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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1689 

To accelerate the development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric 

generation facilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2009 

Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BARTON of Texas, 

Mr. RAHALL, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HILL, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. WILSON of Ohio) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 

in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To accelerate the development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carbon Capture and 

5 Storage Early Deployment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

3 the Secretary of Energy. 

4 (2) DISTRIBUTION UTILITY.—The term ‘‘dis5 tribution utility’’ means an entity that distributes 

6 electricity directly to retail consumers under a legal, 

7 regulatory, or contractual obligation to do so. 

8 (3) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 

9 utility’’ has the meaning provided by section 3(22) 

10 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(22)). 

11 (4) FOSSIL FUEL-BASED ELECTRICITY.—The 

12 term ‘‘fossil fuel-based electricity’’ means electricity 

13 that is produced from the combustion of fossil fuels. 

14 (5) FOSSIL FUEL.—The term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ 

15 means coal, petroleum, natural gas or any derivative 

16 of coal, petroleum, or natural gas. 

17 (6) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 

18 means the Carbon Storage Research Corporation es19 tablished in accordance with this Act. 

20 (7) QUALIFIED INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION.—The 

21 term ‘‘qualified industry organization’’ means the 

22 Edison Electric Institute, the American Public 

23 Power Association, the National Rural Electric Co24 operative Association, a successor organization of 

25 such organizations or a group of owners or operators 

26 of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based 


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1 electricity who collectively represent at least 20 per2 cent of the volume of fossil fuel-based electricity de3 livered by distribution utilities to consumers in the 

4 United States. 

5 (8) RETAIL CONSUMER.—The term ‘‘retail con6 sumer’’ means an end-user of electricity. 

7 SEC. 3. CARBON STORAGE RESEARCH CORPORATION. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

9 (1) REFERENDUM.—Qualified industry organi10 zations may conduct, at their own expense, a ref11 erendum among the owners or operators of distribu12 tion utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity for 

13 the creation of a Carbon Storage Research Corpora14 tion. Such referendum shall be conducted by an 

15 independent auditing firm agreed to by the qualified 

16 industry organizations. Voting rights in such ref17 erendum shall be based on the quantity of fossil 

18 fuel-based electricity delivered to consumers in the 

19 previous calendar year or other representative period 

20 as determined by the Secretary pursuant to section 

21 6. Upon approval of those persons representing two22 thirds of the total quantity of fossil fuel-based elec23 tricity delivered to retail consumers, the Corporation 

24 shall be established unless opposed by the State reg25 ulatory authorities pursuant to paragraph (2). All 


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1 distribution utilities voting in the referendum shall 

2 certify to the independent auditing firm the quantity 

3 of fossil fuel-based electricity represented by their 

4 vote. 

5 (2) STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.—Upon 

6 its own motion or the petition of a qualified industry 

7 organization, each State regulatory authority shall 

8 consider its support or opposition to the creation of 

9 the Corporation under paragraph (1). State regu10 latory authorities may notify the independent audit11 ing firm referred to in paragraph (1) of their views 

12 on the creation of the Corporation within 180 days 

13 after the enactment of this Act. If 40 percent or 

14 more of the State regulatory authorities submit to 

15 the independent auditing firm written notices of op16 position, the Corporation shall not be established 

17 notwithstanding the approval of the qualified indus18 try organizations as provided in paragraph (1). 

19 (b) TERMINATION.—The Corporation shall be au20 thorized to collect assessments and conduct operations 

21 pursuant to this Act for a 10-year period from the date 

22 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. After 

23 such 10-year period, the Corporation is no longer author24 ized to collect assessments and shall be dissolved on the 


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1 date 15 years after such date of enactment, unless the 

2 period is extended by an Act of Congress. 

3 (c) GOVERNANCE.—The Corporation shall operate as 

4 a division or affiliate of the Electric Power Research Insti5 tute (EPRI) and be managed by a Board of not more than 

6 15 voting members responsible for its operations, includ7 ing compliance with this Act. EPRI, in consultation with 

8 the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power 

9 Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative 

10 Association shall appoint the Board members under sub11 paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) from 

12 among candidates recommended by those organizations. 

13 At least a majority of the Board members appointed by 

14 EPRI shall be representatives of distribution utilities sub15 ject to assessments under section 5. 

16 (1) MEMBERS.—The Board shall include at 

17 least one representative of each of the following: 

18 (A) Investor-owned utilities. 

19 (B) Utilities owned by a State agency or a 

20 municipality. 

21 (C) Rural electric cooperatives. 

22 (D) Fossil fuel producers. 

23 (E) Non-profit environmental organiza24 tions. 


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1 (F) Independent generators or wholesale 

2 power providers. 

3 (G) Consumer groups. 

4 (2) NONVOTING MEMBERS.—The Board shall 

5 also include as additional non-voting Members the 

6 Secretary of Energy or his designee and 2 represent7 atives of State regulatory authorities as defined in 

8 section 3(17) of the Public Utility Regulatory Poli9 cies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602, 3(17)), each des10 ignated by the National Association of State Regu11 latory Utility Commissioners from States that are 

12 not within the same transmission interconnection. 

13 (d) COMPENSATION.—Corporation Board members 

14 shall receive no compensation for their services, nor shall 

15 Corporation Board members be reimbursed for expenses 

16 relating to their service. 

17 (e) TERMS.—Corporation Board members shall serve 

18 terms of 4 years and may serve not more than 2 full con19 secutive terms. Members filling unexpired terms may serve 

20 not more than a total of 8 consecutive years. Former 

21 members of the Corporation Board may be reappointed 

22 to the Corporation Board if they have not been members 

23 for a period of 2 years. Initial appointments to the Cor24 poration Board shall be for terms of 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, 


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1 staggered to provide for the selection of 3 members each 

2 year. 

3 (f) STATUS OF CORPORATION.—The Corporation 

4 shall not be considered to be an agency, department, or 

5 instrumentality of the United States, and no officer or di6 rector or employee of the Corporation shall be considered 

7 to be an officer or employee of the United States Govern8 ment, for purposes of title 5 or title 31 of the United 

9 States Code, or for any other purpose, and no funds of 

10 the Corporation shall be treated as public money for pur11 poses of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, or 

12 for any other purpose. 

13 SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COR14 PORATION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall establish 

16 and administer a program to accelerate the commercial 

17 availability of carbon dioxide capture and storage tech18 nologies and methods, including technologies which cap19 ture and store, or capture and convert, carbon dioxide. 

20 Under such program competitively awarded grants, con21 tracts, and financial assistance shall be provided and en22 tered into with eligible entities. Except as provided in sub23 section (g), the Corporation shall use all funds derived 

24 from assessments under section 5 to issue grants and con25 tracts to eligible entities. 


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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the grants, con2 tracts, and assistance under this section shall be to sup3 port commercial-scale demonstrations of carbon capture or 

4 storage technology projects capable of advancing the tech5 nologies to commercial readiness. Such projects should en6 compass a range of different coal and other fossil fuel vari7 eties, be geographically diverse, involve diverse storage 

8 media, and employ capture or storage, or capture and con9 version, technologies potentially suitable either for new or 

10 for retrofit applications. 

11 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligible for grants, 

12 contracts or assistance under this section may include dis13 tribution utilities, electric utilities and other private enti14 ties, academic institutions, national laboratories, Federal 

15 research agencies, State research agencies, non-profit or16 ganizations, or consortiums of 2 or more entities. Pilot17 scale and similar small-scale projects are not eligible for 

18 support by the Corporation. 

19 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—The members of the Board 

20 of Directors of the Corporation shall elect a Chairman and 

21 other officers as necessary, may establish committees and 

22 subcommittees of the Corporation, and shall adopt rules 

23 and bylaws for the conduct of business and the implemen24 tation of this Act. The Board shall appoint an Executive 

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1 ployees of the Electric Power Research Institute. After 

2 consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee es3 tablished under section 10, the Secretary, and the Director 

4 of the National Energy Technology Laboratory to obtain 

5 advice and recommendations on plans, programs, and 

6 project selection criteria, the Board shall establish prior7 ities for grants, contracts, and assistance; publish requests 

8 for proposals for grants, contracts and assistance; award 

9 grants, contracts and assistance competitively, on the 

10 basis of merit, after the establishment of procedures that 

11 provide for scientific peer review by the Technical Advisory 

12 Committee. The Board shall give preference to applica13 tions that reflect the best overall value and prospect for 

14 achieving the purposes of the Act, such as those which 

15 demonstrate an integrated approach for capture and stor16 age or capture and conversion technologies. The Board 

17 members shall not participate in making grants or awards 

18 to entities with whom they are affiliated. 

19 (e) USES OF GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND ASSIST20 ANCE.—A grant, contract, or other assistance provided 

21 under this section may be used to purchase carbon dioxide 

22 when needed to conduct tests of carbon dioxide storage 

23 sites, in the case of established projects that are storing 

24 carbon dioxide emissions, or for other purposes consistent 

25 with the purposes of this Act. The Corporation shall make 


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1 publicly available at no cost information learned as a re2 sult of projects which it supports financially. 

3 (f) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Board shall es4 tablish policies regarding the ownership of intellectual 

5 property developed as a result of Corporation grants and 

6 other forms of technology support. Such policies shall en7 courage individual ingenuity and invention. 

8 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Up to 5 percent 

9 of the funds collected in any fiscal year under section 5 

10 may be used for the administrative expenses of operating 

11 the Corporation (not including costs incurred in the deter12 mination and collection of the assessments pursuant to 

13 section 5). 

14 (h) PROGRAMS AND BUDGET.—Before August 1 each 

15 year, the Corporation, after consulting with the Technical 

16 Advisory Committee and the Secretary and the Director 

17 of the Department’s National Energy Technology Labora18 tory and other interested parties to obtain advice and rec19 ommendations, shall publish for public review and com20 ment its proposed plans, programs, project selection cri21 teria, and projects to be funded by the Corporation for 

22 the next calendar year. The Corporation shall also publish 

23 for public review and comment a budget plan for the next 

24 calendar year, including the probable costs of all pro25 grams, projects, and contracts and a recommended rate 


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1 of assessment sufficient to cover such costs. The Secretary 

2 may recommend program and activities the Secretary con3 siders appropriate. 

4 (i) RECORDS; AUDITS.—The Corporation shall keep 

5 minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect all of the 

6 acts and transactions of the Corporation and make public 

7 such information. The books of the Corporation shall be 

8 audited by a certified public accountant at least once each 

9 fiscal year and at such other times as the Corporation may 

10 designate. Copies of each audit shall be provided to the 

11 Congress, all Corporation board members, all qualified in12 dustry organizations, each State regulatory authority and, 

13 upon request, to other members of the industry. If the 

14 audit determines that the Corporation’s practices fail to 

15 meet generally accepted accounting principles the assess16 ment collection authority of the Corporation under section 

17 5 shall be suspended until a certified public accountant 

18 renders a subsequent opinion that the failure has been cor19 rected. 

20 (j) PUBLIC ACCESS.—(1) The Corporation Board’s 

21 meetings shall be open to the public and shall occur after 

22 at least 30 days advance public notice. Meetings of the 

23 Board of Directors may be closed to the public where the 

24 agenda of such meetings includes only confidential matters 


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1 pertaining to project selection, the award of grants or con2 tracts, personnel matter, or the receipt of legal advice. 

3 (2) The minutes of all meetings of the Corporation 

4 shall be made available to and readily accessible by the 

5 public. 

6 (k) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each year the Corporation 

7 shall prepare and make publicly available a report which 

8 includes an identification and description of all programs 

9 and projects undertaken by the Corporation during the 

10 previous year. The report shall also detail the allocation 

11 or planned allocation of Corporation resources for each 

12 such program and project. The Corporation shall provide 

13 its annual report to the Congress, the Secretary, each 

14 State regulatory authority, and upon request to the public. 

15 SEC. 5. ASSESSMENTS. 

16 (a) AMOUNT.—(1) In all calendar years following its 

17 establishment, the Corporation shall collect an assessment 

18 on distribution utilities for all fossil fuel-based electricity 

19 delivered directly to retail consumers (as determined under 

20 section 6). The assessments shall reflect the relative car21 bon dioxide emission rates of different fossil fuel-based 

22 electricity, and initially shall be not less than the following 

23 amounts for coal, natural gas, and oil: 

Fuel type Rate of assessment 

per kilowatt hour 

Coal ................................................................... $0.00043 

Natural Gas ...................................................... $0.00022 

Oil ..................................................................... $0.00032. 


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1 (2) The Corporation is authorized to adjust the as2 sessments on fossil fuel-based electricity to reflect changes 

3 in the expected quantities of such electricity from different 

4 fuel types, such that the assessments generate not less 

5 than $1.0 billion and not more than $1.1 billion annually. 

6 The Corporation is authorized to supplement assessments 

7 through additional financial commitments. 

8 (b) INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.—Pending disbursement 

9 pursuant to a program, plan, or project, the Corporation 

10 may invest funds collected through assessments under this 

11 section, and any other funds received by the Corporation, 

12 only in obligations of the United States or any agency 

13 thereof, in general obligations of any State or any political 

14 subdivision thereof, in any interest-bearing account or cer15 tificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Fed16 eral Reserve System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as 

17 to principal and interest by the United States. 

18 (c) REVERSION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If the Cor19 poration does not disburse, dedicate or assign 75 percent 

20 or more of the available proceeds of the assessed fees in 

21 any calendar year 7 or more years following its establish22 ment, due to an absence of qualified projects or similar 

23 circumstances, it shall reimburse the remaining 

24 undedicated or unassigned balance of such fees, less ad25 ministrative and other expenses authorized by this Act, to 


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1 the distribution utilities upon which such fees were as2 sessed, in proportion to their collected assessments. 

3 SEC. 6. ERCOT. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT, COLLECTION, AND REMITANCE.— 

5 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with6 in ERCOT, the assessment provided for in section 5 shall 

7 be— 

8 (A) levied directly on qualified scheduling 

9 entities, or their successor entities; 

10 (B) charged consistent with other charges 

11 imposed on qualified scheduling entities as a fee 

12 on energy used by the load serving entities; and 

13 (C) collected and remitted by ERCOT to 

14 the Corporation in the amounts and in the 

15 same manner as set forth in section 5. 

16 (2) The assessment amounts referred to in paragraph 

17 (1) shall be— 

18 (A) determined by the amount and types of fos19 sil fuel-based electricity delivered directly to all retail 

20 customers in the prior calendar year beginning with 

21 the year ending immediately prior to the period de22 scribed in section 3(b); and 

23 (B) take into account the number of renewable 

24 energy credits retired by the load serving entities 


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1 represented by a qualified scheduling entity within 

2 the prior calendar year. 

3 (b) ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES.—Up to 1 percent 

4 of the funds collected in any fiscal year by ERCOT under 

5 the provisions of this section may be used for the adminis6 trative expenses incurred in the determination, collection 

7 and remittance of the assessments to the Corporation. 

8 (c) AUDIT.—ERCOT shall provide a copy of its an9 nual audit pertaining to the administration of the provi10 sions of this section to the Corporation. 

11 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘ERCOT’’ means the Electric Re13 liability Council of Texas. 

14 (2) The term ‘‘load serving entities’’ has the 

15 meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in effect 

16 on the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘qualified scheduling entities’’ has 

18 the meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in 

19 effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (4) The term ‘‘renewable energy credit’’ has the 

21 meaning as promulgated and adopted by the Public 

22 Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to section 

23 39.904(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act of 

24 1999, and in effect on the date of enactment of this 

25 Act. 


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1 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF FOSSIL FUEL-BASED ELEC2 TRICITY DELIVERIES. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that: 

4 (1) The assessments under section 5 are to be 

5 collected based on the amount of fossil fuel gen6 erated electricity delivered by each distribution util7 ity. 

8 (2) Since many distribution utilities purchase 

9 all or part of their retail consumer’s electricity needs 

10 from other entities, it may not be practical to deter11 mine the precise fuel mix for the power sold by each 

12 individual distribution utility. 

13 (3) It may be necessary to use average data, 

14 often on a regional basis with reference to Regional 

15 Transmission organization or NERC regions, to 

16 make the determinations necessary for making as17 sessments. 

18 (b) DOE PROPOSED RULE.—The Secretary, acting 

19 in close consultation with the Energy Information Admin20 istration, shall issue for notice and comment a proposed 

21 rule to determine the level of fossil fuel electricity delivered 

22 to retail customers by each distribution utility in the 

23 United States during the most recent calendar year or 

24 other period determined to be most appropriate. Such pro25 posed rule shall balance the need to be efficient, reason26 ably precise and timely, taking into account the nature 


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1 and cost of data currently available and the nature of mar2 kets and regulation in effect in various regions of the 

3 country. Different methodologies may be applied in dif4 ferent regions if appropriate to obtain the best balance of 

5 such factors. 

6 (c) FINAL RULE.—Within 6 months after the enact7 ment of this Act, and after opportunity for comment, the 

8 Secretary shall issue a final rule under this section for 

9 determining the level and type of fossil fuel electricity de10 livered to retail customers by each distribution utility in 

11 the United States during the appropriate period. In 

12 issuing such rule, the Secretary may consider opportuni13 ties and costs to develop new data sources in the future 

14 and issue recommendations for the Energy Information 

15 Administration or other entities to collect such data. After 

16 notice and opportunity for comment the Secretary may, 

17 by rule, subsequently update and modify the methodology 

18 for making such determinations. 

19 (d) ANNUAL DETERMINATIONS.—Pursuant to the 

20 final rule issued under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 

21 make annual determinations of the amounts and types for 

22 each such utility and publish such determinations in the 

23 Federal Register. Such determinations shall be used to 

24 conduct the referendum under section 3 and by the Cor25 poration in applying any assessment under this title. 


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1 (e) REHEARING AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The owner 

2 or operator of any distribution utility that believes that 

3 the Secretary has misapplied the methodology in the final 

4 rule in determining the amount and types of fossil fuel 

5 electricity delivered by such distribution utility may seek 

6 rehearing of such determination within 30 days of publica7 tion of the determination in the Federal Register. The 

8 Secretary shall decide such rehearing petitions within 30 

9 days. The Secretary’s determinations following rehearing 

10 shall be final and subject to judicial review in the United 

11 States court of appeals for the District of Columbia. 

12 SEC. 8. COMPLIANCE WITH CORPORATION ASSESSMENTS. 

13 The Corporation may bring an action in the appro14 priate court of the United States to compel compliance 

15 with an assessment levied by the Corporation under this 

16 Act. A successful action for compliance under this section 

17 may also require payment by the defendant of the costs 

18 incurred by the Corporation in bringing such action. 

19 SEC. 9. MIDCOURSE REVIEW. 

20 Not later than 5 years following establishment of the 

21 Corporation, the Comptroller General of the United States 

22 shall prepare an analysis, and report to Congress, assess23 ing the Corporation’s activities, including project selection 

24 and methods of disbursement of assessed fees, impacts on 

25 the prospects for commercialization of carbon capture and 


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1 storage technologies, and adequacy of funding. The report 

2 shall also make such recommendations as may be appro3 priate in each of these areas. The Corporation shall reim4 burse the Government Accountability Office for the costs 

5 associated with performing this midcourse review. 

6 SEC. 10. RECOVERY OF COSTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—A distribution utility whose trans8 mission, delivery, or sales of electric energy are subject 

9 to any form of rate regulation shall not be denied the op10 portunity to recover the full amount of the prudently in11 curred costs associated with complying with this Act, con12 sistent with applicable State or Federal law. 

13 (b) RATEPAYER REBATES.—Regulatory authorities 

14 that approve cost recovery pursuant to subsection (a) may 

15 order rebates to ratepayers to the extent that distribution 

16 utilities are reimbursed undedicated or unassigned bal17 ances pursuant to section 5(c). 

18 SEC. 11. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an advi20 sory committee, to be known as the ‘‘Technical Advisory 

21 Committee’’. 

22 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Technical Advisory Com23 mittee shall be comprised of not less than 7 members ap24 pointed by the Board from among academic institutions, 

25 national laboratories, independent research institutions, 


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1 and other qualified institutions. No member of the Com2 mittee shall be affiliated with EPRI or with any organiza3 tion having members serving on the Board. At least one 

4 member of the Committee shall be appointed from among 

5 officers or employees of the Department of Energy rec6 ommended to the Board by the Secretary of Energy. 

7 (c) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The 

8 Board shall designate one member of the Technical Advi9 sory Committee to serve as Chairperson of the Committee 

10 and one to serve as Vice Chairperson of the Committee. 

11 (d) COMPENSATION.—The Board shall provide com12 pensation to members of the Technical Advisory Com13 mittee for travel and other incidental expenses and such 

14 other compensation as the Board determines to be nec15 essary. 

16 (e) PURPOSE.—The Technical Advisory shall provide 

17 independent assessments and technical evaluations, as well 

18 as make non-binding recommendations to the Board, con19 cerning Corporation activities, including but not limited 

20 to the following: 

21 (1) Reviewing and evaluating the Corporation’s 

22 plans and budgets described in section 4 (h), as well 

23 as any other appropriate areas, which could include 

24 approaches to prioritizing technologies, appropriate25 ness of engineering techniques, monitoring and 


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1 verification technologies for storage, geological site 

2 selection, cost control measures. 

3 (2) Making annual non-binding recommenda4 tions to the Board concerning any of the matters re5 ferred to in paragraph (1), as well as what types of 

6 investments, scientific research, or engineering prac7 tices would best further to the goals of the Corpora8 tion. 

9 (f) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—All reports, evaluations, 

10 and other materials of the Technical Advisory Committee 

11 shall be made available to the public by the Board, without 

12 charge, at time of receipt by the Board. 

13 SEC. 12. LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS. 

14 No funds collected by the Corporation shall be used 

15 in any manner for influencing legislation or elections, ex16 cept that the Corporation may recommend to the Sec17 retary and the Congress changes in this Act or other stat18 utes that would further the purposes of this Act. 

19 SEC. 13. DAVIS-BACON COMPLIANCE. 

20 The Corporation shall ensure that entities receiving 

21 grants, contracts, or other financial support from the Cor22 poration for the project activities authorized by this Act 

23 are in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 

24 276a–276a–5). 

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