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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 843 

To establish the Committee on Large-Scale Carbon Management in the National Science and Technology Council and a Federal Carbon Removal 

Initiative, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish the Committee on Large-Scale Carbon Management in the National Science and Technology Council 

and a Federal Carbon Removal Initiative, 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 Removal, Effi5 cient Agencies, Technology Expertise Act of 2021’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CREATE Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON LARGE-SCALE CARBON MANAGE2 MENT AND FEDERAL CARBON REMOVAL INI3 TIATIVE. 

4 (a) DEFINITION OF CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL.— 

5 In this section, the term ‘‘carbon dioxide removal’’ means 

6 the capture of carbon dioxide directly from ambient air 

7 or, in dissolved form, from seawater, combined with the 

8 sequestration of such carbon dioxide, including through— 

9 (1) direct air capture and sequestration; 

10 (2) enhanced carbon mineralization; 

11 (3) bioenergy with carbon capture and seques12 tration; 

13 (4) forest restoration; 

14 (5) soil carbon management; and 

15 (6) direct ocean capture. 

16 (b) COMMITTEE ON LARGE-SCALE CARBON MANAGE17 MENT.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 

20 the National Science and Technology Council a 

21 committee on matters relating to large-scale 

22 management of carbon. 

23 (B) DESIGNATION.—The committee estab24 lished by subparagraph (A) shall be known as 

25 the ‘‘Committee on Large-Scale Carbon Man26 agement’’ (in this section the ‘‘Committee’’). 


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1 (C) MEMBERSHIP.— 

2 (i) COMPOSITION.—The Committee 

3 shall be composed of the members of the 

4 executive committee established under sub5 section (c)(1) and such other members as 

6 the executive committee considers appro7 priate. 

8 (ii) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The members 

9 of the executive committee established by 

10 subsection (c)(1) shall be cochairpersons of 

11 the Committee. 

12 (2) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.—The duties 

13 of the Committee shall be as follows: 

14 (A) Developing a strategic plan for Federal 

15 research, development, and demonstration of 

16 technological carbon dioxide removal (CDR) 

17 and storage. 

18 (B) Overseeing working groups established 

19 under subsection (d). 

20 (C) Coordinating budget planning with the 

21 Federal agencies and budget review with the 

22 Office of Management and Budget for matters 

23 relating to research, development, and dem24 onstration described in subparagraph (A). 


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1 (D) Identifying cost-effective carbon diox2 ide removal technologies that are suitable for 

3 large-scale demonstration. 

4 (E) Identifying accurate monitoring, car5 bon dioxide data collection, and long-term stor6 age protocols for carbon dioxide removal tech7 nologies. 

8 (F) Overseeing independent evaluations of 

9 performance of the working groups established 

10 under subsection (d). 

11 (c) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.— 

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

13 the Committee an executive committee. 

14 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The executive committee 

15 shall be composed of the following: 

16 (A) The Associate Director for Science of 

17 the Office of Science and Technology Policy. 

18 (B) One senior official of the Department 

19 of Energy selected by the Secretary of Energy. 

20 (C) One senior official of the Department 

21 of Agriculture selected by the Secretary of Agri22 culture. 

23 (D) One senior official of the Department 

24 of Defense selected by the Secretary of Defense. 


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1 (E) One senior official of the National 

2 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration se3 lected by the Administrator of the National 

4 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

5 (d) WORKING GROUPS AND CARBON REMOVAL INI6 TIATIVE.— 

7 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

9 establish working groups which shall carry out 

10 an initiative on technological and detailed re11 search, development, and demonstration of car12 bon dioxide removal technology. 

13 (B) DESIGNATION OF INITIATIVE.—The 

14 initiative carried out under subparagraph (A) 

15 shall be known as the ‘‘Carbon Removal Initia16 tive’’. 

17 (2) WORKING GROUP FOCI.—The working 

18 groups established under paragraph (1) are as fol19 lows: 

20 (A) OCEANS.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—One working group 

22 to focus on matters relating to carbon di23 oxide removal from the oceans and coastal 

24 regions. 


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1 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The working 

2 group described in clause (i) shall be com3 posed of 8 members as follows: 

4 (I) One individual selected by the 

5 Administrator of the National Oceanic 

6 and Atmospheric Administration from 

7 among employees of the National Oce8 anic and Atmospheric Administration. 

9 (II) One individual selected by 

10 the Administrator of the National 

11 Aeronautics and Space Administration 

12 from among employees of the Na13 tional Aeronautics and Space Admin14 istration. 

15 (III) One individual selected by 

16 the Secretary of Defense from among 

17 employees of the Department of De18 fense. 

19 (IV) One individual selected by 

20 the Director of the National Science 

21 Foundation from among employees of 

22 the National Science Foundation. 

23 (V) Two individuals selected by 

24 the Secretary of the Interior from 


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1 among employees of the Department 

2 of the Interior. 

3 (VI) One individual selected by 

4 the Administrator of the Environ5 mental Protection Agency from among 

6 employees of the Environmental Pro7 tection Agency. 

8 (iii) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The individ9 uals selected under subclauses (I) and (IV) 

10 of clause (ii) shall serve as cochairpersons 

11 of the working group established under 

12 clause (i). 

13 (B) TERRESTRIAL.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—One working group 

15 to focus on terrestrial and biological mat16 ters relating to carbon dioxide removal. 

17 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The working 

18 group described in clause (i) shall be com19 posed of 6 members as follows: 

20 (I) Two individuals, one of whom 

21 shall be selected by the Secretary of 

22 Agriculture from among employees of 

23 the Department of Agriculture and 

24 one of whom shall be selected by the 

25 Chief of the Forest Service from 


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1 among employees of the Forest Serv2 ice. 

3 (II) One individual selected by 

4 the Secretary of Energy from among 

5 employees of the Department of En6 ergy. 

7 (III) One individual selected by 

8 the Secretary of the Interior from 

9 among employees of the Department 

10 of the Interior. 

11 (IV) One individual selected by 

12 the Director of the National Science 

13 Foundation from among employees of 

14 the National Science Foundation. 

15 (V) One individual selected by 

16 the Administrator of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency from among 

18 employees of the Environmental Pro19 tection Agency. 

20 (iii) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The individ21 uals selected under subclauses (I) and (II) 

22 of clause (ii) shall serve as cochairpersons 

23 of the working group established under 

24 clause (i). 

25 (C) GEOLOGICAL.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—One working group 

2 to focus on geological matters relating to 

3 carbon dioxide removal and storage. 

4 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The working 

5 group described in clause (i) shall be com6 posed of 4 members as follows: 

7 (I) One individual selected by the 

8 Secretary of Energy from among em9 ployees of the Department of Energy. 

10 (II) One individual selected by 

11 the Secretary of the Interior from 

12 among employees of the United States 

13 Geological Survey. 

14 (III) One individual selected by 

15 the Director of the National Science 

16 Foundation from among employees of 

17 the National Science Foundation. 

18 (IV) One individual selected by 

19 the Administrator of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency from among 

21 employees of the Environmental Pro22 tection Agency. 

23 (iii) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The individ24 uals selected under subclauses (I) and (II) 

25 of clause (ii) shall serve as cochairpersons 


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1 of the working group established under 

2 clause (i). 

3 (D) TECHNOLOGICAL.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—One working group 

5 to focus on technological matters relating 

6 to carbon dioxide removal. 

7 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The working 

8 group described in clause (i) shall be com9 posed of 7 members as follows: 

10 (I) One individual selected by the 

11 Secretary of Energy from among em12 ployees of the Department of Energy. 

13 (II) One individual selected by 

14 the Secretary of Defense from among 

15 employees of the Department of De16 fense. 

17 (III) One individual selected by 

18 the Administrator of the National 

19 Aeronautics and Space Administration 

20 from among employees of the Na21 tional Aeronautics and Space Admin22 istration. 

23 (IV) One individual selected by 

24 the Director of the National Science 


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1 Foundation from among employees of 

2 the National Science Foundation. 

3 (V) One individual selected by 

4 the Secretary of Commerce from 

5 among employees of the National In6 stitute of Standards and Technology. 

7 (VI) One individual selected by 

8 the Administrator of the Environ9 mental Protection Agency from among 

10 employees of the Environmental Pro11 tection Agency. 

12 (VII) One individual selected by 

13 the Secretary of Transportation from 

14 among employees of the Department 

15 of Transportation. 

16 (iii) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The individ17 uals selected under subclauses (I) and (III) 

18 of clause (ii) shall serve as cochairpersons 

19 of the working group established under 

20 clause (i). 

21 (e) ANNUAL BUDGET CROSSCUT REVIEW.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

23 once each year, the Director of the Office of Man24 agement and Budget shall assist in the coordination 


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1 of the initiative carried out under subsection 

2 (d)(1)(A) by conducting a budget crosscut review— 

3 (A) to ensure that budget proposals from 

4 members of the working groups established 

5 under such subsection are integrated with the 

6 overall budget for each Federal department and 

7 agency participating in such working groups; 

8 and 

9 (B) to ensure that the various staff of the 

10 Office of Management and Budget review and 

11 act on Federal department and agency budget 

12 proposals for research, development, and dem13 onstration of carbon dioxide removal technology 

14 in a holistic fashion. 

15 (2) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Along with 

16 each submission of the President pursuant to section 

17 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director 

18 shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of 

19 the Director with respect to the most recently com20 pleted budget crosscut review under paragraph (1). 

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