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HR 5890 109th Congress House

American-Made Energy Freedom Act of 2006

Official title: To establish the American-Made Energy Trust Fund, to increase the tax credits for cellulosic biomass ethanol, to extend tax incentives for solar and fuel cell … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the American-Made Energy Trust Fund, to increase the tax credits for cellulosic biomass ethanol, to extend tax incentives for solar and fuel cell property, to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Dec 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Aug 9, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Aug 1, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Jul 26, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Science, 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.
Jul 26, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 5, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American-Made Energy Freedom Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase tax credits for cellulosic biomass ethanol; (2) extend the energy credit for solar and fuel cell property; (3) extend and modify the credits for residential energy efficient property and for certain liquid fuel derived from coal; and (4) establish the American-Made Energy Trust Fund to implement designated sections of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, including climate change technology deployment.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and any leasing or development leading to such production.

Prescribes procedures for: (1) lease sales; (2) grants of leases; and (3) Coastal Plain environmental protection; (4) rights-of-way and easements for the transportation of oil and gas across the Coastal Plain.

Directs the Secretary to convey: (1) the surface estate of specified lands to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; and (2) the remaining subsurface estate of specified lands to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.

Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to specified entities directly impacted by oil and gas production and exploration on the Coastal Plain.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 2 Republican 5
SOUDER, MARK
· Sep 19, 2006
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Sep 12, 2006
Shuster, Bill
· Sep 6, 2006
BROWN, HENRY
· Jul 28, 2006
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 28, 2006
Davis, Geoff
· Jul 28, 2006
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 28, 2006
BARTON, JOE
· Jul 26, 2006
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 26, 2006
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 26, 2006
Cardoza, Dennis
· Jul 26, 2006
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 26, 2006
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jul 26, 2006
Davis, Lincoln
· Jul 26, 2006
Melancon, Charlie
· Jul 26, 2006
Murphy, Tim
· Jul 26, 2006
REHBERG, DENNY
· Jul 26, 2006
ROSS, MIKE
· Jul 26, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5890: American-Made Energy Freedom Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5890/
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"H.R. 5890: American-Made Energy Freedom Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5890/.
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