Energy Policy Act of 2005

Energy Policy Act of 2005
Other short titles	Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005; Electricity Modernization Act of 2005; Energy Policy Tax Incentives Act of 2005; Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005; Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005; Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2005; Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005; EPAct 2005; John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005; National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005; No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2005; NOPEC; Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005; Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005; Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005; SAFE Act; Set America Free Act of 2005; Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005; Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act;
Long title	An Act to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.
Enacted by	the 109th United States Congress
Effective	August 8, 2005
Citations
Public law	109-58
Statutes at Large	119 Stat. 594
Codification
Acts amended	Energy Policy Act of 1992; Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978
Acts repealed	Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Titles amended	16 U.S.C.: Conservation; 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created	42 U.S.C. ch. 149 § 15801 et seq.
U.S.C. sections amended	16 U.S.C. ch. 46 § 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. ch. 134 § 13201 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 6 by Joe Barton (R–TX) on April 18, 2005; Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce, House Education and the Workforce, House Financial Services, House Agriculture, House Resources, House Science, House Ways and Means, House Transportation and Infrastructure; Passed the House on April 21, 2005 (249-183, Roll call vote 132, via Clerk.House.gov); Passed the Senate on June 28, 2005 (85-12, Roll call vote 158, via Senate.gov); Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 2005; agreed to by the House on July 28, 2005 (275-156, Roll call vote 445, via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on July 29, 2005 (74-26, Roll call vote 213, via Senate.gov); Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005;
Major amendments
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 109–58 (text) (PDF)) is a federal law signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The act, described by proponents as an attempt to combat growing energy problems, changed US energy policy by providing tax incentives and loan guarantees for energy production of various types. The most consequential aspect of the law was to greatly increase ethanol production to be blended with gasoline. The law also repealed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, effective February 2006.

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