Bills About Energy Sponsored by John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

Sen. Barrasso sponsored 26 bills about energy in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Nov. 16, 2020	S.4897	A bill to reestablish United States global leadership in nuclear energy, revitalize domestic nuclear energy supply chain infrastructure, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
Dec. 12, 2019	S.3047	A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a carbon technologies program, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov. 20, 2019	S.2917	A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 10, 2019	S.1760	A bill to modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes.	3	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan. 24, 2019	S.218	A bill to empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, and for other purposes.	4	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
March 2, 2017	S.512	A bill to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy.	18	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 115-439.
Sept. 25, 2018	S.3495	A bill to provide certainty with respect to the timing of Department of Energy decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas, and for other purposes.	0		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
April 26, 2018	S.2776	A bill to modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan. 18, 2018	S.2319	A bill to empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S301)
Jan. 30, 2017	S.J.RES.11	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation".	16	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 21, 2015	S.1428	A bill to amend the USEC Privatization Act to require the Secretary of Energy to issue a long-term Federal excess uranium inventory management plan, and for other purposes.	9	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
April 21, 2015	S.1026	A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal a provision prohibiting Federal agencies from procuring alternative fuels.	4	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Feb. 9, 2015	S.411	A bill to authorize the approval of natural gas pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain natural gas gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land.	3	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Jan. 6, 2015	S.33	A bill to provide certainty with respect to the timing of Department of Energy decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas, and for other purposes.	17	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-9.
Feb. 10, 2014	S.2010	A bill to amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, and for other purposes.	0		Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
March 12, 2014	S.2112	A bill to authorize the approval of natural gas pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain natural gas gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
June 6, 2013	S.1100	A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal a provision prohibiting Federal agencies from procuring alternative fuels.	7	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 13, 2013	S.306	A bill to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.	4	All Republicans	By Senator Wyden from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 113-35.
April 7, 2011	S.757	A bill to provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture technologies.	3	Bipartisan	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 100.
May 10, 2011	S.937	A bill to repeal certain barriers to domestic fuel production, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-107.
May 19, 2011	S.1027	A bill to provide for the rescission of certain instruction memoranda of the Bureau of Land Management, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the determination of the impact of proposed policy modifications, and for other purposes.	4	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
April 20, 2010	S.3233	A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell surplus uranium from the inventory of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-699.
Oct. 22, 2009	S.1856	A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify policies regarding ownership of pore space.	0		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-652.
Nov. 5, 2009	S.2744	A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the authority for awarding technology prizes by the Secretary of Energy to include a financial award for separation of carbon dioxide from dilute sources.	2	Bipartisan	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-330.
June 24, 2009	S.1333	A bill to provide clean, affordable, and reliable energy, and for other purposes.	6	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
April 28, 2008	S.2927	A bill to increase the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include additional acquisition requirements for the Reserve.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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