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      "id": 303284,
      "date": "2004-02-23",
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      "title": "Omnibus Energy Legislation, 108th Congress: Comparison of Non-Tax Provisions in the H.R. 6 Conference Report and S. 2095",
      "summary": "House and Senate conferees approved an omnibus energy bill ( H.R. 6 ,  H.Rept. 108-375 )\non November 17, 2003, and the House approved the measure the following day (246-180). However,\non November 21, 2003, a cloture motion to limit Senate debate on the conference report failed\n(57-40). On February 12, 2004, Senator Domenici introduced a revised version of the bill\n( S. 2095 ) with a lower estimated cost and without a controversial provision on the fuel\nadditive MTBE. Major non-tax provisions in the conference measure and  S. 2095 \ninclude:\n \n  Ethanol.  An increase in ethanol production to 3.1 billion gallons annually by 2005 and\n5 billion\ngallons by 2012 would be mandated. However, states could petition for a waiver if the mandate\nwould have severe economic or environmental repercussions, other than loss of revenue to the\nhighway trust fund.\n \n  MTBE.  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive widely used to meet\nClean Air\nAct requirements, has caused water contamination. The conference bill would ban the use of MTBE\nby 2015 with some possible exceptions, provide funds for MTBE cleanup, and provide protection\nfor fuel producers and blenders of renewable fuels and MTBE from defective product lawsuits. The\nliability protection was not included in  S. 2095 .\n \n  Electricity.  In part, the electricity section would repeal the Public Utility Holding\nCompany Act\n(PUHCA) and establish mandatory standards for interstate transmission. Standard market design\n(SMD) would be remanded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); no rule would\nbe allowed before the end of FY2006.\n \n  Alaska Gas Pipeline.  The bill would provide $18 billion in loan guarantees for\nconstruction of\na natural gas pipeline from Alaska to Alberta, where it would connect to the existing midwestern\npipeline system.\n \n  Energy Efficiency Standards.  New statutory efficiency standards would be established\nfor\nseveral consumer and commercial products and appliances. For certain other products and\nappliances, DOE would be empowered to set new standards. For motor vehicles, funding would be\nauthorized for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to set Corporate\nAverage Fuel Economy (CAFE) levels as provided in current law.\n    Energy Production on Federal Lands.  Royalty reductions would be provided for\nmarginal oil\nand gas wells on federal lands and the outer continental shelf. Provisions are also included to\nincrease access by energy projects to federal lands.\n \n For a discussion of the tax provisions in the bills, see CRS Issue Brief IB10054,  Energy Tax\nPolicy . This report will not be updated.",
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