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

Energy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
Sponsor:
Jim Bunning
Summary:
A bill to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill has been introduced.
There have been no votes on this bill.

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 from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Coal mining [About]
Mining [About]
Pro-resource development groups [About]
28% more
$538,100
$0
$1,563,052
$2,101,152
$1,645,285
$1,645,285

opposed this bill

Environmental policy [About]
3 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones
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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Contributions By Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$0$10
Alexander, LamarRTN$5,000$500
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$49,100$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$28,300$18,950
Bayh, EvanDIN$48,300$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$8,750$0
Biden, JosephDDE$0$4,710
Bingaman, JeffDNM$21,400$16,001
Bond, ChristopherRMO$94,150$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$1,000$148,931
Brown, SherrodDOH$500$60,610
Brownback, SamuelRKS$250$0
Bunning, JimRKY$62,560$0
Burr, RichardRNC$20,200$2,300
Byrd, RobertDWV$53,350$250
Cantwell, MariaDWA$0$160,365
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$0$35,701
Carper, ThomasDDE$580$2,300
Casey, RobertDPA$9,600$66,513
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$48,800$0
Clinton, HillaryDNY$3,100$113,305
Coburn, ThomasROK$8,800$0
Cochran, ThadRMS$1,000$2,300
Coleman, NormRMN$27,450$7,100
Collins, SusanRME$8,800$17,650
Conrad, KentDND$37,800$0
Corker, BobRTN$36,600$2,000
Cornyn, JohnRTX$35,900$0
Craig, LarryRID$7,000$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$18,000$0
DeMint, JimRSC$7,600$2,300
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$0$4,100
Dole, ElizabethRNC$35,250$0
Domenici, PeteRNM$33,500$0
Dorgan, ByronDND$32,250$1,250
Durbin, RichardDIL$20,950$21,160
Ensign, JohnRNV$16,323$0
Enzi, MichaelRWY$49,100$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$0$26,108
Feinstein, DianneDCA$0$33,600
Graham, LindseyRSC$9,300$1,250
Grassley, CharlesRIA$4,750$2,000
Gregg, JuddRNH$0$1,000
Hagel, CharlesRNE$18,610$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$250$13,815
Hatch, OrrinRUT$28,600$0
Hutchison, KayRTX$23,500$5,733
Inhofe, JamesROK$91,200$0
Inouye, DanielDHI$0$2,300
Isakson, JohnRGA$44,550$0
Johnson, TimDSD$4,000$5,800
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$0$11,120
Kerry, JohnDMA$0$18,920
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$250$64,000
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$40,223$0
Landrieu, MaryDLA$14,250$1,416
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$0$18,403
Leahy, PatrickDVT$0$12,700
Levin, CarlDMI$0$23,095
Lieberman, JosephICT$2,600$37,200
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$10,000$300
Lott, TrentRMS$11,100$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$26,500$6,950
Martinez, MelRFL$22,300$7,000
McCain, JohnRAZ$0$1,300
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$10,700$48,110
McConnell, MitchRKY$229,200$4,600
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$7,800$33,660
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$0$4,250
Murkowski, LisaRAK$31,650$250
Murray, PattyDWA$0$43,649
Nelson, BenDNE$15,000$1,500
Nelson, BillDFL$4,000$62,405
Obama, BarackDIL$2,000$50,528
Pryor, MarkDAR$12,000$0
Reed, JohnDRI$0$4,560
Reid, HarryDNV$21,750$30,148
Roberts, PatRKS$18,400$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$119,300$44,700
Salazar, KenDCO$27,150$30,964
Sanders, BernardIVT$0$35,560
Schumer, CharlesDNY$500$17,748
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$37,100$2,000
Shelby, RichardRAL$49,000$2,300
Smith, GordonROR$23,600$4,600
Snowe, OlympiaRME$0$10,400
Specter, ArlenDPA$90,156$1,000
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$0$30,310
Stevens, TedRAK$20,450$1,000
Sununu, JohnRNH$13,300$0
Tester, JonDMT$0$110,977
Thomas, CraigRWY$37,100$0
Thune, JohnRSD$14,400$0
Vitter, DavidRLA$6,000$3,800
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$105,850$0
Warner, JohnRVA$1,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$7,000$40,740
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$0$37,410
Wicker, RogerRMS$13,500$2,300
Wyden, RonDOR$0$3,500

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$0$10
Alexander, LamarRTN$5,000$500
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$49,100$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$28,300$18,950
Bayh, EvanDIN$48,300$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$8,750$0
Biden, JosephDDE$0$4,710
Bingaman, JeffDNM$21,400$16,001
Bond, ChristopherRMO$94,150$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$1,000$148,931
Brown, SherrodDOH$500$60,610
Brownback, SamuelRKS$250$0
Bunning, JimRKY$62,560$0
Burr, RichardRNC$20,200$2,300
Byrd, RobertDWV$53,350$250
Cantwell, MariaDWA$0$160,365
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$0$35,701
Carper, ThomasDDE$580$2,300
Casey, RobertDPA$9,600$66,513
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$48,800$0
Clinton, HillaryDNY$3,100$113,305
Coburn, ThomasROK$8,800$0
Cochran, ThadRMS$1,000$2,300
Coleman, NormRMN$27,450$7,100
Collins, SusanRME$8,800$17,650
Conrad, KentDND$37,800$0
Corker, BobRTN$36,600$2,000
Cornyn, JohnRTX$35,900$0
Craig, LarryRID$7,000$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$18,000$0
DeMint, JimRSC$7,600$2,300
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$0$4,100
Dole, ElizabethRNC$35,250$0
Domenici, PeteRNM$33,500$0
Dorgan, ByronDND$32,250$1,250
Durbin, RichardDIL$20,950$21,160
Ensign, JohnRNV$16,323$0
Enzi, MichaelRWY$49,100$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$0$26,108
Feinstein, DianneDCA$0$33,600
Graham, LindseyRSC$9,300$1,250
Grassley, CharlesRIA$4,750$2,000
Gregg, JuddRNH$0$1,000
Hagel, CharlesRNE$18,610$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$250$13,815
Hatch, OrrinRUT$28,600$0
Hutchison, KayRTX$23,500$5,733
Inhofe, JamesROK$91,200$0
Inouye, DanielDHI$0$2,300
Isakson, JohnRGA$44,550$0
Johnson, TimDSD$4,000$5,800
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$0$11,120
Kerry, JohnDMA$0$18,920
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$250$64,000
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$40,223$0
Landrieu, MaryDLA$14,250$1,416
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$0$18,403
Leahy, PatrickDVT$0$12,700
Levin, CarlDMI$0$23,095
Lieberman, JosephICT$2,600$37,200
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$10,000$300
Lott, TrentRMS$11,100$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$26,500$6,950
Martinez, MelRFL$22,300$7,000
McCain, JohnRAZ$0$1,300
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$10,700$48,110
McConnell, MitchRKY$229,200$4,600
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$7,800$33,660
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$0$4,250
Murkowski, LisaRAK$31,650$250
Murray, PattyDWA$0$43,649
Nelson, BenDNE$15,000$1,500
Nelson, BillDFL$4,000$62,405
Obama, BarackDIL$2,000$50,528
Pryor, MarkDAR$12,000$0
Reed, JohnDRI$0$4,560
Reid, HarryDNV$21,750$30,148
Roberts, PatRKS$18,400$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$119,300$44,700
Salazar, KenDCO$27,150$30,964
Sanders, BernardIVT$0$35,560
Schumer, CharlesDNY$500$17,748
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$37,100$2,000
Shelby, RichardRAL$49,000$2,300
Smith, GordonROR$23,600$4,600
Snowe, OlympiaRME$0$10,400
Specter, ArlenDPA$90,156$1,000
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$0$30,310
Stevens, TedRAK$20,450$1,000
Sununu, JohnRNH$13,300$0
Tester, JonDMT$0$110,977
Thomas, CraigRWY$37,100$0
Thune, JohnRSD$14,400$0
Vitter, DavidRLA$6,000$3,800
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$105,850$0
Warner, JohnRVA$1,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$7,000$40,740
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$0$37,410
Wicker, RogerRMS$13,500$2,300
Wyden, RonDOR$0$3,500

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Coal mining$1,563,052
Mining$538,100
Pro-resource development groups$0

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Environmental policy$1,645,285
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