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Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

Introduced: January 30, 2017 Introduced by: Hoeven, John Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 28 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-325.
Dec 18, 2018
Signed by President.
Dec 12, 2018
Presented to President.
Dec 10, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 10, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9782-9788)
Dec 10, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9782-9788)
Dec 10, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 245.
Dec 10, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9782-9789)
Dec 10, 2018
Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 30, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 823.
Nov 30, 2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Nov 30, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1057, Part I.
Nov 15, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 15, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 15, 2018
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Dec 4, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Dec 4, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Dec 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Nov 30, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Nov 30, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 30, 2017
Received in the House.
Nov 29, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7491-7497; text: CR S7491-7497)
Nov 29, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7491-7497; text: CR S7491-7497)
May 24, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 104.
May 24, 2017
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-84.
Feb 8, 2017
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably.
Jan 30, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S492)
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

TITLE I--INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of the Interior to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program is expanded to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants and to allow grants to be used to increase the capacity of tribes to manage energy development and energy efficiency programs.

This bill makes tribal energy development organizations eligible for DOE energy development loan guarantees.

(Sec. 103) This bill allows leases and business agreements that pool a tribe's energy resources with other energy resources.

An energy-related tribal lease, business agreement, or right-of-way does not require Interior's approval if it complies with a tribal energy resource agreement or it is a lease with a tribal energy development organization that Interior has certified, and the term does not exceed specified limits.

The process and conditions for Interior's approval of tribal energy resource agreements are revised.

This bill revises the process for determining whether an interested party has a valid claim to be suffering an adverse environmental impact due to a tribe's noncompliance with such an agreement.

Interior must make available to a tribe the amount Interior would have expended to carry out an activity that the tribe is carrying out pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement.

(Sec. 104) DOE must collaborate with the Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of DOE technical and scientific resources available for tribal energy activities and projects.

TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 201) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to give tribes, in addition to states and municipalities, preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses.

(Sec. 202) This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct Interior, for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for land under Forest Service jurisdiction, to enter into agreements with tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands.

Interior and USDA must enter into agreements with tribal organizations to carry out additional biomass demonstration projects.

(Sec. 203) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise requirements for direct home weatherization grants to tribes.

(Sec. 204) Interior, an affected tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the tribe must appraise mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring Interior's approval.

(Sec. 205) This bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without Interior's approval. The maximum term of a Navajo Nation lease that does not require Interior's approval is extended for commercial and agricultural leases.

(Sec. 206) The Crow Tribe of Montana may lease their land for a term of up to 99 years.

(Sec. 207) This bill sets forth provisions for money held by Interior in connection with the review and approval of a sale, lease, permit, or other conveyance of Indian land.

What's happening now December 18, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-325.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3