to be conducted by 2015 rather than one year after enactment of the Act. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt938 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 7 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to strike Section 17304, relating to oil and gas lease sales in the Southern California planning area, and part 4, relating to OCS revenue sharing with coastal states. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt939 Feb 15th Pass An amendment numbered 8 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to require the Secretary to conduct an economic impact survey to determine the economic effects that lease sales within 100 miles of the coast of Florida will have on the Florida fishing and tourism industries. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt940 Feb 15th Fail An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to prohibit oil and natural gas lease sales in the northeast U.S. (View on THOMAS)
H.Amdt941 Feb 15th Pass An amendment numbered 10 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to allow oil and gas revenues to be used for coastal wetlands conservation, coastal restoration, hurricane protection, or infrastructure projects directly impacted by coastal wetland losses. Currently, H.R. 7 contains a prohibition on how states can use oil and gas revenues. Energy producing states use offshore oil and gas revenues to fund their required state cost share of hurricane protection and coastline restoration programs. (View on THOMAS)

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