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HCONRES 417 110th Congress House Energy Advanced technology and technological innovations Air quality Alaska Alternative and renewable resources Civil actions and liability Coal Congressional operations and organization Energy research Environmental technology Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Nuclear power Oil and gas Research and development Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

Introduced: September 16, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Sep 16, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 16, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8280)
Sep 16, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted into law that: (1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and oil shale reserves to environmentally prudent exploration and extraction; (2) extends expiring renewable energy incentives; (3) encourages the streamlined approval of new refining capacity and nuclear power facilities, and advanced research and development of clean coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon sequestration technologies; and (4) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that unreasonably delay or prevent actual domestic energy production.

What's happening now September 16, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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