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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4553 

To authorize appropriations for fossil energy research and development 

programs at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2014 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BARR, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ENYART, and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fossil energy research and 

development programs at the Department of Energy, 

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 ‘‘Fossil Energy Encour5 agement and Accountability Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the United States depends on fossil re9 sources for over 80 percent of its energy needs; 


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1 (2) the Department of Energy’s Fossil Energy 

2 Research and Development program focuses on de3 veloping affordable, safe, and clean mechanisms to 

4 enhance and utilize domestic fossil energy resources 

5 in the most efficient manner; 

6 (3) the investment in this program supports an 

7 existing research and development portfolio of over 

8 1,000 projects that includes nearly $7 billion in pri9 vate sector-contributed costs and that represents 

10 over 55,000 job years; 

11 (4) the Fossil Energy Research and Develop12 ment program is responsible for developing innova13 tive control technologies that are now in operation 

14 on three out of every four coal-burning power plants 

15 in the United States; 

16 (5) as a result of these technology innovations, 

17 emissions of criterion pollutants such as sulphur di18 oxide and nitrogen oxide have decreased by an aver19 age of 85 percent, which eliminated problems associ20 ated with acid rain; 

21 (6) hydraulic fracturing of natural gas shale is 

22 a product of research and technological innovations 

23 initiated under the Department of Energy’s Fossil 

24 Energy Research and Development program; 


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1 (7) the Fossil Energy Research and Develop2 ment program is currently developing advanced tech3 nologies to support a competitive future for our low4 cost coal and gas resources for use in power genera5 tion and industrial applications; 

6 (8) these advanced technologies will support 

7 new power platforms of the future that will be highly 

8 efficient, including technologies such as ultra super9 critical materials production, advanced gas turbines, 

10 gasification platforms that can also enable the ex11 pansion of domestic fuels, the liquids and chemical 

12 industry, and advanced energy platforms including 

13 pressured oxycoal combustion and chemical looping; 

14 and 

15 (9) it is important that the Department of En16 ergy continue to develop these technologies and have 

17 sufficient funds to ensure that a diverse portfolio of 

18 options are available to ensure that the United 

19 States can compete in a clean energy future, one 

20 which will include significant fossil fuel resources. 

21 SEC. 3. FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for fossil energy re24 search and development $734,000,000, of which— 


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1 (1) $435,000,000 shall be for coal research and 

2 development; 

3 (2) $171,000,000 shall be for program direc4 tion; 

5 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for natural gas and 

6 oil research and development; 

7 (4) $17,000,000 shall be for plant and capital 

8 equipment; and 

9 (5) $11,000,000 shall be for environmental res10 toration. 

11 SEC. 4. NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY. 

12 None of the funds authorized by section 2 may be 

13 used to— 

14 (1) transform any element of the National En15 ergy Technology Laboratory into a government16 owned, contractor-operated laboratory, or to consider 

17 or plan for any such transformation; 

18 (2) consolidate or close any element of the Na19 tional Energy Technology Laboratory; or 

20 (3) transfer National Energy Technology Lab21 oratory human resources functions from any labora22 tory. 

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