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HR 2838 110th Congress House Energy Alternative energy sources American Samoa Caribbean area Commerce Economics and Public Finance Energy development Energy industries Federally-guaranteed loans Geothermal resources Guam Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marshall Islands Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Ocean energy resources Oceania Palau Islands Public Lands and Natural Resources Puerto Rico

Insular Areas Energy Act of 2007

Introduced: June 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jun 25, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Jun 22, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Jun 22, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
Jun 22, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Insular Areas Energy Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for target ocean thermal energy conversion systems projects.

Authorizes such guarantees for any specified eligible innovative energy projects, including ocean thermal energy conversion systems, which are located in Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, as well as any U.S. government installation worldwide (including military bases, embassies, other federally owned or leased facilities, and all territorial waters, seabed, and subsoil of submarine areas adjacent to such installations).

What's happening now June 25, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 7, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2838: Insular Areas Energy Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2838/
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"H.R. 2838: Insular Areas Energy Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2838/.
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H.R. 2838, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2838/.
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