Energy And Environmental Legislative Updates For Fall 2016

The House of Representatives and Senate returned September 6 from the long August recess that started in mid-July. The House is scheduled to be in session for four weeks and the Senate for five weeks before breaking again for the month of October to campaign. Energy legislation will be debated at the conference of the energy bills (S.2012 and H.R. 8) and potentially during an end of the year tax extenders debate. For further information on energy legislation updates, continue reading!

If energy legislation moves forward, then this will most likely occur during the Lame Duck session because it will be easier to obtain votes at that time and conferees will need to work through the 1600+ page reconciliation bill. If successful, the bill would become the first comprehensive energy law in nearly a decade.