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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1761 

To amend title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to the 

eligibility for loan guarantees for carbon capture, utilization, and storage 

projects, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2021 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, 

and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 

the Committee on Science, Space, 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 amend title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

relating to the eligibility for loan guarantees for carbon 

capture, utilization, and storage projects, 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 ‘‘CCUS Innovation 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROJECTS FOR CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, 

2 AND STORAGE. 

3 (a) CATEGORIES.—Section 1703(b)(5) of the Energy 

4 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)(5)) is amended 

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(5) Carbon capture, utilization, and storage 

7 practices and technologies.’’. 

8 (b) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—Section 1703 of the En9 ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND STORAGE

12 PROJECTS.—The category of projects described in sub13 section (b)(5) includes projects involving practices or tech14 nologies relating to— 

15 ‘‘(1) development of infrastructure to enable 

16 carbon capture, utilization, or storage, including 

17 pipelines; 

18 ‘‘(2) direct air capture; 

19 ‘‘(3) pre-combustion capture, and post-combus20 tion capture, of carbon dioxide for fossil fuel based 

21 systems, such as power plants and industrial proc22 esses that utilize fossil energy; 

23 ‘‘(4) carbon dioxide storage in geologic forma24 tions; 


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1 ‘‘(5) carbon storage efficiency and security 

2 through the use of new and early-stage monitoring 

3 tools and models; 

4 ‘‘(6) the conversion of carbon dioxide into sub5 stances or products with higher economic value; 

6 ‘‘(7) the conversion of carbon dioxide into bio7 mass; 

8 ‘‘(8) the synthesis of fuels and organic chemi9 cals; 

10 ‘‘(9) the synthesis of inorganic materials and 

11 chemicals; 

12 ‘‘(10) agricultural and forestry practices that 

13 store and sequester carbon; and 

14 ‘‘(11) synthetic technologies to remove carbon 

15 from the air and oceans.’’. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 

18 submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

19 House of Representatives a report describing— 

20 (1) with respect to projects described in sub21 section (g) of section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act 

22 of 2005 (as added by this section)— 

23 (A) the status of each such project for 

24 which a guarantee has been awarded under 

25 such section 1703; and 


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1 (B) any recommendations relating to im2 plementation of title XVII of such Act with re3 spect to such projects; 

4 (2) opportunities to expand the use of carbon 

5 capture, utilization, and storage for reducing indus6 trial sector emissions; 

7 (3) statutory and regulatory barriers to the de8 ployment and commercialization of carbon capture, 

9 utilization, and storage technologies; and 

10 (4) any recommendations to advance carbon 

11 capture, utilization, and storage technologies. 

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