107th
Congress
Short Title: Economic Security
and Recovery Act of 2001 H.R.
3090
Public Law: 107-104 on March 9, 2002
Summary: SEC. 303. Credit for electricity produced from renewable
resources. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a two year extension
of electricity from renewable resources.
103rd
- 106th
Congress
No bills became law.
102nd Congress
Short Title: Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990
Public Law: On May 17, 1991
Summary: A bill to amend the Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990 to decrease from 80 megawatts the size limitations placed upon solar, wind, and geothermal facilities eligible for regulatory benefits under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
101st
Congress
Short Title: Solar,
Wind, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990
Public Law: 101-575 on November 15, 1990
Summary: A bill to encourage solar, wind, and geothermal
power production by removing the size limitation contained in
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
100th
Congress
Short Title: Renewable
Resources Extension Act Amendments of 1987
Public Law: on January 5, 1988
Summary: A bill to amend the Renewable Resources Extension
Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of appropriations through
FY2000 at current levels. To include a review and evaluation of
activities undertaken in response to the preceding five-year plant
on a State -by-State and national basis.
99th
Congress
Short Title: (No
Short Title)
Public Law: 99-24 on April 16, 1985
Summary: A bill to amend the Biomass Energy and Alcohol
Fuels Act of 1980 to extend through September 30, 1985, all conditional
commitments for loan guarantees which were in existence on September
30, 1984.
97th - 98th
Congress
No bills became law.
96th
Congress
Short Title: Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980
Public Law: 96-320 on August 3, 1980
Summary: A bill to regulate commerce, promote energy self-sufficiency,
and protect the environment, by establishing procedures for the
location, construction and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion
facilities and plantships to produce electricity and energy-intensive
products off the coasts of the United States.
Short Title: Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980
Public Law: 96-345 on September 8, 1980
Summary: A bill to provide for an accelerated program of wind
energy research, development, and demonstration, to be carried
out by the Department of Energy with the support of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and other Federal agencies.
Short Title: Pacific Northwest Electric
Power Planning and Conservation Act
Public Law: 96-501 on December 5, 1980
Summary: A bill to assist the electrical consumers of the
Pacific Northwest through use of the Federal Columbia River Power
System to achieve cost-effective energy conservation, to encourage
the development of renewable energy resources, to establish a
representative regional power planning process, to assure the
region of an efficient and adequate power supply.
Short Title: Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980
Public Law: 96-554 on December 19, 1980
Summary: A bill to authorize the recovery of wood residues
in the national forests for use as fuel, for conversion to use
as petrochemical substitutes or wood products.
95th
Congress
Short Title: Renewable
Resources Extension Act
Public Law: 95-306 on June 30, 1978
Summary: Provides for a nationally coordinated program
to insure the most efficient utilization of forest and rangeland
renewable resources. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish a Renewable Resources Extension Program in cooperation
with State directors of cooperative extension service programs
and eligible colleges and universities.
Short Title: (No Short Title)
Public Law: 95-577 on November 2, 1978
Summary: A bill to authorize the Architect of the Capitol
to install solar collectors for furnishing a portion of the energy
needs of the Rayburn House Office Building and House Office Building
Annex No. 2.
Short Title: Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development
and Demonstration Act
Public Law: 95-590 on November 4, 1978
Summary: Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish programs
for researching, developing, and demonstrating solar photovoltaic
energy systems with the long-term objective of producing electricity
from such systems cost competitive with utility-generated electricity
from conventional sources. Established a Solar Photovolatic Energy
Advisory Committee to study the scope, pace and peculiar needs
of research in solar photovoltaics energy systems and the economic,
technological, and environmental consequences of the use of such
systems.
94th
Congress
Short Title: (No
Short Title)
Public Law: 94-588 on October 22, 1976
Summary: To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
include in the Renewable Program, national program recommendations
which take into account specified policy objectives.
93rd
Congress
Short Title: Solar
Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act
Public Law: 93-403 on September 3, 1974
Summary: A bill to provide for the early commercial demonstration
of the technology of solar heating by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards,
the National Science Foundation, the General Services Administration, and other Federal agencies, and for the early development and
commercial demonstration of technology for combined solar heating
and cooling.
Short Title: Geothermal Energy Research,
Development and Demonstration Act
Public Law: 93-410 on September 3, 1974
Summary: A bill to further the conduct of research, development,
and demonstrations in geothermal energy technologies, to establish
a geothermal energy coordination and management project, to amend
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to provide for the
funding activities relating to geothermal energy to amend the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to provide for the
carrying out of research and development in geothermal energy
technology, to carry out a program of demonstrations in technologies
for the utilization of geothermal resources, and for other purposes.
Short Title: Solar Energy Research Act
Public Law: 93-473 on October 26, 1974
Summary: A bill to authorize a vigorous Federal program
or research and development to assure the utilization of solar
energy as a major source for our national energy needs, to provide
for the development of suitable incentives for rapid commercial
use of solar technology and to establish an Office of Solar Energy
Research in the U.S. Government.
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