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      "date": "2005-07-25",
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      "title": "Omnibus Energy Legislation, 109th Congress: Side-by-Side Assessment of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 6",
      "summary": "The House approved an omnibus energy bill ( H.R. 6 ) on April 21, 2005, that would\nopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas leasing, substantially change\noversight of electric utilities, increase the use of alternative motor fuels, provide $8.1 billion in\nenergy tax incentives, and authorize numerous energy R&D programs. The Senate passed its\nversion\nof H.R.  6 on June 28 without ANWR provisions but with $14.1 billion in tax incentives\n-- including a nuclear energy production credit -- and provisions on global climate change.\nHighlights of the bills include:\n \n  Electricity.  Both the House and the Senate versions of the bill would repeal the Public\nUtility\nHolding Company Act (PUHCA), but the Senate bill has provisions for more stringent oversight of\nutility mergers than the House version. Standard market design (SMD) would be remanded to the\nFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by the House bill, while the Senate version would\nterminate the rulemaking altogether.\n \n  Renewable Energy.  An increase in renewable fuel and ethanol consumption to 5 billion\ngallons\nannually by 2012 would be mandated by the House bill, as opposed to 8 billion gallons in the Senate\nbill. The Senate bill includes a \u201crenewable portfolio standard\u201d (RPS) -- rejected in\nthe House --\nrequiring utilities to generate at least 10% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020.\n \n  MTBE.  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive widely used to meet\nClean Air\nAct requirements, has caused water contamination. The House and Senate bills would phase out the\nuse of MTBE with some possible exceptions and provide funds for MTBE cleanup, with some\ndifferences. The House version would provide protection for fuel producers and blenders of\nrenewable fuels and MTBE from defective product lawsuits, while the Senate bill would cover\nrenewable fuels but not MTBE.\n \n  Energy Taxes.  The House bill would reduce energy taxes by about $8.1 billion over 11\nyears,\nas compared with $14.1 billion in the Senate version. A nuclear energy production tax credit is\nincluded among the Senate incentives.\n \n  ANWR.  The House-passed bill would authorize oil and gas exploration, development,\nand\nproduction in ANWR, with a 2,000-acre limit on production and support facilities. No ANWR\nprovisions are included in the Senate version.\n \n  Energy Production on Federal Lands.  Both bills include numerous provisions to increase\nenergy production on federal lands. The Senate version of  H.R. 6  would require an\ninventory of oil and natural gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), while the House\nversion would not.\n \n This report will not be updated.",
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    "Science and Technology Policy"
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