H.Con.Res. 417 · 110th Congress
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Thad McCotter
- Introduced
- 2008-09-16
- Latest action
- 2008-09-16 · Introduced in House
Summary
Declares that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted into law that: (1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and oil shale reserves to environmentally prudent exploration and extraction; (2) extends expiring renewable energy incentives; (3) encourages the streamlined approval of new refining capacity and nuclear power facilities, and advanced research and development of clean coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon sequestration technologies; and (4) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that unreasonably delay or prevent actual domestic energy production.