The North Dakota House will review Senate changes to a bill that would create a new formula for distributing some oil and natural gas production and extraction tax revenues after the state Senate unanimously passed its version on Monday.
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House Sends Keystone XL Bill to White House, Setting Up Likely Veto
In the latest move of what has become a chess match between the Republican-controlled Congress and the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 270-152 on a bill to construct the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Rules Committee Advances NatGas Pipeline Permitting Bill to House Floor
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday voted to advance to the House floor a bill that would establish a set deadline for federal and state agencies to approve pipeline applications, despite a veto threat issued by the White House.
Ohio House Passes Severance Tax Bill
The Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 55-35 in favor of a bill that would levy a 2.5% severance tax on oil and natural gas produced from horizontal wells, most of which target the Marcellus and Utica shales.
West Virginia Lawmakers Move Toward More Waterway Protections
A bill making its way through the West Virginia House of Delegates would better protect public water supplies from industrial chemicals, including those in above-ground storage tanks like the one that leaked into the Elk River recently, affecting the water supplies of 300,000 West Virginians in nine counties for several weeks.
Consensus Building for New Ohio Oil, Gas Tax
The second of several legislative hearings scheduled for the coming weeks on a modest increase in Ohio’s oil and gas severance tax was well received by members of Ohio’s House and Ways Committee, who heard from supporters of the proposal on Wednesday.
U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Agreement Clears Senate
The Senate on Saturday passed legislation that would give the Interior Department secretary authorization to implement a transboundary agreement between the U.S. and Mexico governing the development of oil and natural gas resources along the two countries’ maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Murkowski Backs U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Agreement
At a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed support for approving a transboundary agreement between the United States and Mexico that would govern the development of oil and natural gas resources along the two countries’ maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Ohio Lawmakers Back Tax Credits for Bi-Fuel Vehicles, Conversions
Two state lawmakers in Ohio, home of the Utica Shale play, are preparing legislation that would offer tax credits for five years for converting cars and trucks powered by gasoline or diesel fuel into bi-fuel vehicles, and for purchasing vehicles powered by gaseous fuels, including propane and compressed natural gas (CNG).
House Majority to Look At Limiting Duplicative Fracking Regulations
In a memo sent to Republicans lawmakers Friday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said the House will take up a bill, theProtecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act, in the coming weeks that would restrict the Obama administration’s ability to impose duplicative regulations on fracking on federal and tribal lands.