HR 5462
109th Congress
House
Energy
Alaska
Animals
Arctic and polar regions
Commerce
Diesel motor
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Gas industry
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Judicial review
Law
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil pollution
To suspend the Federal highway fuels taxes, to authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Introduced: May 23, 2006
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 21, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
May 23, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 23, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene for a 90-day period after the enactment of this Act (suspension period). Provides for the reimbursement of the Highway Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for tax receipts lost during the suspension period.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to: (1) establish an oil and gas leasing program in the Coastal Plain, defined as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) 102 Coastal Plain Area; and (2) conduct two lease sales before October 1, 2010.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Committees of jurisdiction
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