Bill Number: S. 14
Related Bills: S. 1005, H.R. 6, H.R. 1644
Short Title: Energy Policy Act of 2003
Introduced: April 30, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Pete Domenici, (R-NM)

Purpose: A bill to enhance the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.

Summary: The Energy Policy Act of 2003 - Sets forth a program to spur diverse energy research and production.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make permanent: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Energy to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) standby energy authorities regarding the International Energy Program, including summer fill and fuel budgeting programs.

Sets forth a program for the payment of oil and gas royalties in kind.

Mandates Federal remediation and closure for orphaned, abandoned, or idled oil and gas wells on Federal lands.

Extends suspension of royalties (royalty relief) to: (1) oil and gas production from marginal properties; (2) deep water production of oil and gas; (3) Alaska offshore oil and gas production (4) deep well production of natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico; and (5) ultra deep gas wells.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize easements on Federal lands on which easements are otherwise prohibited in order to support energy production, including oil and natural gas exploration and development.

National Energy Data Preservation Program Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a National Energy Data Preservation Program.

Requires the President and to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy to expedite the Federal decision-making process for access to Federal lands for energy projects.

Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act - Prescribes parameters for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization of an Alaska natural gas transportation project and pipeline expansion following an expedited approval process.

Instructs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to train adult and dislocated workers in the skills required to construct and operate an Alaska gas pipeline system.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to offer Federal loan guarantees for specified infrastructure projects.

Sets forth a Clean Coal Power Initiative campaign that includes grants to universities to establish Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future.

Modifies statutory constraints governing Federal coal leases, including acreage limitations, mining plans, and advance royalty payments.

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2003 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to establish the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs to promote comprehensive Indian energy activities and tribal energy resource development.

Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify and extend indemnification authority and liability limits for Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees and contractors.

Nuclear Energy Finance Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide financial assistance to supplement private-sector financing projects needed for energy security, fuel, technology diversity, or clean air attainment goals.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Advanced Reactor Hydrogen Co-Generation Project.

Amends the USEC Privatization Act to revise prescriptions governing uranium sales and transfers.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prescribe incentive payments for renewable energy production facilities.

Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe guidelines for hydroelectric licensing applicants to propose alternative conditions and requirements for project works within a Federal reservation.

Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to revamp guidelines governing leasing and permitting for geothermal development of public and National Forest System lands, including those withdrawn for military purposes.

Establishes a grant program for biomass commercial utilization.

Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise energy reduction goals and performance requirements for Federal buildings.

Institutes grant programs for: (1) low-income community energy efficiency; and (2) energy efficient public buildings.

Revises energy conservation standards for: (1) additional consumer products; (2) affordable housing and assisted housing; and (3) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing.

Sets forth a transportation fuels program using alternative fuels for dual-fueled vehicles and fuel credits for: (1) medium and heavyduty dedicated vehicles; (2) alternative fuel infrastructure investments; and (3) hybrid motor vehicles.

Amends Federal transportation law to revise automobile fuel economy standards, including Federal fleet fuel economy.

George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to revamp guidelines governing hydrogen research and development, including fuel cells and related infrastructure for transportation (hydrogen vehicle demonstration program) and for commercial, industrial, residential, and electric power generation applications.

Requires certain-size Federal agencies to submit a comprehensive hydrogen transition strategic plan to Congress.

Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct programs of energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application that target: (1) energy efficiency; (2) diversity of energy supply; (3) decreasing dependence on foreign energy; (4) energy security, and (5) decreasing environmental impact of energy-related activities.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement Initiatives that target research, development, and commercial application, in the following areas: (1) energy efficiency; (2) distributed energy and electric energy systems; (3) renewable energy; (4) nuclear energy; (5) fossil energy; (6) science; (7) energy and environment; (8) coal technology loans; (9) electricity reliability standards and transmission access; (10) regional markets; and (11) market transparency and manipulation.

Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Bill Number: S. 139
Short Title: Climate Stewardship Act of 2003
Introduced: January 9, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)

Purpose: A bill to provide for a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradable allowances that could be used interchangeably with passenger vehicle fuel economy standard credits, to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances.

Summary: Climate Stewardship Act of 2003 - Establishes Federal climate change research and related activities, including: (1) post-secondary scholarships; (2) a study of technology transfer barriers; (3) a report on the impact of the Kyoto Protocol on the United States; (4) research grants on priority areas; (5) research on potential abrupt climate change; and (6) enhancing measurements, standards, and technologies that enable the reduction of greenhouse gasses.

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain the National Greenhouse Gas Database, including the development of measurement and verification methods and standards.

Requires covered entities to submit to the Administrator one tradeable allowance for every metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalence, specifically: (1) the electric generation, industrial, and commercial sectors for greenhouse gases produced; (2) producers or importers for hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride produced or imported; and (3) petroleum refiners or importers for greenhouse gasses (when used for transportation).

Permits: (1) the use of tradeable allowances to achieve compliance; (2) the conversion of fuel economy standard credits to tradeable allowances, as specified; (3) borrowing against future reductions; and (4) tradeable allowances to be sold, exchanged, purchased, retired, banked, or used.

Permits the exemption of certain source categories if it is not feasible to measure or estimate emissions.

Directs the Administrator to establish tradeable allowances in units of carbon dioxide equivalence. Provides for the allocation of such allowances according to economic impact factors.

Establishes the Climate Change Credit Corporation to manage tradeable allowances.

Bill Number: S. 156
Short Title: Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003
Introduced: January 14, 2003
Sponsor: Senator George Voinonich (R-OH)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions.

Summary: Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Price-Anderson Act provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize: (1) until August 1, 2012, mandatory indemnification of certain licensees with respect to nuclear incidents; and (2) until August 1, 2008, the mandate for certain reports to Congress by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy with respect to the need to continue or modify the Price-Anderson Act.


Bill Number: S. 194
Short Title: National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act of 2003
Introduced: January 17, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish an inventory, registry, and information system of United States greenhouse gas emissions to inform the public and private sector concerning, and encourage voluntary reductions in, greenhouse gas emissions.

Summary: Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and administer: (1) a national greenhouse gas emissions information system to collect annual lists required to be submitted under this Act of an entity's greenhouse gas emissions and their sources; and (2) a national greenhouse gas registry to collect voluntarily reported information on emissions reductions. Specifies factors for adjustment of emissions records by a reporting entity. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Commerce, Agriculture, and Energy to develop greenhouse gas emissions quantification and verification protocols, electronic reporting methods, and accounting and reporting standards. Requires verification of reported emissions information. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual national greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

Bill Number: S. 366
Short Title: No Short Title
Introduced: February 12, 2003
Sponsor: Senator James Jeffords (I-VT)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric power plants, and for other purposes.

Summary: Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from certain electric generation facilities by January 1, 2009. Directs the Administrator to establish an emission allowance tracking and transfer system. Makes a special rule for mercury emissions. Directs the Administrator to study the impact of emission allowance trading. Limits the trading of allowances with facilities other than electricity generating facilities to certain carbon dioxide emission control programs. Provides an allocation to: (1) dislocated workers; (2) disproportionately adversely impacted communities; (3) electricity generating facilities; (4) renewable electricity generating units; (5) efficiency projects; (6) cleaner energy sources; and (7) biological carbon sequestration activities. Directs the Administrator to establish and annually review emission limitations for mercury. Requires that captured or recovered emissions not be re-released into the environment. Requires the Administrator to request information from owners/operators about hazardous air pollutants other than mercury. Directs the Administrator to then propose and promulgate emission standards. Requires facilities to achieve specified emission standards should the regulations not be promulgated. Requires an assessment and identification of sensitive ecosystems and the objectives necessary for their protection, including the Adirondack, the mid-Appalachian, Rocky, and southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Includes as well the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound, and the Chesapeake Bay.

Bill Number: S. 475
Short Title: Electric Transmission and Reliability Enhancement Act of 2003
Introduced: February 27, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY)

Purpose: A bill to reform the nation’s outdated laws relating to the electric industry, improve the operation of our transmission system, enhance reliability of our electric grid, increase consumer benefits from whole electric competition and restore investor confidence in the electric industry.

Summary: No Summary Available.

Bill Number: S. 485
Related Bill: H.R. 999
Short Title: Clear Skies Act of 2003
Introduced: February 27, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to the cap and trade program, and for other purposes.

Summary: Clear Skies Act of 2003 - Amends the acid deposition control provisions of the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions limitations and allowances programs for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury by: (1) revising the allowance system and associated transfer, tracking, permit, compliance plan, and penalty requirements, including those for auctions; and (2) establishing new emissions limitations and trading programs (including implementation of a separate sulfur dioxide scheme for States in the Western Regional Air Partnership).

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury) for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of emission reductions under this Act.

Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and plan requirements for nonattainment areas: (1) those that are subject to the performance standards of this Act; or (2) those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions or subject to a permit under an applicable implementation plan that provides a specified particulate matter emissions limitation and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions.

Requires States to ensure in implementation plans that: (1) in an attainment or unclassifiable area, any emissions increase from the construction or modification of an affected unit will not result in exceeding a national ambient air quality standard; and (2) in a nonattainment area, the emissions increase will not interfere with a program to assure the achievement of such a standard. Provides for designation of transitional areas under implementation plans and states requirements for emissions inventories, the attainment of standards by the end of 2015, and penalties for not meeting the eight-hour ozone or fine particles standard.

Bill Number: S. 507
Related Bill: H.R. 1271
Short Title: Efficient Energy through Certified Technologies (EFFECT) Act of 2003
Introduced: March 4, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-MA)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to introduce new technologies to reduce energy consumption in buildings.

Summary: Efficient Energy through Certified Technologies (EFFECT) Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to energy use in buildings, to establish: (1) a deduction for certain energy efficient property used in business; (2) a credit for the construction of a new energy efficient home; and (3) a credit for certain nonbusiness energy property.

Bill Number: S. 582
Related Bill: H.R. 1271
Short Title: Coal Energy Research Development and Demonstration Act of 2003
Introduced: March 10, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY)

Purpose: A bill to authorize the Department of Energy to develop and implement an accelerated research and development program for advanced clean coal technologies for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide financial incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities to protect the environment and improve efficiency and encourage the early commercial application of advanced clean coal technologies, so as to allow coal to help meet the growing need of the United States for the generation of reliable and affordable electricity.

Summary: Coal Energy Research Development and Demonstration Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) perform an assessment that identifies cost and performance goals of technologies permitting continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, as chemical feedstocks, and as transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and the years after 2020; and (2) implement a technology research, development, and demonstration program to facilitate production and generation of coal-based power through methods and equipment under designated statutes.

Prescribes conditions and criteria for the authorization of appropriations for a clean coal power initiative program.

Instructs the Secretary to award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish income tax credits for investment in and for production from a qualifying advanced clean coal technology facility.

Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of persons not able to use the entire credit relating to clean coal technology.

Bill Number: S. 597
Short Title: Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003
Introduced: May 11, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide energy tax incentives.

Summary: Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the renewable electricity production tax credit to, among other things, include credits for electricity produced from biomass, swine and bovine waste nutrients, geothermal energy, and solar energy.

Provides alternative vehicle and fuel incentives, including credits for installation of alternative fueling stations and the retail sale of alternative fuels as motor vehicle fuel, modification of the credit for qualified electric vehicles, and allowing the alcohol fuels credit to be transferred and to be used against motor fuels taxes.

Sets forth certain conservation and energy efficiency provisions such as credits for the construction of new energy efficient homes, the installation of energy efficient appliances, combined heat and power system properties, and energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. Establishes a three-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.

Establishes clean coal incentives, including credits for emission reductions, efficiency improvements in existing coal-based generation facilities, and investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology.

Revises oil and gas provisions, including establishing a credit for the production of oil and gas from marginal wells, permitting the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with EPA sulfur regulations, establishing an environmental tax credit, extending the marginal production income limit, and treating natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property.

Sets forth electric utility restructuring provisions.

Makes additional amendments, including amendments concerning: (1) the recovery period for Indian reservation property; and (2) the definition of a rural airport.

Bill Number: S. 681
Short Title: Electricity Market Manipulation Act
Introduced: March 21, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Purpose: A bill to provide for the enhanced protection of electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act.

Summary: No Summary Available.

Bill Number: S. 688
Short Title: Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act
Introduced: March 21, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Bob Graham (D-FL)

Purpose: A bill to provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity under section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

Summary: No Summary Available.

Bill Number: S. 716
Short Title: Federal Power Act Amendments Act of 2003
Introduced: March 26, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the electricity transmission system of the United States.

Summary: No Summary Available.

Bill Number: S. 758
Short Title: No Short Title Available
Introduced: April 1, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)

Purpose: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through December 31, 2008, a limited credit for energy-efficient building property. Defines such property as a fuel cell power plant that: (1) generates electricity using an electrochemical process; (2) has an electricity-only generation efficiency greater than 30 percent; and (3) generates at least 0.5 kilowatt of electricity, using an electrochemical process.

Allows, through December 31, 2008, a limited credit to an individual for nonbusiness energy-efficient building property (U.S. residential property) expenditures.

Bill Number: S. 944
Short Title: Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2003
Introduced: April 29, 2003
Sponsor: Senator James M. Jeffords (I-VT)

Purpose: A bill to enhance national security, environmental quality, and economic stability by increasing the production of clean, domestically produced renewable energy as a fuel source for the national electric system.

Summary: No Summary Available.

Bill Number: S. 1192
Short Title: Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission Act of 2003
Introduced: June 5, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Richard J. Durbin D-IL

Purpose: A bill to establish a Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission to assess and provide recommendations regarding recent energy price spikes from the perspective of consumers and small businesses.

Summary: No Summary Available

Bill Number: S. 1424
Short Title: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004
Related Bill: H.R. 2754
Introduced: July 17, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Pete Domenici R-NM

Purpose: An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

Summary: No Summary Available

Bill Number: S. 1476
Short Title: No Short Title Provided
Introduced: July 28, 2003
Sponsor: Senator Tom Harkin D-IA

Purpose: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in facilities using wind to produce electricity, and for other purposes.

Summary: No Summary Available