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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1134 

To ensure the energy independence and economic viability of the United 

States by promoting the responsible use of coal through accelerated 

carbon capture and storage and through advanced clean coal technology 

research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2009 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To ensure the energy independence and economic viability 

of the United States by promoting the responsible use 

of coal through accelerated carbon capture and storage 

and through advanced clean coal technology research, 

development, demonstration, and deployment programs, 

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 ‘‘Responsible Use of 

5 Coal Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECH4 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘carbon capture and storage 

5 technology’’ means an advanced technology or con6 cept that the Secretary determines to have the po7 tential— 

8 (A) to capture or remove— 

9 (i) carbon dioxide that is emitted from 

10 a coal-fired power plant; and 

11 (ii) other industrial sources; 

12 (B) to store carbon dioxide in geological 

13 formations; and 

14 (C) to use carbon dioxide for— 

15 (i) enhanced oil and natural gas re16 covery; or 

17 (ii) other large-volume, beneficial uses. 

18 (2) CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘carbon cap20 ture technology’’ means any precombustion 

21 technology, post-combustion technology, or oxy22 combustion technology or process. 

23 (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘carbon cap24 ture technology’’ includes carbon dioxide com25 pression technology. 


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1 (3) ENHANCED OIL AND NATURAL GAS RECOV2 ERY.—The term ‘‘enhanced oil and natural gas re3 covery’’ means the use of carbon dioxide to improve 

4 or enhance the recovery of oil or natural gas from 

5 a depleted oil or natural gas field. 

6 (4) PRECOMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

7 ‘‘precombustion technology’’ means a coal or coal8 biomass gasification or integrated gasification com9 bined-cycle process coupled with carbon dioxide stor10 age or reuse. 

11 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Energy. 

13 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

14 The purposes of this Act are— 

15 (1) to promote the continued responsible use of 

16 the abundant, secure, and low-cost coal resources of 

17 the United States through the research, develop18 ment, demonstration, and deployment of— 

19 (A) carbon capture and storage tech20 nologies; and 

21 (B) advanced coal power generation tech22 nologies; 

23 (2) to promote the exportation of the carbon 

24 capture and storage technologies and advanced coal 

25 power generation technologies developed by the 


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1 United States to countries that rely on coal as the 

2 dominant energy source of the countries (including 

3 China and India); and 

4 (3) to support the deployment of carbon cap5 ture and storage technologies by— 

6 (A) quantifying the risks of the tech7 nologies; and 

8 (B) helping to establish the most appro9 priate framework for managing liabilities asso10 ciated with all phases of carbon capture and 

11 storage technology projects, including— 

12 (i) the capture and transportation of 

13 carbon dioxide; and 

14 (ii) the siting, design, operation, clo15 sure, and long-term stewardship of carbon 

16 dioxide storage facilities. 

17 SEC. 4. PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance 

21 with paragraph (2) and subsection (b), the Sec22 retary, acting through the Director of the National 

23 Energy Technology Laboratory, shall carry out a re24 search, development, and demonstration program 

25 through the National Energy Technology Laboratory 


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1 to further advance carbon capture and storage and 

2 coal power generation technologies. 

3 (2) REQUIRED PROGRAMS.—The program de4 scribed in paragraph (1) shall include each program 

5 described in paragraphs (3) through (6). 

6 (3) COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

7 As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Direc9 tor of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, 

10 shall carry out a large-scale commercial demonstra11 tion program to evaluate the most promising carbon 

12 capture and storage technologies. 

13 (4) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

14 REGARDING CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES.—As 

15 soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 

16 this Act, the Secretary shall carry out a research 

17 and development program under which the Secretary 

18 shall evaluate carbon capture technologies to de19 crease the cost, and increase the performance, of 

20 carbon capture technologies. 

21 (5) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

22 REGARDING CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE.—As soon as 

23 practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 

24 the Secretary shall carry out a research and develop25 ment program under which the Secretary shall 


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1 evaluate options for carbon dioxide storage in geo2 logical formations— 

3 (A) for enhanced oil and natural gas recov4 ery; and 

5 (B) to decrease the cost, and increase the 

6 performance, of carbon capture and storage 

7 technologies in existence as of the date of enact8 ment of this Act. 

9 (6) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

10 REGARDING ADVANCED CLEAN COAL POWER GEN11 ERATION TECHNOLOGIES.—As soon as practicable 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary shall carry out a research and development 

14 program under which the Secretary shall evaluate 

15 advanced clean coal power generation technologies to 

16 make practicable— 

17 (A) the capture and storage of carbon di18 oxide; and 

19 (B) highly efficient power generation (in20 cluding advanced turbines, fuel cells, hydrogen 

21 production, and advanced gasification). 

22 (b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

24 The Federal share of the cost of any competitively 

25 procured project carried out using funds provided 


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1 under the commercial demonstration program de2 scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall be not more than 

3 50 percent. 

4 (2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Federal share of 

5 the cost of any competitively procured project car6 ried out using funds provided under a program de7 scribed in paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of subsection 

8 (a) shall be not more than 80 percent. 

9 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary— 

12 (1) to carry out the commercial demonstration 

13 program under section 4(a)(3)— 

14 (A) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

15 (B) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

16 (C) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

17 (D) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

18 (2) to carry out the research and development 

19 program under section 4(a)(4)— 

20 (A) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

21 (B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

22 (C) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

23 (D) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

24 (3) to carry out the research and development 

25 program under section 4(a)(5)— 


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1 (A) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

2 (B) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

3 (C) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

4 (D) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

5 and 

6 (4) to carry out the research and development 

7 program under section 4(a)(6)— 

8 (A) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

9 (B) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

10 (C) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

11 (D) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

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