WEANS Act of 2009
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2570)
2009-02-26
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Plain-English Summary
Withdraw Energy Addicting New Subsidies Act of 2009 or the WEANS Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the research and development program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum assets.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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