{"database": "openregs", "table": "legislation", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where congress = 100 and policy_area = \"Energy\" sorted by introduced_date descending", "rows": [["100-s-2919", 100, "s", 2919, "Hydroelectric Fairness Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-10-20", "1988-10-20", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]", "ID", "R", "M000346", 1, "Hydroelectric Fairness Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing a license for the operation of any existing hydroelectric project located on non-navigable waters and unimproved since August 26, 1935, to anyone but the project's owner.", "2025-08-28T20:06:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2919"], ["100-s-2886", 100, "s", 2886, "A  bill to provide a method under which the State of New Mexico can continue certain highway road work.", "Energy", "1988-10-13", "1988-10-18", "Message on Senate action sent to the House.", "Senate", "Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]", "NM", "R", "D000407", 1, "Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the construction of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities.", "2021-06-10T22:30:32Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2886"], ["100-s-2890", 100, "s", 2890, "A bill to allow for the use of certain lands in Alaska for small hydropower power projects.", "Energy", "1988-10-13", "1988-10-14", "Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.", "Senate", "Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]", "AK", "R", "M001085", 1, "Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to facilitate the construction of small hydroelectric power projects at Lake Clark and Grace Lake in Alaska.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2890"], ["100-hr-5503", 100, "hr", 5503, "A bill to require the coloring of certain gasolines in order to enable the public to better identify the octane of gasoline purchased.", "Energy", "1988-10-12", "1988-11-01", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]", "TX", "R", "D000217", 0, "Requires the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations requiring refiners to implement a procedure for the coloring of unleaded gasoline to enable a retail purchaser to identify its octane.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5503"], ["100-s-2879", 100, "s", 2879, "A bill to provide a method under which the state of New Mexico can continue certain federal highway road work.", "Energy", "1988-10-11", "1988-10-12", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development.", "Senate", "Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]", "NM", "R", "D000407", 1, "Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the construction of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2879"], ["100-s-2867", 100, "s", 2867, "Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-10-06", "1988-10-06", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]", "RI", "R", "C000269", 5, "Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1987 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2005 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2005, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I:  National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Energy Least-Cost Policy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Prescribes plan contents.  Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately following its submission to the Congress. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan.  Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Grants the Secretary final discretion concerning the commitment of funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992.  Requires the Secretary to submit a review of all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures to determine if they are consistent with the National Least-Cost Energy Plan. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II:  Energy Efficiency - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in:  (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet.  Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1994 include the Secretary's recommendations regarding the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices.  Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on end-use energy technologies.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding its assessment of promising  energy efficiency research and development opportunities and policies.  Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress: (1) a long-term research and development plan that accelerates by five years the current Department of Energy multiyear program goals for energy efficiency; and (2) an estimate of the funding increase needed to achieve such accelerated goals.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the National Bureau of Standards to provide financial assistance, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to ten research centers to achieve multiple improvements in energy-intensive industrial and manufacturing processes.  Sets forth an operations timetable for such centers.  Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish energy efficiency goals resulting in specified primary energy savings for federally owned or leased buildings, as well as federally assisted housing; and (2) include the use of renewable forms of energy within the energy efficiency options for such buildings.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to establish a technical assistance program to support utilities and local and State governments in adopting building labeling and information programs. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such programs to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1993. Mandates that certain institutions which offer federally assisted home mortgage loans integrate funding within such loans for cost-effective energy efficiency improvements based upon a home energy audit and rating scheme. Directs the Secretary to promulgate energy efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent lamps and windows. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) implement a research, development and demonstration program on technologies to reduce chlorofluorocarbon use; (2) report to the Congress on the projected impact of certain chlorofluorocarbon production restrictions; (3) expand the Department of Energy's existing technology transfer initiative on least-cost electric utility planning; and (4) implement a least-cost gas utility initiative. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to:  (1) establish an evaluation program regarding car-pooling arrangements and high-occupancy vehicle lanes; (2) report to the Congress on nonmotorized transportation alternatives, as well as a fuel-savings mass transportation assistance program for State and local governments.  Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the use of Highway Trust Fund moneys for non-motorized transportation alternatives and for carbon-dioxide emissions reductions. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to:  (1) take certain prescribed actions to ensure the adoption of least-cost utility planning principles; and (2) detail for the Congress any amendments to the Federal Power Act which are necessary for the Commission to adopt such planning principles. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress on the results of a national power survey emphasizing policies and technologies within the electric utility industry which are designed to diminish global warming. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Amends the Federal Power Act to add new definitions regarding \"qualifying efficiency.\" Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying efficiency.  Mandates that such rules:  (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement.  Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Title III:  State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent or more in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in the year 2000. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption.  Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1990 through 1993. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to:  (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report at least annually to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of State energy conservation programs. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act regarding limitations upon Federal weatherization assistance for low income persons to provide that: (1) at least 80 percent of the administrative costs incurred shall be available to subgrantees performing program measures; and (2) subgrantees with small programs shall have adequate administrative funding. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of:  (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992 for a weatherization research and technical assistance program which shall include the monitoring of indoor air quality in low-income homes. Title IV:  Vehicle Energy Efficiency Performance Standards Act of 1988 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to increase the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light duty trucks for model year 1992 and thereafter according to prescribed guidelines.  Exempts manufacturers of fewer than 10,000 light trucks and emergency vehicles from such prescribed standards.  Establishes an incentives schedule for manufacturers of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assess a tax against any manufacturer who fails to comply with the prescribed average fuel economy standards.  Sets forth procedural guidelines for the imposition of such tax. States that the current civil penalty shall not apply to any model year for a passenger automobile or light truck after model year 1989. Prescribes a fleet average fuel economy schedule for all Federal passenger automobiles and light trucks for model years 1992 and thereafter. Amends the Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of Energy before establishing testing and calculation procedures for measuring automobile fuel economy.  Authorizes (currently, directs) the Administrator to require fuel economy tests in conjunction with emissions tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to measure a sampling of production passenger automobiles for each model type and year during the first month of manufacture for sale.  Requires the adjustment of average fuel economy standards when necessary.  Requires manufacturers to reflect any changes in such standards on automobile labels affixed more than 90 days after such changes are available. Requires that Federal testing and calculation procedures be repeated over a period of years to monitor automobile performance in use to determine the extent of decline in fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to periodically review procedures for testing fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to update the booklet containing fuel economy data at least twice a year.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 booklets each year to each dealer and additional numbers if requested. Cites conditions under which manufacturers of light vehicles with certain increased fuel economies shall be considered to have offered the Government a specified discounted bid. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to submit suggestions to the Congress for additional legislation to carry out its purposes and the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Congress on the results of its review of the research and development status of the fuel efficiency and energy consumption reduction of light vehicles, trucks, and passenger vehicles.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to make changes in the Department of Energy's transportation research and development program based upon such report. Outlines criteria and procedures for amended vehicle fuel economy standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a gas guzzler tax schedule applicable to 1989 and later model year automobiles.  Sets forth a tax credit schedule for the purchase of certain fuel efficient passenger vehicles. Title V:  Solar and Renewable Resources - Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress regarding a long-term research, development and demonstration program with policy options necessary to achieve a quadrupling of renewable energy production and use by 2015.  Requires the Secretary of Energy to work closely with specified Federal departments regarding the Federal Government's biofuels program, and to report to the Congress on the progress being made in the development of solar and renewable resources. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 - FY 1993 include the Secretary of Energy's recommendations for civilian research and development budgets necessary to implement such long-term program. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on Solar and Renewable Resources and Technologies which shall report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding the status of the solar and renewable resources program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for such program.  Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 include the Secretary's recommendations for proof-of-concept or near-commercialization demonstration projects in specified categories. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish and provide financial assistance to a joint research and development venture to develop advanced district cooling technologies applicable in cities with high cooling loads; and (2) appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology to assist in the implementation of such joint venture. Authorizes appropriations for such venture. Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding: (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Directs the Secretary to appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports to assist in the implementation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines for use by cities and municipalities, specifying environmental and safety standards for the use of fuel cell technology. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress regarding the export market potential for integrated fuel cells systems with renewable power technologies.  Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the activities of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce, and Trade to promote exports of renewable energy technology.  Requires each participating member of such Committee to report annually to the Congress on the Committee actions regarding renewable energy technology exports.  Requires the Committee to establish a joint government-industry plan to promote the U.S. market share in international trade in renewable energy technologies, including the development of administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VI:  Solar Hydrogen Fuels - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization.  Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration technology plan. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1990 through 1994. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees on a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress an annual plan description including any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides that the Administrator shall consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title.  Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1990 through 1994. Title VII:  Natural Gas and Coal - Part A: Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with and provide financial assistance to appropriate parties to construct and demonstrate the commercial operation of intercooled steam-injected gas turbines for generating electricity.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of this program. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit.  Sets as a prerequisite to such agreements that the participating municipal government provide at least 25 percent of the demonstation costs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Part B:  Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in Federally funded projects under the Department of Energy's clean coal technology program.  Directs the Secretary to establish and implement research and development technologies for preventing, reducing, recycling, recovering, or offsetting carbon-dioxide emissions from combusted coal.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of such technologies.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VIII:  Forest and Agriculture Policies - Part A:  Forest Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a national forestation initiative. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an analysis to the President and the Congress of the potential for reducing carbon emissions by undertaking targeted urban tree plantings to reduce air conditioning needs and mitigate the \"heat island effect\" in cities. Part B:  Agricultural Policies - Mandates that specified Federal agencies conduct a joint study on critical linkages between agricultural production and global climate change.  Cites study contents. Directs specified Federal agencies to establish an interagency task force to ensure that all satellite and remote sensing information pertinent to agricultural needs and climate modeling are made available to the Department of Agriculture.  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the \"Low-Input Farming Systems Research and Education Program.\"  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Part C:  Integrated Farming Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consult with the agriculture community and sustainable agriculture advocates for the purpose of developing an integrated farming research, development, and demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a national farm ethanol program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title IX:  Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest and agroforestry plan with goals for each tropical country.  Requires:  (1) the Administrator to ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (2) the Administrator take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury are directed to promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and to report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after the date of enactment of this Act requiring wood and projects containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the names of such wood and the countries of origin.  Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from:  (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon least-cost energy planning. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to:  (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of a least-cost energy planning program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to:  (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that its economic assistance programs to developing countries should encourage least-cost, sustainable transportation policies and practices based on a diverse mix of motorized and nonmotorized transport modes which minimize fuel needs and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to:  (1) implement a study of the Agency's transportation-related programs and of the multilateral development bank policies regarding their transportation-related lending practices to recipient countries; and (2) redirect part of the Agency's resources to providing nonmotorized low-cost vehicles that can be sustained in the long term. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director to each multilateral development bank to increase the emphasis on nonmotorized, low-cost and energy efficient alternatives to private motor vehicles. Directs the Peace Corps to encourage the use of nonmotorized transport technologies in the projects it undertakes.  Specifies non-motorized transportation policies to be promoted by the U.S. Government in implementing its development assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to encourage the adoption of joint initiatives of debt reduction and conversion by the public and private sectors in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title X:  International Activities - Directs the Secretary of State to convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection agreement with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act.  Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to:  (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding energy efficiency and solar/renewable energy resources that are environmentally sustainable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy source, greenhouse gas emissions, and least-cost non-motorized transportation systems. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning:  (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; and (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long-term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991.  Names the year of such program the \"International Year of the Greenhouse Effect.\" Title XI:  World Population Growth -Declares it is the policy of the United States that family planning services should be made available to all persons requesting them.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for international population and family planning assistance.  Prohibits the use of such funds for:  (1) involuntary sterilization or abortion; or (2) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services. Requests the President to initiate an international conference on population, and to seek an international agreement on population growth. Establishes a National Commission on Population, Environment, and Natural Resources to prepare reports and convene conferences.  Terminates such Commission three years after the enactment of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title XII:  Recyclable Materials - Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding degradable materials and recycling methodologies.  Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding the national security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in items procured by the Department of Defense, and of requiring the Department to comply with specified prohibitions against the use of nondegradable materials. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency biennially to submit an updated report to the President and the Congress regarding Federal, State, and local policies and practices in recycling government wastes and procuring recyclable materials. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress the results of a pilot project to develop and demonstrate a viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to:  (1) make grants for recycling research and development; (2) establish a national database information clearinghouse for recyclable materials; (3) report annually to the Congress regarding the status of recyclable wastes; and (4) make grants for scientific research on the use of plastic materials as part of a recycling program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for offenses involving the production, manufacturing, distribution or selling of specified nonrecycled consumer goods which have been proscribed by the Secretary of Commerce under regulations jointly issued with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Requires the Secretary of Commerce periodically to update the list of proscribed nonrecycled consumer goods.", "2025-08-28T20:08:24Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2867"], ["100-hr-5460", 100, "hr", 5460, "Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-10-05", "1988-11-15", "Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.", "House", "Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2]", "RI", "R", "S000136", 39, "Global Warming Prevention Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1987 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2005 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2005, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I:  National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Energy Least-Cost Policy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Prescribes plan contents.  Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately following its submission to the Congress. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan.  Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Grants the Secretary final discretion concerning the commitment of funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992.  Requires the Secretary to submit a review of all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures to determine if they are consistent with the National Least-Cost Energy Plan. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II:  Energy Efficiency - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in:  (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet.  Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1994 include the Secretary's recommendations regarding the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices.  Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on end-use energy technologies.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding its assessment of promising  energy efficiency research and development opportunities and policies.  Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress: (1) a long-term research and development plan that accelerates by five years the current Department of Energy multiyear program goals for energy efficiency; and (2) an estimate of the funding increase needed to achieve such accelerated goals.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the National Bureau of Standards to provide financial assistance, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to ten research centers to achieve multiple improvements in energy-intensive industrial and manufacturing processes.  Sets forth an operations timetable for such centers.  Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish energy efficiency goals resulting in specified primary energy savings for federally owned or leased buildings, as well as federally assisted housing; and (2) include the use of renewable forms of energy within the energy efficiency options for such buildings.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to establish a technical assistance program to support utilities and local and State governments in adopting building labeling and information programs. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such programs to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1993. Mandates that certain institutions which offer federally assisted home mortgage loans integrate funding within such loans for cost-effective energy efficiency improvements based upon a home energy audit and rating scheme. Directs the Secretary to promulgate energy efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent lamps and windows. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) implement a research, development and demonstration program on technologies to reduce chlorofluorocarbon use; (2) report to the Congress on the projected impact of certain chlorofluorocarbon production restrictions; (3) expand the Department of Energy's existing technology transfer initiative on least-cost electric utility planning; and (4) implement a least-cost gas utility initiative. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to:  (1) establish an evaluation program regarding car-pooling arrangements and high-occupancy vehicle lanes; (2) report to the Congress on nonmotorized transportation alternatives, as well as a fuel-savings mass transportation assistance program for State and local governments.  Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the use of Highway Trust Fund moneys for non-motorized transportation alternatives and for carbon-dioxide emissions reductions. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to:  (1) take certain prescribed actions to ensure the adoption of least-cost utility planning principles; and (2) detail for the Congress any amendments to the Federal Power Act which are necessary for the Commission to adopt such planning principles. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress on the results of a national power survey emphasizing policies and technologies within the electric utility industry which are designed to diminish global warming. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Amends the Federal Power Act to add new definitions regarding \"qualifying efficiency.\" Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying efficiency.  Mandates that such rules:  (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement.  Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Title III:  State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent or more in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in the year 2000. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption.  Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1990 through 1993. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to:  (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report at least annually to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of State energy conservation programs. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act regarding limitations upon Federal weatherization assistance for low income persons to provide that: (1) at least 80 percent of the administrative costs incurred shall be available to subgrantees performing program measures; and (2) subgrantees with small programs shall have adequate administrative funding. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of:  (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992 for a weatherization research and technical assistance program which shall include the monitoring of indoor air quality in low-income homes. Title IV:  Vehicle Energy Efficiency Performance Standards Act of 1988 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to increase the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light duty trucks for model year 1992 and thereafter according to prescribed guidelines.  Exempts manufacturers of fewer than 10,000 light trucks and emergency vehicles from such prescribed standards.  Establishes an incentives schedule for manufacturers of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assess a tax against any manufacturer who fails to comply with the prescribed average fuel economy standards.  Sets forth procedural guidelines for the imposition of such tax. States that the current civil penalty shall not apply to any model year for a passenger automobile or light truck after model year 1989. Prescribes a fleet average fuel economy schedule for all Federal passenger automobiles and light trucks for model years 1992 and thereafter. Amends the Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of Energy before establishing testing and calculation procedures for measuring automobile fuel economy.  Authorizes (currently, directs) the Administrator to require fuel economy tests in conjunction with emissions tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to measure a sampling of production passenger automobiles for each model type and year during the first month of manufacture for sale.  Requires the adjustment of average fuel economy standards when necessary.  Requires manufacturers to reflect any changes in such standards on automobile labels affixed more than 90 days after such changes are available. Requires that Federal testing and calculation procedures be repeated over a period of years to monitor automobile performance in use to determine the extent of decline in fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to periodically review procedures for testing fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to update the booklet containing fuel economy data at least twice a year.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 booklets each year to each dealer and additional numbers if requested. Cites conditions under which manufacturers of light vehicles with certain increased fuel economies shall be considered to have offered the Government a specified discounted bid. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to submit suggestions to the Congress for additional legislation to carry out its purposes and the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Congress on the results of its review of the research and development status of the fuel efficiency and energy consumption reduction of light vehicles, trucks, and passenger vehicles.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to make changes in the Department of Energy's transportation research and development program based upon such report. Outlines criteria and procedures for amended vehicle fuel economy standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a gas guzzler tax schedule applicable to 1989 and later model year automobiles.  Sets forth a tax credit schedule for the purchase of certain fuel efficient passenger vehicles. Title V:  Solar and Renewable Resources - Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress regarding a long-term research, development and demonstration program with policy options necessary to achieve a quadrupling of renewable energy production and use by 2015.  Requires the Secretary of Energy to work closely with specified Federal departments regarding the Federal Government's biofuels program, and to report to the Congress on the progress being made in the development of solar and renewable resources. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 - FY 1993 include the Secretary of Energy's recommendations for civilian research and development budgets necessary to implement such long-term program. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on Solar and Renewable Resources and Technologies which shall report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding the status of the solar and renewable resources program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through FY 1993 for such program.  Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 include the Secretary's recommendations for proof-of-concept or near-commercialization demonstration projects in specified categories. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish and provide financial assistance to a joint research and development venture to develop advanced district cooling technologies applicable in cities with high cooling loads; and (2) appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology to assist in the implementation of such joint venture. Authorizes appropriations for such venture. Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding: (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Directs the Secretary to appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports to assist in the implementation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines for use by cities and municipalities, specifying environmental and safety standards for the use of fuel cell technology. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress regarding the export market potential for integrated fuel cells systems with renewable power technologies.  Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the activities of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce, and Trade to promote exports of renewable energy technology.  Requires each participating member of such Committee to report annually to the Congress on the Committee actions regarding renewable energy technology exports.  Requires the Committee to establish a joint government-industry plan to promote the U.S. market share in international trade in renewable energy technologies, including the development of administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VI:  Solar Hydrogen Fuels - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization.  Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen technology demonstration plan. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1990 through 1994. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees on a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress an annual plan description including any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides that the Administrator shall consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title.  Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1990 through 1994. Title VII:  Natural Gas and Coal - Part A: Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with and provide financial assistance to appropriate parties to construct and demonstrate the commercial operation of intercooled steam-injected gas turbines for generating electricity.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of this program. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit.  Sets as a prerequisite to such agreements that the participating municipal government provide at least 25 percent of the demonstration costs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Part B:  Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally-funded projects under the Department of Energy's clean coal technology program.  Directs the Secretary to establish and implement research and development technologies for preventing, reducing, recycling, recovering, or offsetting carbon-dioxide emissions from combusted coal.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of such technologies.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VIII:  Forest and Agriculture Policies - Part A:  Forest Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a national forestation initiative. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an analysis to the President and the Congress of the potential for reducing carbon emissions by undertaking targeted urban tree plantings to reduce air conditioning needs and mitigate the \"heat island effect\" in cities. Part B:  Agricultural Policies - Mandates that specified Federal agencies conduct a joint study on critical linkages between agricultural production and global climate change.  Cites study contents. Directs specified Federal agencies to establish an interagency task force to ensure that all satellite and remote sensing information pertinent to agricultural needs and climate modeling are made available to the Department of Agriculture.  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the \"Low-Input Farming Systems Research and Education Program.\"  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Part C:  Integrated Farming Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consult with the agriculture community and sustainable agriculture advocates for the purpose of developing an integrated farming research, development, and demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a national farm ethanol program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title IX:  Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest and agroforestry plan with goals for each tropical country.  Requires:  (1) the Administrator to ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (2) the Administrator take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury are directed to promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and to report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after the date of enactment of this Act requiring wood and projects containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the names of such wood and the countries of origin.  Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from:  (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon least-cost energy planning. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to:  (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of a least-cost energy planning program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to:  (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that its economic assistance programs to developing countries should encourage least-cost, sustainable transportation policies and practices based on a diverse mix of motorized and nonmotorized transport modes which minimize fuel needs and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to:  (1) implement a study of the Agency's transportation-related programs and of the multilateral development bank policies regarding their transportation-related lending practices to recipient countries; and (2) redirect part of the Agency's resources to providing nonmotorized low-cost vehicles that can be sustained in the long term. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director to each multilateral development bank to increase the emphasis on nonmotorized, low-cost and energy efficient alternatives to private motor vehicles. Directs the Peace Corps to encourage the use of nonmotorized transport technologies in the projects it undertakes.  Specifies non-motorized transportation policies to be promoted by the U.S. Government in implementing its development assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to encourage the adoption of joint initiatives of debt reduction and conversion by the public and private sectors in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title X:  International Activities - Directs the Secretary of State to convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection agreement with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act.  Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to:  (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding energy efficiency and solar/renewable energy resources that are environmentally sustainable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy source, greenhouse gas emissions, and least-cost non-motorized transportation systems. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning:  (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; and (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long-term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991.  Names the year of such program the \"International Year of the Greenhouse Effect.\" Title XI:  World Population Growth -Declares it is the policy of the United States that family planning services should be made available to all persons requesting them.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for international population and family planning assistance.  Prohibits the use of such funds for:  (1) involuntary sterilization or abortion; or (2) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services. Requests the President to initiate an international conference on population, and to seek an international agreement on population growth. Establishes a National Commission on Population, Environment, and Natural Resources to prepare reports and convene conferences.  Terminates such Commission three years after the enactment of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title XII:  Recyclable Materials - Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding degradable materials and recycling methodologies.  Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding the national security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in items procured by the Department of Defense, and of requiring the Department to comply with specified prohibitions against the use of nondegradable materials. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency biennially to submit an updated report to the President and the Congress regarding Federal, State, and local policies and practices in recycling government wastes and procuring recyclable materials. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress the results of a pilot project to develop and demonstrate a viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to:  (1) make grants for recycling research and development; (2) establish a national database information clearinghouse for recyclable materials; (3) report annually to the Congress regarding the status of recyclable wastes; and (4) make grants for scientific research on the use of plastic materials as part of a recycling program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for offenses involving the production, manufacturing, distribution or selling of specified nonrecycled consumer goods which have been proscribed by the Secretary of Commerce under regulations jointly issued with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Requires the Secretary of Commerce periodically to update the list of proscribed nonrecycled consumer goods.", "2025-08-28T20:05:32Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5460"], ["100-hr-5461", 100, "hr", 5461, "Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-10-05", "1988-11-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5]", "TN", "D", "C000503", 0, "Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act of 1988 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish procedures, standards, and criteria permitting the approval of standardized designs and facility sites for production or utilization facilities or discrete subsystems of such facilities. Mandates that such procedures provide an opportunity for a public hearing prior to the issuance of a design approval or site permit. Prohibits the NRC from modifying a final determination on an issue made in a permit or license proceeding unless it determines, based on significant new information, that a modification is required to protect and enhance the public safety or common defense and security. Authorizes the Commission to issue a combined construction permit and operating license for a production or utilization facility based upon an approved standardized design if certain conditions are met. Requires the Commission to specify in any such license the emergency preparedness requirements that shall apply and the standards for meeting such requirements. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register a notice of intended operation no later than 60 days prior to commencement of the operation of a licensed facility.", "2025-08-28T20:06:47Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5461"], ["100-hr-5459", 100, "hr", 5459, "A bill to extend the period for Congressional review of the proposed subsequent arrangement, under the Agreement for Cooperation between the United States and Japan, involving United States approval for sea transport of plutonium from either France or the United Kingdom to Japan.", "Energy", "1988-10-04", "1988-10-17", "Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.", "House", "Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3]", "MI", "D", "W000682", 10, "Extends the period of congressional review specified in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to the proposed arrangement under the Agreement for Cooperation between the United States and Japan involving U.S. approval for the sea transport of plutonium from France or the United Kingdom to Japan.", "2025-01-23T13:18:47Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5459"], ["100-hr-5445", 100, "hr", 5445, "Public Interest Hydroelectric Licensing Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-10-03", "1988-10-24", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4]", "NY", "R", "L000243", 0, "Public Interest Hydroelectric Licensing Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act to state that it does not mandate licensing of the continued operation of an existing hydroelectric project which is located on non-navigable waters and unimproved since August 26, 1935. Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing a license to any person but the owner of such a project.", "2025-08-28T20:09:19Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5445"], ["100-hr-5433", 100, "hr", 5433, "Nuclear Fuel Utilization and Domestic Production Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-30", "1988-11-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1]", "NM", "R", "L000506", 0, "Nuclear Fuel Utilization and Domestic Production Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Enrichment Corporation as a wholly owned government corporation which shall passively hold title to Government assets and which shall not be considered an agency or instrumentality of the United States.  Declares that the Corporation's purpose is to:  (1) acquire feed material for uranium enrichment and for the gas centrifuge technology activities of the Department of Energy; (2) repay the maximum amount of revenue to the Treasury for past uranium enrichment expenditures; and (3) establish a mechanism to convey the Corporation or the centrifuge technology to domestically-controlled private interests. Directs the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Corporation all properties owned by the Department of Energy which relate to uranium enrichment and gas centrifuge technologies.", "2025-08-28T20:07:40Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5433"], ["100-hr-5424", 100, "hr", 5424, "State Energy Conservation Programs Improvement Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-29", "1988-11-01", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 0, "State Energy Conservation Programs Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in the year 2000. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of:  (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures.", "2025-08-28T20:07:45Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5424"], ["100-hr-5380", 100, "hr", 5380, "National Energy Policy Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-26", "1988-11-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1]", "OR", "D", "A000337", 1, "National Energy Policy Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Title I:  National Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transmit to the Congress within 18 months after the enactment of this Act a \"Least Cost National Energy Plan\" for meeting such national goals. Sets forth the Plan's contents.  Mandates revision and resubmission of the Plan to the Congress every two years. Title II:  Office of Climate Protection - Establishes the Office of Climate Protection which shall be responsible for:  (1) participation by the Department of Energy in various domestic and international agencies involved in global climate change analysis; and (2) the monitoring of U.S. energy policies for atmospheric and global warming effects, with annual reports on such effects. Title III:  Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A - Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a high priority to energy efficiency in departmental programs, buildings, and equipment; and (2) submit to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act (and triennially thereafter) an evaluations report regarding the policy options necessary to produce a two to four percent annual decrease in the energy use per unit of gross national product through the year 2005. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1992 include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for innovative energy efficiency research and development.  Authorizes appropriations for energy efficiency research and development programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to issue a general request for proposals dealing with energy efficiency technology.  Sets forth guidelines for Federal financial assistance for such proposals. Directs the Secretary to establish and provide financial assistance to joint research and development ventures with specialized private firms and investors in order to establish at least five regional centers for energy-intensive industries.  Requires such industries to conduct research and development on common industrial processes to improve energy efficiency and reduce production and emission of carbon dioxide and trace gases into the atmosphere. Authorizes appropriations for such centers, and requires the industries for which the centers are established to contribute matching funds starting in 1991. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Energy Analysis Team to analyze and make recommendations regarding energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in Federal buildings.  Sets guidelines for the Federal building energy conservation program to be implemented by the Secretary and Federal agencies. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for regulations to be formulated and implemented by State governments requiring the assignment of an energy efficiency rating to residential buildings. Declares that after October 1, 1990, no State shall be eligible to receive certain funds appropriated under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act unless it has adopted such energy efficiency ratings. Adds incandescent and fluorescent lamps to the list of covered consumer products to which energy efficiency standards apply. Requires the Secretary to prescribe energy conservation standards and test procedures for such projects by January 1, 1990. Subtitle B - Amends the Federal Power Act to add new definitions regarding \"qualifying conservation.\" Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying conservation.  Mandates that such rules: (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement.  Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Title IV: Energy Research and Development Priorities - Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for research and development programs using prescribed criteria. Title V:  State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent or more in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in that year. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption.  Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1989 through 1992. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to:  (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report at least annually to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of State energy conservation programs. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act regarding limitations upon Federal weatherization assistance for low income persons to provide that: (1) at least 80 percent of the administrative costs incurred shall be available to subgrantees performing program measures; and (2) subgrantees with small programs shall have adequate administrative funding. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of:  (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Title VI:  Renewable Energy - Subtitle A - Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a complementary solar and renewable energy research program which:  (1) has near-term commercial applications; and (2) enhances the international competitiveness of the solar and renewable energy industries.  Requires the Secretary to include funding for such program in the FY 1990 budget. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers regarding the application of solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the renewable energy technologies programs established by the Secretary of Commerce should be funded in FY 1988 through 1990 through the Department of Energy at a specified maximum level. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to direct the President to take into account, when determining whether to designate a beneficiary country, the degree to which it undertakes self-help measures to promote energy self-sufficiency using locally available renewable energy resources. Mandates that the design for new Federal facilities for specified agencies include consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable energy forms. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to mandate that a specified minimum percentage of loan authority be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants, and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities.  Prohibits the use of administrative funds for such projects. Amends the Small Business Act to:  (1) repeal provisions regarding loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures; (2) mandate that a certain percentage of loan authority be used only for small business energy measures; and (3) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to give due consideration to the export potential of solar and renewable energy loan guarantees in an annual report to the Congress. Subtitle B - Renewable Energy Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Sets forth specified national goals for the current wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal energy programs. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1989 to contain the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy for specified Department of Energy research and development programs for 1995, including biofuels energy systems, solar buildings energy systems, ocean energy systems, and geothermal energy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for:  (1) the wind energy research program; (2) the photovoltaic energy systems program; (3) the solar thermal energy systems program; (4) the biofuels energy systems program; (5) the solar buildings energy systems program; (6) the ocean energy systems program; and (7) the geothermal program. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 include the Secretary's recommendation for proof of concept proposals for certain renewable energy projects. Requires the Secretary to submit an options analysis to the Congress regarding the accelerated commercialization of specified renewable energy technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish joint research and development ventures in specified energy technologies, and to report to the Congress on the implementation of such plans.  Directs the Secretary to establish the following advisory bodies:  (1) Advisory Committee on Photovoltaic Village Energy Systems; (2) Advisory Committee on Wind Energy Village Energy Systems; (3) Advisory Committee on Solar Thermal Community Total Energy Systems; (4) Advisory Committee on Energy Performance in Factory-Made Housing; (5) Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology; (6) Advisory Committee on Integrated Renewable Energy Systems; and (7) Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for such joint ventures. Requires the Secretary to evaluate and report to the Congress on the efforts of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce and Trade to promote renewable energy technology exports.  Authorizes appropriations for such Committee activities for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the research programs and ventures under this Act. Requires each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan to be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, development, and demonstration, including energy conservation and renewable energy technologies. Subtitle C -  Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Systems Integration Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding:  (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include industries using fuel cell technology under the Renewable Energy Industry Development Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, for cities and municipalities specifying environmental and safety standards for use of fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within the same period of time, to report to the Congress an assessment of the export market potential for integrated systems of fuel cells with renewable power technologies. Subtitle D - Hydrogen Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization.  Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration technology plan. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan which shall include:  (1) the potential applications for the use of hydrogen; (2) technical market and economic readiness assessments for such potential applications; (3) an assessment of Government actions needed to develop such application; and (4) an analysis of the impact of such applications on domestic energy supplies. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1991 through 1995. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress an annual plan description including any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides that the Administrator shall consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title.  Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII:  Advanced Civilian Reactor Programs - Directs the Secretary to implement, according to certain guidelines, a research, development, and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Mandates that a portion of such appropriations be used to support construction of a commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project which is to be connected to a utility grid by the year 2000.  Outlines conditions under which proposals for such project may be submitted and accepted, including licensing and cost-sharing with non-Federal funds. Title VIII:  Fusion - Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act regarding international collaboration in research, development, and demonstration in technology for the production of electricity from thermonuclear fusion.  Outlines report contents. Title IX:  Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally funded projects under the Department of Energy's Clean Coal Technology Program.  Directs the Secretary to establish and implement:  (1) research and development programs demonstrating techniques for carbon dioxide recovery and disposal from motor vehicles, electric utility power operations, and industrial manufacturing processes; and (2) a comprehensive program in the fundamental physics and chemistry of coal combustion. Directs the Secretary to support research to improve the efficiency of coal-generated electricity and industrial processes, giving priority to those projects with the greatest potential for reducing the generation of carbon dioxide. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title X:  Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit.  Sets as a prerequisite to such agreements that the participating municipal government provide at least 25 percent of the demonstration costs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement a research, development, and demonstration program (including joint research and development ventures) on nonconventional natural gas recovery techniques, as well as improved techniques for recovering gas from discovered reservoirs. Title XI:  Northeast Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity - Requires the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to transmit to the Congress within 90 days after enactment of this Act recommendations for enacting legislation to expedite final Commission approval of new pipeline projects serving markets in the Northeast United States.  Mandates that such legislation require the Commission to take final action by March 31, 1990, on any application currently pending in the Northeast pipeline certificate proceeding which the Commission determines merits certification. Title XII:  Natural Resource Policy - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the ecological and environmental resources that would be affected by a global climate change.  Outlines study contents.  Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the relative impact on global warming of all Federal forest land management programs, including timber sales and reforestation. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal:  (1) the annual appropriation for the Tongass National Forest timber utilization program; (2) specified land management provisions; and (3) the mandate given to the Secretary of the Interior to monitor timber supply and demand, and to report thereon to the Congress. Title XIII:  Basic Science Initiatives - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to specified Federal agencies to conduct certain climatological and ecological research. Title XIV:  Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest plan with goals for each tropical country.  Requires the Administrator to:  (1) make financial support available to implement such plan; (2) ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (3) take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury are directed to promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and to report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after the date of enactment of this Act requiring wood and products containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the names of such wood and the countries of origin.  Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from:  (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities in rural areas.  Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy from fossil fuels.  Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon end use energy efficiency, least-cost energy planning, and energy conservation.  Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to:  (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of an energy conservation and efficiency program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan prioritizing energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to:  (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to encourage the adoption of joint initiatives of debt reduction and conversion by the public and private sectors in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to:  (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director to notify the staff of each multilateral development bank that future Federal contributions will be conditioned upon the successful implementation of a specified energy efficiency program; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the progress made by each multilateral development bank in implementing the energy efficiency program. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title XV:  International Activities - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Secretary of State shall convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection convention with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act.  Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to:  (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding nuclear safety issues, including nuclear waste disposal. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy sources, and greenhouse and promote energy conservation and efficiency, including measures for international energy cooperation, and world population reduction. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning:  (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals; and (4) report to the Congress on Agency practices regarding the overseas use of renewable energy technologies. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991.  Names the year of such program the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect. Title XVI: Moderating World Population Growth - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for international population and family planning assistance.  Prohibits the use of such funds for:  (1) involuntary sterilization; (2) abortion; or (3) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services.", "2025-08-28T20:05:57Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5380"], ["100-s-2800", 100, "s", 2800, "An original bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to the Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator and the Monitored Retrievable Storage Commission.", "Energy", "1988-09-16", "1988-10-18", "Became Public Law No: 100-507.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator as an independent establishment in the executive branch.  (Currently such office is part of the Executive Office of the President.) Extends from June 1, 1989, to November 1, 1989, the deadline by which the Monitored Retrievable Storage Commission must report to the Congress regarding the need for a monitored retrievable storage facility as part of a national nuclear waste management system.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2800"], ["100-hr-5289", 100, "hr", 5289, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-14", "1988-09-26", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8]", "TX", "R", "F000111", 0, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest.  Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act.  States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only.  Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers.  Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap regulation based on base rates and cumulative changes in a Competitive Pipeline Price Index.  Precludes a pipeline from conditioning its services upon entering into other transactions or on taking or refraining from any action. Retains the applicability of all antitrust laws to pipeline transportation of crude oil or refined oil products. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of this Act five years after the conclusion of all adjudications.", "2025-08-28T20:07:14Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5289"], ["100-s-2779", 100, "s", 2779, "Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-13", "1988-09-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1988 - Directs  the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to implement, according to certain guidelines, a research, development, and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission.  Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must make recommendations to the Congress regarding existing programs and facilities.  Authorizes the Secretary to implement any of such recommendations which have not been disapproved by Congress within one year after receipt of the report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Mandates that a portion of such appropriations be used to support construction of a commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project which is to be connected to a utility grid by the year 2000.  Outlines conditions under which proposals for such project may be submitted and accepted, including licensing and cost-sharing with non-Federal funds. Requires the Secretary to submit specific recommendations to the Congress regarding changes that are needed in Federal laws and regulations for the timely licensing of commercial nuclear power reactors whose design is based upon the commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project.  Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report to the Congress on the licensibility of commercially available nuclear reactor technologies in use in foreign nations. Requires such report to identify impediments to licensing.", "2025-08-28T20:06:30Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2779"], ["100-s-2770", 100, "s", 2770, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-09-09", "1988-09-13", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation.", "Senate", "Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]", "OK", "R", "N000102", 0, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to terminate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over oil and other pipelines except the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Authorizes the Attorney General and any interested person to petition the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for an adjudication of whether Commission rate regulation of an existing pipeline in any market is in the public interest.  Prescribes adjudication guidelines. Provides that pipeline rates for service to markets which are not identified in a mandatory published adjudications list will no longer be subject to FERC regulatory jurisdiction. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary shall find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in the supply and demand of products transported by the pipeline in that market. States that new pipelines shall not be subject to existing Commission regulatory jurisdiction or rate regulation, but shall be subject to common carrier regulation under such Act.  States that Commission rate regulation shall be prospective only.  Prohibits terminated Commission regulatory jurisdiction from reverting to any other Federal agency. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Outlines the parameters within which pipelines are required to operate as common carriers.  Requires pipelines to file terms of carriage schedules (except carriage rates) with the Commission. Mandates that pipeline rates be regulated only in markets in which the Secretary has found Commission rate regulation to be in the public interest. Sets forth guidelines for maximum rates, on a market by market basis, subject to price cap regulation based on base rates and cumulative changes in a Competitive Pipeline Price Index.  Precludes a pipeline from conditioning its services upon entering into other transactions or on taking or refraining from any action. Retains the applicability of all antitrust laws to pipeline transportation of crude oil or refined oil products. Confers exclusive, original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of this Act five years after the conclusion of all adjudications.", "2025-08-28T20:07:03Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2770"], ["100-s-2720", 100, "s", 2720, "A bill requiring the use by the Federal Government of certain vehicles capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas fuels or on electricity in areas not in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1988-08-10", "1988-08-10", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.", "Senate", "Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]", "NM", "D", "B000468", 2, "Requires a certain percentage of Federal fleets of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks to be alternative fuel vehicles by specified deadlines if such vehicles are being operated in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as an area of serious health endangerment for ozone and/or carbon monoxide. Requires the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Energy, to issue regulations ensuring that such vehicles shall: (1) be supplied with alcohol, natural gas, or electricity in the primary area of operation; and (2) be operated exclusively on such fuel (except when it is impracticable to obtain it).  Requires funds appropriated to implement this Act to be expended first in those areas determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to have the most severe air pollution problems. Prescribes circumstances under which such alternative fuels shall be offered for sale to the public.  Mandates that the funds appropriated for alternative fuel vehicle acquisition apply only to the portion of costs which exceeds the cost for comparable conventional fuel vehicles.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the cost to any Federal agency receiving an alternative fuel vehicle under this Act not exceed the cost to such agency of a comparable conventional fueled vehicle. Mandates that gasoline powered Federal vehicles, with specified exceptions, which are operated in an area designated as seriously endangering health for carbon monoxide, and which are not dual energy (or natural gas dual energy), be operated exclusively with fuel which blends oxygenates with gasoline at their primary fueling facility.  Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a comprehensive analysis regarding the public health risk associated with the use of significant amounts of alcohols or natural gas as transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990.  Sets forth criteria for alternative fuel vehicles.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996.", "2025-01-14T19:03:55Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2720"], ["100-hr-5176", 100, "hr", 5176, "Natural Gas Contract Renegotiation Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-08-08", "1988-09-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44]", "CA", "D", "B000236", 0, "Natural Gas Contract Renegotiation Act of 1988 - Requires the parties to certain natural gas purchase contracts to renegotiate such contracts to provide for a price level acceptable to both of them if the purchaser gives written notice to the producer that renegotiation is desired because the contracted sales price exceeds the current ceiling price allowable under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.  Provides for termination of such a contract if its amendment under this Act is not executed within 90 days after the producer receives such notice (or after any other agreed upon date).", "2025-08-28T20:08:04Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5176"], ["100-hr-5181", 100, "hr", 5181, "Uranium Enrichment Reorganization and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-08-08", "1988-11-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11]", "OH", "D", "E000031", 1, "Uranium Enrichment Reorganization and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1988 - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a for-profit organization organized under State law which shall be neither a Federal agency nor a Federal instrumentality.  States that its incorporators shall be the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, and the Attorney General.  Requires the Corporation to report annually to the Congress and the President regarding its activities during the preceding year. Outlines the Corporation's uranium enrichment duties.  Applies to such Corporation the guidelines prescribed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding the control of information and the disposal of patents and inventions. Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit the Corporation.  Requires the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy to report annually to the Congress regarding the Corporation's activities. Requires the Corporation to charge such prices for uranium enrichment services as are necessary to maximize profit and return on the Federal investment. Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Corporation all property regarding uranium enrichment services (including atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology). Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Exempts the Corporation and its contractors from specified licensing strictures of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to the same extent as the Department of Energy and its contractors are exempt.  Limits such exemption to activities related to the isotopic separation of uranium by gaseous diffusion technology at uranium enrichment facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. Subjects the Corporation to Federal environmental law and hazardous materials transportation laws.  Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments. Applies to the Corporation the cost recovery requirements prescribed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for the recovery of costs for supplying enrichment services. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a pro rata fee on Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees for each year that the Corporation is unable to recover revenues sufficient to meet specified financial obligations. Grants any person affected by this Act standing to sue to enforce its provisions.  Outlines circumstances under which a person bringing suit is awarded attorney's fees and costs. Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1988 to repeal the proscription against the use of appropriations under such Act to transfer the uranium supply and enrichment program out of Federal ownership and control. Authorizes the Corporation to request the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to impose licensing conditions which assure specified cost recoveries.", "2025-08-28T20:09:02Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5181"], ["100-hr-5182", 100, "hr", 5182, "A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to strengthen the enforcement of requirements regarding the labeling of the octane rating of gasoline.", "Energy", "1988-08-08", "1988-09-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]", "NY", "D", "S000148", 1, "Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local government environmental law enforcement agencies for the exchange of information about the labeling of automobile gasoline octane ratings.  Mandates that as part of such agreements the State and local agencies report octane rating labeling violations to the EPA. Directs the EPA to transmit such violation reports to the Federal Trade Commission (the Commission).  Requires the Commission to investigate each violation to determine whether a civil action to recover a civil penalty under the Federal Trade Commission Act is warranted.  Establishes a civil penalty for octane rating violations under the Federal Trade Commission Act of a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $10,000.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5182"], ["100-hr-5132", 100, "hr", 5132, "Department of Energy Technology Incentives Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-08-02", "1988-10-22", "Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.", "House", "Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]", "TN", "D", "L000381", 11, "(Measure passed House, amended) Department of Energy Technology Incentives Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a technology transfer study describing current policies and achievements and recommending improvements or changes.  Requires that the study be submitted to specified congressional leadership within six months of this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) initiate and implement a cooperative program of research on enabling high-temperature superconductor technology and its practical applications; (2) require and ensure National Laboratory participation in this research by means of agreements with other Federal agencies, academic institutions, or private industrial or research organizations; (3) form the Council for Research on Enabling Technologies, comprising representatives of appropriate government, university, and industry personnel, to advise the Secretary concerning goals and to recommend guidelines for the release of technical findings and developments made by cooperative research centers; and (4) establish cooperative research centers in enabling technology for high-temperature superconducting materials and applications at at least one National Laboratory. Sets forth criteria for selecting Laboratories. Directs the Council to ensure that there is no unnecessary duplication of activities of the Research Centers on Superconductivity and Superconductivity Pilot Centers. Permits personnel exchanges among firms or universities and National Laboratories participating in the program.  Requires user fees in connection with Department of Energy (DOE) facility use authorized by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to include high-temperature superconductivity activities in DOE research and development budget requests for FY 1990 through 1995. Describes cost-sharing features to apply to National Laboratories participating in the program. Prohibits a laboratory from receiving:  (1) more than ten percent of its annual budget from nonappropriated funds derived from work for others under program contracts, unless the Secretary gives advance approval; or (2) from any person more than $10,000,000, or the nonmonetary equivalent, of nonappropriated funds under any cooperative research and development agreement under this Act unless the Secretary approves in advance. Describes procedures governing review and modification of cooperative agreements, as well as recordkeeping requirements.", "2025-06-06T14:17:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5132"], ["100-s-2667", 100, "s", 2667, "National Energy Policy Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-07-28", "1988-09-20", "Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held on titles XIV, XV, and XVI.", "Senate", "Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO]", "CO", "D", "W000647", 18, "National Energy Policy Act of 1988 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Title I:  National Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transmit to the Congress within 18 months after the enactment of this Act a \"Least Cost National Energy Plan\" for meeting such national goals. Sets forth the Plan's contents.  Mandates revision and resubmission of the Plan to the Congress every two years. Title II:  Office of Climate Protection - Establishes the Office of Climate Protection which shall be responsible for:  (1) participation by the Department of Energy in various domestic and international agencies involved in global climate change analysis; and (2) the monitoring of U.S. energy policies for atmospheric and global warming effects, with annual reports on such effects. Title III:  Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A - Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a high priority to energy efficiency in departmental programs, buildings, and equipment; and (2) submit to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act (and triennially thereafter) an evaluations report regarding the policy options necessary to produce a two to four percent annual decrease in the energy use per unit of gross national product through the year 2005. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1990 through 1992 include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for innovative energy efficiency research and development.  Authorizes appropriations for energy efficiency research and development programs for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to issue a general request for proposals dealing with energy efficiency technology.  Sets forth guidelines for Federal financial assistance for such proposals. Directs the Secretary to establish and provide financial assistance to joint research and development ventures with specialized private firms and investors in order to establish at least five regional centers for energy-intensive industries.  Requires such industries to conduct research and development on common industrial processes to improve energy efficiency and reduce production and emission of carbon dioxide and trace gases into the atmosphere. Authorizes appropriations for such centers, and requires the industries for which the centers are established to contribute matching funds starting in 1991. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Energy Analysis Team to analyze and make recommendations regarding energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in Federal buildings.  Sets guidelines for the Federal building energy conservation program to be implemented by the Secretary and Federal agencies. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for regulations to be formulated and implemented by State governments requiring the assignment of an energy efficiency rating to residential buildings. Declares that after October 1, 1990, no State shall be eligible to receive certain funds appropriated under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act unless it has adopted such energy efficiency ratings. Adds incandescent and fluorescent lamps to the list of covered consumer products to which energy efficiency standards apply. Requires the Secretary to prescribe energy conservation standards and test procedures for such projects by January 1, 1990. Subtitle B - Amends the Federal Power Act to add new definitions regarding \"qualifying conservation.\" Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying conservation.  Mandates that such rules: (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement.  Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Title IV:  Energy Research and Development Priorities - Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for research and development programs using prescribed criteria. Title V:  State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that State energy conservation feasibility reports submitted to the Secretary include a reduction of ten percent or more in the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such State in that year. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption.  Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs for FY 1989 through 1992. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to:  (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report at least annually to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of State energy conservation programs. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act regarding limitations upon Federal weatherization assistance for low income persons to provide that: (1) at least 80 percent of the administrative costs incurred shall be available to subgrantees performing program measures; and (2) subgrantees with small programs shall have adequate administrative funding. Cites conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to approve a State application for a waiver of:  (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Title VI:  Renewable Energy - Subtitle A - Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a complementary solar and renewable energy research program which:  (1) has near-term commercial applications; and (2) enhances the international competitiveness of the solar and renewable energy industries.  Requires the Secretary to include funding for such program in the FY 1990 budget. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers regarding the application of solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the renewable energy technologies programs established by the Secretary of Commerce should be funded in FY 1988 through 1990 through the Department of Energy at a specified maximum level. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to direct the President to take into account, when determining whether to designate a beneficiary country, the degree to which it undertakes self-help measures to promote energy self-sufficiency using locally available renewable energy resources. Mandates that the design for new Federal facilities for specified agencies include consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable energy forms. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to mandate that a specified minimum percentage of loan authority be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants, and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities.  Prohibits the use of administrative funds for such projects. Amends the Small Business Act to:  (1) repeal provisions regarding loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures; (2) mandate that a certain percentage of loan authority be used only for small business energy measures; and (3) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to give due consideration to the export potential of solar and renewable energy loan guarantees in an annual report to the Congress. Subtitle B - Renewable Energy Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Sets forth specified national goals for the current wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal energy programs. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1989 to contain the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy for specified Department of Energy research and development programs for 1995, including biofuels energy systems, solar buildings energy systems, ocean energy systems, and geothermal energy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for:  (1) the wind energy research program; (2) the photovoltaic energy systems program; (3) the solar thermal energy systems program; (4) the biofuels energy systems program; (5) the solar buildings energy systems program; (6) the ocean energy systems program; and (7) the geothermal program. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 include the Secretary's recommendation for proof of concept proposals for certain renewable energy projects. Requires the Secretary to submit an options analysis to the Congress regarding the accelerated commercialization of specified renewable energy technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish joint research and development ventures in specified energy technologies, and to report to the Congress on the implementation of such plans.  Directs the Secretary to establish the following advisory bodies:  (1) Advisory Committee on Photovoltaic Village Energy Systems; (2) Advisory Committee on Wind Energy Village Energy Systems; (3) Advisory Committee on Solar Thermal Community Total Energy Systems; (4) Advisory Committee on Energy Performance in Factory-Made Housing; (5) Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology; (6) Advisory Committee on Integrated Renewable Energy Systems; and (7) Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for such joint ventures. Requires the Secretary to evaluate and report to the Congress on the efforts of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce and Trade to promote renewable energy technology exports.  Authorizes appropriations for such Committee activities for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the research programs and ventures under this Act. Requires each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan to be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, development, and demonstration, including energy conservation and renewable energy technologies. Subtitle C -  Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Systems Integration Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding:  (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include industries using fuel cell technology under the Renewable Energy Industry Development Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, for cities and municipalities specifying environmental and safety standards for use of fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within the same period of time, to report to the Congress an assessment of the export market potential for integrated systems of fuel cells with renewable power technologies. Subtitle D - Hydrogen Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization.  Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration technology plan. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan which shall include:  (1) the potential applications for the use of hydrogen; (2) technical market and economic readiness assessments for such potential applications; (3) an assessment of Government actions needed to develop such application; and (4) an analysis of the impact of such applications on domestic energy supplies. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1991 through 1995. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress an annual plan description including any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides that the Administrator shall consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title.  Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII:  Advanced Civilian Reactor Programs - Directs the Secretary to implement, according to certain guidelines, a research, development, and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Mandates that a portion of such appropriations be used to support construction of a commercial-scale advanced civilian nuclear power reactor demonstration project which is to be connected to a utility grid by the year 2000.  Outlines conditions under which proposals for such project may be submitted and accepted, including licensing and cost-sharing with non-Federal funds. Title VIII:  Fusion - Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act regarding international collaboration in research, development, and demonstration in technology for the production of electricity from thermonuclear fusion.  Outlines report contents. Title IX:  Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally funded projects under the Department of Energy's Clean Coal Technology Program.  Directs the Secretary to establish and implement:  (1) research and development programs demonstrating techniques for carbon dioxide recovery and disposal from motor vehicles, electric utility power operations, and industrial manufacturing processes; and (2) a comprehensive program in the fundamental physics and chemistry of coal combustion.  Directs the Secretary to support research to improve the efficiency of coal-generated electricity and industrial processes, giving priority to those projects with the greatest potential for reducing the generation of carbon dioxide. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title X:  Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit.  Sets as a prerequisite to such agreements that the participating municipal government provide at least 25 percent of the demonstration costs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement a research, development, and demonstration program (including joint research and development ventures) on nonconventional natural gas recovery techniques, as well as improved techniques for recovering gas from discovered reservoirs. Title XI:  Northeast Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity - Requires the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to transmit to the Congress within 90 days after enactment of this Act recommendations for enacting legislation to expedite final Commission approval of new pipeline projects serving markets in the Northeast United States.  Mandates that such legislation require the Commission to take final action by March 31, 1990, on any application currently pending in the Northeast pipeline certificate proceeding which the Commission determines merits certification. Title XII:  Natural Resource Policy - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the ecological and environmental resources that would be affected by a global climate change.  Outlines study contents.  Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the relative impact on global warming of all Federal forest land management programs, including timber sales and reforestation. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal:  (1) the annual appropriation for the Tongass National Forest timber utilization program; (2) specified land management provisions; and (3) the mandate given to the Secretary of the Interior to monitor timber supply and demand, and to report thereon to the Congress. Title XIII:  Basic Science Initiatives - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to specified Federal agencies to conduct certain climatological and ecological research. Title XIV:  Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest plan with goals for each tropical country.  Requires the Administrator to:  (1) make financial support available to implement such plan; (2) ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (3) take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury are directed to promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and to report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after the date of enactment of this Act requiring wood and products containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the names of such wood and the countries of origin.  Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from:  (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities in rural areas.  Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy from fossil fuels.  Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon end use energy efficiency, least-cost energy planning, and energy conservation.  Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to:  (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of an energy conservation and efficiency program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan prioritizing energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to:  (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to encourage the adoption of joint initiatives of debt reduction and conversion by the public and private sectors in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to:  (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director to notify the staff of each multilateral development bank that future Federal contributions will be conditioned upon the successful implementation of a specified energy efficiency program; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the progress made by each multilateral development bank in implementing the energy efficiency program. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title XV:  International Activities - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Secretary of State shall convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection convention with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act.  Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to:  (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding nuclear safety issues, including nuclear waste disposal. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy sources, and greenhouse and promote energy conservation and efficiency, including measures for international energy cooperation, and world population reduction. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning:  (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals; and (4) report to the Congress on Agency practices regarding the overseas use of renewable energy technologies. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991.  Names the year of such program the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect. Title XVI:  Moderating World Population Growth - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for international population and family planning assistance.  Prohibits the use of such funds for:  (1) involuntary sterilization; (2) abortion; or (3) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services.", "2025-08-28T20:09:19Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2667"], ["100-hr-5053", 100, "hr", 5053, "A bill to permit changes in the maximum lawful price for the sale of the old Outer Continental Shelf natural gas.", "Energy", "1988-07-14", "1988-08-08", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19]", "IL", "D", "B000971", 0, "Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe a maximum lawful price other than the maximum lawful statutory price for the first sale of certain natural gas if such price is just and reasonable under the Natural Gas Act.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5053"], ["100-s-2643", 100, "s", 2643, "Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-07-14", "1988-07-14", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]", "ME", "D", "M000811", 5, "Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation  Act of 1988 - Title I:  Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund.  Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic or natural resource damages including:  (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of Federal and State tax, royalty, rental, or net profits share revenue for up to one year. Establishes liability limits for:  (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) other vessel owners; (3) lessees and permittees of Outer Continental Shelf facilities; (4) deepwater port facility owners; and (5) other facility owners.  Excludes interest (including prejudgment interest) from such limits. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities.  Requires the periodic adjustment of liability limits to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index.  Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages  for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government  natural resources.  Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to promulgate regulations within two years of enactment of this Act for the assessment of damages for injury to natural resources resulting from an oil discharge. Requires that such regulations be reviewed and revised (if necessary) every two years. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under:  (1) this Act; (2) maritime tort law; and (3) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and damages. Requires the President to publish regulations regarding implementation of the authority to obligate the Fund or enter into agreements. Authorizes the States to obligate the Fund for a maximum of $250,000 per discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil and to enter into agreements with the President for additional Fund monies.  Provides that the Attorney General, (upon request of the President) shall commence an action against the responsible foreign government or other responsible party to recover any costs paid from the Fund as a result of oil discharge or substantial threat of discharge from a foreign offshore unit. Requires the owner or operator of certain-size vessels and offshore facilities to establish financial responsibility sufficient to meet the maximum amount of liability to which such persons could be subjected under this Act. Provides for judicial review of regulations and actions under this Act.  Grants State courts jurisdiction to hear cases under this Act, as well as under State law.  Permits the States to impose additional liability or requirements regarding oil discharges within their borders.  Retains the rights of the States to maintain a fund for oil pollution compensation.  Authorizes the States to enforce the financial responsibility requirements of this Act. Requires the President to consult with the affected States regarding removal actions. Requires the President to report to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act regarding a study on improved methods for oil discharge prevention in restricted waters. Title II:  Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the following Acts:  (1) the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act; (2) the Intervention on the High Seas Act; (3) the Clean Water Act; (4) the Deepwater Port Act; and (5) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to abolish the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Replaces the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund and the Deepwater Port Liability Fund with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund of this Act. Repeals the oil spill liability provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (thereby replacing the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund under that Act with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund established in this Act). Amends the Clean Water Act to:  (1) require persons in charge of a vessel or onshore facility who have knowledge of an oil discharge to immediately notify the affected State; and (2) increase from one year to three years the prison term for failure to report such discharge.", "2025-08-28T20:08:32Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2643"], ["100-hr-5040", 100, "hr", 5040, "Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-07-13", "1988-08-08", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2]", "AZ", "D", "U000001", 1, "Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a standard reactor program to develop an inherently safe economic nuclear reactor to be available for the purchase of utilities by the year 2000. Establishes the Office of Standard Reactor Development in the Department of Energy to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Standard Reactor Development.  Directs the Secretary to submit a program implementation plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act. Outlines the contents of such plan. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish a standard reactor project to:  (1) assist the Secretary in the development of standard reactor designs; and (2) facilitate the licensing of reactors based on such designs. Requires the Commission to specify the tests and evaluations that a prototype or demonstration reactor based on a standard reactor design must undergo and to promulgate regulations governing standard reactor siting, design, construction, and operation. Mandates that the Commission submit quarterly reports to the Congress regarding standard reactor activities and promptly inform the Congress of any safety or licensing problems that could interfere with the objectives of this Act. Terminates the standard reactor office and the program 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act or when this Act's purposes have been fulfilled.", "2025-08-28T20:07:02Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5040"], ["100-s-2639", 100, "s", 2639, "Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-07-13", "1988-07-13", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]", "AZ", "R", "M000303", 0, "Standard Nuclear Reactor Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a standard reactor program to develop an inherently safe economic nuclear reactor to be available for purchase by utilities by the year 2000. Establishes the Office of Standard Reactor Development in the Department of Energy to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Standard Reactor Development.  Directs the Secretary to submit a program implementation plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.  Outlines the contents of such plan. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish a standard reactor project to:  (1) assist the Secretary in the development of standard reactor designs; and (2) facilitate the licensing of reactors based on such designs. Requires the Commission to specify the tests and evaluations that a prototype or demonstration reactor based on a standard reactor design must undergo and to promulgate regulations governing standard reactor siting, design, construction, and operation. Mandates that the Commission submit quarterly reports to the Congress regarding standard reactor activities and promptly inform the Congress of any safety or licensing problems that could interfere with the objectives of this Act. Terminates the standard reactor office and the program 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act or when this Act's purposes have been fulfilled.", "2025-08-28T20:08:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2639"], ["100-sres-450", 100, "sres", 450, "A resolution to acknowledge the service provided to consumers by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.", "Energy", "1988-07-07", "1988-07-07", "Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote.", "Senate", "Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]", "ND", "D", "B001077", 0, "Declares that the Senate recognizes the contributions of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and congratulates it on its first 100 years of service.", "2021-06-10T21:50:28Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-resolution/450"], ["100-hr-4968", 100, "hr", 4968, "A bill requiring the use by the Federal Government of certain vehicles capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas fuels or on electricity in areas not in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1988-06-30", "1988-07-12", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]", "CA", "D", "F000053", 45, "Requires a certain percentage of Federal fleets of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks to be alternative fuel vehicles by specified deadlines if such vehicles are being operated in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as an area of serious health endangerment for ozone and/or carbon monoxide. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary of Energy, to issue regulations ensuring that such vehicles shall:  (1) be supplied with alcohol, natural gas, or electricity in the primary area of operation; and (2) be operated exclusively on such fuel (except when it is impracticable to obtain it).  Mandates that funds appropriated to implement this Act be expended first in those areas determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to have the most severe air pollution problems. Requires alcohol or natural gas fuels to be offered for sale to the public at Federal facilities except in certain circumstances.  Mandates that the funds appropriated for alternative fuel vehicle acquisition apply only to the portion of costs which exceeds the cost for comparable conventional fuel vehicles.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the cost to any Federal agency receiving an alternative fuel vehicle under this Act shall not exceed the cost to such agency of a comparable conventional fueled vehicle. Mandates that gasoline powered Federal vehicles, with specified exceptions, which are operated in an area designated as seriously endangering health because of carbon monoxide, and which are not dual energy (or natural gas dual energy), be operated exclusively with fuel which blends oxygenates with gasoline at their primary fueling facility. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a comprehensive analysis of the public health risk associated with the use of significant amounts of alcohol or natural gas transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Sets forth criteria for alternative fuel vehicles. Authorizes appropriatons for FY 1993 through 1996.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4968"], ["100-hr-4975", 100, "hr", 4975, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-06-30", "1988-10-07", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3]", "UT", "R", "N000106", 31, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Expresses the purposes of this Act, including to ensure a domestic supply of uranium for defense and nuclear power programs and to establish a system for financing reclamation at uranium and thorium processing sites. Title I:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal:  (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into contracts for producing or enriching special nuclear material; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and report to the Congress thereon. Establishes the Uranium Revitalization Fund for the purchase of domestic uranium by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary).  Mandates contributions to the Fund from:  (1) States in which active uranium processing sites are located; (2) owners or licensees of such active sites; (3) the United States Enrichment Corporation (established by this Act); and (4) fees received from owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors.  Prescribes a contribution schedule.  Requires the Secretary to obligate from the Fund certain amounts for domestic uranium purchases from small domestic producers for specified years.  Outlines a competitive bidding system for such pruchases. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to develop recommendations and implement programs promoting domestic uranium exports. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to:  (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) certain activities of the United States Enrichment Corporation (the Corporation). Requires annual certification to the Secretary of the total weight of uranium in new fuel assemblies loaded during the past year by owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors between 1990 and such year that $1,000,000,000 has been contributed to the Fund. Declares that the use and purchase of natural uranium under this Act shall not decrease the demand for natural uranium by United States utilities. Restricts the use of natural uranium purchased by the Corporation to overfeeding and enriched uranium preproduction.  Authorizes the Corporation to use or recycle enrichment tails only for military purposes or for replacement of certain uranium previously used in over-feeding. Title II:  Remedial Action Performed by the Owner or Licensee of Active Sites - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site. Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Revitalization Fund.  Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement.  Authorizes the owners or licensees of such sites to elect to perform remedial actions through the Fund and be entitled to reimbursement for such actions. Requires notification of the Secretary of such election on or before January 1, 1990. Outlines the reimbursement procedure. Provides that the costs of remedial actions at active thorium sites shall be borne by the licensee or owner, subject to Federal reimbursement for a portion of the costs if the tailings were generated as an incident of sale to the United States. Authorizes appropriations. States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions and work performed by active site owners or licensees. Title III:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis. Mandates that its corporate structure be self-financing in order to obviate the need for Federal financing. States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance.  Transfers certain Department of Energy property to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish charges to its customers that will recover costs of decommissioning and decontamination of Corporation property. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President and certain congressional committees.  Requires the Commission to promulgate licensing regulations for facilities employing gaseous diffusion technology. Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments. Directs the Secretary to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as if such contractors were contractors of the Secretary. Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress five years after enactment of this Act regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Applies Federal environmental and occupational safety and health law to the Corporation as though it were privately owned. Eliminates the treatment of uranium enrichment facilities as production facilities under the Atomic Energy Act with respect to the importation of such facilities into the United States (thus subjecting them to less stringent licensing requirements). Repeals the proscription against the use of specified appropriations for Federal uranium supply and enrichment activities. Prohibits the Corporation's total FY 1989 expenditures from exceeding its total FY 1989 receipts.", "2025-08-28T20:09:19Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4975"], ["100-hr-4934", 100, "hr", 4934, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-06-28", "1988-10-07", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]", "NM", "D", "R000229", 1, "Title I:  Introduction - Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Expresses the purposes of this Act, including to ensure a domestic supply of uranium for defense and nuclear power programs and to establish a system for financing reclamation at uranium and thorium processing sites. Title II:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal:  (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into contracts for producing or enriching special nuclear material; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and report to the Congress thereon. Establishes the Uranium Revitalization Fund for the purchase of domestic uranium by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary).  Mandates contributions to the Fund from:  (1) States in which active uranium processing sites are located; (2) owners or licensees of such active sites; (3) the United States Enrichment Corporation (established by this Act); and (4) fees received from owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors.  Prescribes a contribution schedule.  Requires the Secretary to obligate from the Fund certain amounts for domestic uranium purchases from small domestic producers for specified years.  Outlines a competitive bidding system for such purchases. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to develop recommendations and implement programs promoting domestic uranium exports. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to:  (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) certain activities of the United States Enrichment Corporation (the Corporation). Requires annual certification to the Secretary of the total weight of uranium in new fuel assemblies loaded during the past year by owners or operators of civilian nuclear power reactors between 1990 and such year that $1,000,000,000 has been contributed to the Fund. Declares that the use and purchase of natural uranium under this Act shall not decrease the demand for natural uranium by United States utilities. Restricts the use of natural uranium purchased by the Corporation to overfeeding and enriched uranium preproduction.  Authorizes the Corporation to use or recycle enrichment tails only for military purposes or for replacement of certain uranium previously used in over-feeding. Title III:  Remedial Action Performed by the Owner of Licensee of Active Sites - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site. Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Revitalization Fund.  Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement.  Authorizes the owners or licensees of such sites to elect to perform remedial actions through the Fund and be entitled to reimbursement for such actions. Requires notification of the Secretary of such election on or before January 1, 1990. Outlines the reimbursement procedure. Provides that the costs of remedial actions at active thorium sites shall be borne by the licensee or owner, subject to Federal reimbursement for a portion of the costs if the tailings were generated as an incident of sale to the United States. Authorizes appropriations. States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions and work performed by active site owner licensees. Title IV:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis. Mandates that its corporate structure be self-financing in order to obviate the need for Federal financing. States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance.  Transfers certain Department of Energy property to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish charges to its customers that will recover costs of decommissioning and decontamination of Corporation property. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President and certain congressional committees.  Requires the Commission to promulgate licensing regulations for facilities employing gaseous diffusion technology. Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments. Directs the Secretary to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as if such contractors were contractors of the Secretary. Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress five years after enactment of this Act regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Applies Federal environmental and occupational safety and health law to the Corporation as though it were privately owned. Eliminates the treatment of uranium enrichment facilities as production facilities under the Atomic Energy Act with respect to the importation of such facilities into the United States (thus subjecting them to less stringent licensing requirements). Repeals the proscription against the use of specified appropriations for Federal uranium supply and enrichment activities. Prohibits the Corporation's total FY 1989 expenditures from exceeding its total FY 1989 receipts.", "2025-08-28T20:05:07Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4934"], ["100-hr-4815", 100, "hr", 4815, "Emergency Planning Improvement Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-06-14", "1988-07-29", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Smith, Bob [R-NH-1]", "NH", "R", "S000606", 0, "Emergency Planning Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a construction permit for a nuclear power production or utilization facility unless:  (1) it has made a preliminary determination in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency that safe evacuation of the proposed facility is feasible; (2) each State within such facility's emergency planning zone has certified to the Commission that it intends to develop and implement emergency plans (including evacuation plans) pertaining to such zone; and (3) each local government responsible for emergency plan implementation has certified to the Commission that it intends to participate in such plan development. Makes this Act applicable to any construction permit application filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:05:27Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4815"], ["100-s-2513", 100, "s", 2513, "A bill to clarify the exemptive authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission.", "Energy", "1988-06-14", "1988-06-14", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.", "Senate", "Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]", "TX", "D", "B000401", 0, "Exempts a holding company with only one subsidiary that is solely a gas utility from compliance with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, with the exception of certain securities acquisition restrictions, if:  (1) neither the holding company nor any other subsidiary is a public utility; (2) the operations of such subsidiary gas utility company do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized; (3) the subsidiary was incorporated on June 20, 1980, for the express purpose of operating as a gas utility company; and (4) all of the voting securities of such gas utility company are owned by the holding company.", "2025-01-14T18:20:21Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2513"], ["100-s-2470", 100, "s", 2470, "Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-06-06", "1988-11-17", "Became Public Law No: 100-680.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 7, "(Measure passed House, amended) Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an industrial energy conservation and competitive technology program to conduct scientific research and development to enhance the energy efficiency and competitiveness of American steel, aluminum, and copper, and other metals industries through public-private sector partnerships.  Directs the Secretary to publish an update of:  (1) the Steel Management Plan issued by the Department of Energy on April 1, 1987, to include aluminum within the initiative; and (2) the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued by the Department of Energy in April 1988 to enumerate priorities with respect to steel, aluminum, copper, and other metals research and development activities. Requires the Steel Management Plan to assure basic research support from independent non-Federal sources by coordinating plan activities with research efforts of various other Department of Energy programs. Provides for protection of proprietary rights in connection with projects and for coordination of research and development within the Department of Energy. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards), through its Institute for Materials Science and Engineering and in coordination with the Department of Energy, to conduct an expanded program of steel and aluminum research in support of activities conducted under the plan. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and to the Congress on research and development activities carried out under this Act. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations. Prohibits any Federal entity from obligating or spending any federally received funds unless it has in place and will administer a written policy to ensure a workplace that is free of controlled substances. Imposes a corresponding prohibition on secondary recipients of Federal funds in connection with grants, contracts, and other agreements.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2470"], ["100-s-2443", 100, "s", 2443, "Nuclear Regulation Reorganization and Reform Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-26", "1988-08-08", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.", "Senate", "Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "B000780", 0, "(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 1315 passed in lieu)  Nuclear Regulation Reorganization and Reform Act of 1988 - Title I: Reorganization and Reform of Nuclear Energy Regulation - Subtitle A: Nuclear Safety Agency - Establishes the Nuclear Safety Agency as an independent regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sets forth the Agency's officers and administration, including an Administrator to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Administrator of the Nuclear Safety Agency to establish one or more licensing boards to consider applications for the construction of nuclear waste repositories.  Requires the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to nominate persons for appointment to the licensing board. Subtitle B:  Office of Inspector General - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General within the Agency. Subtitle C: Office of Investigations - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish an Office of Investigations in the Agency to investigate possible violations of nuclear energy statutes within the Administrator's enforcement purview.  Mandates the submission of explanatory statements to specified congressional committees in the event that the Administrator prohibits the Assistant Administrator from continuing an investigation in progress. Requires the Assistant Administrator to report possible Federal criminal law violations to the Attorney General.  Requires the Agency and the Attorney General to coordinate their enforcement and prosecution activities. Subtitle D: Nuclear Reactor Safety Investigations Board - Establishes the Nuclear Reactor Safety Investigations Board within the Nuclear Safety Agency to independently investigate significant safety events arising out of activities at production or utilization facilities licensed by the Agency. Defines significant safety events which may have adverse effects on public health or safety.  Requires the Board to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Administrator, who must respond to such report in writing.  Mandates that the Board's recommendations and the Administrator's response be made available to the public and the Congress.  Sets forth the Board's investigative parameters.  Requires the Board to submit an annual activities report to the Congress.  Transfers those Agency functions to the Board which the Administrator determines to be appropriate, but precludes the transfer of program operating responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Subtitle E: Separability - Declares that the remainder of this title shall not be affected if any of its provisions or applications of its provisions is held invalid. Title II: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 - Authorizes appropriations to the Nuclear Safety Agency for FY 1988 and 1989. Sets forth an appropriations allocation schedule. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to change the nature of the parties required to give notice of nonconformance with safety regulations and laws from firm directors and responsible individuals to firms or individuals generally.  Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to ensure compliance with safety regulations, requiring firms to implement procedures to identify, evaluate, and report defects. Subjects regulation violators to civil penalties. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to include within the scope of security-related safeguards information any generic studies, reports, and analyses containing information that would provide substantial assistance in compromising or negating a licensee's security measures to protect nuclear material or facilities or in targeting vital plant equipment. Prescribes circumstances under which the Secretary of Energy is authorized to accept for storage certain low-level radioactive waste with radionuclide concentrations exceeding federally-prescribed standards.  Conditions such authorization upon the Secretary's submission to the Congress of a comprehensive report setting forth permanent disposal and cost-sharing options. Mandates that certain low-level radioactive wastes be stored or disposed of only in facilities licensed by the Agency.  Mandates that federally-operated facilities for such wastes be licensed only by the Agency.  Permits the emergency transfer to the Secretary of such waste before a license is issued in order to eliminate an immediate and serious threat to public health and safety or common defense and security. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) submit a quarterly report to certain congressional committees on the status of the Agency's implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; and (2) prescribe regulations requiring production or utilization facility licensees to establish a drug testing program with respect to the unlawful use of alcohol or controlled substances by employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions. Outlines testing parameters.  Requires such licensees to maintain a drug treatment rehabilitation program for their employees. Declares that this Act does not preempt State criminal law provisions which impose sanctions for damage to property or loss of life. Precludes the Nuclear Safety Agency from designating a permanent disposal site for low-level nuclear wastes in West Chicago, Illinois, until it has studied alternative sites to determine the safest one available. Requires the Administrator, one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to issue a proposed rule providing for standardized nuclear power plant designs consistent with public health and safety. Title IV:  Uranium - Subtitle A:  Short Title, Definitions, and Savings Provisions - Cites this Act as the Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988. Subtitle B:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal:  (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enter into contracts for producing or enriching special nuclear material; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and report to the Congress thereon. Establishes the Uranium Revitalization Fund for the purchase of domestic uranium by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). Mandates contributions to the Fund from:  (1) States in which active uranium processing sites are located; (2) owners or licensees of such active sites; (3) the United States Enrichment Corporation (established by this Act); and (4) fees received from licensees or civilian nuclear power reactors. Prescribes a contribution schedule.  Requires the Secretary to obligate from the Fund certain amounts for domestic uranium purchases for specified years, including early purchase from small domestic producers during calendar year 1989. Outlines a competitive bidding system for such purchases. Requires the Secretary to develop recommendations and implement programs within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act promoting domestic uranium exports. Restricts the use of federally owned natural uranium stockpiles to: (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) working inventory for production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation (the Corporation). Mandates that the use and purchase of natural uranium under this Act not decrease the demand for natural uranium by United States utilities.  Restricts the use of natural uranium purchased by the Corporation to overfeeding and enriched uranium preproduction.  Authorizes the Corporation to use or recycle enrichment tails for military purposes only, or for replacement of certain uranium previously used in overfeeding. Subtitle C:  Remedial Action Performed by the Owner or Licensee of Active Sites - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site.  Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Revitalization Fund.  Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement.  Permits the owners or licensees of such sites to elect to perform remedial actions through the Fund and be entitled to reimbursement for such actions by notifying the Secretary of such election on or before January 1, 1990.  Outlines the reimbursement procedure.  Provides that the costs of remedial actions at active thorium sites shall be borne by the licensee or owner, subject to Federal reimbursement for a portion of the costs if the tailings were generated as an incident of sales to Federal agencies or instrumentalities. Authorizes appropriations. States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions and work performed by active site owner licensees. Subtitle D:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis. Mandates that its corporate structure be self-financing in order to obviate the need for Federal financing.  States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance. Transfers certain Department of Energy property to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish charges to its customers that will: (1) recover costs of performing corporate functions, including decommissioning and decontamination; and (2) generate profits. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President and certain congressional committees. Prescribes licensing and taxation guidelines for the Corporation.  Requires the Commission to promulgate licensing regulations for facilities employing gaseous diffusion technology.  Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments. Grants the Administrator the same authority to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as the Secretary has. Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress five years after enactment of this Act regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Subjects the Corporation to Federal environmental and occupational safety and health laws to the same extent as the Department of Energy until four years after the enactment of this Act, after which it shall be treated as a privately-owned corporation. Eliminates the treatment of uranium enrichment facilities as production facilities under the Atomic Energy Act with respect to the importation of such facilities into the United States (thus subjecting them to less stringent licensing requirements). Repeals the proscription against the use of specified appropriations for Federal uranium supply and enrichment activities. Prohibits the Corporation's total FY 1989 expenditures from exceeding its total FY 1989 receipts.", "2025-08-28T20:06:08Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2443"], ["100-hr-4689", 100, "hr", 4689, "A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator.", "Energy", "1988-05-25", "1988-10-18", "For Further Action See S.2800.", "House", "Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2]", "AZ", "D", "U000001", 2, "Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator as an independent establishment in the executive branch.  (Currently such office is part of the Executive Office of the President.)", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4689"], ["100-hres-453", 100, "hres", 453, "A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the Federal policy pertaining to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.", "Energy", "1988-05-19", "1988-06-13", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2]", "NE", "R", "D000065", 0, "Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all radioactive waste site selection and related activities conducted by the States or regional compacts should be suspended until congressional committees hold investigative oversight hearings regarding the adequacy of Federal low-level radioactive waste policy.  Cites specific areas for congressional review.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-resolution/453"], ["100-hr-4629", 100, "hr", 4629, "Offshore Safety Advisory Committee Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-18", "1988-06-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.", "House", "Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8]", "TX", "R", "F000111", 1, "Offshore Safety Advisory Committee Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Offshore Vessel Operators Safety Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding safety aspects of offshore oil, gas, and other mineral operations.", "2025-08-28T20:07:43Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4629"], ["100-hr-4619", 100, "hr", 4619, "Federal-State Energy Joint Board Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-17", "1988-05-24", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]", "MA", "D", "M000133", 1, "Federal-State Energy Joint Board Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish a Federal-State joint board with jurisdiction over natural gas and electric utility regulatory matters of joint Federal-State concern.  Vests such board with the same powers and responsibilities as are vested in a FERC member. Declares that State members shall sit with FERC en banc at any oral argument or public hearing conference and that State members shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in FERC deliberations when it considers joint board recommendations. Mandates that the joint board be composed of three Commission members and four State commissioners nominated by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and approved by FERC.  Declares that the joint board's jurisdiction does not exceed that of FERC.", "2025-08-28T20:06:12Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4619"], ["100-hr-4604", 100, "hr", 4604, "A bill to extend the expiration date of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.", "Energy", "1988-05-13", "1988-06-29", "House Incorporated this Measure in S.2203 as an Amendment.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 0, "(Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend the standby energy authorities from June 30, 1988, to June 30, 1990. Directs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, regarding energy policy cooperation between the United States and other Western hemisphere countries; (2) report the study results to certain congressional committees; (3) propose a comprehensive international energy policy designed to enhance such cooperation; and (4) recommend actions to implement such policy.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4604"], ["100-hr-4591", 100, "hr", 4591, "Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-12", "1988-11-05", "For Further Action See S.1991.", "House", "Rep. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [D-CO-3]", "CO", "D", "C000077", 5, "Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer permanently to the Secretary of Energy public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of certain processing sites. Prohibits such transfer until the Secretary of Energy complies with certain National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requirements regarding site selection for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. Requires the Secretary of Energy to obtain the appropriate State's consent before acquiring lands upon which there is no:  (1) designated processing site; or (2) active uranium mill operation. Terminates the Secretary of Energy's authority to perform remedial action on September 30, 1994.  Provides that the Secretary's authority to perform groundwater restoration activities shall not expire.", "2025-08-28T20:05:14Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4591"], ["100-hr-4600", 100, "hr", 4600, "A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to require that costs of imported natural gas be passed through to consumers in the same manner as such costs are passed through for domestically produced gas.", "Energy", "1988-05-12", "1988-05-24", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]", "NM", "D", "R000229", 0, "Amends the Natural Gas Act to mandate that natural gas companies pass through to consumers the cost of imported natural gas in the same manner as the cost of domestically produced natural gas is passed through to consumers.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4600"], ["100-hr-4505", 100, "hr", 4505, "Research Initiatives and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-02", "1988-10-21", "Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.", "House", "Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]", "TN", "D", "L000381", 0, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) Research Initiatives and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Title I: Superconductivity and Competitiveness - National Superconductivity and Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Instructs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a five-year National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development.  Sets forth the content and scope of the plan.  Requires the OSTP, with the National Critical Materials Council, to report details of the plan to specified congressional committees within nine months of this Act's enactment. Requires subsequent annual reports evaluating plan progress and describing Federal expenditures involved with superconductivity. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program in superconductivity research and development. Requires a report to the relevant congressional committees, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, on implementation of technology transfer activities under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 and related law with respect to superconductivity, and annual reports for the subsequent two years. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards) to:  (1) promote fundamental research and materials standards to accelerate the use and application of new superconducting materials; and (2) use the Superconductivity Center Focusing on Electronic Applications, located in Boulder, Colorado. Instructs the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to promote research and use existing programs to promote commercial applications of high-temperature superconductors. Sets out the role of the Department of Defense, directing it to emphasize fundamental research, materials processing, and applications of new superconducting materials in its superconductivity research and development activities and to conduct engineering and operational prototype testing. Instructs the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to augment, as appropriate, basic and applied superconductivity research conducted in other Federal agencies and in industry and to develop criteria for operational prototype testing within the Department of Defense. Directs the President to establish a program of international cooperation in the conduct of basic research on superconducting materials, including the exchange of basic information and data and the development of international standards for the use and application of superconducting materials. Requires all Federal departments and agencies to undertake appropriate technology transfer activities in the interest of complementing basic superconductivity research and promoting collaborative arrangements and consortia of industry and business to increase deployment of advanced high-temperature superconductor technology. Directs the OSTP Director, with the Secretaries of Commerce and of Energy, to identify Federal policies and regulations that impede long-term private sector investment programs to commercialize superconductivity applications. Title II:  National Laboratory Cooperative Research Initiatives - Department of Energy National Laboratory Cooperative Research Initiatives Act - Defines terms and lists laboratories subject to this title. Declares it a mission of the National Laboratories to foster, consistent with the national security and a fair return on taxpayers' investment, the commercialization of technology developed through laboratory activities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such mission is not detrimental to any National Laboratory military mission. Subtitle A:  The Department of Energy National Laboratories Centers for Research on Enabling Technologies for High Temperature Superconducting Applications - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) initiate and implement a cooperative program of research on enabling high-temperature superconductor technology and its practical applications; (2) require and ensure National Laboratory participation in this research by means of agreements with other Federal agencies, academic institutions, or private industrial or research organizations; (3) from the Council for Research on Enabling Technologies, comprising representatives of appropriate government, university, and industry personnel, to advise the Secretary concerning goals and to recommend guidelines for the release of technical findings and developments made by cooperative research centers; and (4) establish cooperative research centers in enabling technology for high-temperature superconducting materials and applications at at least one National Laboratory. Sets forth criteria for selecting Laboratories. Directs the Council to ensure that there is no unnecessary duplication of activities of the Research Centers on Superconductivity and Superconductivity Pilot Centers. Permits personnel exchanges among firms or universities and National Laboratories participating in the program.  Requires user fees in connection with Department of Energy (DOE) facility use authorized by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to include high-temperature superconductivity activities in DOE research and development budget requests for FY 1990 through 1995. Describes cost-sharing features to apply to National Laboratories participating in the program.  Prohibits a laboratory from receiving:  (1) more than ten percent of its annual budget from nonappropriated funds derived from work for others under program contracts unless the Secretary gives advance approval; or (2) from any person more than $10,000,000, or the monetary equivalent, of nonappropriated funds under any cooperative research and development agreement under this subtitle unless the Secretary approves in advance. Describes procedures governing review and modification of cooperative agreements, as well as recordkeeping requirements. Subtitle B:  Technology Management at the Department of Energy National Laboratories - Directs the Secretary to:  (1) review existing regulations, policy materials, and administrative processes associated with National Laboratories directors' ability to enter into cooperative research agreements with private industry and universities; (2) review existing standards for resolving possible conflicts of interest; (3) review the effects of the exchange of information, scientific innovation, and commercialization deriving from cooperative research and development agreements; (4) survey non-Governmental parties interested in such agreements to determine whether adequate incentives exist for scientific innovation and commercialization; (5) formulate and implement comprehensive policy to advance this subtitle's objectives; and (6) report review findings, along with resulting recommendations, to the Congress and to the President. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that the director of any National Laboratory has the authority to negotiate and enter into cooperative research and development agreements with various private and public entities and to negotiate intellectual property licensing agreements for National Laboratory property. Authorizes National Laboratory directors to include specified types of provisions in cooperative agreements.  Enumerates mandatory determinations the director must make when deciding whether to enter an agreement, including a determination that the National Laboratory facilities are available and that the proposed work is consistent with applicable guidelines and would neither interfere with Department of Energy programs nor create a financial burden on the Laboratory. Limits the cumulative total of nonappropriated funds received in any year under agreements under this title to ten percent of the annual budget of the Laboratory, unless approved by the Secretary. Sets forth conflict of interest guidelines for National Laboratory Directors when negotiating or entering into research agreements or granting intellectual property licenses or assignments. Sets forth criteria the director of a National Laboratory must consider when deciding which agreements to enter into, including a preference for businesses that agree to manufacture the relevant property substantially in the United States. Requires each National Laboratory to keep records of all agreements and to submit them annually to the Secretary. Lists provisions to govern disposition of title to property developed by National Laboratories. States that as a condition to disposal of Federal title to subject inventions made in the performance of a National Laboratory contract, the United States shall retain a royalty-free license to use such subject invention for its own purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from title retention requirements any category of inventions directly related to nuclear weaponry design, manufacture, or utilization. Enumerates intellectual property rights and royalty provisions that must be included in DOE funding agreements to operate a National Laboratory. Vests in arbitration boards the responsibility of determining the amount to be paid to the United States by National Laboratory managers or directors for intellectual property rights retained by the Laboratory. Authorizes the Secretary to require the licensing of third parties of all intellectual property subject to this subtitle's provisions. Directs the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Energy, along with the Comptroller General, to conduct periodic audits of National Laboratory activities. Makes regulations with respect to cooperative agreements, patent ownership, and intellectual property subject to preissuance review by the Office of Federal Procurement policy. Confers sovereign immunity upon the United States for any claim alleging that injury resulted from the use of a product to which the United States holds the intellectual property rights, unless that product was produced by or at the request of the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary, immediately upon this subtitle's enactment, to enter into negotiations to amend existing National Laboratories' contracts to reflect this new law. Title III:  Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Sets forth specified national goals for the current wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal energy programs. Requires the President's budget request for FY 1991 to contain the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy for specified Department of Energy research and development programs for 1995, including biofuels energy systems, solar buildings energy systems, ocean energy systems, and geothermal energy. Authorizes FY 1990 appropriations for:  (1) the wind energy research program; (2) the photovoltaic energy systems program; (3) the solar thermal energy systems program; (4) the biofuels energy systems program; (5) the solar building energy systems program; (6) the ocean energy systems program; and (7) the geothermal program. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1992 include the Secretary's recommendations proof of concept proposals for certain renewable energy projects. Requires the Secretary to submit an options analysis to the Congress regarding the accelerated commercialization of specified renewable energy technologies. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1991 and 1992 to include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for energy efficiency research, development, and demonstration initiatives.  Authorizes FY 1990 through 1992 appropriations for specified energy efficiency research and development programs. Directs the Secretary to establish joint research and development ventures in specified energy technologies and to report to the Congress on their implementation.  Directs the Secretary to establish the following advisory bodies:  (1) Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology; (2) Advisory Subcommittee on Photovoltaic Energy Technology;(3) Advisory Subcommittee on Wind Energy Technology; (4) Advisory Subcommittee on Solar Thermal Energy Technology; (5) Advisory Subcommittee on Energy Performance in Factory-Made Housing; (6) Advisory Subcommittee on Advanced District Cooling Technology; and (7) Advisory Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports.  Authorizes FY 1990 through 1992 appropriations for such joint ventures. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary, in consultation with such Advisory Committee, shall: (1) determine that a particular joint venture is not to be pursued; and (2) transmit a plan to the Congress for the establishment of a substitute joint venture. Directs the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce, and Trade to report annually to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to evaluate and report to the Congress on the efforts of such Committee to promote renewable energy technology exports.  Prescribes report contents. Directs the Committee to establish a joint government-industry plan to maintain or increase the U.S. market share of international trade in renewable energy technologies, and to include such plan in its report to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for such Committee activities. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct the Secretary to establish an information dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers on the benefits of solar heating and cooling technology, including site visits and technical briefings. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants, and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the research programs and ventures under this title.  Requires each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan to be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, development, and demonstration, including energy conservation and renewable energy technologies. Title IV:  Manuel Lujan, Jr. Neutron Scattering Center - Redesignates the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center as the \"Manuel Lujan, Jr. Scattering Center.\"", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4505"], ["100-hr-4508", 100, "hr", 4508, "Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-05-02", "1988-06-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2]", "CO", "D", "S000462", 0, "Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Act of 1988 - Title I: Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Board - Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch the Nuclear Weapons Production Health and Safety Board (the Board) whose function is to establish environmental protection and public and occupational health and safety standards for Department of Energy nuclear facilities. Empowers the Board to investigate:  (1) any event at a Department of Energy nuclear facility posing a threat to the environment or to the public health and safety; and (2) nuclear materials transportation to and from such facilities which may pose threats.  Directs the Board periodically to review the design and operation of such nuclear facilities to determine ways to enhance environmental and public protection.  Requires the Board to report to the Congress and the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) after each review and investigation with recommendations for improved safety measures.  Requires the Board to maintain an onsite investigatory and review staff at each facility.  Authorizes the Board to issue subpoenas and administrative orders compelling compliance with its standards and with Federal and State standards. Requires the Board to submit a written notice to the Secretary to abate any facility activity which presents imminent and substantial danger to the environment and public health. Outlines the Board's enforcement parameters.  Sets forth civil penalties for non-compliance with the Board's administrative orders. Requires the Board to establish procedures for petitions by citizens for Board action with respect to matters within its purview. Authorizes the Board to enter into agreements with the States providing for discontinuance of the Board's regulatory authority during the period in which the State assumes such authority.  Requires the Board to: (1) periodically review such agreements to ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) make grants to an agreement State to cover the costs of program implementation.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Terminates the Board and the requirements of this title six years after the date of enactment of this Act.  Requires the Board to report to the Congress five years after the date of enactment of this Act regarding the efficacy of its oversight and regulatory activities. Title II:  Licenses for Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities - Prohibits any Department of Energy facility from commencing operations as of the date of enactment of this Act unless it has received a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license issued pursuant to environmental and public health safety standards compatible with this Act. Title III:  EPA Authority - Amends the Clean Water Act to include within the definition of \"pollutant\" any byproduct, source, and special nuclear material. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exclude source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials from the definition of \"solid waste\" unless such materials are a part of any mixture or combination comprising a solid waste. Title IV:  Radiation Research Reorganization Act of 1988 - Radiation Research Reorganization Act of 1988 - Transfers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority of the Secretary of Energy to conduct epidemiological studies of the effects of radiation. Mandates that such authority be exercised through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control with respect to health effects of radiation in places of employment. Establishes an advisory panel to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to advise such Secretary in implementing the epidemiological studies.", "2025-08-28T20:06:05Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4508"], ["100-hr-4489", 100, "hr", 4489, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-04-28", "1988-08-10", "Committee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]", "NM", "D", "R000229", 52, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1988 - Title I:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1, 1988, to January 1, 2001. Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Restricts the use of federally-owned natural uranium stockpiles to:  (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II:  Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site.  Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act).  Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from:  (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees.  Prescribes guidelines for:  (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation udner Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, fines, and work performed by:  (1) active site owner licensees; or (2) persons using source or special nuclear material for a civilian nuclear power reactor to generate electrical energy. Title III:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis. Mandates that its corporate structure be self-financing in order to obviate the need for Federal financing.  States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance.  Transfers certain Department of Energy property to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish charges to its customers that will recover costs of decommissioning and decontamination of Corporation property. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President, the Secretary, and certain congressional committees. Prescribes licensing and taxation guidelines for the Corporation.  Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the corporation to States and local governments.  Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress by December 31, 1998, regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses.  Directs the Secretary to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as if such contractors were contractors of the Secretary. Eliminates the treatment of uranium enrichment facilities as production facilities under the Atomic Energy Act with respect to the importation of such facilities into the United States (thus subjecting them to less stringent licensing requirements). Prohibits the Corporation's total FY 1989 expenditures from exceeding its total FY 1989 receipts.", "2025-08-28T20:05:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4489"], ["100-hr-4465", 100, "hr", 4465, "Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-04-26", "1988-05-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture.", "House", "Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2]", "UT", "D", "O000156", 16, "Solar Development Initiative Act of 1988 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for specified Federal solar energy research and development programs. Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop a complementary solar and renewable energy research program which:  (1) has near-term commercial applications; and (2) enhances the international competitiveness of the solar and renewable energy industries.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information-dissemination program for Federal procurement and loan officers regarding the application of solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings. Mandates that the renewable energy technologies programs established by the Secretary of Commerce be funded in FY 1989 through 1991 through the Department of Energy at a specified maximum level. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to direct the President to take into account, when determining whether to designate a beneficiary country, the degree to which it undertakes self-help measures to promote energy self-sufficiency using locally available renewable energy resources. Mandates that the design for new Federal facilities for specified agencies include consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable energy forms. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to mandate that a specified minimum percentage of loan authority be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include among its special projects incentives, grants and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities.  Prohibits the use of administrative funds for such projects. Amends the Small Business Act to:  (1) repeal provisions regarding loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures; (2) mandate that a certain percentage of loan authority be used only for small business energy measures; and (3) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to give due consideration to the export potential of solar and renewable energy products, and to include a list of solar and renewable energy loan guarantees in an annual report to the Congress.", "2025-08-28T20:05:15Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4465"], ["100-s-2325", 100, "s", 2325, "A bill to amend the Mineral Lands Act of 1920 to improve the administration of the Federal Coal Management Program, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1988-04-26", "1988-05-09", "Referred to Subcommittee on Mineral Resources and Development.", "Senate", "Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]", "WY", "R", "W000092", 1, "Title I - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to remove the requirement that any lease which is not producing in commercial quantities at the end of ten years be terminated.  Replaces the diligent development and continued operation requirements with advance royalty payments after 15 years of the lease, regardless of production.  Permits the extension of the lease as long as such payments continue.  Describes recoupability of advance royalties paid against royalties of production. Removes the requirement that lessees submit an operation and reclamation plan within three years of possible adverse environmental actions.  Substitutes a requirement that a mining operations plan be submitted prior to possible adverse environmental leasehold actions. Provides that leases for which advance royalty payments are made, and leases issued after enactment of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, shall not be affected by the prohibition against issuance of a coal lease to leaseholders who have held such leases for a ten-year period without producing coal in commercial quantities. Repeals the requirement that:  (1) a logical coal mining unit must be contiguous; and (2) a mining operations plan may not exceed a 40-year period. Provides that a logical mining unit shall not be approved if its total Federal (currently total Federal and non-Federal) acreage exceeds 25,000 acres. Title II - Increases from 160 acres to 320 acres the contiguous or cornering coal lands (or deposits) which may be added to an existing lease.  States that the ensuing modified lease terms shall be the same as those of the original lease. Title III - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to approve changes made in certain coal leases and logical mining units in order to make them consistent with this Act.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2325"], ["100-s-2313", 100, "s", 2313, "Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-04-22", "1988-09-29", "Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]", "CA", "D", "C000877", 0, "Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) from permitting natural gas distribution service which would displace existing service provided by a local distribution company (or which could be provided by such local company) if:  (1) the State or local regulatory authority certifies to the Commission that the displacing service would prejudice the interests of such distribution company's customers; or (2) the proponent of such displacing service fails to demonstrate that the local distribution company protesting the proposed service is unwilling to provide transportation service on terms in effect or acceptable to the State or local commission.  Precludes the Commission from permitting such displacing service until 30 days after it has published notice of such service in the Federal Register. Applies this Act to all service not provided before its date of enactment, regardless of whether the Commission had granted permission to provide such service before such date.", "2025-08-28T20:05:52Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2313"], ["100-hconres-286", 100, "hconres", 286, "A concurrent resolution regarding the receipt of radioactive waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.", "Energy", "1988-04-21", "1988-05-24", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2]", "CO", "D", "S000462", 17, "Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) adequate measures should be taken regarding emergency response capabilities and training to protect the people of the States through which radioactive waste destined for the New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) will be shipped, as well as the people of the State in which it will be disposed; and (2) the Department of Energy should not place any radioactive waste in the WIPP facility until it is determined that brine-infiltration does not present a threat to safe radioactive waste storage.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/286"], ["100-hr-4343", 100, "hr", 4343, "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Energy Plan Act", "Energy", "1988-03-31", "1988-06-10", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7]", "WA", "D", "L000486", 4, "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Energy Plan Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to  report to the Congress within three years (but not earlier than two years) an energy plan which:  (1) includes a national energy policy objectives statement; (2) focuses upon petroleum demand  over an estimated period of potential production from the Arctic Coastal Plain; and (3) describes a resource portfolio to meet such demand.  Outlines the contents of such report.  Requires the Secretary to evaluate potential alternatives to meet petroleum demand scenarios on a consistent basis. Requires the Secretary to prepare a study of present and future oil and gas development in the Alaskan Arctic regions, (excluding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge).  Outlines the study contents. Requires that the energy plan and study be accompanied by a certain report incorporating a legislative action recommendation concerning the future management of specified lands under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (Coastal Plain lands). Prohibits oil or gas exploration or production within the Coastal Plain, including land exchanges or leasing activities leading to production or exploration, until authorized by an Act of Congress.", "2025-08-28T20:05:48Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4343"], ["100-hr-4283", 100, "hr", 4283, "A bill to preserve the independence of the scientific evaluation group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.", "Energy", "1988-03-29", "1988-04-12", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development.", "House", "Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2]", "NM", "R", "S000463", 2, "Reestablishes the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) as an independent scientific review group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, to be exclusively administered through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Sets forth EEG membership and administrative parameters. Declares that the EEG shall be the primary responsible party for evaluating technical information on WIPP on behalf of the State of New Mexico.  Provides that the EEG shall disseminate its findings and analyses through professional publications and that no approvals from outside sources will be required prior to publication. Directs the EEG to evaluate the scientific and technical status of the WIPP project in an objective manner in order to protect the health and environmental interests of New Mexico residents. Declares that the EEG shall be funded for a minimum of five years by the Department of Energy.", "2024-02-07T15:21:41Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4283"], ["100-s-2220", 100, "s", 2220, "A bill to preserve the independence of the scientific evaluation group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.", "Energy", "1988-03-28", "1988-03-28", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]", "NM", "D", "B000468", 1, "Reestablishes the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) as an independent scientific review group for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, to be exclusively administered through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Sets forth EEG membership and administrative parameters. Declares that the EEG shall be the primary responsible party for evaluating technical information on WIPP on behalf of the State of New Mexico. Provides that the EEG shall disseminate its findings and analyses through professional publications and that no approvals from outside sources will be required prior to publication. Directs the EEG to evaluate the scientific and technical status of the WIPP project in an objective manner in order to protect the health and environmental interests of New Mexico residents. Declares that the EEG shall be funded for a minimum of five years by the Department of Energy.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2220"], ["100-s-2214", 100, "s", 2214, "Arctic Coastal Plain Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act", "Energy", "1988-03-24", "1988-03-24", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "Arctic Coastal Plain Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Act - Title I: Statement of Purpose and Definitions - Declares that it is the congressional purpose to:  (1) authorize competitive oil and gas leasing development on the Arctic Coastal Plain in a manner consistent with environmental and wildlife protection; and (2) provide a new funding source for the acquisition of critical wildlife habitat. Title II:  Management of Coastal Plain - Declares that it is congressional policy that oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain which are conducted with no significant adverse impact upon fish, wildlife, and the environment shall be deemed compatible with the purpose of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and that no further compatibility findings by the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) are required under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act. Title III:  Coastal Plain Competitive Leasing Program - Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for Coastal Plain resources exploration, development, and production.  Declares that this Act is the sole authority for leasing on the Coastal Plain. Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Act. Declares that the Congress finds that the \"Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement\" (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain satisfies the legal requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Sets forth the administrative parameters for:  (1) lease sales and lease terms; (2) exploration and development and production plans; (3) plan approval; (4) bonding requirements; and (5) lease suspension and cancellation.  Allows the Secretary to exclude from leasing any areas of particular environmental sensitivity.  Requires the Secretary's consent for lease assignments or subletting.  Mandates that lessees unite to the greatest extent practicable in collectively adopting and operating under a cooperative or unit plan for oil pools and gas fields. Provides for the confidentiality of privileged or proprietary information regarding development activities which must be furnished to the Secretary.  Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for adjudication of lease controversies. Sets forth joint, several, and strict liability for environmental damages and removal costs resulting from oil pollution or the discharge of hazardous substances. Provides for expedited judicial review of complaints regarding regulations issued by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding the leasing program under this Act. Repeals certain limitations applicable to subsurface interests owned by the Inupiat Eskimo people.  Prohibits any surface disturbance prior to the publication of final environmental regulations for Coastal Plain oil or gas leasing.  Applies such regulations to subsurface property interests owned by the Inupiat Eskimo. Title IV:  Coastal Plain Environmental Protection - Directs the Secretary to promulgate environmental protection regulations which ensure that Coastal Plain activities will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment.  Requires site-specific assessment and mitigation. Designates the Sadlerochit Spring area as a special area for wildlife conservation and environmental protection.  Authorizes the Secretary to exclude such area from leasing and to designate other Coastal Plain areas as special areas requiring protection. Directs the Secretary to prepare and periodically update a facilities construction and siting plan for oil and gas development and transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to grant rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain in a manner that does not adversely affect fish, wildlife, and the environment.  Requires the Secretary to conduct additional studies to monitor the human, marine, and coastal environments.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations providing for bi-annual facility inspections for compliance with environmental and safety regulations. Title V:  Land Reclamation and Reclamation Liability Fund - Makes leaseholders fully responsible and liable for land reclamation within the Coastal Plain and other Federal lands adversely affected by lease activities. Requires establishment of the Coastal Plain Liability and Reclamation Fund within six months of a commercial discovery within the Coastal Plain, to be administered by the holder of the trans-Alaska pipeline right-of-way, who shall collect fees based upon the crude oil volume entering such pipeline.  Prescribes revenue collection and expenditure procedures. Title VI:  Disposition of Oil and Gas Revenues - Sets forth an allocation schedule for revenue distribution related to oil and gas leasing within the Arctic National Refuge, Alaska.  Mandates that moneys deposited into the Land and Water Conservation Fund shall be credited to a special account within the Fund.  Prescribes the administration of such Fund. Title VII:  Approval of Conveyances in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Precludes conveyance by the Secretary of any Arctic National Wildlife Refuge land interests within the Coastal Plain without prior approval by an Act of Congress. Title VIII:  Addition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Includes as part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge certain lands described in Public Land Order 6607 (July 8, 1985). Title IX:  Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Congress, within 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, an energy plan containing a proposed statement of national energy policy objectives.  Outlines the contents of such plan. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the Congress within 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act a study of present and projected offshore and onshore oil and gas developments in the Alaska Arctic region. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from conducting first lease sales under this Act until 21 months after its date of enactment.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy Research and Demonstration Grant Program in the areas of energy conservation and alternative energy sources whose focus shall be energy technologies which can significantly reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil. Title X:  Export Prohibition on Crude Oil - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to extend its crude oil export limitations and licensing requirements to domestically produced crude oil transported by pipeline over rights-of-way granted under this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:07:51Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2214"], ["100-hr-4226", 100, "hr", 4226, "Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Commercialization and Development Act", "Energy", "1988-03-22", "1988-09-22", "Committee on Science and Technology Incorporated Into This Provisions of Related Measure S. 1294.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 76, "Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Commercialization and Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish specific technical research and development performance goals for Department of Energy programs relating to:  (1) photovoltaics; (2) wind; (3) solar thermal; (4) biofuels; (5) solar building and energy systems; (6) ocean energy systems; and (7) geothermal energy.  Mandates that such goals be designed to promote significant further commercial applications by 1995.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress with respect to biennial technical performance goal reviews and updates. Requires the Secretary to include in the FY 1990 budget request funding for at least three commercial demonstration projects involving renewable energy technologies. States that 50 percent of such project costs shall be funded by the United States and 50 percent shall be funded by the private sector.  Cites circumstances under which the United States may fund up to 66 percent of such project costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for:  (1) specified renewable energy programs; (2) energy conservation research and development programs; and (3) a Federal interagency working group (established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make recommendations regarding the coordination of Federal programs affecting commerce in renewable energy products and related services). Requires that each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, including energy efficiency and renewable energy.", "2025-08-28T20:05:55Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4226"], ["100-s-2203", 100, "s", 2203, "A bill to extend the expiration date of Title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.", "Energy", "1988-03-22", "1988-07-19", "Became Public Law No: 100-373.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "(Measure passed House, amended (Inserted Text of H.R. 4604 as passed House))  Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend the standby energy authorities from June 30, 1988, to June 30, 1990. Directs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, regarding energy policy cooperation between the United States and other Western hemisphere countries; (2) report the study results to certain congressional committees; (3) propose a comprehensive international energy policy designed to enhance such cooperation; and (4) recommend actions to implement such policy.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2203"], ["100-s-2179", 100, "s", 2179, "Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1987", "Energy", "1988-03-16", "1988-10-04", "Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]", "KY", "D", "F000268", 5, "Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to provide that, with respect to the sale, consignment, or distribution of motor fuel, the term \"franchise\" includes any contract between specified parties which is economically necessary to the operation of the franchise. Provides that the termination or non-renewal of a franchise relationship, upon expiration of an underlying lease for marketing premises, is reasonable in the event that the franchisor:  (1) has an option to renew or purchase an underlying lease or premises and, at least 90 days before such option expires, provides the franchisee with the name, address, and phone number of the owner or lessor; and (2) agrees not to terminate the franchise relationship solely because of the lease and option expiration during any term during which the franchisee is able to retain possession of the premises as a result of entering into an agreement with the owner or lessor.", "2025-08-28T20:08:09Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2179"], ["100-hr-4158", 100, "hr", 4158, "National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-15", "1988-06-13", "Other Measure S.2167 Passed House in Lieu.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 42, "(Measure passed House, amended) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include fluorescent lamp ballasts within the list of products covered by the Act.  Revises the definition of \"consumer product\" to include fluorescent lamp ballasts distributed in commerce for personal or commercial use or consumption. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe test procedures for such ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 1990.  Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for such ballasts according to specified guidelines.  Sets forth energy efficiency standards for such ballasts. Preempts State energy conservation standards for such ballasts unless such standards were prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4158"], ["100-s-2167", 100, "s", 2167, "National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-15", "1988-06-28", "Became Public Law No: 100-357.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 26, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include fluorescent lamp ballasts within the list of products covered by the Act.  Amends the definition of \"consumer product\" to include fluorescent lamp ballasts distributed in commerce for personal or commercial use or consumption. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe test procedures for such ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 1990.  Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for such ballasts according to specified guidelines.  Sets forth energy efficiency standards for such ballasts.  Preempts State energy conservation standards for such ballasts unless such standards were prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2167"], ["100-hr-4134", 100, "hr", 4134, "Nuclear Standardization and Safety Reform Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-10", "1988-04-26", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22]", "CA", "R", "M000926", 20, "Nuclear Standardization and Safety Reform Act of 1988 - Title I:  Establishment of Agency - Establishes the Nuclear Safety Agency as an independent regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Sets forth the Agency's officers and administration (including a Director and Deputy Director to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate).  Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Transfers Commission functions, assets, and staff to the Nuclear Safety Agency.  Sets forth transition procedures. Title II:  Standardization and Licensing - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Agency to establish procedures for the preapproval of a limited number of standardized facility designs for production or utilization facilities for a ten-year period. Authorizes the Agency to consider design approval requests for any major subsystem that represents discrete elements of a production or utilization facility.  Requires the Agency to specify by regulation the criteria and requirements for any subsystem approval.  States that a design approval shall be considered to be a license.  Sets forth guidelines for the issuance of a design approval, including ten-year renewal terms. Authorizes the Director to issue a site approval permit for a ten-year period even if an application for a construction permit or operating license has not been filed.  Outlines the site approval procedure and the procedures for facility construction permits and operating licenses. Title III:  Conforming Amendments - Sets forth conforming amendments. Title IV:  Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:07:08Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4134"], ["100-hr-4139", 100, "hr", 4139, "Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-10", "1988-05-17", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 17, "Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Inspector General. Authorizes the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delegate supervision of the Inspector General to another member of the Commission, but to no one else.", "2025-08-28T20:08:58Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4139"], ["100-hr-4140", 100, "hr", 4140, "Nuclear Investigations Improvement Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-10", "1988-10-07", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 17, "Nuclear Investigations Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Investigations, to be headed by a Director of Investigations who shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the Commission. Confers responsibility upon the Office to investigate violations within the Commission's jurisdiction where information indicates that such violations were either willfully caused or the result of careless disregard for regulatory requirements.  Requires the Director to report violations of Federal criminal law to the Commission and to the Justice Department. Requires Commission employees to report to the Office information indicating that violations were either willfully caused or were the result of careless disregard for regulatory requirements.", "2025-08-28T20:08:09Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4140"], ["100-hr-4121", 100, "hr", 4121, "Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-09", "1988-03-16", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 13, "Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Safety Act of 1988 - Establishes the Federal Facilities Nuclear Safety Board (the Board) as an independent body in the executive branch. Empowers the Board to:  (1) review and evaluate health and safety standards at each Department of Energy (Department) nuclear facility; (2) investigate events or practices at each facility which may adversely affect public safety; (3) review a facility's design and construction as it pertains to public health and safety; and (4) recommend to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) the health and safety measures needed to ensure adequate protection of the public. Grants the Board access to Department nuclear facility design and operational data. Authorizes the Board to:  (1) establish reporting requirements which shall be binding upon the Secretary; and (2) enter into agreements with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (and non-Federal experts) to evaluate differences between Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations and Department orders governing nuclear facilities. Requires the Secretary to cooperate fully with the Board and provide it ready access to facilities, personnel, and information requested by the Board to implement its mandate. Sets forth guidelines under which the Board's recommendations and the Secretary's decision to accept or reject them shall be publicized in the Federal Register and reported in writing to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to prepare plans to implement recommendations.  Sets forth a review procedure for Board recommendations regarding a severe or imminent threat to public health and safety.  Requires implementation of any such recommendations which the Secretary accepts. Requires the Board and the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding their respective activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.", "2025-08-28T20:07:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4121"], ["100-s-2139", 100, "s", 2139, "A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to protect consumers who use natural gas fuel for agricultural irrigation pumps from certain price increases.", "Energy", "1988-03-04", "1988-03-04", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK]", "OK", "D", "B000639", 1, "Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that intrastate contracts in effect before December 1, 1986, which stipulated the purchase price for the first sale at the wellhead of natural gas for use in fueling agricultural irrigation pumps shall govern the maximum lawful price of gas under such contracts.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2139"], ["100-hr-4089", 100, "hr", 4089, "Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-03", "1988-05-25", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]", "MA", "D", "M000133", 20, "Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) from permitting natural gas distribution service which would displace existing service provided by a local distribution company (or which could be provided by such local company) if:  (1) the State or local regulatory authority certifies to the Commission that the displacing service would prejudice the interests of such distribution company's customers; or (2) the proponent of such displacing service fails to demonstrate that the local distribution company protesting the proposed service is unwilling to provide transportation service on terms in effect or acceptable to the State or local commission.  Precludes the Commission from permitting such displacing service until 30 days after it has published notice of such service in the Federal Register. Applies this Act to all service not provided before its date of enactment, regardless of whether the Commission had granted permission to provide such service before such date.", "2025-08-28T20:07:48Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4089"], ["100-hr-4065", 100, "hr", 4065, "Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-02", "1988-06-29", "House Incorporated this Measure in S.1382 as an Amendment.", "House", "Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]", "IN", "D", "S000294", 9, "(Measure passed House, amended) Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise the policies governing Federal energy management. Requires agencies to improve construction designs for Federal buildings so that the energy consumption per gross square foot in use during FY 1995 is at least ten percent less than that of FY 1985.  Sets forth implementation steps to meet such goal. Exempts from such requirement buildings in which energy intensive activities are implemented. Redescribes procedures involved in the establishment and use of life cycle cost methods for Federal buildings. Requires the establishment by each agency of an incentives program using internal resources to encourage energy conservation and efficiency by allowing the retention of a portion of the dollar savings resulting from the agency's energy conservation measures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Interagency Energy Management Task Force to coordinate Federal energy savings and disseminate information on energy efficiency. Requires each agency to report at least annually to the Secretary regarding its energy conservation activities and related contracts.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding energy conservation progress and contracts relating to Federal buildings. Requires the Secretary to carry out an energy survey to:  (1) determine the potential maximum cost effective energy peak demand savings achievable in a limited representative sample of federally-owned or leased buildings; and (2) recommend cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in such buildings.  Prescribes implementation procedures. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress and the affected agencies regarding the survey findings and conclusions.  Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4065"], ["100-hr-4071", 100, "hr", 4071, "Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1988-03-02", "1988-05-05", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]", "KS", "D", "S000477", 17, "Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to prohibit employee reprisals for whistle blowing where an employee has:  (1) notified the employer of a statutory violation; (2) opposed any unlawful practice; or (3) testified at any Federal or State proceeding regarding a statutory provision. Revises the definition of \"employer\" to include: (1) the Department of Energy; and (2) a contractor operating a Department of Energy facility. Extends from 30 days to one year the time period for filing an employee reprisal complaint. Provides that the remedies available to a complainant under other laws are not preempted by the remedies available under this Act. Requires the prominent posting of the provisions of this Act in any place of employment to which it applies. Authorizes the appropriate authorities to grant injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages.  Sets forth sanctions for frivolous complaints.", "2025-08-28T20:07:42Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4071"], ["100-hconres-254", 100, "hconres", 254, "A concurrent resolution recommending that the Department of Energy work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research and that the Department continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental reactor.", "Energy", "1988-03-01", "1988-03-09", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development.", "House", "Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]", "CA", "D", "S000810", 23, "Recommends that the Department of Energy:  (1) work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research; (2) foster collaborative research in fusion materials to maximize the environmental advantages of fusion energy; and (3) continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.", "2024-02-07T15:21:41Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/254"], ["100-hr-4041", 100, "hr", 4041, "A bill to require the Secretary of Energy, when transporting certain radioactive materials, to use packages that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified for that purpose.", "Energy", "1988-03-01", "1988-05-12", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Buechner, Jack [R-MO-2]", "MO", "R", "B001036", 1, "Directs the Secretary of Energy to transport spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (including radionuclide concentrations exceeding limits established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) only in packages certified by the Commission for that purpose.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4041"], ["100-hr-4044", 100, "hr", 4044, "A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to protect consumers who use natural gas as fuel for agricultural irrigation pumps from certain price increases.", "Energy", "1988-03-01", "1988-03-16", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]", "OK", "D", "E000184", 1, "Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that intrastate contracts in effect before December 1, 1986, which stipulated the purchase price for the first sale at the wellhead of natural gas for use in fueling agricultural irrigation pumps shall govern the maximum lawful price of gas under such contracts.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4044"], ["100-hr-4046", 100, "hr", 4046, "Hazardous Duty Alcohol and Drug Testing Act", "Energy", "1988-03-01", "1988-03-16", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2]", "PA", "D", "G000402", 0, "Hazardous Duty Alcohol and Drug Testing Act - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program under which the operators of petroleum feedstock refineries and nuclear powerplants will require their nonclerical personnel to undergo a prescribed testing procedure for alcohol abuse and the use of controlled substances. Provides for counseling and rehabilitative services under such program and for the confidentiality of test results. Sets forth circumstances under which employees enrolled in such program may be terminated.", "2025-08-28T20:05:36Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4046"], ["100-s-2097", 100, "s", 2097, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987", "Energy", "1988-02-25", "1988-10-21", "Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 603.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #81 (62-28)) Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 - Title I:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1,, 1988, and January 1, 2001.  Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Requires reactor owners and operators to certify to the Secretary by March 1 of each year specified information about foreign uranium in new fuel assemblies. Restricts the use of federally owned natural uranium stockpiles to:  (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II:  Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site.  Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act). Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from:  (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees.  Prescribes guidelines for:  (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, fines, and work performed by:  (1) active site owner licensees; or (2) persons using source or special nuclear material for a civilian nuclear power reactor to generate electrical energy. Title III:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis.  Mandates that its corporate structure be self-financing in order to obviate the need for Federal financing.  States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance. Transfers certain Department of Energy property to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish charges to its customers that will recover costs of decommissioning and decontamination of Corporation property. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President, the Secretary, and certain congressional committees. Prescribes licensing and taxation guidelines for the Corporation.  Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the Corporation to States and local governments.  Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress by December 31, 1998, regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to cover the Corporation's decommissioning and decontamination expenses. Directs the Secretary to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as if such contractors were contractors of the Secretary. Eliminates the treatment of uranium enrichment facilities as production facilities under the Atomic Energy Act with respect to the importation of such facilities into the United States (thus subjecting them to less stringent licensing requirements). Prohibits the Corporation's total FY 1989 expenditures from exceeding its total FY 1989 receipts.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2097"], ["100-s-2089", 100, "s", 2089, "Oil Shale Mining Claims Conversion Act", "Energy", "1988-02-24", "1988-04-22", "Subcommittee on Mineral Resources and Development. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]", "MT", "D", "M000635", 1, "Oil Shale Mining Claims Conversion Act - Prohibits the issuance of an oil shale mining claims patent after February 5, 1987, for any claim located prior to enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. (Exempts patent applications which had been filed and fully complied with by such date.) Requires the owners of valid oil shale mining claims located pursuant to the General Mining Law of 1872 prior to enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, to make specified elections within 180 days after enactment of this act or be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the oil shale claim.  States that claim holders who are required to make an election may elect to either: (1) convert such claim to a lease; or (2) maintain the claim by compliance with Federal mining laws and this Act.  Outlines the requirements of each election. Requires lease or claim holders under either election to reclaim such sites and to post bond to guarantee such reclamation before the site is distributed.  Includes within such requirement any person holding a lease issued or readjusted pursuant to specified law after the date of enactment of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:06:10Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2089"], ["100-hr-3928", 100, "hr", 3928, "Arctic Coastal Plain Management Act of 1988", "Energy", "1988-02-09", "1988-06-10", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32]", "CA", "D", "A000189", 0, "Title I:  Congressional Findings, Policy, and Definitions - Arctic Coastal Plain Management Act of 1988 - Sets forth congressional findings and policy relating to oil and gas exploration and development and fish and wildlife conservation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, and its coastal plain. Title II:  Oil and Gas Leasing on the Coastal Plain - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to initiate an oil and gas leasing program for the coastal plain.  States that leases shall be issued for an initial period of 15 years and shall be extended for as long as:  (1) there is oil or gas produced in paying quantities; (2) continuous drilling or reworking operations are conducted; or (3) other specified conditions are met. Provides that, after the initial lease sale, lease sales shall be held every two years and shall offer all Federal lands in the coastal plain which are unleased and which are prospective for oil and gas, and can be developed without significant adverse impacts on fish and wildlife resources.  Allows the Secretary to  solicit confidential nominations as to lands which are prospective for oil and gas.  Provides for the administration of leasing, cancellation of non-producing leases, and cancellation of producing leases for violations of this Act. Requires oil and gas lessees to submit to the Secretary for approval separate plans of operation for exploration or development and production.  Directs the Secretary to have environmental analysis statements prepared on proposed plans of operation, assessing effects on the fish and wildlife populations and their habitats, and mitigation plans. States that to the extent possible, the Secretary shall incorporate and utilize environmental analyses prepared for previous plans of operations and lease sales.  Provides for a period of notice and comment following submission of a proposed operations plan.  States that it is the intent of the Congress that permitting of oil and gas operations on the coastal plain be expedited as much as possible consistent with this Act and fish and wildlife resources protection.  Encourages the Secretary to enter into consultative mechanisms as necessary to accomplish the expedited permitting. Requires plan approval determinations to be made by the Secretary within 60 days of submission. Requires the Secretary, if the determination is negative, to return the plan along with a statement of modifications necessary for its approval. Sets forth conditions for suspension of leases and cancellation of leases due to environmental hazards. States that provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 shall apply to royalties generated from oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain.  Allows the Secretary to reduce the rental, or minimum royalty, when leases cannot be successfully operated under the terms of this Act. Directs the Secretary to initiate a continuing process of land use planning to direct oil and gas resource development.  Requires the plan to be conducted in a manner which will permit a thorough exploration of the plain's hydrocarbon resource potential and which provides for consultation with Alaska, the North Slope Borough, and the village of Kaktovik. Includes the Jago Highlands area (a concentrated caribou calving area) in the competitive leasing program, subject to a special conditional leasing program which requires that activities not interfere with the use of the area by caribou.  Requires all activities taking place in the Jago Highlands to be monitored by a Joint Wildlife Committee composed of representatives from the State of Alaska and the Department of the Interior.  Includes non-voting representatives from the North Slope Borough and the lease holders.  Reimburses the committee's costs from a special $2.50 per acre annual rental surcharge on Jago Highlands lease lands. Authorizes the committee to recommend to the Secretary that permits be granted for drilling two wells in the Jago Highlands during the summer if new and useful scientific information would result.  Prescribes conditions under which the Secretary may authorize development and production in the Jago Highlands. States that the exploratory drilling program for the Jago Highlands may continue so long as there is active industry interest. Makes coastal plain lease holders responsible for reclamation of lands. States that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Coastal Plain Resource Assessment (prepared pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act) and the Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement on the coastal plain (prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act) are found by the Congress to be adequate and to satisfy  legal requirements with respect to actions by the Secretary to implement the Coastal Plain Competitive Leasing Program.  States that, other than as required by this Act, no further studies or assessments shall be required before the Secretary may implement the Coastal Plain Competitive Leasing Program and conduct the first lease sale. States that it is the intent of the Congress that judicial review of any administrative actions pursuant to this Act shall be expedited to the maximum extent possible.  Bars actions seeking judicial review of the adequacy of any environmental impact statement unless brought within a specified time.  Provides that when activities require an environmental impact statement, one section of such statement shall specifically address impacts on Eskimo residents of the village of Kaktovik and on any other affected Alaskan village.  States that the analysis contained in such section shall satisfy specified provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980. Requires the Secretary to manage leasing activities in a manner which precludes a significant adverse impact on fish and wildlife, their habitat, the environment, and the subsistence uses of local residents.  Sets forth the scope of regulations, lease terms, conditions, and stipulations which the Secretary may impose to protect the coastal plain's resources. Gives the Secretary authority to grant rights-of-way across the coastal plain, other parts of the Arctic Refuge, and other Federal lands as reasonably necessary for oil and gas exploration, development, and transportation.  Outlines right-of-way relinquishment procedures and compensation rights. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of pertinent Federal law.  Establishes joint, several, and strict liability for damages to the coastal plain for oil or hazardous substances pollution. Directs the Secretary to revise the comprehensive conservation plan prepared for the Arctic Refuge within one year of the first oil and gas leasing. Requires the Secretary, in developing regulations and related conditions, to work closely with the State Governor and affected Native Village and Regional Corporations in evaluating the impact of oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the environment.  Requires consultation with Canada in evaluating such impacts, particularly regarding the Porcupine caribou herd and other shared migratory resources. Requires an annual report to be submitted by the Secretary to the appropriate committees of the Congress on the status of the Coastal Plain Leasing Program. Authorizes geological and geophysical investigations of the coastal plain.  Provides for regulations to govern the confidentiality of data acquired. Authorizes the Secretary to request comments from and review of proposed regulations by the Arctic Research Commission. Repeals the prohibition against oil and gas production from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Makes the publication of final environmental regulations a prerequisite to any authorized surface disturbances involving subsurface property interests.  Applies such regulations to the development of all subsurface property interests owned by the Inupiat Eskimos within and adjacent to the coastal plain. Mandates the establishment of the Coastal Plain Liability and Reclamation Fund within six months of a commercial discovery within the coastal plain study area.  Outlines the Fund's administration and revenue-collecting procedures. Imposes fees on coastal plain oil and gas extractions. Requires the Secretary to serve as the Federal Coordinator of State/Federal Interdisciplinary Coordination with respect to a joint participation agreement with the State of Alaska regarding the planning and enforcement of oil and gas production activities on the coastal plain. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary from conveying any coastal plain land interests without prior approval by an Act of Congress. Title III:  Distribution of Revenue - Mandates that all revenues generated by the Coastal Plain Competitive Leasing Program (including the sale of sand and gravel), and from any such activities on the coastal plain study area authorized by subsequent Federal law shall be deposited into the Coastal Plain Revenue Fund.  Sets forth revenue disposition procedures, distributing monies for the State of Alaska, for impact aid for villages, for migratory bird habitats, and for other purposes. Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act to direct the Secretary to segregate Coastal Plain oil and gas production revenues from other monies within the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and to make such revenues available for wildlife refuges under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. Amends the Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission to act upon acquisition recommendations by the Secretary of the Interior regarding:  (1) the North American Waterfowl Plan with Canada; and (2) land and water interests acquired with revenues generated from coastal plain oil and gas production activities. Establishes the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Trust Fund to promote fish and wildlife conservation through the funding of projects with oil and gas receipts. Requires the Secretary to submit annual expenditure summaries to congressional committees. Title IV:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Refuge Administration Act and the Refuge Recreation Act to increase the civil and criminal penalties for violations of the Secretary's regulations. Amends the Migratory Bird Conservation Act to require that deed or lease terms address the same animal conservation and resource protection matters as are addressed in connection with non-Federal mineral interests within National Wildlife Refuge System areas.  Directs the Secretary to permit limited access to and development of reserved non-Federal mineral interests within the System. Amends the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations through FY 1997 to enable the Secretary to implement the provisions of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR). Amends the Refuge Administration Act to state that the prohibition on the use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt wild horses or burros shall not preclude the use of such aircraft or vehicles in implementing approved management plans on national wildlife refuges. Proscribes the exportation of crude  oil produced from coastal plain lands, subject to a specified exception in the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary, at the request of the North Slope Borough government, to assist in establishing a job skills training program for various Alaskan Native groups. Mandates that the Sadlerochit Spring Special Management Area be the subject of special regulations issued by the Secretary in order to protect its unique character.  Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to ten other areas of the coastal plain study area as Special Management Areas requiring special protection.  Authorizes the issuance of oil and gas leases for such Special Areas, but prohibits exploratory or developmental surface activity. Establishes as a wildlife refuge area the Utokok National Wildlife Refuge.  Expands the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by  a specified acreage. Directs the Secretary to remove the use and development restrictions placed upon oil and gas activities on private lands owned by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation. Directs the Secretary to grant rights-of-way and easements to the two corporations to enable them to use Federal lands and resources within the coastal plain study area and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge which are necessary for the efficient use of oil, gas, and other minerals from their privately owned lands. Excludes the private lands owned by the Inupiat Eskimo people through their Regional and Village Corporations within and adjacent to the village of Kaktovik from the designated exterior boundaries of the coastal plain study area and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct lease sales in a manner which will enable independent oil and gas producers to have a competitive opportunity to bid on coastal plain study area leases. Authorizes the Secretary of State to explore joint planning between the United States and Canada regarding:  (1) crude oil and natural gas activities; (2) safety and environmental risks associated with crude oil transportation; and (3) a natural gas joint transportation system. Establishes an Impact Aid Assistance Fund for local governments affected by oil and gas leasing and developmental activities on the coastal plain. Authorizes appropriations to such Fund. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy Research and Demonstration Grant Program to promote energy conservation and alternative energy technologies which have the capacity to significantly reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil.", "2025-08-28T20:07:36Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3928"], ["100-s-2028", 100, "s", 2028, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act", "Energy", "1988-02-02", "1988-02-02", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "B000780", 0, "Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act (regarding oil pipeline transportation rates) to declare that oil pipelines are common carriers obligated to: (1) provide transportation service without undue discrimination; and (2) provide reasonable routes and facilities.  Prohibits an oil pipeline from:  (1) charging shippers different compensation for like services; or (2) subjecting a person, place, port, or type of traffic to undue discrimination.  Cites circumstances under which differences between rates, classification, rules, and practices do not constitute a violation of the discrimination prohibition. Declares that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) may only initiate an investigation upon the complaint of an interested person (not upon its own motion).  Prescribes guidelines for complaint processing. Directs the Commission to investigate any complaint upon State request.  Prescribes enforcement guidelines. Authorizes the Commission to establish through routes for oil pipeline transportation.  Prescribes guidelines under which the Commission is authorized to investigate new pipeline rates, classifications, or practices upon the complaint of an interested person.  (Prohibits the Commission from initiating such an investigation upon its own motion.) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer from the Secretary of Energy to the Commission certain functions relating to oil pipeline transportation. Prohibits State regulation of oil pipeline rates or practices. Continues the applicability of antitrust laws to oil pipelines.", "2025-08-28T20:08:23Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2028"], ["100-hr-3864", 100, "hr", 3864, "A bill to amend the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to prescribe that States which are not members of regional compacts for the disposal of nuclear waste may not locate regional disposal facilities within 60 miles of the border with Mexico.", "Energy", "1988-01-27", "1988-06-23", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]", "TX", "D", "C000621", 1, "Amends the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to preclude States which are not members of regional compacts for nuclear waste disposal from approving regional radioactive waste disposal facilities located within 60 miles of the Mexican border.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3864"], ["100-s-2007", 100, "s", 2007, "A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for a neutral review by the National Academy of Sciences of emergency evacuation plans necessary for approval of low power and operating licenses for nuclear facilities.", "Energy", "1988-01-26", "1988-01-26", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]", "KS", "R", "D000401", 0, "Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a temporary or full power operating license for a utilization facility to an applicant required to submit an emergency evacuation plan unless the National Academy of Sciences has reported to the Commission regarding the adequacy of: (1) the applicant's emergency evacuation plan; and (2) any other emergency evacuation plan submitted by a State or local government.", "2025-01-14T17:12:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2007"], ["100-s-2008", 100, "s", 2008, "A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require consideration of an emergency evacuation plan for a nuclear facility before a construction permit is issued for such facility.", "Energy", "1988-01-26", "1988-01-26", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]", "KS", "R", "D000401", 0, "Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the issuance of a nuclear facility construction permit unless a preliminary and a final emergency evacuation plan have been: (1) submitted by each State within the emergency planning zone for such facility; and (2) approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Declares that the final emergency evacuation plan shall not be subject to approval by each State within the facility's emergency evacuation planning zone.", "2025-01-14T17:12:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2008"], ["100-sconres-96", 100, "sconres", 96, "An original concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress on the proposed revision of the United States agreement for nuclear cooperation with Japan.", "Energy", "1988-01-20", "1988-03-25", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.", "Senate", "Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]", "RI", "D", "P000193", 0, "Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the United States' consent to Japanese use and transport of United States controlled plutonium under the proposed nuclear cooperation agreement is inconsistent with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) the President must renegotiate the draft agreement or resubmit it to the Congress with an exemption of statutory requirements before it goes into effect.", "2025-01-14T19:00:46Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/96"], ["100-s-1998", 100, "s", 1998, "Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act", "Energy", "1987-12-22", "1988-09-29", "Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "B000780", 4, "Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act - Authorizes a State governmental entity or local distribution company to petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prohibit an interstate pipeline from transporting gas if such transportation displaces or bypasses the sales or transportation services offered by the petitioning distribution company. Authorizes FERC to grant such a petition even if it has previously certificated such transportation. Directs FERC to grant such a petition if it is demonstrated that the local distribution company is willing to transport such gas:  (1) without discriminating on the basis of source, ownership, or destination; and (2) at a cost determined by its State commission.", "2025-08-28T20:07:25Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1998"], ["100-s-1991", 100, "s", 1991, "Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1987-12-21", "1988-11-05", "Became Public Law No: 100-616.", "Senate", "Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO]", "CO", "D", "W000647", 5, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer permanently to the Secretary of Energy public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of certain processing sites. Prohibits such transfer until the Secretary of Energy complies with certain National Environmental Policy Act requirements regarding site selection for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. Requires the Secretary of Energy to obtain the appropriate State's consent before acquiring lands upon which there is no:  (1) designated processing site; or (2) active uranium mill operation. Terminates the Secretary of Energy's authority to perform remedial action on September 30, 1994. Provides that the Secretary's authority to perform groundwater restoration activities is without limitation.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1991"], ["100-s-1980", 100, "s", 1980, "Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-12-19", "1987-12-19", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV]", "NV", "R", "H000439", 0, "Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act of 1987 - Title I:  The Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission; Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes in the legislative branch the Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission to advise the Congress regarding the safe disposition of radioactive waste after a review and evaluation of the current status of radioactive waste disposal.  Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress within 12 months after enactment of this Act.  Terminates the Commission within 60 days after submission of its report.  Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from expending any funds to conduct specified activities regarding a nuclear waste site until six months after submission of such report. Directs the Secretary to consult with and provide financial and impact mitigation assistance to: (1) States; (2) local governmental units; (3) Indian tribes; and (4) special purpose taxing districts. Directs the Secretary to provide grants equal to taxes to special purpose taxing districts (in addition to impact mitigation assistance.). Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of siting a monitored retrievable storage facility in any State upon its request (including a spent fuel reprocessing facility or a repository). Title II:  The Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator, headed by the Nuclear Waste Negotiator who shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the President (with the advice and consent of the Senate).  Requires the Negotiator to:  (1) find a State or Indian tribe willing to host a repository, a monitored retrievable storage site, or a spent fuel reprocessing facility; and (2) submit to the Congress any proposed agreement regarding such host.  Directs the Secretary, upon the Negotiator's request, to prepare an environmental assessment of any site that is under negotiation.  Prescribes guidelines for environmental assessments and site characterization.  Authorizes grants to assess the feasibility of siting such facilities within the affected locality. Declares that the issuance of a repository construction authorization shall be considered a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (thus requiring the Secretary of Energy to prepare a final environmental impact statement). Sets forth alternative termination dates for the Office.  Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:05:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1980"], ["100-hr-3796", 100, "hr", 3796, "Implementation of Agreements for Cooperation Act", "Energy", "1987-12-18", "1988-01-26", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.", "House", "Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3]", "WA", "D", "B000620", 0, "Implementation of Agreements for Cooperation Act - Prohibits any plutonium transportation by aircraft under specified cooperation agreements between the United States and Japan unless:  (1) a detailed environmental statement has been prepared including an evaluation of the air routes and landing  or refueling sites; (2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has certified to the Congress that the plutonium container is safe for air transportation; and (3) the NRC has been reimbursed for all testing and administrative costs by the entity to which the plutonium is transported.  Prescribes the criteria for certification and test designs.  Requires the NRC to report the test results to the Congress and to the public.  Exempts from coverage of this Act: (1) plutonium contained in a medical device designed for individual human application; and (2) any plutonium shipment under a specified United States-Japan cooperation agreement which  was certified safe by the NRC before the enactment of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:07:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3796"], ["100-s-1973", 100, "s", 1973, "Imported Natural Gas Fair Treatment Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-12-18", "1987-12-22", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation.", "Senate", "Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]", "NM", "D", "B000468", 0, "Imported Natural Gas Fair Treatment Act of 1987 - Amends the Natural Gas Act with respect to natural gas imports and exports to provide that the burden of proof in establishing that a proposed importation or exportation authorization is consistent with the public interest lies upon the person seeking such authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prohibits such persons from using discriminatory rates or practices in natural gas transactions. States that the granting of an importation authorization shall not be construed as restricting the review of the prudence of the purchasing practices of any purchaser of such imported natural gas. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer jurisdiction over natural gas importation and exportation from the Economic Regulatory Administration to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "2025-08-28T20:08:49Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1973"], ["100-hr-3784", 100, "hr", 3784, "A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify the regulation of certain Department of Energy waste under subtitle C of that Act, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1987-12-17", "1988-08-09", "Ordered to be Reported (Amended).", "House", "Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]", "OH", "D", "L000508", 26, "Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to subject certain mixtures of hazardous and radioactive waste generated at Department of Energy facilities to regulation under such Act.", "2024-02-05T14:30:09Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3784"], ["100-hr-3790", 100, "hr", 3790, "A bill to establish certain limitations on the approval of hydropower projects at Lake Tobesofkee in Bibb County, Georgia.", "Energy", "1987-12-17", "1988-01-22", "See S.2102.", "House", "Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8]", "GA", "D", "R000481", 0, "Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing any permit, license, or exemption to any public or private entity relating to any hydroelectric power project located at Lake Tobesofkee in Bibb County, Georgia, without having obtained the prior consent of the governing body of Bibb County.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3790"], ["100-hr-3698", 100, "hr", 3698, "Strategic Petroleum Reserve Enhancement Act", "Energy", "1987-12-03", "1987-12-28", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22]", "CA", "R", "M000926", 9, "Strategic Petroleum Reserve Enhancement Act - Authorizes appropriations for Strategic Petroleum Reserve operating expenses for FY 1988 through 1993. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to terminate authorities relating to the International Energy Program on September 30, 1993.", "2025-08-28T20:08:21Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3698"], ["100-s-1889", 100, "s", 1889, "Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1988", "Energy", "1987-11-20", "1988-09-22", "Became Public Law No: 100-443.", "Senate", "Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]", "MT", "D", "M000635", 1, "(Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to remove bona fide sales of geothermal steam as a requirement for geothermal lease extensions.  Amends the commercial production or utilization requirement of geothermal steam leases to include wells capable of producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities only if the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) determines that diligent efforts are being made towards geothermal steam utilization. Permits extension of lease terms for up to two successive five-year periods even though geothermal steam has not been produced or utilized in commercial quantities by the end of its primary or extended term if the lessee can show bona fide production or utilization efforts and:  (1) make annual payments in lieu of the production of commercial quantities; or (2) demonstrate significant expenditures on an annual basis. Requires the Secretary to review cooperative or unit plans of development on a five-year periodic basis in order to eliminate those leases that are not regarded as reasonably necessary to operations. Requires the Secretary to maintain a list of National Park System units with significant thermal features and to maintain a monitoring program for such features. Specifies units to be listed.  Directs the Secretary to determine if operations proposed by a lease applicant would likely subject significant thermal features within the National Park System to significant adverse effects.  Prohibits the issuance of a lease upon such a finding.  Mandates that stipulations designed to protect significant thermal features be included in leases and drilling permits. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the effects on significant thermal features within units of the National Park System in determining whether to consent to leasing lands under his jurisdiction. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a lease for land within the Island Park Geothermal Area.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the presence or absence of significant thermal features within Crater Lake National Park.  Suspends all geothermal resource production (including leases and drilling permits) in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area until 180 days after the United States Geological Survey has submitted to the Congress an impact study of present and potential geothermal resources development in such areas on thermal features within Yellowstone National Park.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1889"], ["100-hr-3659", 100, "hr", 3659, "A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the Reserve, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1987-11-19", "1988-10-25", "See S.836.", "House", "Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]", "TX", "D", "B000880", 1, "Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or imprisonment or both.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3659"], ["100-s-1865", 100, "s", 1865, "Price-Anderson Act Amendments of 1987", "Energy", "1987-11-12", "1988-09-20", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.", "Senate", "Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]", "ND", "D", "B001077", 0, "Price-Anderson Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Financial Protection for Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensees - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to increase from $5,000,000 to $60,000,000 the maximum standard deferred premium which may be charged to nuclear powerplant licensees having a rated capacity of 100,000 kilowatts or more (but no more than $12,000,000 in any one year).  Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to adjust such premium annually to reflect the aggregate percentage change in the gross national deflator beginning one year after the date of enactment of this Act.  Authorizes the NRC to issue obligations to compensate public liability claims if such deferred premiums are insufficient to indemnify such claims.  Provides that the aggregate amount of such obligations shall not exceed the unpaid balance of deferred premiums to be assessed. Extends the period during which the NRC must indemnify certain licensees for liability resulting from nuclear incidents from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 2017. Requires the Commission to indemnify those licensees required to maintain the maximum amount of private liability insurance if public liability claims against such licensees exceed their insurance coverage. States that the aggregate indemnification regarding public liability for incidents covered by a retrospective rating plan shall not exceed the amount of financial protection provided if such liability does not exceed the required amount of protection.  Provides that if such liability does exceed the requisite amount of financial protection the United States shall be deemed the liable party. Declares that the Attorney General shall be joined as a party defendant in any public liability action in which liability exceeds the financial protection required under an industry retrospective rating plan. Prescribes guidelines for congressional review of compensation plans. Exempts from the financial protection requirement licensees of nuclear pharmacies or hospital nuclear medicine departments (neither covering nor precluding claims regarding radiopharmaceuticals dispensed in the course of diagnosis or therapy). Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 2017, the Commission's mandate to exempt certain non-profit educational and medical activities from the financial protection requirement. Provides for a waiver of defenses in the event of an extraordinary nuclear occurrence involving:  (1) NRC licensed facilities which are required to maintain insurance and which store or possess nuclear materials; and (2) nuclear materials' transportation, including nuclear waste storage or disposal. Extends from 20 to 30 years the statute of limitations period applicable to indemnification agreements regarding public liability claims. Amends judicial procedure regarding public liability claims which exceed financial protection to require the review court to determine whether the litigation expenses are reasonable and equitable, and whether the party seeking reimbursement for litigation costs has acted in good faith to avoid unnecessary expenses, actions, or delays. Extends to August 1, 2013, the date by which the NRC must report to the Congress regarding the continuation or modification of this Act. Sets forth conditions under which the chief judge of the Federal district court in which claims are consolidated is authorized to establish a special case load management panel for the coordination of cases arising out of a nuclear incident. Directs the President to establish a commission to study means of fully compensating victims of a catastrophic nuclear accident that exceeds the aggregate statutory liability.  Establishes guidelines for such commission. Requires the commission to report and recommend to the Congress:  (1) changes in civil procedures needed for prompt claims disposition; (2) standards for establishing priorities among claims; and (3) provisions for addressing latent injury claims. Absolves lessors of a large commercial reactor from any public liability which might arise from a nuclear incident relating to such facility unless the lessor is in actual possession and control of the facility at the time of the nuclear incident. Title II:  Liability of Contractors of the Department of Energy Involved in High-Level Waste Activities - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors involving transportation, storage, or disposal of radioactive wastes (including the construction and operation of facilities for such purpose).  Directs the Secretary to make funds available from the Nuclear Waste Fund for public liability compensation purposes in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of  financial protection required of licensees.  Prohibits funds earmarked for Federal radioactive waste disposal from being used for public liability compensation claims.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards and regulations for compensation claims. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of Department of Energy safety regulations at waste storage or disposal facilities.  Exempts specified laboratories from the civil penalties provisions.", "2025-08-28T20:06:05Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1865"], ["100-hr-3634", 100, "hr", 3634, "A bill to provide for the intrastate wheeling of electric power, and for other purposes.", "Energy", "1987-11-10", "1987-11-30", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16]", "IL", "R", "M000195", 0, "Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize any State Commission to issue an order requiring any electric utility to transmit electric power from a power producer to either an electric consumer or another utility (wheeling services). Provides for just and reasonable compensation to an electric utility providing transmission services under such order. Authorizes any State Commission to mandate that the electric utlity compensate its customers for any cost increase if the utility has reduced or terminated its electric power purchases by switching to another supplier.", "2025-01-15T18:51:50Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3634"], ["100-s-1846", 100, "s", 1846, "Uranium Revitalization Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-11-04", "1988-03-30", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 0, "Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act of 1987 - Title I:  Uranium Revitalization - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from 1983 to the year 2000 the period during which the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) is required to monitor the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of user charges to be paid by civilian nuclear power reactor licensees with fuel assemblies containing foreign uranium between January 1, 1988, to January 1, 2001.  Prohibits Federal bodies from entering into foreign uranium purchase contracts. Restricts the use of Federally owned natural uranium stockpiles to:  (1) military purposes; (2) Federal research; and (3) production activities by the United States Enrichment Corporation. Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority from the foreign purchase prohibition. Title II:  Tailings Reclamation - Provides that remedial action with respect to uranium shall be performed according to statutory guidelines by the site owner or licensee at the active site.  Requires that such owners' reclamation expenses be reimbursed from the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund (established by this Act).  Identifies the active sites that qualify for such reimbursement. Establishes the Uranium Mill Tailings Fund, which shall consist of contributions from:  (1) States in which active sites are located; (2) site owners or licensees; (3) the Federal Government; and (4) user fees.  Prescribes guidelines for:  (1) Fund administration; (2) contributions; (3) participation; and (4) reimbursement for expenditures for remedial actions (including at thorium sites). States that the sole liability and financial obligation under Federal law for remedial action at active uranium and thorium sites shall consist of the contributions, fines, and work performed by:  (1) active site owner licensees; or (2) persons using source or special nuclear material for a civilian nuclear power reactor to generate electrical energy. Title III:  United States Enrichment Corporation - Establishes the United States Enrichment Corporation as a wholly-owned Government corporation to acquire, operate, and market uranium enrichment activities on a commercial, profitable basis.  States that the Corporation Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes an Advisory Board to review Corporation policies and performance. Requires the Corporation to report annually regarding its activities to the President, the Secretary, and certain congressional committees.  Prescribes licensing and taxation guidelines for the Corporation.  Sets guidelines for payments in lieu of taxes by the corporation to States and local governments.  Requires the Administrator to make recommendations to the President and the Congress by December 31, 1998, regarding the transfer of the Corporation's functions and assets to private ownership. Directs the Secretary to indemnify Corporation contractors for nuclear hazards incidents as if such contractors were contractors of the Secretary.", "2025-08-28T20:05:11Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1846"], ["100-sres-310", 100, "sres", 310, "A resolution to express the opposition of the Senate to the ruling of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission eliminating the requirement of state and local participation in emergency evacuation plans for nuclear production or utilization facilities.", "Energy", "1987-10-30", "1987-10-30", "Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 0, "Expresses the sense of the Senate that no operating license should be issued (or changed) under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for a nuclear production or utilization facility unless such license requires the participation of local and State authorities in emergency evacuation plans for such facility.", "2025-01-14T17:12:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-resolution/310"], ["100-s-1814", 100, "s", 1814, "NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-23", "1987-12-02", "Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 3479 in lieu of this measure.", "Senate", "Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]", "MT", "D", "M000635", 5, "NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 - Sets forth a royalty calculation for certain Federal onshore oil and gas leases and for certain Indian leases (for the period from January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986), under which the value of gas production shall be determined in accordance with specified lease terms and Federal regulations in effect at the time of production.  Prescribes guidelines for the refund of previously paid royalties. Applies this Act only to leases for which documentation shows that the lessee or royalty payor received less than the highest applicable price under the Natural Gas Policy Act as a result of market conditions or considerations. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to notify the affected lessees and royalty payors of the provisions of this Act and to publish such notification in the Federal Register.  Sets forth procedures for case-by-case audits of such leases by the Secretary to determine the amount of refunds due and payable under this Act. Mandates that the Secretary report to each Indian tribe holding specified Indian oil or gas leases regarding the difference between royalties computed under a certain Notice (NTL-5) and royalties computed in accordance with this Act. Requires lessees and payors to maintain records related to the value of gas production to which this Act applies for the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986.", "2025-08-28T20:08:41Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1814"], ["100-hr-3525", 100, "hr", 3525, "Environmental Equity Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-21", "1987-11-16", "Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.", "House", "Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]", "WV", "D", "R000011", 0, "Environmental Equity Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that:  (1) it is the environmental policy of the United States to prevent the transfer of environmental problems to foreign countries without assuring adequate protection for public health and the environment in those countries; (2) the environmental problems associated with the generation of electric energy should not degrade or contaminate the environments of foreign countries; and (3) the price of all electric energy consumed in the United States regardless of country of origin will include the cost associated with protection of public health and the environment to the degree provided by Federal law. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive inventory of all transfers of electric energy from foreign countries to the United States that occurred during 1985 through 1987, including contracts for the importation of electric energy into the United States after July 1, 1988, and the identification of all foreign generating units concerned.  Requires submission of the inventory to the Congress and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Administrator) by July 1, 1988. Requires the EPA Administrator, after reviewing such inventory, to determine whether the laws of the foreign country, as applied to the generating unit or transmission line, provide the same or greater degree of protection of public health and the environment as would U.S. law if so applied. Directs the Administrator to issue a Certificate of Nondegradation for the particular unit or line if the foreign laws provide as much or greater protection than U.S. law.  Specifies the determinations which must be made in order for such a certificate to be issued.  Requires that foreign laws provide for environmental assessment and environmental impact statements, as well as the right of the foreign citizens and U.S. citizens to appeal to a court, tribunal, or other entity any adverse action. Prohibits the importation, after January 1, 1990, of electric energy for sale in interstate commerce generated by a generating unit or transmission line in operation on July 1, 1988, without a certificate. Prohibits the importation, after July 1, 1988, of any such electric energy generated by a newly constructed unit or along a new transmission line which has not obtained a certificate. Requires the EPA Administrator to review each certificate every four years.  Specifies the conditions under which a certificate may be renewed. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of the prohibition set forth in this Act.  Empowers the Secretary of Energy to commence a civil action to enjoin any violator of this Act and collect the penalty.  Empowers any person on his own behalf to bring such an action.", "2025-08-28T20:06:39Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3525"], ["100-hr-3499", 100, "hr", 3499, "Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-15", "1987-12-22", "See H.R.3545.", "House", "Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]", "NC", "D", "J000256", 1, "Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish within the Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, an Office of Alternative Disposal Methods, to be headed by an Associate Director responsible for research, development, and demonstration projects regarding alternatives to deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Makes the Associate Director directly responsible to the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.  Requires the Associate Director to report annually to the Congress with respect to activities and expenditures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) establish a Seabed Consortium (within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act); (2) investigate the technical and institutional feasibility of subseabed disposal; and (3) conduct a public information program about such feasibility.  Requires the Consortium to: (1) submit a research plan and proposed budget for the Secretary's approval within 180 days  after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) implement an approved plan by January 1, 1995; and (3) report to the Congress in 1990 and 1995 regarding the plan's progress.  Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce to assist the Secretary of Energy and the Consortium in the development and implementation of the plan. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to implement this Act. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:07:40Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3499"], ["100-hr-3479", 100, "hr", 3479, "Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-13", "1988-01-06", "Became Public Law No: 100-234.", "House", "Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2]", "AZ", "D", "U000001", 1, "(House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment) Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 - Sets forth the calculations to be used in determining the value for royalty purposes of gas production from Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases during the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986, which is within the coverage of certain provisions of the Notice of Lessees and Operators of Federal and Indian Onshore Oil and Gas leases Published May 4, 1977, (NTL-5).  Prescribes the written documentation which must be furnished in order for the Secretary of the Interior to make royalty value determinations. Excludes from the application of this Act certain lessees or royalty payors who received less than the highest applicable price through failure to collect certain amounts rather than because of market conditions. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) publish in the Federal Register and send to each lessee or royalty payor of record for any Federal onshore oil and gas lease and for any Indian oil and gas lease a notice of the enactment and provisions of this Act; (2) conduct a case-by-case audit of such leases to determine their payment status and implement appropriate payments or refunds; and (3) report to each Indian Tribe holding an Indian oil and gas lease within the coverage of NTL-5 the difference between royalties computed under NTL-5 and those computed under this Act. Prescribes procedures for refunding royalties previously paid for either Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases.  Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for lessees and payors relating to the value of gas production for the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3479"], ["100-s-1769", 100, "s", 1769, "A bill to establish an office of Inspector General in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.", "Energy", "1987-10-08", "1987-10-29", "Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]", "WY", "R", "S000429", 0, "Establishes an Office of Inspector General in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Transfers the Office of Inspector and Auditor in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Office of Inspector General.", "2025-01-14T17:12:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1769"], ["100-s-1770", 100, "s", 1770, "Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-08", "1987-10-29", "Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]", "WY", "R", "S000429", 2, "Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act of 1987 - Establishes the Nuclear Regulation Agency as an independent Federal regulatory agency to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sets forth the officers of such Agency, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, including the Agency's Director and Deputy Director. Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Transfers to such Agency the personnel, assets, and appropriations of the Commission.", "2025-08-28T20:06:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1770"], ["100-hr-3445", 100, "hr", 3445, "Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act", "Energy", "1987-10-07", "1988-05-25", "Subcommittee Hearings Held.", "House", "Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]", "MS", "D", "D000466", 13, "Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act - Authorizes a State governmental entity or local distribution company to petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prohibit an interstate pipeline from transporting gas if such transportation displaces or bypasses the sales or transportation services offered by the petitioning distribution company. Authorizes FERC to grant such a petition even if it has previously certificated such transportation. Directs FERC to grant such a petition if it is demonstrated that the local distribution company is willing to transport such gas:  (1) without discriminating on the basis of source, ownership, or destination; and (2) at a cost determined by its State commission.", "2025-08-28T20:07:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3445"], ["100-hr-3430", 100, "hr", 3430, "Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987", "Energy", "1987-10-06", "1987-12-22", "For Further Action See H.J.Res.395.", "House", "Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5]", "LA", "D", "H000901", 0, "Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to add a new \"Title IV:  Program Redirection.\"  Directs the Secretary of Energy to select by January 1, 1989, as the preferred site for the first repository, one of the sites previously selected for characterization as a candidate site. Sets forth the criteria for such site consideration. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating exploratory shaft facility construction until such preferred site has been selected.  Makes the State in which the preferred site is located eligible to enter into a benefits agreement with the Secretary.  Subjects the Secretary's site selection decision to an expedited judicial review process.  Grants the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals exclusive jurisdiction over such decision.  Prescribes procedural guidelines for such decision, including an environmental evaluation. Requires an economic impact report to the Congress within one year after site selection. Annuls and revokes the Secretary's previous proposal to locate a monitored retrievable storage facility on the Clinch River (Oak Ridge, Tennessee). Prescribes a deadline by which the Secretary must survey and evaluate three potentially suitable sites in at least two States for such facility.  Sets forth:  (1) the factors to be considered at each site; and (2) notification requirements with respect to local approval procedures. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any State, Indian tribe, or local government to support an assessment of the feasibility of siting a monitored retrievable storage facility. Requires the Secretary to construct and operate such facility, once selection is effective, as part of an integrated nuclear waste management system. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study regarding additional monitored retrievable storage facilities which shall:  (1) examine the desirability of colocating a monitored retrievable storage facility site for spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear activities with a site at which substantial volumes of high-level radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities is located; and (2) include the development of a management plan for such high-level radioactive waste in a system that includes monitored retrievable storage facilities capable of storing both high-level radioactive and spent nuclear fuel.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress by April 1, 1989, on the study results. Sets a time-frame within which the Secretary must study and evaluate the use of dry cask storage technology at civilian nuclear power reactor sites for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel until a permanent geologic repository is operative for such purpose.  Prescribes the contents of such study and directs the Secretary to report on it to the Congress by October 1, 1988. Requires a report to the Congress by April 1, 1989, on the benefits of storing for at least 50 years spent nuclear fuel compared to the current system design allowing such fuel to age for ten years before emplacement in a repository. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary may enter into benefits agreements with eligible States or Indian tribes on whose property a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility is sited. Mandates that a review panel be established under such benefits agreements to:  (1) advise the Secretary regarding proposed repositories or monitored retrievable storage facilities and related issues; (2) evaluate performance; (3) recommend corrective actions; and (4) participate in data planning and review.  Exempts such panel from the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Nuclear Negotiator whose function shall be to find a State or Indian tribe willing to host a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility. Prescribes procedural guidelines for an agreement between the Negotiator and such hosts, and requires any such proposed agreement to be submitted to the Congress. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting site-specific activities regarding a second repository while benefits agreements are in effect (unless the Congress specifically appropriates funds for such activities).  Requires the Secretary to report to the President and the Congress by January 1, 2007, on the need for a second repository.  Cites conditions under which the Secretary may terminate benefits agreements.  Declares that the Secretary's benefits termination decisions shall be available to the Congress and are not subject to judicial review. Requires the Secretary to offer any affected State, Indian tribe, or local governmental units an opportunity to designate a representative to conduct on-site oversight activities at a monitored retrievable storage facility. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Secretary, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to seek to enter a contract with the National Academy of Science for a study regarding the major facets of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.  Requires the Secretary to submit the Academy's report to the Congress by September 30, 1989. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on subseabed disposal of nuclear spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Prescribes the contents of such report. Prohibits the transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste by or for the Secretary unless in packages that have been certified for such purpose by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) abide by the Commission's regulations regarding advance notification of State and local governments prior to transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste; and (2) provide States with technical assistance and funds for training public safety officials through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport radioactive materials. Requires the Commission to:  (1) require actual tests on a sample full-scale package (in addition to any simulated tests, scale model test or engineered analysis) as part of its package design certification process for spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste transportation; and (2) conduct a survey of the radioactive waste transportation packages used by other nations and report the survey results to the Congress by January 1, 1989. Mandates that the repository site approval procedure include a statement by the Secretary (after consultation with the Secretary of Defense) that repository construction and operation will not seriously jeopardize or interfere with national defense activities.  Requires the Secretary, when siting Federal research projects, to give special consideration to proposals from States where a repository is located.", "2025-08-28T20:08:40Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3430"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 274, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["bill_id", "congress", "bill_type", "bill_number", "title", "policy_area", "introduced_date", "latest_action_date", "latest_action_text", "origin_chamber", "sponsor_name", "sponsor_state", "sponsor_party", "sponsor_bioguide_id", "cosponsor_count", "summary_text", "update_date", "url"], "primary_keys": ["bill_id"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select bill_id, congress, bill_type, bill_number, title, policy_area, introduced_date, latest_action_date, latest_action_text, origin_chamber, sponsor_name, sponsor_state, sponsor_party, sponsor_bioguide_id, cosponsor_count, summary_text, update_date, url from legislation where \"congress\" = :p0 and \"policy_area\" = :p1 order by introduced_date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "100", "p1": "Energy"}}, "facet_results": {"congress": {"name": "congress", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy", "results": [{"value": 100, "label": 100, "count": 274, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?policy_area=Energy", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "bill_type": {"name": "bill_type", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy", "results": [{"value": "hr", "label": "hr", "count": 158, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=hr", "selected": false}, {"value": "s", "label": "s", "count": 101, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=s", "selected": false}, {"value": "hres", "label": "hres", "count": 5, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=hres", "selected": false}, {"value": "hconres", "label": "hconres", "count": 4, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=hconres", "selected": false}, {"value": "sres", "label": "sres", "count": 3, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=sres", "selected": false}, {"value": "sconres", "label": "sconres", "count": 2, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=sconres", "selected": false}, {"value": "sjres", "label": "sjres", "count": 1, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&bill_type=sjres", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "policy_area": {"name": "policy_area", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy", "results": [{"value": "Energy", "label": "Energy", "count": 274, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": "1987-10-06,100-hr-3430", "next_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Energy&_next=1987-10-06%2C100-hr-3430&_sort_desc=introduced_date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 24.080754999886267, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}