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This Month in Energy

Read on to explore additions to OurEnergyLibrary, new energy legislation for the month of August and upcoming energy events.

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August Energy Legislation

August 2 - H.R. 8646: INSPECT Act

Introduced by Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA49), this bill would assign a resident inspector to certain commerical nuclear power plants to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities.


August 2 - H.R. 8639: Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022

Introduced by Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME2), this bill would make supplemental appropriations to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for discal year 2022.


August 2 - S. 4710: A bill to include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior

Introduced by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), this bill would include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.


August 2 - S. 4733: Use It or Lose It Act

Introduced by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), this bill would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for certain reforms to the process relating to applications for permits to drill and the eligibility requirements for prospective bidders in lease sales, and for other purposes.


August 3 - S. 4765: Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2022

Introduced by Sen. Margaret Hassan (D-NH), this bill would address reocmmendations made to Congress by the Government Accountability Office and detailed in the annual duplication report, and for other purposes.

August 3 - S. 4754: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on national resource adequacy, and for other purposes

Introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), this bill would require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on national resource adequacy, and for other purposes.


August 5 - H.R. 8678: American Energy is Global Security Act of 2022

Introduced by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY22), this bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to restrict certain grants to any State that has in effect a law prohibiting hydraulic fracturing within such State, and for other purposes.


August 16 - H.R. 8723: Fueling Our Nuclear Future Act of 2022

Introduced by Rep. Elaine Luri (D-VA2), this bill would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to accelerate the availability of commercially produced high-assay, low-enriched uranium in the United States and to make high-assay, low-enriched uranium produced from Department of Energy inventories available for use in advanced nuclear reactors, and for other purposes.


August 30 - H.R. 8764: LIHEAP Act

Introduced by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH1), this bill would change certain household income eligibility requirements for low-income home energy assistance in fiscal years 2023 and 2024, and for other purposes.

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