S 3240 110th Congress Senate Energy Air pollution control Climate change and greenhouse gases Congress Congressional reporting requirements Energy prices Energy security Environmental Protection

BEST Act of 2008

Introduced: July 10, 2008 See on congress.gov

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Jul 10, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jul 10, 2008

Introduced in Senate

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Better Energy Strategy for Tomorrow Act of 2008, or the BEST Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Energy each year to: (1) analyze all federal policies that encourage, or have the potential to encourage, energy production in the United States; and (2) report to specified congressional committees recommendations for the adjustment of such policies to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy, air pollutants in the environment, greenhouse gas emissions, and the cost of energy.

Requires the President to develop every four years and report to Congress on an energy security strategy that proposes comprehensive and long-range energy policies to reduce such dependence, air pollutants, emissions, and cost.

What's happening now July 10, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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