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Summary of Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule to H.R. 4, The Securing America's Future Energy ("SAFE") Act of 2001
PART A
Summary of Amendment to be Considered as Adopted
Gibbons Strikes Sec. 301 to take the Nuclear Waste Fund off-budget.
PART B
Tauzin Manager's Amendment Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a program that provides guarantees for loans by private banking and investment institutions for facilities for the processing and conversion of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts.
Makes various technical and clarifying changes to ensure that the requirement that the Secretary review and consult with the state when preparing a management or leasing analysis is not construed as a limitation on federal authority or affect judicial review procedures; clarifies the role of the Regional Forester in the consultation process; and to make technical corrections in sections regarding recovery costs under NEPA.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to initiate a study regarding the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear production facilities at existing Department of Energy sites.
Expands scope of two GAO studies regarding LIHEAP objectives to include examination of how education may improve energy conservation in non-LIHEAP households and low income households.
Adds Section 6106 to require the Secretary of Energy and the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to jointly study the location and extent of anticipated demand growth for natural gas consumption in the western states.
Directs the EPA and the Department of Energy to include an analysis of the feasibility of modifying the federal excise taxes on gasoline to promote cleaner burning fuel in the joint study on boutique fuels.
Clarifies that working pipelines which have already been declared eligible for purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act are exempt and to allow pipeline owners to voluntarily have their pipelines declared eligible. Incorporates language agreed to by the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Resources Committee.
Makes corrections and technical and conforming changes to Division E of the bill respecting criteria for financial assistance and establishment of clean coal centers of excellence.
Requires that no fund authorized under the Act be available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
Expresses the sense of Congress to take all actions necessary in the areas of conservation, efficiency, alternative source, technology development, and domestic production to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources and to reduce U.S. dependence in Iraquie sources.
Provides for a study examining the feasibility of establishing a renewable fuel standard increasing the market share of renewable fuels by 5% over 15 years. (20 minutes)
Bono Establishes in EPA a renewable energy "partnership" program to promote the use of renewable energy and recognize companies that purchase renewable energy, and educate consumers regarding the environmental benefits of renewable energy. Includes alternative energy and to encompass the concept of energy security in addition to environmental benefits. (10 minutes)
Boehlert/Markey Provides for a combined corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFÉ) standard for passenger automobiles and light trucks of 27.5 miles per gallon beginning in 2007, with an intermediate step to 26 miles per gallon in 2005. Provides incentives for alternative fuel vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to use such authority under federal law as the Secretary may have to ensure the safety of automobiles and light trucks. (40 minutes)
Wilson/Cubin Establishes a framework for the disposition by the U.S. Government of excess government uranium stockpiles, in a manner that will not disrupt the commercial uranium market nor adversely affect the U.S./Russia High Enriched Uranium Agreement. (10 minutes)
Green (TX) Lifts the ability of the state of California to utilize the Hinshaw exemption, which prevents the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from ensuring low-cost natural gas transmission inside the state. (20 minutes)
Cox Grants California a waiver of the 2% oxygen rule only if its gasoline will achieve "equivalent or greater emissions reductions" than is required under federal law. (30 minutes)
Waxman Directs FERC to impose cost-of-service based rates on electricity generators selling in the Western market for 18 months, until new power supplies come on line. Exempts new power plants from this requirement. (30 minutes)
Jackson-Lee/Wynn/Rush/E.B. Johnson/Towns/Hilliard
Earmarks $5 million annually for bioenergy training and education targeted to minority and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. (10 minutes)
Capito Requires the Secretary of the Depertment of Energy to fund at least one coal gasification project with the funds authorized in TITLE IV, Sec. 2401. (10 minutes)
Jackson-Lee/Lampson
Requires the Secretary to study and evaluate the availability of natural gas and oil deposits located off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. (10 minutes)
Sununu/Wilson Provides that the federal share of new Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) oil and gas production receipts goes towards two funds - one for renewable energy research and development ("Renewable Energy Technology Investment Fund") and another for the elimination of the maintenance and improvement backlog on federal lands ("Royalties Conservation Fund"). (20 minutes)
Sununu/Wilson Implements a 2,000-acre limitation on the total surface area that may be covered by oil and gas production operations in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's Coastal Plain. (20 minutes)
Markey/Johnson (CT)
Maintains existing protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by striking language in the bill that repeals the prohibition against energy development in ANWR. (40 minutes)
Hayworth Amends existing law to give the Secretary of the Interior the discretion to purchase energy products and energy by-products of Indian industry in the open market. (10 minutes)
Rogers (MI)/Reynolds
Expresses the Sense of the Congress encouraging the Great Lakes States to continue their prohibitions on Great Lakes off-shore oil and gas drilling. (10 minutes)
Traficant Authorizes $10 million for oil shale research. (10 minutes)
**summaries derived from information provided by amendment sponsors
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