S. 155 - Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007

Energy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities. (by CRS) 
Status:
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Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007

S. 155 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities.
Other Titles
  • Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007
Sponsor
Jim Bunning
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Energy
  • Administrative procedure
  • Air pollution
  • Alternative energy sources
  • Armed forces
  • Aviation fuels
  • Budgets
  • Building construction
  • Business
  • Carbon cycle
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Coal
  • Congress
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Construction costs
  • Cooperative societies
  • Defense contracts
  • Defense economics
  • Defense policy
  • Department of Energy
  • Depreciation and amortization
  • Diesel motor
  • Energy facilities
  • Energy research
  • Energy storage
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental research
  • Executive departments
  • Federally-guaranteed loans
  • Finance
  • Gas industry
  • Government lending
  • Governmental investigations
  • Health policy
  • Income tax
  • Investment tax credit
  • Laboratories
  • Law
  • Licenses
  • Medical care
  • Methane
  • Military bases
  • Minimum tax
  • Motor vehicle pollution control
  • Natural resources
  • Petroleum
  • Petroleum industry
  • Petroleum reserves
  • Public contracts
  • Public health
  • Public lands
  • Research and development
  • Research and development facilities
  • Research centers
  • Science policy
  • Secondary recovery of gas
  • Secondary recovery of oil
  • Strategic materials
  • Synthetic fuel
  • Tax credits
  • Tax deductions
  • Tax returns
  • Taxation
  • Transportation
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced1/04/2007
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced1/04/2007
1/04/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators within 30 days of the vote "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance." from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Coal mining
Mining
Pro-resource development groups

opposed this bill

Environmental policy
Date Range of Contributions
Within days of the vote "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance."
ContributorInterest groupAmountDatesort iconSenate memberPartyState
League of Conservation VotersEnvironmental policy$25012/5/06Sheldon WhitehouseDRI
National Mining AssnMining$1,50012/5/06Max BaucusDMT
National Mining AssnMining$1,00012/5/06Bob CorkerRTN
National Mining AssnMining$1,00012/5/06Mary LandrieuDLA
National Mining AssnMining$1,00012/5/06Max BaucusDMT
Foundation CoalCoal mining$2,50012/6/06Max BaucusDMT
Consol EnergyCoal mining$1,50012/7/06Robert CaseyDPA
Peabody EnergyCoal mining$1,00012/8/06Tim JohnsonDSD
Robotham, Douglas MEnvironmental policy$20012/8/06Ken SalazarDCO
Usibelli, Joseph JrCoal mining$1,00012/11/06Ted StevensRAK
Oruada, MarkCoal mining$25012/14/06Norm ColemanRMN
Chase, JayniEnvironmental policy$2,10012/31/06Christopher DoddDCT
Sierra ClubEnvironmental policy$-1,0001/3/07Bernard SandersIVT
National Mining AssnMining$1,0001/8/07Norm ColemanRMN
Sierra ClubEnvironmental policy$1,0001/18/07Bernard SandersIVT
Newton, FletcherMining$-1,0001/22/07Pete DomeniciRNM
Hoskins, DavidEnvironmental policy$2001/24/07Max BaucusDMT
Campbell, James KEnvironmental policy$7501/29/07Robert MenéndezDNJ
Craft, JosephCoal mining$2,3001/30/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Craft, JosephCoal mining$1,8001/30/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Craft, Kathy SCoal mining$2,3001/30/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Craft, Kathy SCoal mining$2,3001/30/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Blake, LucyEnvironmental policy$3002/2/07Barbara BoxerDCA
Peabody EnergyCoal mining$1,0002/2/07Larry CraigRID
3 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007

3 organizations supported this bill

Americans for American Energy
(n.d.). Support the Development of Coal-to-Liquids Fuel. Retrieved n.d., from .
Coal Utilization Research Council
(n.d.). Coal Friendly Bills. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Mining Association
(n.d.). NMA Salutes Bunning, Obama for Legislation Promoting Coal Liquefaction, Energy Independence. Retrieved n.d., from .

1 organization opposed this bill

Sierra Club
(n.d.). Energy: Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, December 5, 2006 – February 3, 2007.
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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$0
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
Max BaucusDMT$5,000$200
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
Bob BennettRUT$0$0
Joe BidenDDE$0$0
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$300
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$0
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
Jim BunningRKY$0$0
Richard BurrRNC$0$0
Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
Maria CantwellDWA$0$0
Ben CardinDMD$0$0
Tom CarperDDE$0$0
Bob CaseyDPA$1,500$0
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$0
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$0
Tom CoburnROK$0$0
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
Norm ColemanRMN$1,250$0
Susan CollinsRME$0$0
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
Bob CorkerRTN$1,000$0
John CornynRTX$0$0
Larry CraigRID$1,000$0
Mike CrapoRID$0$0
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0
Chris DoddDCT$0$2,100
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$0
Pete DomeniciRNM$-1,000$0
Byron DorganDND$0$0
Dick DurbinDIL$0$0
John EnsignRNV$0$0
Mike EnziRWY$0$0
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$0
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$0
Judd GreggRNH$0$0
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0
Tom HarkinDIA$0$0
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0
Jim InhofeROK$0$0
Dan InouyeDHI$0$0
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$0
Tim JohnsonDSD$1,000$0
Ted KennedyDMA$0$0
John KerryDMA$0$0
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$0
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$0
Mary LandrieuDLA$1,000$0
Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$0
Carl LevinDMI$0$0
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$0
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
Dick LugarRIN$0$0
Mel MartinezRFL$0$0
John McCainRAZ$0$0
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$0
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$8,700$0
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$750
Barbara MikulskiDMD$0$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0
Patty MurrayDWA$0$0
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$0
Barack ObamaDIL$0$0
Mark PryorDAR$0$0
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$0
Harry ReidDNV$0$0
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$0
Ken SalazarDCO$0$200
Bernie SandersIVT$0$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$0
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0
Gordon SmithROR$0$0
Olympia SnoweRME$0$0
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$0
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$0
Ted StevensRAK$1,000$0
John SununuRNH$0$0
Jon TesterDMT$0$0
Craig ThomasRWY$0$0
John ThuneRSD$0$0
David VitterRLA$0$0
George VoinovichROH$0$0
John WarnerRVA$0$0
Jim WebbDVA$0$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$250
Ron WydenDOR$0$0

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$0
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
Max BaucusDMT$5,000$200
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
Bob BennettRUT$0$0
Joe BidenDDE$0$0
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$300
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$0
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
Jim BunningRKY$0$0
Richard BurrRNC$0$0
Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
Maria CantwellDWA$0$0
Ben CardinDMD$0$0
Tom CarperDDE$0$0
Bob CaseyDPA$1,500$0
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$0
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$0
Tom CoburnROK$0$0
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
Norm ColemanRMN$1,250$0
Susan CollinsRME$0$0
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
Bob CorkerRTN$1,000$0
John CornynRTX$0$0
Larry CraigRID$1,000$0
Mike CrapoRID$0$0
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0
Chris DoddDCT$0$2,100
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$0
Pete DomeniciRNM$-1,000$0
Byron DorganDND$0$0
Dick DurbinDIL$0$0
John EnsignRNV$0$0
Mike EnziRWY$0$0
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$0
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$0
Judd GreggRNH$0$0
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0
Tom HarkinDIA$0$0
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0
Jim InhofeROK$0$0
Dan InouyeDHI$0$0
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$0
Tim JohnsonDSD$1,000$0
Ted KennedyDMA$0$0
John KerryDMA$0$0
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$0
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$0
Mary LandrieuDLA$1,000$0
Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$0
Carl LevinDMI$0$0
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$0
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
Dick LugarRIN$0$0
Mel MartinezRFL$0$0
John McCainRAZ$0$0
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$0
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$8,700$0
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$750
Barbara MikulskiDMD$0$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0
Patty MurrayDWA$0$0
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$0
Barack ObamaDIL$0$0
Mark PryorDAR$0$0
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$0
Harry ReidDNV$0$0
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$0
Ken SalazarDCO$0$200
Bernie SandersIVT$0$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$0
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0
Gordon SmithROR$0$0
Olympia SnoweRME$0$0
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$0
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$0
Ted StevensRAK$1,000$0
John SununuRNH$0$0
Jon TesterDMT$0$0
Craig ThomasRWY$0$0
John ThuneRSD$0$0
David VitterRLA$0$0
George VoinovichROH$0$0
John WarnerRVA$0$0
Jim WebbDVA$0$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$250
Ron WydenDOR$0$0

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Coal mining$15,950
Mining$4,500
Pro-resource development groups$0

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Environmental policy$3,800
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