COMMITTEE ON RULES - Summary and Text of Amendments Submitted to H.R. 3221 - New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act

Aug 03, 2007

Summary and Text of Amendments Submitted to H.R. 3221 - New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act

Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for

H.R. 3221 - New Direction for Energy Independence , National Security, and Consumer Protection Act

Listed in Alphabetical Order

August 03, 2007 7:00 PM

Sponsor and Summary of Amendment
Text of Amendment

Arcuri (NY)/Hinchey (NY)/Hall, John (NY)	#15	The amendment to title IX would repeal the availability of Federal eminent domain authority for use by companies permitted by FERC to construct or modify transmission lines within National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. In place of this, the amendment would amend section 216(e) of the Federal Power Act to require permitted companies to proceed in accordance with state law for the state in which the property is located.
Baldwin (WI)/Myrick (NC)	#22	The amendment clarifies the definition of clotheswashers. It also amends section 9015 regarding: (1) standby power regulation; (2) standards for appliance battery chargers; (3) energy standards for metal halide lamp fixtures; (4) energy standards for walk-in refrigerators and freezers; and (5) a change to the clotheswasher standard already in the bill.
Barrow (GA)	#84	Establishes a program under title IX for awarding $5 million in prizes in 2010 for advancements in lighting technology.
Barrow (GA)	#85	(REVISED) The amendment states that any modified code or standard in section 9031, "Building codes," shall achieve the maximum level of energy savings technically feasible and economically justified incorporating appliances, technologies, materials, and construction practices.
Barrow (GA)	#86	The amendment to title IV requires the Secretary of Energy to authorize and designate seven National Environmental Research Parks located on Department of Energy sites and to establish cooperative agreements with universities and consortiums for research, monitoring and education outreach activities at each site.
Barton (TX)	#62	This amendment to title IX raises the CAFE standard for cars from today's 27.5 miles per gallon to 35 miles per gallon by 2022 and for light trucks (including SUVs) to 27.5 miles per gallon by the same date. In addition, it authorizes the National Traffic Safety Administration to achieve these averages by working model-by-model, taking into account each vehicle's distinct attributes while ensuring that safety is not compromised. In addition, the bill retains the separate fleet requirement, authorizes credit transferring within a manufacturer’s fleet, and establishes a fuel conservation education program.
Barton (TX)/Hall (TX)/Mica (FL)/Young(AK)	#97	Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. The amendment contains provisions regarding energy efficiency (i.e., appliances, lighting, residential weatherization, building efficiency, and performance contracting), smart grid, loan guarantees, alternative fuels, battery and hybrid programs, geothermal energy, biofuels, carbon capture, H-Prize, coal gasification, federal aid highways, and oil and gas exploration on the coastal plains.
Bilbray (CA)	#31	This amendment to title IV would deny states the ability to provide grants to for biofuel production research and development in certain states with low rates of ethanol production until studies outlined in sections 4409-4411 have been submitted to Congress.
Bishop, Tim (NY)	#41	The amendment to title IX defines “adjacent coastal states” for the purposes of placing liquefied natural gas terminals. The amendment provides a process for states, defined by the amendment and directly affected by the placement of such terminals, to weigh in on decisions of liquefied natural gas terminal placement.
Bishop, Tim (NY)	#42	The amendment to title VII would link eligibility for the National Estuary Program to a ban on placing or using a floating storage regasification unit on an estuary of national significance. The amendment provides exemptions to states that are overruled by the Secretary of Commerce or federal courts.
Blumenauer (OR)	#12	(REVISED) The amendment to title IX would encourage natural gas utilities to plan for and prioritize energy efficiency. It requires state regulators to consider crafting rate policies that align utility revenue recovery measures with incentives for energy conservation.
Boswell (IA)/Moran, Jerry (KS)	#67	This amendment to title VIII would direct the Secretary of Transportation in coordination with the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and demonstration to address technical factors that prevent the transportation of biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) in the existing hazardous liquid interstate transmission pipelines.
Boustany (LA)	#9	The amendment to title II adds the Secretary of Energy as a statutory member of the National Security Council (NSC) and establishes a Directorate of Energy within the NSC to formulate and coordinate national energy security policy. The amendment also requires the President to conduct a quadrennial energy security review.
Brady, Kevin (TX)	#89	(REVISED) This amendment requires the Secretary of the Treasury to study the economic effects of title VII of this Act and determine whether those effects included: a loss of U.S. jobs in the energy sector; a decrease in the production of domestically produced energy; an increase in fossil fuel imports; or higher costs to consumers for refined oil or natural gas.
Brady, Kevin (TX)	#90	(REVISED) This amendment conditions the implementation of title VII of this Act upon the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretaries of Energy, Labor, and Commerce, finding that no U.S. jobs would be lost in the energy sector as a result.
Burgess (TX)	#14	This amendment to title IX would mandate that public buildings, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and daycare centers could not be compelled to install energy efficient lighting if this technology contains mercury.
Cardoza (CA)	#63	This amendment to title IX would direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Energy to develop regulations within 180 days of enactment to prohibit Homeowners Associations from unreasonably delaying or preventing the installation and use of solar energy systems.
Carnahan (MO)	#68	(WITHDRAWN) This amendment authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study on the feasibility of hydroelectric production at dams owned and operated by the Army Corps on the Mississippi River, including the ecological impacts of such production. This amendment seeks to provide a study, so that the Army Corps of Engineers can identify whether or not hydroelectric power can be generated at locks and dams that do not currently produce such power.
Castle (DE/Delahunt(MA)	#102	The amendment to title VII requires the Minerals Management Service to submit a report to Congress on the status of regulations required to be issued with respect to offshore wind energy production.
Cleaver (MO)	#4	The amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 would prohibit any Federal agency, including any office of the legislative branch, from acquiring a light duty motor vehicle or medium duty motor vehicle that is not a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle.
Cleaver (MO)	#8	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment would prohibit any Federal agency, including any office of the legislative branch, from acquiring a light duty motor vehicle or medium duty motor vehicle that is not a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle.
Deal (GA)	#65	The amendment to title IX strikes a provision in the bill which implements regional efficiency standards for heating and cooling equipment. The amendment replaces the regional standards with a study to determine the impacts such standards would have on industry.
DeFazio (OR)/Wu (OR)/Hooley (OR)/Thompson, Mike (CA)/Blumenauer (OR)	#78	(REVISED) The amendment permits the Secretary of Agriculture or Interior to direct Resource Advisory Committees (RACs) to develop the biomass pilot project supply studies required by section 7306 of HR 3221.
Delahunt (MA)/Bartlett (MD)/Inslee (WA)	#39	This amendment to title IX would require the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory to study feed-in tariff system, defined in the amendment as a system where renewable energy technologies have priority access to electric grids and electric utilities are required to pay predetermined amounts for power sold to them using renewable energy sources. The government would regulate the tariff rate although different rates can be set for different renewable technologies.
Engel (NY)	#72	The amendment to title IX would direct the federal government to develop and implement a plan to reduce U.S. oil dependence, starting with oil savings of 2.5 million barrels of oil per day within ten years, and increasing significantly by 2025. Also requires each agency to conduct a fuel-usage audit.
Engel (NY)	#73	The amendment to title IX would require new vehicles to be capable of operating on alcohol fuel, such as ethanol and methanol, and a range of other vehicle technologies.
Engel (NY)	#74	This amendment would clarify that other countries, in addition to China and India, would be able to receive the benefits of United States Exports and Outreach Programs set forth in Section 2203. As written, Sec. 2203(a) references "India, China, or any other country," but Sec. 2203(a)(1) and (a)(2) mention only "India and China". This amendment would standardize the language of these subsections.
Engel (NY)	#75	The amendment amends section 9407 to create a grant and loan program to entities for qualified electric transportation projects.
Engel (NY)/Holt (NJ)	#88	The amendment to title IV clarifies the breadth of the Biorefinery Demonstration Grant Program as established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, such that projects using rotten or discarded food are included as among those eligible for the program.
Frank (MA)	#40	The amendment to section 9032(a) will provide for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) involvement in the Department of Energy’s establishment of energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing. The amendment provides for notice to, and comment by, the manufactured housing industry, and for the involvement of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC).
Giffords (AZ)	#37	(REVISED) This amendment to title IV would require the Secretary of Energy to create a Solar Energy Industries Research and Promotion Board and a Solar Energy Research and Promotion Operating Committee. The Board and Committee would work with manufacturers and importers of solar energy products to improve the image of and promote solar energy products. The solar program would be funded by industry fees. No funds are authorized.
Gilchrest (MD)	#118	The amendment to title IX is a US House of Representatives resolution which expresses the sense of Congress that national legislation is needed to reduce and reverse the growth of greenhouse gases with mandatory and flexible, market-driven policy that includes several specific elements to ensure accountability, to spur development of new energy technologies, to create incentives for action by other countries, to achieve stabilization of atmospheric carbon between 450-550 ppm, and to achieve a series of short-, mid-, and long-term emission reduction goals.
Gingrey (GA)	#5	The amendment to title IV prohibits funds from being appropriated to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) until the study passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 has been completed and recommends the establishment of the ARPA-E.
Grijalva (AZ)	#21	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment bars the use of categorical exclusions for certain oil and gas activities on public lands if the activities are taking place in crucial wildlife habitat or significant wildlife corridors, and would require adherence to Council on Environmental Quality regulations in the use of categorical exclusions. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 allows the use of categorical exclusions for certain activities without any such limitations.
Grijalva (AZ)	#24	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment requires federal agencies to complete a six-month study before energy corridors could be designated across federal lands under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The amendment requires the agencies to avoid National Parks, National Monuments, wilderness areas, and other specially designated places when designating corridors, but would not limit rights-of-way authorizations for projects that are consistent with existing land use plans.
Hastings (FL)	#94	The amendment to title II makes findings regarding fuel supplies and expresses the Sense of Congress that the U.S. should further global energy security and promote democratic development in resource rich foreign countries by encouraging further participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and other international initiatives.
Herseth Sandlin (SD)	#81	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment to title IX would expand the existing Renewable Fuels Standard program to require the production of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022. Of that total, 21 billion gallons would have to be "advanced biofuel" which must achieve a 50 percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. It also contains a separate biodiesal fuels program.
Hill (IN)	#25	(WITHDRAWN) This amendment would raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to 32-35 mpg by 2022. It would maintain separate standards for light trucks/SUVs and passenger cars.
Hinchey (NY)	#16	This amendment changes the time frame for states to make decisions regarding the approval of applications for National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors -- from one year to two years.
Hinchey (NY)	#17	This amendment repeals section 216 of the Federal Power Act as added by Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, for the purpose of disallowing designations of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors.
Hodes (NH)/Welch (VT)	#91	The amendment to title IX would order the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of the renewable energy system rebate program for homes and small businesses, described in section 206-c of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The study would require a plan for the program if it were funded, and determine the minimum amount the program would need to be viable.
Hodes (NH)	#92	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment to title IX would amend Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy and make loan guarantees for mortgage bonds issued by state energy or housing agencies. Assistance would only be available for mortgages with respect to homes that meet or exceed Energy Star standards. Authorization is already provided in Title 17 for programs under this section.
Holt (NJ)	#11	The amendment to title VIII would require the Center for Climate Change Environment and the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that would help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays, including web-based real-time transit information systems, congestion information systems, carpool information systems, parking information systems, freight route management, and traffic management systems.
Hooley (OR)/McCaul (TX)/Matheson (UT)	#69	The amendment to title IX authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to enter into an arrangement with the Secretary of Education & the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of how sustainable building features such as energy efficiency affect multiple perceived indoor environmental quality stressors on students in K-12 schools. There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section $200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
Hooley (OR)/McCaul (TX)/Matheson (UT)	#70	The amendment to title IV authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Education & the Administrator of the EPA, to conduct a detailed study which scientifically quantifies the causal relationship between energy efficiency & lighting quality & student health & performance. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
Hoyer (MD)	#80	Manager's Amendment. (REVISED) The amendment makes technical changes and adds language to titles II, IV, VII, VIII, and IX. The amendment adds the Feedstock Flexibility Program to the underlying bill and reduces funding for the biomass program contained in Title V sufficient to reduce outlays and comply with PAYGO requirements.
Inslee (WA)/Bartlett (MD)	#35	This amendment to section 9052 establishes a penalty for states that fail to meet compliance standards established in the bill by limiting the loan guarantee funds available to state governments within 5 years of the standards being set.
Israel (NY)	#27	This amendment to title IX requires the federal government to purchase 50,000 of the first commercially available, domestically produced plug-in hybrid vehicles for the federal fleet over a 5-fiscal-year period.
Issa (CA)	#98	The amendment would strike section 6212, "Judicial review" regarding Federal Government Energy Efficiency.
Issa (CA)	#99	The amendment strikes the paragraph in section 6212 (federal government efficiency) which authorizes an award to be paid to a plaintiff who alleges harm based on an agency's failure to act.
Issa (CA)	#100	The amendment to title VI would make the D.C. Circuit Court the exclusive venue for actions under the act; would require the court to consolidate all claims involving one or more common questions of fact; would remove the provision providing monetary awards to private sector plaintiffs who sue for violations of the act; and immunize agencies not able to comply with the act because of inadequate appropriation of funds.
King, Steve (IA)	#32	The amendment would remove the Davis-Bacon provisions from the bill.
Lipinski (IL)	#13	This amendment to title IV would authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in technologies associated with hydrogen energy.
Lofgren (CA)	#1	This amendment to title IX would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide a report to Congress detailing a strategy for Federal actions to maximize the practicality and accessibility of flexible fuel vehicles in the United States.
Lofgren (CA)	#2	This amendment to title IX would require the Secretary of Energy and the EPA Administrator to work together to conduct a public education campaign instructing Federal, commercial, and residential consumers on how to best dispose of lighting products containing mercury.
Maloney (NY)	#117	This amendment to title VII provides for a study by the National Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands. It also provides for a comparison of royalty payments made under federal oil and gas lease provisions to data supplied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to determine whether such payments were adequate under the terms of the oil and gas leases.
Marchant (TX)	#38	This amendment to title IX would authorize the Secretary of Energy to guarantee a loan for 100 percent of the cost of construction of new domestic nuclear power production facilities.
Markey (MA)	#95	(WITHDRAWN) This amendment requires the average fuel economy of the U.S. fleet of cars and light trucks to be 35 miles per gallon by 2019, and then to achieve the maximum feasible standard thereafter. Large pick-up trucks and vans are exempt from the 35 mpg standard-setting process but would still be required to meet the maximum feasible standard. A single rulemaking is required for model years 2013-2019 in order to provide regulatory certainty for automakers. The amendment requires the Secretary of Transportation to study and report on opportunities to enhance fuel economy.
Matheson (UT)	#57	The amendment would strike section 7104 from the bill, "Limitation of rebuttable presumption regarding application of categorical exclusion under NEPA for oil and gas exploration and development activities."
Matheson (UT)	#58	The amendment would strike section 7221, "Surface owner protection."
Matheson (UT)	#59	The amendment would strike section 7223 of the bill, "Protection of water resources."
Matheson (UT)	#60	The amendment to section 7601 (oil shale community impact statement) would provide that the section does not affect Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for States that are also eligible for oil shale community impact funds.
McCarthy, Kevin (CA)	#79	The amendment to title VI would require the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to continue hazardous fuels reduction and healthy forest and vegetation management policies to mitigate the risk of wildfires to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires.
McKeon (CA)	#64	The amendment amends Title I, Green Jobs, to require that the workforce investment system be a required partner in the training partnership grants and that the business community be consulted, in conjunction with labor organizations, when a grant is being proposed. The amendment also allows funding to go to local one-stop centers, as well as State bureaucracies funded under the Employment Service, in order to provide the strongest array of services to energy sector workers.
Murphy, Tim (PA)	#10	(REVISED) This amendment modifies Sec. 9502(a) of H.R. 3221 to ensure that the Energy Information Administration restores its previously-terminated collection of data on solid by-products from coal-based energy producing facilities and makes improvements on these data.
Murphy, Christopher (CT)	#7	(REVISED) This amendment to title IX will require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold one public meeting before issuing a permit, license, or authorization that will affect land use when a public meeting is requested by at least five individuals or an organization representing 30 or more people. If a request for reconsideration is granted and the request was filed before enactment of this section and a hearing had not been held before the permit or authorization concerned was issued, the Commission must hold a hearing.
Oberstar (MN)	#33	This amendment to title VIII directs the Architect of the Capitol to increase efficiency of steam boilers, the chiller plant, and meters in the Capitol Power Plant. This amendment also makes technical corrections to the section of the bill authorizing grants to improve public transportation services.
Pearce (NM)	#49	(REVISED) The amendment strikes section 7104, "Limitation of rebuttal presumption regarding application of categorical exclusion under NEPA for oil and gas exploration and development activities."
Pearce (NM)	#50	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7103 from the bill, "Oil shale and tar sands leasing."
Pearce (NM)	#51	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7101 from the bill, "Fiscally responsible energy amendments."
Pearce (NM)	#53	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7604 from the bill, regarding mineral leasing amendments to Roan Plateau, Colorado.
Pearce (NM)	#54	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7223 from the bill, "Protection of water resources."
Pearce (NM)	#55	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7106 from the bill, "Federal consistency appeals."
Pearce (NM)	#56	(REVISED) The amendment would strike section 7105, "Best management practices."
Peterson, John (PA)	#66	The amendment adds title X to the bill, which lifts current federal prohibitions on the domestic offshore production of natural gas, while: forbidding any leasing or production within 25 miles from a state’s coastline, allowing for coastal state control of natural gas leasing and production out to 100 miles from their coastline, and maintaining all current prohibitions on offshore oil leasing and production. It also contains provisions on oil revenue sharing.
Pitts (PA)	#18	The amendment would except boilers that operate without the need for electricity supply from the energy efficiency requirements in section 9003(4) of the bill, regarding appliance efficiency.
Price, Tom (GA)	#36	The amendment to title IX will create a working group, selected by the President, to identify strategies and create methods to reduce consumption of foreign oil to less than 25 percent of total United States motor vehicle fuel consumption no later than 2015.
Putnam (FL)	#120	(WITHDRAWN) Would make waste heat incentives available to existing operations, not just future enhancements.
Rehberg (MT)	#82	The amendment to title IX authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into: (1) standby loan agreements with up to ten qualifying Coal-to-Liquid projects, at least one of which shall be owned by two or more small coal producers; and (2) a profit-sharing agreement with the project at the time the standby loan agreement is executed.
Ruppersberger (MD)	#26	(REVISED) With respect to an LNG application, this amendment reiterates states rights under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and also under (1) the Clean Air Act or (2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Rush (IL)/Green, Gene (TX)	#77	The amendment to title IX requires the Secretary to consider, when implementing the Alternative Delivery System Pilot Project in the weatherization assistance program, information on the expected effectiveness, impact, and repeatability of the proposed project as well as information regarding the extent of partnerships with entities contributing to the resources and implementation of the program.
Sali (ID)	#107	The amendment would strike section 7306, "Biomass utilization pilot program."
Sali (ID)	#108	The amendment to title IX provides a sense of the Congress recognizing and supporting large and small scale conventional hydropower.
Sali (ID)	#109	The amendment strikes section 2103, "Office on Global Climate Change."
Sali (ID)	#110	The amendment would strike section 2307, "Authorization of appropriations" regarding the International Clean Energy Foundation.
Sali (ID)	#111	The amendment would strike section 6102, "Management of Federal Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions."
Sali (ID)	#112	The amendment would strike section 6207, "Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels" regarding Federal Government Energy Efficiency.
Sali (ID)	#113	The amendment would strike section 7103, "Oil shale and tar sands leasing."
Sali (ID)	#114	The amendment would strike section 7222, "Onshore oil and gas reclamation and bonding."
Sali (ID)	#115	The amendment would strike section 7603, "Davis-Bacon Act."
Sali (ID)	#116	The amendment would strike section 8704, "Impacts of climate change on Corps of Engineers projects."
Sarbanes (MD)/Wolf(VA)	#30	(REVISED) The amendment to title VI requires federal agencies to develop and implement a telework (work from home or close to home) policy for eligible employees excluding those who handle secure materials or special equipment; are assigned to national security functions; or voluntarily decline the telework option.
Schwartz (PA)	#6	The amendment to title IX requires all federal government agencies to change their acquisitions rules for planning meetings and conferences to consider the environmentally preferable features and practices of a vendor, similar to the acquisition rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sessions (TX)	#29	The amendment strikes section 7504 (page 414, beginning at line 1). That section would prohibit new leases for those entities that have not renegotiated 1998-1999 leases.
Shays (CT)	#104	The amendment to title IX authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Administrator of the EPA ($100 million for each fiscal year) and Secretary of Energy ($12 million for each fiscal year) for the Energy Start program.
Shays (CT)	#105	The amendment doubles the current level of funding for 2007 and 2008 for the weatherization assistance program in section 9034(a).
Shimkus (IL)	#23	The amendment to title X mandates certain volumes of Alternative Fuels each year, including; renewable fuels, qualifying coal-derived liquid fuels, and fuels derived from biological materials, including natural gas, biogas, and others. In the year 2013, the motor vehicle and nonroad fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States would be required to contain 14 billion gallons of Alternative Fuel. By 2025, the applicable volume would rise to 35 billion gallons.
Solis (CA)/Carnahan (MO)	#19	This amendment to title II requires an assessment of current and anticipated needs of developing countries in adapting to climate change, which includes a strategy to address these needs and an identification of funding sources for such purposes.
Tauscher (CA)/Rogers, Mike (MI)	#106	The amendment to title VIII would create a pilot program in urbanized and other than urbanized areas to increase the use of vanpooling and the number of vanpools in service.
Terry (NE)	#44	The attached amendment to title IX would add a section to accelerate the adoption of geothermal heat pumps by the Federal government.
Terry (NE)	#45	The amendment strikes section 7104 relating to limitations on categorical exclusion under NEPA for oil and gas exploration.
Terry (NE)	#46	This amendment strikes section 7604, regarding mineral leases for Roan Plateau, CO.
Terry (NE)	#47	The amendment to title IX expresses the Sense of Congress that the United States should produce 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, and continue to produce food, feed, and fiber.
Terry (NE)	#48	The amendment to title IX adds a section making closed-loop ethanol facilities, as defined in the amendment, eligible for existing Department of Energy guaranteed loan programs.
Thornberry (TX)	#76	Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. This amendment would require IRS action on oil refinery provisions from EPACT, allow tax exempt bonds to be used for construction, and make use of federal lands for refinery construction. It also would offer tax credits for CO2 captured for use in marginal oil wells; extend the Wind Production Tax Credit for 10 years; open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Outer Continental Shelf to drilling; and reduce tax payments from the nuclear power industry.
Tierney (MA)	#83	The amendment would strike section 9202 (regarding exclusion of categories of loan guarantees under the Energy Policy Act).
Udall, Tom (NM)/Pallone (NJ)/Van Hollen (MD)/Waxman (CA)/Udall, Mark (CO)/Rodriguez (TX)/DeGette (CO)/Platts (PA)	#96	(REVISED) Requires electric suppliers, other than governmental entities and rural electric cooperatives, to provide 15 percent of their electricity using renewable energy resources by the year 2020. Allows 4 percent of the requirement to be satisfied with electricity efficiency measures.
Van Hollen (MD)	#3	The amendment to title IX would add a sixth policy option to H.R. 3221’s existing “State Must Consider” language asking state regulatory authorities and nonregulated utilities to consider “offering home energy audits, publicizing the financial and environmental benefits associated with home energy efficiency improvements and educating homeowners about all existing federal and state incentives, including the availability of low-cost loans, that make home energy efficiency improvements more affordable.”
Van Hollen (MD)	#87	(WITHDRAWN) The amendment to title II is an accelerated tax depreciation for a smart grid technology that enables consumers and utility companies to monitor and control the use of electricity to maximize efficiency in its use. The amendment would sunset the depreciation in 9 years.
Velázquez (NY)	#93	(REVISED) The amendment to title IX would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit the Department of Energy to set regional standards for space heaters and air conditioners. It also would require a study regarding the benefits of regional standards.
Visclosky (IN)	#61	The amendment would strike section 9202, "Exclusion of categories" regarding loan guarantees.
Wasserman Schultz (FL)	#28	This amendment to title VIII directs that the chilled water, steam operations, and meters of the Capitol Power Plant (CPP) be fine tuned to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
Welch (VT)	#71	The amendment to title IX would establish a grant program for Colleges and Universities to invest in sustainable and efficient energy projects, up to $1 million for efficiency and $500,000 for sustainability.
Wilson, Heather (NM)	#34	This amendment to title IX creates a new permit process schedule for oil, coal, and biomass refineries.
Wilson, Joe (SC)	#20	This amendment adds title X to require the Government Accountability Office to report the status of issues identified by the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General in its 2004 report titled ‘‘Concerns Persist With the Integrity of Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Determinations’’ and the status of the Department’s implementation of the report’s recommendations. Under the amendment, until 30 days after the report has been submitted, the prevailing wage requirements shall not take effect.
Wu (OR)	#43	Amends title IV to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for universities to research and develop renewable energy technologies. Priority is given to universities in low income and rural communities with proximity to trees dying of disease or insect infestation. Authorizes $25 million for the total program.
Wynn (MD)	#101	An amendment to title IX to establish a Hydrogen Installation, Infrastructure, and Fuel Costs tax credit. The amendment would provide a tax credit for hydrogen infrastructure installation and operation costs, and a tax credit for Hydrogen fuel costs.